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  2.009 LIVE BLOG 2025 w/ Kayode D. '27 and Veronica P. '27

  

  Year capstone course for Mechanical Engineering. Seniors spend the ... outfits. The vibes are good. Also, while we were waiting for the show to start, I was doing some thinking and came up with a pickup line. We may be

  • by Taylor L. '29
  • December 8, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Conspiracy and intrigue

  

  similar situation, waiting for the chance to attack. Neither of us ended up ... auction where old bicycles sell for very cheap prices. I also discovered that you can buy a bike at Cambridge Bicycle, which is two blocks up Mass

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  emails to self & the long goodbye

  

  prepare myself for the abrupt goodbye, where one day, we will all get up and ... leaves me yearning for a do-over, a second chance at the past four years ... hope for myself and the world as a freshman and sophomore and regrettably

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 27, 2025
• Blog / Community Projects

  Bad Ideas events I went to (another late IAP post) i can’t believe ellie beat me to the punch

  

  fighting for my life in between gulps of milk. I gave up on finding cups and ... Kitchen While I was here for two hours, I didn’t actually end up eating all ... mental pain instead of physical pain. It was free food, so I made my way up

  • by Anika H. '26
  • March 8, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I’m more than twice as old as when I started my blog Rumors of my relevance are greatly exaggerated

  

  because I scrutinized my handwriting, ripped it up a few times and started ... world for four whole years.  It’s still on point, and you should go read ... nicely for it.  I also met my wife thanks to MIT, when we both lived in DC

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Thanksgiving a different way All the cool kids call it "Friendsgiving" now, right?

  

  tradition, we got the full week (to allow for on-campus students to pack and move out). In the days leading up to our unprecedentedly luxurious break ... housemates and I frantically started final projects, caught up on recorded

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 2, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Procrastination in the Time of Corona i have so much time and so many ways to procrastinate my work

  

  to do that for the sole purpose of getting swole enough to do a kip up ... a lot of Discords - for living groups, for clubs, and for all of MIT ... ,[/annotation] and gaming channels for doing [annotation note="i cannot describe how

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • March 24, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  When Things Go Wrong: A Survival Guide? Come, obtain guidance from someone who's just as clueless as you are...

  

  up my entire body. I sprained my knee during [annotation note="REX stands for Residence Exploration, which is a 5-ish-days period where the ... I guess there are some things in life you can’t control. For me (and

  • by Powers '23
  • September 13, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Teaching Splash (and Overcoming the Impostor Syndrome) guest post by Haley C. '18

  

  . Splash weekend starts rather early for me. I wake up at an absurd time in ... to sign up for 11 hours of classes. I don’t regret making that decision ... Haley’s experience teaching Splash, a weekend for high school students to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 18, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Leonard Nimoy at the Boston Pops He told me to live long and prosper!

  

  moved that he brought it to Star Trek. For those of you who don’t know. Leonard Nimoy is famous for his role as Mr. Spock in the original 1960’s Star Trek TV series. He grew up in the Boston area, where (in his words

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Premed and Me (frankly speaking) MIT is hard, but MIT premed doesn't have to suck. Here's why.

  

  like, "Keep it up. Study for the MCAT. And don't forget to shadow doctors ... for the MCAT (which demands quite a lot of time), I'm still willing ... still ask for and value grades, test scores, and extracurricular

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 29, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Two New Kittens hundreds of pictures.

  

  house but did consent to their use of the flower pots outside for midday ... of them til I find homes for them around here. So I took a trip back to CT in the middle of the summer to pick up the kittens. Chris came w/ me

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • August 12, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is It Possible To Respect A Racist Film? We must learn to embrace the opportunities to confront ourselves by confronting others.

  

  to fire up the Yamaha YHT-160 (5.1 channel A/V Home Theater receiver ... the video store but which ultimately end up losing out to likes of ... brilliant use of the close-up, cross-cutting, rapid-fire editing, the iris

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • May 8, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  dont want to write ah

  

  , iris and the giant, shapez.io. i had one final exam, for 24 ... final exam, for 6.3900 [6.036] introduction to machine learning, which ... some esp friends who were staying over for break: zawad, lixuan, and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 11, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  avatar a weird metaphor for careers

  

  people had to do all of those things for you you know how in ‘avatar ... people i’ve ever met at coming up with extended verbal arguments on the ... expressed were at once very resonant and very troubling for me on one hand, i

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 10, 2022
• Blog / Public Statements

  A letter from President Reif regarding George Floyd and Minneapolis

  

  day, for MIT, for the country, or for the world. In addition to the ... for our nation. The death of George Floyd and the events unfolding in ... intense for certain members of our community, beginning with those who are

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 29, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is why we can’t have nice things harmless things that irritate me

  

  that one group of people walking down the Infinite who block up the whole ... arrives, only for it to go out of service Happened to me too many times ... 2014, someone met up with the MBTA Director David Carney to ask him why

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 29, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  lessons learned this summer reflecting back on a summer that flew by

  

  after you run because the LA air is dry and you'll wake up the next morning with a sore throat if you don't waking up at 7:15 is too early ... same thing for lunch and dinner every day does, in fact, get boring

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 2, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Curiosity What were you doing?

  

  Sudan, etc. While reading an article, I happened to sit up straight, so ... was looking at it from up above, instead of face-on. I noticed that some ... 't become different colors. For example, what looked pinkish face-on became a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 10, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fun Times @ MIT (Pt. 1) Life's gotta be fun.

  

  work, psets, and consistently staying up till 4 am or 5 am. (4) It ... to be sending several up several prayers during the course of this ... serve us our 6.006 exam." (credit for pic goes to FB user Loneoceans Ggy

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 4, 2012