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• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  My First Few Weeks at MIT … one year ago

  

  - I was super intimidated for a lot of reasons. Growing up as the ... survive. So basically, I signed up for a summer of stress, sleep deprivation ... pattern - hunting for the best shortcuts across campus, making daily trips

  • by Hala K. '29
  • September 22, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a ranking of building 68 thesis defense posters graphic design is our passion

  

  setting up a blind date system for the microbes to get to know each other ... , but it made it up here for similar reasons to why #9 wasn't last. It ... giving the talk. Except, of course, for the many posters I see advertising

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 15, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Eternal sunshine of the sleepless mind Once again, the title has practically no relation to the actual blog entry.

  

  , hazy sort of fondness that I usually reserve for Dali paintings and ... presentation, walking up and down stairs, more presentations, milk and cookies ... , I dozed into soundless oblivion. I was standing up. The presenter was

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 13, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Advices, advices Notes from Associate Advising...

  

  up. Take them for what you will. On Homesickness Everyone is lonely ... invitation to go hacking just because you are scared you won't wake up for your ... of coping with being away from home. My only good advice for

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 28, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Is this the real life? Guest writer for Sam's Blog, Ruth '07 goes home to Georgia, gets ditched by most…

  

  Good evening. This is Ruth Miller, field reporter for Sam's blog ... adventure down memory lane. And for those of you who I haven't told a billion ... you don't think they'll go, unless you want them to come As for the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 17, 2005
• 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
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Update State of the mail, application numbers, and more

  

  MyMIT tracking is up-to-date with what has been processed. If you were to call, basically all we could do is tell you that MyMIT is up ... problems that we can do something about. We expect to be fully caught up

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 19, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  SEPTEMBERRR Don't read this entry. Read the one under this one.

  

  exam schedule gets a bit more staggered, so it's better). For example ... another 3 hours to write everything up and find enough citations. Yup - that ... week. :) What's really messed up this semester is that I don't have class

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bring Your Audience to Work Day In celebration of the annual Bring Your Audience to Work Day, the first Monday of…

  

  vacation day. I'm always one to shoot for the underdog, the least privileged ... surroundings. This morning, I woke up late, thanks to two conflicting alarm ... up via Bluetooth to my GPS. I had to get out of bed and look at the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 2, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Please Vote for My Idea for the Obama Administration! Change.org is sponsoring a competition whereby anyone can post an idea for making America better.…

  

  anyone can post an idea for making America better. The ten ideas that ... deadline for voting in the first round is December 31st. I'd greatly

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • December 19, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  a postcard from GTL Spain finding myself or something like that

  

  of of United Airline’s weight limit— it was the perfect day for all of ... my luggage in the past hour was enough embarrassment for all of 2025 ... was sweetly setting the table for a proper Spanish meal when they

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • January 9, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  my shattered laptop in the midst of pre-finals season

  

  funny... During lecture for MAS.863 How To Make (Almost) Anything at the ... responded with "I have some bad news for you..." to which I felt some concern ... crushed my laptop. He showed me my computer, apologized very sincerely for

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 7, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Things in My MIT Household that just make sense

  

  own complex work station set up for his work. Some of the technology ... , Emma got a 3D printer so she could print things and test thing for her ... you see upon entering our apartment. For those of you who have read my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 10, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Is MIT too hard? warning: metaphors ahead

  

  For most people, sprinting a mile in under 5 minutes is physically ... aren't sprinting.  Instead, through training they've built up an enormous aerobic capacity, which allows them to run at blazing speeds for long

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 18, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  “What Should I Bring To College?” (partly) answered my everyday carry

  

  laptop. I like my retina iPad Mini for curling up in the lounge to read the ... kicked around, or watching Up in the Air too many times. Anyways, every ... you're looking for a more exhaustive list, these blog posts might be of

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 23, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  “All Aboard the Rage Bus” Travelling by bus.

  

  it’s for something important, like, recently, picking my little brother up early from a field trip at the Pittsburgh Zoo to go on a road trip ... wonderful, because I did not pack me a lunch. It ended up being twice as long

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 3, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  This is what happens when we don’t do work Here is the infinite rollercoaster of fun I promised not to take you on.

  

  I'm long overdue for a blog update. To dispel your mental image of me ... excitement. Actually, there's been too much excitement for me to find the time ... bubble tea for my caffeine event (note: never hold a confusingly named

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 24, 2011