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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to the New, Part 1 Seeking adventure.

  

  , I woke up to an empty house (my family had left for France), and sat in bed for a good ten minutes before getting up. This was it. I looked ... department store. And, last summer, I channeled my enthusiasm for imaginary

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 28, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Inside/Outside words/pictures; I really don't know what to put here... haha

  

  Wow so …….... I’ve been MIA for a whiiile. In the past 2 months ... move on from here. -- To me, summer has always been the time for some ... summer reading list and catching up on a whole list of movies

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 5, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Telethon Fun…Squared The amount of fun experienced at an event grows exponentially as a function of bloggers…

  

  Hey all, just another entry about the EA Telethon madness. I ended up ... write up a quick blog entry - so it has been quite an exciting time. I ... year. I then received a stack of about ten single-sided sheets, one for

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  (another) postcard from GTL spain and an unexpected crossover with the Edgerton Center

  

  . Essentially, the event is 100 high school students teaming up for a three day ... thing that helps is to pick your head up, to stop staring at the sidewalk ... Layla, for sending it to me and knowing i would love it

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • February 1, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Seattle The siren call of real adult life

  

  giving up my dreams for the promise of a stable lifestyle and money. That ... to my passions for this long. I view giving up on my dreams as ... This is, for the most part, a post about Seattle. I've been a

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  Deadlines and Habits Staying sane

  

  , and the possibility of a full-time job; occasionally, it comes up for ... or fellowships, so let me bring you up to speed: Astronomy Graduate ... will hopefully lead up to an assistant faculty position, then (hopefully

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 19, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  liquid nitrogen and everything else 🐸

  

  to see it for myself. I ended up spending over 10 hours at PDX over the ... carabiner that we could exchange for takeout boxes to eat outside. I ended up ... up as easily, especially now that the sun lingers less and less. For a

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • October 9, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  in an effort to be whole again recovery

  

  , and, surprise surprise, my eczema to flare up! For the past two weeks ... taking care of myself. I woke up and went to MIT Medical for my orthopedic ... made me want to crumple up and cry. I didn't study for my 18.02 midterm

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

  Slam Dunked Long crazy week...a few necessary lessons

  

  receive grades for the regular classes I was missing, and needed to make up ... half-confused. I was mixing up similar ideas for similar concepts, and it ... up six hours later to prepare for the midterm. The midterm threw

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 4, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  you ain’t gonna need it overthinking

  

  time. worrying for the sake of worrying. it feels like such an ... over Y will make the people advocating for Y sad or disappointed in me ... don't matter. this one always trips me up, because i don't realize it

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 6, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2016 FAQ

  

  our Early Action process. We will accept up to November test scores for Early Action, and up to January test scores for Regular Action. Q: If I ... This is a blog entry specifically for finalists in the Quest

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 20, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  An MIT Adventure Life at the 'Tute

  

  schools definitely made up for my lack of city smarts. When I conduct ... I have been at MIT for the past year, and it has been nothing short of an adventure. For instance, I came here straight from the country

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • August 20, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  AIDS Walk San Francisco Shameless solicitation -- join the fun

  

  Gate Park. 9:00 a.m. Sign-In opens 9:30 a.m. Aerobic Warm-Up sponsored ... entertainment in Sharon Meadow Official SF AIDS Walk website And now for the ... prolonging some people's lives, they don't work for everyone and there is still

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Odds & Evens & Ends Notes on CPW, Veronica Mars, and more.

  

  what to pack for CPW? Check out the 10 day forecast. Following up on ... few odds & ends... CPW update: for everyone who has registered ... . For one thing, the weekend is not planned out for you, it's more of a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection begins Picking the Class of 2010.

  

  This afternoon, we began early action selection for the Class of 2010. As is my custom, I wore a tie today, out of respect for the applicants ... 3098 applications, up about 10% from early action last year. This will

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  No Flip Flops The original title of this entry was "YakTrax."

  

  setting up for the event. Rebecca gives pointers on how to eat healthy for ... start wearing shoes and socks. To get ready for the winter, this week the ... for the snow because that means snow football and more occasions for hot

  • by Bryan
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  to build a (taste of) home ft. some topologically challenged zongzi

  

  , the idea of home brings up a lot of complicated feelings for me. I haven ... ="At some point in my childhood my mom definitely made me read up on ... speaks Taishanese (a variant of Cantonese) and I picked up impressively

  • by Alice L. '24
  • June 24, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tetazoo Goes Camping An adventure to the top of a mountain and a little cabin in the woods

  

  for waking them all up. Eventually, we fell asleep. Three hours after ... after the sun completely set and before the moon came up, but we never saw ... supposedly left before ours. So after walking in the woods looking for the

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  The Aftershock In memory of Kate Hunter ‘20 (1997-2017), who will always be remembered for her big…

  

  the call, and then ending up crouched down on the side of the road for ... remembered for her big heart, bright mind, and beautiful smile. According to ... was a slobbery, deflated mess on the floor. For the sake of writing a

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 18, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  we are twins … but ARE OUR AGENDAS?!? (not clickbait)

  

  for our animation class. And the second week of December, we stayed up ... like using physical agendas more. For one, it’s fun to buy a new one each ... year. But while Allan has consistently filled up every slot of every week

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 23, 2017