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• Blog / How to Human

  Trail Notes

  

  rest at the roots of the ecosystem we are all a part of: generosity ... connection only when I’m at the precipice of catastrophe; I want to appreciate ... ’s abundant. I am not always doing my best at all of these things, but I am

  • by Sara N. '28
  • October 6, 2024
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Memories I know this feelin', yes I know it very well (Thutmose)

  

  at the end of your college application journey? What's the point of ... of my students heard about finding their puzzle piece and the magic ... CPWs past on the walls, and a picture of the quad near room 3-108 rested

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / Events

  MIT Mystery Hunt is happening! watch the kickoff at 12 PM EDT today, 1/15

  

  Mystery Hunt is starting, today, January 15th, at 12 PM EDT. MIT Mystery ... part of the winning team last year. Here's an excerpt: A puzzlehunt is a series of puzzles, but what exactly a puzzle is is kind of hard to define

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 15, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Hello! I would like to schedule a meeting with Senator Markey.” Exciting spring break plans

  

  to present my research at AAS conferences, and membership turns out to ... within a week received a whole bunch of homework. Book your travel Get ... representatives My group consists of myself, a PhD student from Georgia, and a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 7, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cats!! I love where I live!!

  

  East Campus is the best home I could have ever asked for. Dorms at MIT are kind of different from most other colleges. Each dorm has its ... fantastically different culture and feeling of community!  My absolute favorite

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 29, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Monday A Boston institution.

  

  Boston tradition – 115 years running (no pun intended). Of course, I ... record time). A number of MIT students run each year, but even for those ... around 11:20 am; thanks to the number of spectators heading that direction

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • April 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Impossible Design Project See what it's like to be a Course VI student.

  

  giving you one of my problems to take a look at. 6.033 is Computer Systems ... any questions - I know it's kind of hard to follow at first. (And as ... Ok. Well, I've been kind of busy these days. Taking 5 classes (2 CIs

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 27, 2008
• Blog / Events

  So much to do, so little time There's always something exciting going on at MIT.

  

  write this, there are a whole bunch of really cool things going on at MIT ... night of Live Action Anime 2007: Madness at Mokuba. Yes, you read that ... '73 PhD '76, one of the seven members of the Board of Governors of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 29, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Amazin’ The Mets clinched the NL East. *happy dance*

  

  'm slowly making my way through descriptions of classes, I might as well talk about 2.001. 2.001, Mechanics of Materials, is pretty straightforward ... class, and you pretty much just sum forces all day long. The sum of the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 21, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  After Graduating From beyond the veil :O

  

  international student at the University of Pretoria in South Africa, who then did ... Toronto. I interviewed at a lot of places. I gradually got better at ... never look back. I have a lot of FOMO--about not being at a startup, about

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 10, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Kickoff! and away we go...

  

  are then sent out to at least one of 57 Regionals across the world. Then, at Regionals, they'll compete against a field of dozens for the chance ... subset of students who participate in FIRST and those who enroll at MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I auditioned for a musical Oh my goodness, oh my goodness

  

  hyperventilated a bit. At 9:10, they called me in. I was ushered through a set of ... In eighth grade, I was Tessie in my school's production of Little ... GOODNESS!" At some point, our director told us that he assigned roles based

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 2, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Blogarhythms! All-blogger a cappella? Nope -- a CPW event!

  

  , both of which are something far too common here at MIT. One problem with ... concert (although this was more of a sound-quality issue, even at MIT it ... from the Winter Logs concert, first: At the end of the concert, the Logs

  • by Cam T. '13
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / People & Identities

  butterfly season the very tired caterpillar

  

  knowing these sorts of details about someone to not talking at all? I ... at all. I think I need to channel that part of her—how well she ... In late May, I wrapped up my second semester at MIT and moved back

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • July 31, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  3 / A team effort Roll Tech: Your newest Intercollegiate High Team silver medalists!

  

  at 3am or so. There was a Class of 2019 event, a Halloween ... "] Left: The 7 of us representing MIT at the NYU Intercollegiate, plus an ... Intercollegiate here on campus at Johnson Arena just before the start of the 2019

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 12, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Disco balls in space From an antique bookstore to Drive-By Truckers, and back

  

  One of my NRAO friends is a big fan of the band "Drive-By Truckers." I had previously listened to a grand total of Zero alternative country ... tuned. The concert started at 8. We stood RIGHT at the front (well

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Psetting in Connecticut Tales of my trip to a figure skating competition

  

  practice. Yay! We grab dinner at one of the few restaurants in the area, and ... A brief intro... Last Wednesday, I left MIT to compete at the 2016 ... -January. Wednesday I’m done with my last class at 3pm, and return back to my dorm to

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 29, 2015
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I’m sitting on a bus and am SO sleep-deprived.

  

  to the front of the line at 3:50pm. My bus was at 5:05pm. I still ... Driver looked at his watch, and his grimace brought on another wave of ... -long nap I took at the beginning of my flight, and to the various panic

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things I Learned From Freshman Year Overanalyzing all my bad habits.

  

  , I have to get at least 6 hours of sleep the night before. If I get 5 ... amounts of healthier food. If you always get hungry at midnight, consider ... bars or whatever to class. Drink lots of water, especially late at night

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 23, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  When I used to run A reflection on sitting still for a semester

  

  eyebrows at me when I told them that I ran as “a meditation on the utility of ... week. And going for three hour walks at midnight in the middle of the ... could do all of my hobbies on the side, but you can’t do that here. Or at

  • by Powers '23
  • December 16, 2020