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• Blog / MIT Life

  November summary: books, playlist, gratitude

  

  I'm on the train home to Philadelphia. Currently: four women run my life--SZA, Solange Knowles, Sappho, my mother. Schoolwork saturated the ... friends and family to help me when I struggled. I'm thankful for them. I am

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 25, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  This Day, the Year I Applied what I learned in college about application struggles

  

  alternative vision, I'm happy too. Happier? Possibly. In this Universe, I can ... apply to MIT if…?” I’m not an expert in this matter, nor can I pretend to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 20, 2015
• Blog / How to Food

  Guest Post: Where to Buy Food: MIT Groceries Guide Because eating textbooks gets expensive.

  

  first and to put fragile items on top. When I’m not careful about this ... by here whenever I’m in Boston. Whole Foods Way too expensive

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Killer Mike, Lupe Fiasco, and the Dancing Body of the State five gatherings of many people

  

  Complex or Billboard. Below are the bits I scribbled down. On race: I'm ... needs to be something substantial. Not "look, we got Killer Mike at MIT. I'm

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 27, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Battle of the Boot storytime with Yuliya #1

  

  I cringe at the recollection) I’m going to go graphic on you here ... . It could have laid eggs. (Note: it could not. I’m pretty sure

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 23, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2015! Happy New Year

  

  I’m in my Uncle’s home in Virginia, typing the word ‘word’. And now ‘now’. And at this moment, ‘moment’. My throat predicted that truly awful ... file splayed beside me, a blueprint of sorts of the next book I’m working

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2015
• Blog / Community Projects

  Moving Out, Up, and In Expanding, now in three dimensions!

  

  , the photo was actually taken at 6:50pm, not 8:32pm, so I’m going to ... . What has changed between our blogs is that now I’m the prefrosh, so I got

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  bloggers.addAll( newBloggers); System.out.println("Hello, World!");

  

  6’s mandatory soft-skills class. I’m still growing (which has come ... his “A Tale of Two Employees,” which starts at 6:50. That’s all! I’m

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  There’s No “I” in Team There's also no "Tennis" or "Senior Day", but that won't stop me from writing about…

  

  team, I’m happy to say that I’ve found the same thing here: a second ... ground. I'm not sure. Like many other fall sports, we started pre

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 1, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2 Classes For 0 Credit: Beethoven to Mahler and Paradise Lost That can be rearranged to say: Paradise lost to Beethoven and Mahler.

  

  learn that Beethoven may have met Mozart. I'm not sure how to describe why ... whether he meant it literally. I promise that I'm actually taking some

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 17, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 1: Quito Old Town The hostel, the basilica, and Embarrassing Spanish Attempt #2

  

  January 11 Hostel Colonial House, Quito I'm currently wearing two t-shirts and two sweaters. We are at 10,000 feet, so I guess the cold temperature shouldn't have been a big surprise, but I'm having trouble reconciling how I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The second-to-last first two days of class Having classes 3 days a week rocks.

  

  or anything. But back to classes. This semester, I'm taking a 12-unit ... 've done/learned and ways that I've grown, but suffice it to say that I'm now

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 6, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Unpacking Surprises to sum up 4 years at MIT

  

  September and I’m not at MIT registering for classes and trying to squeeze in ... people. And I’m so thankful for MIT and all those involved for creating

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 7, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  for the MCAT (which demands quite a lot of time), I'm still willing ... feeling here at MIT. I'm free to pursue what's academically interesting or

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 29, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Class Crossover Using engineering leadership while stuck on the wrong side of the internet

  

  print. First I’m going to frame the situation. Let’s start here: Last ... fact, I go through a similar thought process when I'm the point person

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 20, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Welcome back into my life, crutches The universe's way of telling me to sit my butt down and study

  

  crutches the year I arrived at MIT. I'm an expert.) I crutched from Medical ... for Tylenol, walking with me even though I'm slow (my upper body

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Writing an essay using thumb tacks and arousing the suspicions of a snarky Nobel laureate

  

  casing the joint?" he asked, grinning even wider. . I'm sorry. WHAT? 1) I ... 't. This guy has serious magical powers. I'm not kidding.) So, I got my dose

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 5, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why was I up so early this weekend? Reaffirming my faith in humanity and destroying my confidence with computers

  

  fare. So here I am, riding along through Central Square. I’m in the ... pronounce it “later,” so I’m going to talk about Delve. As a treasurer of ESP

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 20, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  print “Hello, World!\n”; Everything you ever needed to know about me

  

  Hello! I don’t think we’ve met. I’m the girl who rollerblades everywhere. You might have seen me if you walk down the Infinite at the right ... in APO, MIT’s coed service fraternity.     I’m excited to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Trumpeting for Assassins I get to watch each presidential assassination. Live. Over and over again.

  

  'll see what I mean). Nine years later (NINE YEARS? I'M SO OLD) I signed up ... about my playing here (yet). Most dorms have a music room (as far as I'm

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 26, 2011