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• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House Showers Bring No Flowers They're just really, REALLY bad showers. Like really, REALLY bad.

  

  great way to start off a three-hour exam. But don't listen to me. Zach ... 5 times in a year and wasn't performing right 2.5 times per year, you ... someone who likes to enjoy a hot shower every morning, I'm almost definitely

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 3, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Advice from Graduating Seniors to incoming freshmen

  

  myself to a lot of things at MIT I wouldn't have found otherwise! However ... help. I'm thankful for the community I am now a part of. Martin M. '17 ... faster) Focus on doing things a semester at a time (don't overload, and if

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 28, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Testing the Waters There comes a time in every man's life when he has to make a choice.…

  

  with a parentheses, so I probably shouldn't stop now.) ... was written by my professor), wrote a short paper on emerging diseases, sang for two and a half hours in concert choir, freaked out over The

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Rainboots, Math, and M&M’s Because I have a bunch of little stories to tell, not one big one.

  

  got them at the COOP on Monday after coveting them for a year. I had been waiting for a rainy day to wear them, and today was the day: it came ... like stepping confidently into the center of a deep puddle, knowing your

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 19, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Don’t Waste Daylight; Don’t Lose Sleep I've almost survived a whole semester.

  

  though they aren't. Really, as my friend Charlie confirms, nothing is a big ... . When the sun is out, I'm out. When I need to sleep, I do. A third policy ... gulped down the wetness in the air like I imagine a fish would if it, and

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Awesome Biology UROP: florescent plants, genomes, metabolomes, big data, puzzles + more! Bonus: A VIDEO!

  

  When I tell people that I'm majoring in Biology, they typically ... endless memorization and quickly change the topic. But to me, Biology isn't ... was just released to youtube, so check it out: My video doesn't really

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • October 25, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m a Pirate Now just in case I don't get a real mit degree lmao

  

  actually says GPRs.), but also I took a SCUBA class. I'm like an advanced ... won't be miserable like a senior taking 7.012. You might even enjoy it ... prestigious MIT PE programs, you might be aware of something called a Pirate

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 3, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Sports The store has the word "marathon" in it, so it has to be good, right?…

  

  . I guess if I'm training to run 26.2 miles, I shouldn't consider ... - nor under-pronate. Maybe this explains why I'm able to power-walk a 7 ... aren't rational!) So anyway, I ended up buying a pair of shoes, plus the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / Events

  A Latino Christmas An introducción to Next House's newest student group.

  

  camera a.k.a. the reason why this is my first post with pictures actually ... Yesterday was a big day for the news media, what with the automotive ... Linux on a potato. But last night in Next House, a very different kind of

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • December 11, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  10:31 I wrote this entry on my iPhone about two minutes after boarding the 11:10 train…

  

  wouldn't mind if maybe he reclined his chair in her space just a little bit, maybe, if she didn't mind, so sorry about that. That's Japan for you. I'm ... everything happens for a reason. And so I'm trying to convince myself I am out

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 29, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  FREE FOOD! FREE FOOD! EVERYWHERE!! AM I YELLING??

  

  start on Wednesday. (I'm still kidding! Oh man, I'm a terrible daughter ... Lecture Series Committee. I'm working off of a breakfast of granola bars and ... 's pretty easy to have a great time, since classes haven't started yet. More

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 2, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Don’t Worry, Be Happy A few words of advice.

  

  about a month, those thoughts changed. It wasn't until late in my fall ... to me, "Aren't you going to answer it? That looks like a Boston area ... going to a specific school. That wasn't me. I just worked hard and

  • by Bryan
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2010 Ring Premiere I bring you the 2010 Ring Premiere, in full living color!

  

  The Brass Rat is a long-standing MIT tradition that has given rise to ... ! And so, after three beautiful years of Ring Premiere blog entries, I'm ... world. (I kind of do feel like this is sort of a blogging rite of passage

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 20, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Forget These I forgot to bring them when I first came to MIT.

  

  I'm forgetful when it comes to packing. Thanksgiving break, I forgot ... new room at my fraternity giving you a list of things you need to make sure to bring to MIT or to buy as soon as you get here. I conducted a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 19, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Diabolo, Pandora, and Bad TV Shows You figure out what they have in common, 'cause I sure as heck don't know.

  

  . Any other suggestions? *a.k.a. bad ... Now that things have calmed down a bit at work, I finally have some more time to do some blogging! Here is a random smattering of things I

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • June 22, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  love languages in the little things

  

  spreads through my body. (Am I enough? What about me wasn't enough?) I'm a ... IGOVmXRojBob68kS8?si=06cbe862ec0e409c It's also a special kind of love when you ... similar music tastes, we ended up talking about Taylor Swift. I'm a newer

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 6, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Ending it's the last day of classes and I am having some feelings.

  

  world from different perspectives, and a lot of times the words we use don't ... So here we are. I'm sitting in the AeroAstro Gelb Lab ... . In about a week, I'll be home in California again--in three, I'll be

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 15, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Media That Makes Me Feel Okay School's out! Time to get distracted :D

  

  I?”. I don’t have a lot of friends back here in Milwaukee; I’m gonna ... wrong, I love a good mindless reality TV series, but I don’t think I’m ... kicked out of MIT. I’m in the process of writing a blogpost about this

  • by Powers '23
  • May 30, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Last First Month Because I procrastinated too long to say 'day' or 'week'

  

  be considered a full-time student. I'm busy, but also happier than I've been in a while. Sometimes I'm afraid that I'm not 'MIT' enough to blog ... costume designer as a teacher. I don't know if it's offered regularly, but

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Schedilemmas Schedule + dilemma = most incompetent-sounding portmanteau ever

  

  ). Y: Should I take 8.07 or 18.100B? K: Math! Y: I don't know if I want ... : How do you know adding mayonnaise won't help the taste of say, a lettuce ... I ever invite you to a potluck.” Shortly after- K: Your salad right

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 7, 2009