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• Blog / MIT Life

  A Spring Think Some spring break reflections and thoughts

  

  I’m traveling to a country that has none of my family members in it ... her there. So, I’m excited! I don’t speak the local language, I have no ... looking at it is, I’m a foreigner everywhere--people stare at me a little

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 27, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a rose is a rose is a rose ...is a rose

  

  So I haven’t blogged for a while - again... I’m not going to lie ... agreed on a ‘famous art’ theme. I don’t know why other people agreed, but I ... ’s like, most of it. Haven’t really gone to any big new events. Haven’t

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 12, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Seniors let's talk

  

  the beginning, it didn’t seem possible. It took a lot out of you to put ... Life has drastically changed in the past few months. You’re in a ... year left and a whole lot of stuff to do. And whether you choose to

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 17, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m A Famous Rockstar The title is misleading - I'm famous, and I'm a rockstar, but I'm not famous…

  

  That title is misleading - I'm famous, and I'm a rockstar, but I'm not famous for being a rockstar. :-) First, the "rockstar" bit. We had ... to fill with people. It was AWESOME. A great way to start my mini

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Role Of A Teacher A discussion regarding recent events in a Colorado classroom.

  

  am taking a risk, because this thread CAN'T devolve into a left versus ... While you guys are waiting for decisions to be released, here's a topic that I think is worthy of discussion. Normally I don't enter this

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 8, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Mid-May Update Q&A: Athena tips and hints

  

  ://wserv.mit.edu:444/fcgi-bin/lc for this, and don't sign up for a Mailman list -- that ... "pqrs") to list "list": blanche list -a pqrs k) If you want to use a MIT ... It's a pretty slow week. Classes ended yesterday, I'll be studying

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My New Hobby…. It's Giga-cool.

  

  taking a crash course in conversational German in preparation for a trip I'm ... orders of magnitude. You're like an exa, and I'm at a centi." What's more ... The other day my roommate and I decided that there was a flaw in the

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 4, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  A Protocol for MIT Admissions Essays Chemical SOP: Pen, paper: irritant if digested; Brains: gateway to thinking

  

  short by a writer I admire to warm up my voice. If you can’t think of ... and isn’t distracting. I like writing to Lana Del Rey. She has a ... implies a very meaningful epiphany or plot twist; if you don’t deliver, the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 26, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  This Post Has a Happy Ending dealing with obstacles @ MIT

  

  available (as in trying to drink from a firehose). (context: MIT)” I drank from the firehose this month. This post is about that, and it has a happy ending. The past is a lesson learned. I share it with you... I can’t

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 30, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Vindicated! And the summer of FREEdom begins. (Pictures added)

  

  I'm in Boston until the end of next week for some meetings for the ... , when you don't have psets, you go to concerts right? How about free concerts? Tomorrow, a local radio station here in Boston is sponsoring a free

  • by Bryan
  • May 31, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I (don’t) want the summer to end me writing poetry? what a concept

  

  don't want to see all my friends in person, because I'm afraid that I ... I don't want the summer to end. I don't want to pack the rice cooker and carry my laptop through campus; don't want to fold my sheets all

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 6, 2021
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Weekend Trip to Salem, MA romance, adventure, and no witchcraft

  

  weekend. I wasn’t expecting an affirmative answer, really, as a 4-day ... have a memorial for the Salem Witch Trials’ 20 victims (if you don’t ... my knowledge, without a horrific past. Despite everything, I don’t

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 7, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Don’t Dump I got stopped by the police.

  

  Awesome title, right? In short, my Friday involved graffiti, press conferences, and getting stopped by the police. Just one photo to whet your pallet. A series of updates on Orientation and the start of Rush are long

  • by Bryan
  • September 2, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  I(t)A(ly)P trippin in the off season

  

  A friend of mine gets airline buddy passes through his dad which ... . I didn't do anything educational whatsoever, but I sure did enjoy the non-freezing temperatures. Also, the food was gr9. Whenever I plan a

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 5, 2018
• Blog / Public Statements

  Asking for letters of recommendation (during a pandemic) tl;dr: mostly the same as during normal times, but clarifying some points of anxiety

  

  we don't have a strong expectation in the first place). But this could ... environments. To be clear, this isn't a specific pairing or set of narratives we ... email about letters of recommendation. A composite of these questions

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  at/around mit i've been --

  

          i've been spending a lot of time ... twice a week (running experiments for my aeroastro capstone). i've been going to wellesley a lot (for toons rehearsals and for the open fields and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 23, 2017
• Blog / Events

  [joint post] we can’t hear you, you’re on mute another mystery hunt post

  

  on the team “We Can’t Hear You, You’re On Mute”, a team traditionally ... ."]2000.[/annotation] (And honestly, I’m not usually a great maker of ... haven’t done in a year, but let’s not talk about that"]walking onto Putz

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m just curious as to why you keep invoking William Faulkner. "MIT is so charmingly nerdy" entries #12 and 35.

  

  misadventures with the reply-to-all feature and otherwise... I don't want to ... doing quiz bowl in high school, even though I'm not on the MIT College ... of graffiti on a chalkboard as I was walking through building 56. Get

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  My First Semester at MIT a thicc recap and a look into our conversation

  

  mental health. A+R: Wrowwwww M: Don't go to private elite boarding school ... next semester brings. I'm obviously a little bit worried because I'm ... Courthouse Seafood and Milk Bar. I'm going to try and visit a lot more schools

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 18, 2019
• Blog / MISTI

  Piece of my Heart Hey, look, a Turkish internet cafe.

  

  apparently caused by a law requiring any restaurant with seating to also have at least three bathrooms. Hey there. I'm in Leverkusen, Germany working on some important stuff for Bayer CropScience. Anyway, I'm not going

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 1, 2006