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• Blog / MIT Life

  hot chocolate as a panacea navigating through a chaotic first week

  

  kept coming up and I was basically playing whack-a-mole with the way I ... drinking it every night because I quickly found that it was a great way to ... up way too late drawing fanart of characters from Chinese webnovels

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 7, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Story of Tonight (more like 730 nights ago)

  

  editing and deleting. And writing again. The only way to really describe ... it goes.   Satisfied As I made way to my seat, the air buzzed with a ... for the first time in the most unguided way possible. I shimmied along

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 1, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: When in South Africa guest post by a fellow '21

  

  Johanessburg. The first day I made my way to the Apartheid Museum and after ... could see in America, if not worse in some ways. Then I realized I was ... and conditioned to view the US in a specific way for so long that

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 31, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Africans@MIT: Cassava Connection Part 1 of a series, starring a man, a plan, and a root vegetable.

  

  mechanical engineering students do) forward beyond the class, in a way. He ... scale for cooking and eating. Pelkins wondered if there was a way for ... spoil. With roughly 8 months of work, the team found a way to process

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Curbing Hunger at MIT food for thought

  

  1-3 short cooking videos a day. You can watch them on the way to class ... . On the Way to Class (more than just dining halls) There are also a ... on the way to class Forbes Café is in Stata, which is the closest to

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 6, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Black Lives Matter until they don't.

  

  extremely strong language. It was the only way I could write it honestly, the only way I could bring words to my feelings.  ** I moved to the United ... ” kinda way. He’s approaching me in the “You utter piece of shit” kind of

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • July 8, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Interview Tips from an MIT Educational Counselor Thoughts on how to prepare for your alumni interview

  

  interviewing applicants. It’s a unique and amazing way to stay connected to MIT and the students I meet are inspiring in so many different ways ... highly technical work to your grandmother in a way that she will understand

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The Google RISE Global Summit and some thoughts on STEM outreach.

  

  some New York Times crossword puzzles together; he was way better than me ... 25,000ish combined. Something about Google's layout - the way they ... around the room) was somehow perfectly aligned with the way I get energized

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Appreciating America in Tokyo (or Things I Never Finished, Part Two) On Japan and America. And being an American in Japan. Happy Memorial Day!

  

  "tall" and the burritos are the size of your face. There are so many ways ... different ways, ways that actually represent a deeper, greater difference in the way they think about everything - that completely changes the way

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 30, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions, I’ve got answers I know an atomic particle's speed, AND position!!

  

  is very little pressure here to look one way or another. That being ... explanation. Is there way I can send along a picture of what I created?? Do I ... all (or most) of my GIRs out of the way so I haven't taken any strictly

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Pink Hair Problem What do you do for your college interview if you have dyed hair and a…

  

  way, the important information will be conveyed in the interview report ... that in many ways MIT is trying to 'weed' out those applicants who try to act in a false way during their interview.  Additionally, to appear in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Fun in NYC Part 1 Never be afraid to go straight to the top.

  

  jovially all the way there. When we arrived we were greeted by a giant ... this really cool way of thinking of about a million things at once, have ... friend, no way I'm going alone . . . 5) Maddie! 6) Ooo, "open to the toy

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life as a Physics Major- Research and Junior Lab(Part 2) Long and verbose. But I hope you find time to read it.

  

  you will eventually conduct) in a tangential but crucial way. A good ... our experimental lines. This is less a way of looking fancy than a ... way. At first, for me, this did not go very well. The first notebook

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 29, 2008
• Blog / Events

  A Break from Break I went to the Undergraduate Women in Physics Conference at Yale. And I'm blogging about…

  

  out for some ice cream and stopped on our way back at a party going on ... career with no family to come home to seems like a surefire way to get ... the same way that I see MIT, the way Yale students must see Yale. I try

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  the fear and delight of fire spinning do not this at home! I am a trained (semi?)professional.

  

  ’ll spare you the whole “the real fire was the friends I made along the way ... , there are way more. Some people choose to make their own props, and you ... any shape and attached any way you want. Aside from the fire frying pan

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 21, 2025
• Blog / Financial Aid

  The Cost of Living at MIT alternatively, how to spend money at MIT

  

  adjusting to prices and scrounging for the best deals, I've found a way to ... stereotypical broke-college-student way. Curious to find how others think of ... work even a part-time summer job and then find a way to work a couple

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 14, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  emails to self & the long goodbye

  

  challenged myself in more ways than i would have expected to and i have changed in more ways than i would have expected to. i grew up with this ... very eternal-sunshine-of-a-spotless-mind-coded way, i do now think that

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 27, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Reporting from… Doha! 🐫🐫 ft: the first time I ever rode on a camel

  

  . The spines intersected in a way that resembled the rock's namesake: the ... of the main city. Along the way, we passed by a beautiful mosque and ... only 5-10 minutes, with us only walking a little ways outside the camp

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • January 18, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  a blog from the universe aka me + my tarot cards + finals season procrastination

  

  could resonate in more ways than one. Be creative- this deck was designed ... big way, a treasure trove of shiny new things to explore. As a sophomore ... , uncharted territory is now lost. Sure, I know my way around better, but I feel

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • December 14, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  i will meet zendaya even if it’s the death of me a wide-ranging rant written while feverish

  

  ways, the universe puts me in a weird situation (casually living blocks ... .A. I definitely made people go out of their way to take my to their house ... -based in a 2000s Evanescence and Avril Lavigne way that reminds me of the

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • October 26, 2024