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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Rediscovering en Plein Air Painting by Elisa X. '26, MEng '26

  

  [annotation note="Essentially, I am starting my MEng in EECS while completing a ... undergrad degree with the rest of my class in Spring 2026 then with my MEng in ... friends really knew I painted in the past, mostly due to the occasional

  • by Allison E. '27
  • September 17, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  i stole a vhs player! and other old things i’ve acquired over the last 2 and a half weeks

  

  , but I was [annotation note="and i absolutely still am"]in the trenches ... to get out in the near future, but for now, i want to share what I ... vhs player. I have a habit of buying/getting things that I don’t need

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • May 3, 2024
• Blog / Personal Projects

  A Recycled-Material Selfie Stick Engineering and problem solving in developing nations (the most important problems only, of course....)

  

  sounds like a fun, silly mini-project that an MIT student would do in their ... attends LG Technical School (as in, LG the Korean mobile phone company) in ... braided my hair)    Gedion is pretty phenomenal. In many ways, he

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 1, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  Rowing at MIT: a guest post by Connor M. ‘16

  

  for MIT. I had never rowed before college, but I fell in love with the ... : Growing up, I never thought I’d become a college rower. I was a swimmer in ... pool, but I wanted to continue my involvement in sports at MIT. I felt it

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 26, 2015
• Blog / IAP

  I walked on water* IAP? no...you're AP.

  

  *in the solid phase This is a recipe for The Best Tasting BLT Sandwich In The World™: (1) Slap together week-old bacon, lettuce, tomatoes ... was to be home in December for winter break (back home, “winter” is 70

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 17, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s like a bag of sand! I go on a quest to legally obtain music and movies.

  

  enough witty, engaging stories to constitute an entire entry, but in light ... kids (all of whom moved in on Sunday) has left me no time for the essential things in life, like sleeping (I HAVE TO BE AT BREAKFAST BY 7 AM

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 29, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What did YOU do this weekend? Laura's jam-packed-action-filled adventurous fin de semana.

  

  ... 16 points. Ninety-six. That's right. =) See, I'm improving! In fact, I'm doing better in 3.091 too! Sort of. Just remember, it's all about ... , Becky did find a random piece of metal in her food...yikes. But Becky

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  101 Things About Tokyo (Pt. 1) Another IAP. Another Country.

  

  when you buy/order something at a store. I think it's in their employee ... とうございます！） So I'm in Japan this IAP! Last IAP, I spent it in Madrid, with MIT ... in Tokyo, refining my Japanese skills. Unfortunately, because MIT does

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 13, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  summer 2021

  

  For the past seven weeks I've been living in Honolulu, Hawai'i with ... interesting having to balance work with being in one of the most beautiful and culturally rich places in the world. My weekdays were essentially the same. I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 5, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  The Five Stages of Grief (Jonathan’s Version) on a journey from New Hampshire to Next House [guest post]

  

  home] I thought that I would like North Reading and the cities in ... me: I'm in north reading rn Vincent: wtf me: 54% way there Vincent: U ... probably majoring in 6-1 and 7 who lives in Next House – my wing is either 3W

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 4, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 2 Really, there are a lot of machine shops.

  

  Machine Shops, Part 2 In case you haven't read it: Machine Shops, Part 1 There are a lot of machine shops on campus, so in my massive ... lounge and lab. Yes, that's a hammock in the background. Plus, there

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Crazy admissions stories A story about craziness from both sides of the college admissions process.

  

  Kalamazoo College. You may also be interested in the other stories from The ... visiting colleges in the Northeast last year, Andrew N. Lazar had the kind of ... morning, a car pulled up and four young men dressed in black jumped out

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  2020 Reflections & 2021 Resolutions

  

  was home in October, I spedread a bunch of different books that were set in Boston/Cambridge because I was curious and I read American Panda by ... - Accomplished...in a bit. I'm signed up for PearlHacks happening in February

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 3, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  proof of life hmm :thinking-face:

  

  preface: this blog is comprised of various snippets I wrote in May ... systems, which was somewhat engaging, but, in true Severance fashion, I felt myself blink out and in of existence as I crossed the threshold of the

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • August 16, 2025
• Blog / How to MIT

  Gallivanting with Gilles or, how I learned to stop worrying and love the MIT Mailing Lists.

  

  athletics at MIT in order to share with attendees what I believe to be the ... , mailing lists haven't been in vogue since before Nick Carter was but a twinkle in a record executive's eye. And yes, mailing lists are not as fancy

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 4, 2010
• Blog / Advice

  Welcome to CPW! 'twas the night before cpw...

  

  time as a prospective student. In light of it being the night before CPW ... :) Explore the different dorms!  I knew I wanted to live in Burton-Conner as ... from campus, etc. Each floor in Burton-Conner also has a different

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • April 10, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  SIMMONS GOT A TRAMPOLINE!!! it's awesome, possum!

  

  There’s a trampoline in Simmons!!!! [caption id="attachment_94960 ... table that is now less cool in comparison[/caption] I live in Simmons Hall. For the last few weeks, large boxes have been sitting in the lobby

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 6, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  I get a temporary cat and it comes with occupational hazards

  

  may be entitled to financial compensation in the form of “me buying a ... lives on Black Hole in Random during the year, where they have a tendency ... quite a bit of time in Ilani’s room. For the summer, though, PUF was

  • by Alice L. '24
  • September 7, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some comforting blogs to read while you await decisions

  

  here with you, talking with you, and existing in the same virtual space ... who wouldn’t be? My usual defense in this kind of situation (aka any kind of situation) is to make lots of plans, so I had ’em ready in spades

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 13, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What’s cool about Nick’s room artsy people, walls, and East Side living

  

  interview. He suggested that we meet up during his short stay in the area, and ... we take for granted as residents of the East Side. In a similar ... . Apparently, when she attended college at a certain Ivy institution in New York

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • December 3, 2014