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• Blog / How to Human

  learning how to drive and other matters of identification

  

  years swiping your CharlieCard in and out of MBTA stations. Visit New York ... get back from your trip and your shiny new driver's license is in the ... belongs to you. A new chapter in the institutional memory book. You

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 12, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Hi, I’m New Here The requisite introduction.

  

  every three seconds and ended up with more dead air than anything else in ... ruin the reputation of the entire radio station all in one go. Great. Now ... time slot in the first place?! Didn't they realize what they were about

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / Residential Life

  Life on Campus? remastered 2021

  

  -packed in the closet. Now, I’m buying a dresser and unpacking my clothes. As I settle in to my new apartment, putting up posters and hauling empty ... you make new memories.  The students moving in next weekend will join

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 8, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Other Side of Fraternities What if. . .

  

  water war weapons. I have sporks on my shirts. I chip in to buy our ... , fraternities have been actively recruiting new pledges during "Rush," a chance for new freshmen guys to get a chance to meet as many fraternity members

  • by Snively '11
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  You always have been hi everybody!

  

  apartment but it was so cute doing the whole girls in a New York City ... MIT people live in New York and there's always something going on! This ... . Living in New York has given me so many unique opportunities and ways to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT CodeIt or: the best decision i've made this semester

  

  'm qualified to teach. But after, strangely, I have a new confidence in myself ... that confident in my coding skills back then, but it was something I remembered. When the CodeIt application opened up in late August, I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 25, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  difficult difficult lemon difficult the end of senior fall

  

  , to buy into this myth that they should always be doing more. In the ... [annotation note='I am writing this down in class-equivalents; MIT has a ... , I bravely forged ahead, conscious of increased workload in other areas

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 29, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Quick Update My neighbors are celebrating by firing guns in the air which is not conducive to…

  

  New year's eve here in Karachi. Assault rifle fire is really loud. I can hear the pings of bullets landing in the street. As long as the electricity is flowing and the guns are shooting, I'll be awake in the basement

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to CPW: Why It’s Special all the things that make CPW amazing

  

  .” I was surprised how naturally I transitioned into MIT life, in my head ... . That’s why CPW (and the Admissions blogs, if you can’t visit in person ... students, IHTFP has meant both during different times in the year. Before you

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reading, Thinking and Igniting Innovation Rational optimism about MIT and the future

  

  hike. I was in a strange mood. I`m a student at one of the most innovative and progressive universities in the world and I always have loved the pace of life, the thirst for knowledge and the search for new ideas

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 5, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Senior Spring a little life update

  

  Finally, finally, I’m in my last semester of undergrad. I need three ... readings, in-class discussions, and essays). I really like Prof. Campbell ... suck less.  In general, I really like taking public policy classes. I

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 23, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT What?!? The Long and Illustrious History of the MITMB, as far as Kim knows.

  

  ="http://www.youtube.com/user/MITmarchingband">YouTube Channel</a>.</p> <p>This is, in fact, the 30th anniversary ... spelling mistakes like the one they mentioned in the article.</p> < ... player on the left in this photo:</p> <p><img src="http

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / People & Identities

  New Things I’ve Tried mostly experimenting with some looks:)

  

  day by doing new things! I’ve wanted to try many of the things listed ... to risk looking like a mess in a meeting, recitation with ten or fewer ... to put on hair wax in [annotation note=" It seems like there are ways

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • January 9, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Introducing the New 2017 Bloggers Let's get ready to ruuummmmble!

  

  shop in Seattle), and I gathered to select the bloggers who will join our ... Reckoning. It wasn’t really like that. We spent FOUR HOURS in our committee ... answering a surprise Final Fantasy question in quiz bowl finals, while wearing

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  Dishwashers, parents, space: what do these things have in common?

  

  use of a dishwasher is the last frontier in an immigrant household, an ... appliance in most countries outside of the US and apparently many immigrants ... . Unfortunately, whenever I wash my dishes in my hall's sink (which measures about 1

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 9, 2005
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  tuesday another blog about an ordinary day

  

  've used a lot of software-engineering-specific terms in this blog post, which might provide insight to people interested in software engineering ... explain any software term that might need a definition in an annotation

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • August 7, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to survive your first winter: a college student’s guide written by a transplant from sunny Los Angeles

  

  midlayers! (1) Baselayers When I'm in the city, I usually just wear cotton t ... around $30 on sale at J.Crew, or cheaper at H&M.  Buy a few, mix and ... make the biggest investment.  No, the cute jacket you bought in July won

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 12, 2015
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Thing-A-Mah-Bobs Never walk up to a duck trying to cross the street

  

  island to get their opinions on what it means to them to buy locally. As ... likelihood of you buying local more often?] “Becoming a better cook” [Q: Why do you or don’t you feel a personal obligation to 'buy local

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • July 8, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An old man’s thought of school Whitman. X-men. Youth. Zymurgy.

  

  "last word" in transportation. He had originally told his coworkers to literally look up the last word in the dictionary, but decided that "zymurgy" was not a good name for a train. Yo, I'm in grad school. How's that

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Love Lucy! REALLY don't even think about bringing a car to MIT - sans elephants.

  

  time, in a land far far away (from all you non-local blog readers), a young man fresh in college would drive 17 miles each way from his ... town around exit 16 to buy soft ice cream and mountain dew from the

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 13, 2010