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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  21: The Movie Afterthought: You probably have to had seen the movie to understand this entry fully. =/

  

  21 = Vegas + MIT kids. Me = born in Vegas (seriously) + going to MIT ... caves in and joins the team, declaring that he would "quit after $300 ... ), and the hot-headed Fisher (Jacob Pitts). Through "17 weekends" in the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 30, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Making my Ring Delivery Dress and some reflections

  

  In my junior year of high school, I had a phase of telling everyone ... moons embroidered in gold. I love celestial aesthetics for the idea that ... from Van’s Discount Fabrics in Chinatown for a sturdier lining. Always

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • May 21, 2022
• 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 / Blogs That Aren't in English

  dear kuya i promise this post is mostly in english

  

  , for older sister. kuya can also refer to any older male person. back in high school, for example, i called people in higher years "kuya", like "kuya reggie" or "kuya john dave". and people in lower years called me

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 8, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  scootin’ and zoomin’ a transportation saga

  

  Way back in September, I had the difficult, difficult task of writing ... whiteboard care to dotted lines on blackboards (i can make circles in both ... only if] true" and "i can only count to 3" and "i haven't seen you in

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 18, 2021
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  the summer before senior year you've changed...

  

  songs. I learned 3 things. The Girl described in "Girl All the Bad Guys ... between good and bad music. In keeping with the theme of nostalgia and high ... seniors in high school. I am now a rising senior in college. It's crazy how

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 9, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Week 1 ...of Year 2.

  

  night in Hong Kong, I leaned over the balcony in the common room and watched reflected light dance in the ocean. I was trying to catch the Perseids. In the end, I didn’t see a single meteor and ended up crying a

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 14, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Plot Twist And what MIT Architecture has taught me about design and life.

  

  I’m standing in front of my presentation boards, trying to string ... mid-reviews sat three feet in front of me and I can already tell they’ve stopped taking in the words that are coming out of my mouth. Before I knew

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 9, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Building a Ballpit The trials and tribulations of an impromptu rush project

  

  paint imaginable is represented in the cluster of cans in the corner, and ... shall be eaten." or "Wear Shoes or DIE" The cast: The EC rush chairs, in ... earlier than the move-in date, meet the freshmen and build ALL the things

  • by Kate R. '14
  • August 30, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Boing! Boing! Maybe not the best writing ever, but the pictures are awesome!

  

  Back during my senior year of high school in 2007, I went to CPW ... wanted to live in, that dorm being Burton-Conner. Burton-Conner has 9 ... -Conner realizes this and in order to promote inter-floor relations they have

  • by Snively '11
  • November 24, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  i ran out of social energy and other great ways to say no

  

  , but right now it feels so close. east campus always builds things in the courtyard for rush, and this year is no different. in fact, i signed up to be ... , to see so many people and have things in-person again, but at the same

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 18, 2021
• 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 ... happy with a move towards self-sufficiency in the woods, away from the

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 5, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Today A Trader Joe's monologue

  

  covered in chalk drawings. Then, I feel an overwhelming feeling of nausea. I ... , especially in proportion to its massive concrete parking lot, and I am suddenly ... carefully curated trees. I am pragmatic in a Trader Joe's. I know exactly

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • April 23, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] art and things zine making + what makes us, us + thank you cambridge + yomp

  

  (mechanical engineering) with a focus on learning machines. I live in Next House ... 't even a joke it's the MathCounts Plank Tournament in the Next House ... spectroscopy. This summer, I had the chance to live in an apartment in Cambridge

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 20, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  61 Photos from my Time at MIT from freshman to senior year

  

  D. '21, our hallmates, and I all went to Tasty Burger in Harvard ... later. In January, I fulfilled my blogger-career-long dream of taking ... in East Campus, First East has a FFT (Free Food Table). Anything on the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 3, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  For Those Weeks When You Just Cannot We all have those weeks, sometimes you need a break

  

  We all have those weeks. Some sort of tragedy happens - a death in ... extracurriculars, the negatives and the tragedies all add up to be, in a way ... them all away. I went to a new counselor in the morning who taught me

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Why Is There No Water? One of the most important things in your life is invisible to you until it…

  

  A lot of people living in the United States don’t understand how ... inspired to write this post by a tumblr question I received while in Ethiopia ... is the village in Kaffa, Ethiopia where I've been doing the water

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 9, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  the world is blooming! and so am i?

  

  back to green. Even past elementary school, in fact--my high school ... -bordered (cut) and taped together–definitely a lesson in patience and attention to ... opposed to constant summer) was in elementary school, so this is more or

  • by Allison E. '27
  • June 17, 2024
• 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 Human

  Contraception and Safe Sex at MIT! sexual!! health!! is!! important!!

  

  this week and she wanted it to be posted in honor of the November Rule ... sexual health in a way that is honestly unheard of in a lot of places. We ... people about sex and relationships and what's okay and what's not okay in

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 2, 2018