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• 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 about how I was going to make my dress for senior prom. I had never used a ... to teach me how to use a sewing machine. As practice, I made this

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • May 21, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Once upon a time Who I was in high school.

  

  't about being boy-crazy. First of all, this was me in high school. I think ... that I always get carded when I buy beer. I went to the Massachusetts RMV ... pretty well-known for the performing arts, and I was heavily involved in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Ellie on the M.T.A. writing about the T, on the T

  

  how convenient a subway system could be. Also, I hate driving, so public transportation has that going for it too. The first time I visited Boston, in my junior year of high school, I fell in love with the T. It’s not the best

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 9, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 1 Dealing with failure and trying to move past it.

  

  classmates. In fact, the only thing in school I have ever been “naturally” good ... taking courses in their majors. I went to the student talks that we have at ... sad about my failures in high school, and I found out there are tons and

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  hokey pokey is the best ice cream in the world (unbiased take)

  

  can pretend to be friends with each other in a 30 person class.  The ... barefoot to the dairy to buy a $2 ice block. I only realised that squirrels were real when I arrived in America. Even the night sky looks different

  • by Janet G. '27
  • September 19, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  The Quest Continues and into the open world i go

  

  pastures, and that I can continue to say that I'm in the place that I am ... dream. And sometimes, even in spite of the photos, I’ll still wonder if it ... , they seem to appear in flashes way more frequent than I was used to. And

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 29, 2021
• Blog / IAP

  IAP and Igloos This is an entry about IAP. IAP is the month of January. It's...February. I know.

  

  people who may also like to point out that I haven't blogged in like two ... 'RE IN A RECESSION, PEOPLE.)(Actually, I really didn't post this for a ... the fall term through January - or you can take crash courses in pottery

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 25, 2009
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining Hall Alchemy The art of turning cereal and chicken tenders into slightly tastier cereal and chicken tenders

  

  . In doing so, I'm often surprised by how much the salad bar has to offer ... Yields: One sandwich that I have been told resembles something you can buy ... stopping you from getting food from several of them at once. When I'm not in

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 11, 2025
• 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 ... answer it here. I don't have any money! How can I do something like this ... とうございます！） So I'm in Japan this IAP! Last IAP, I spent it in Madrid, with MIT

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

  how to move carts not an athletics post

  

  ’d want to feel each one day in and day out. how can i move my cart towards ... movement in that direction. you tell yourself, if i plan for the cart to move ... yourself, if i push in a direction that looks appealing i will surely end up

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 23, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  sticker stories adorned on my water bottles

  

  . I've made it a point to never buy a sticker for my bottles. I just use ... cover other things, like fridges or laptops, but I like them all in one place. Layers and layers have built up. I like how the less

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • February 24, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  How to Make Friends Disclaimer: Attempt at your own risk

  

  Starbucks on Boylston St. in Boston. So, the only suggestion I can give in ... can only say it is worth it. I didn’t like many of the people in my ... likes we get or how many people we Snapchat. Like I said in an earlier

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 30, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  All The World’s A Stage On theatre and artsy stuff

  

  rock band CDs and video game/TV/movie soundtracks. In high school, I ... limited number of as-yet-unclaimed tickets that you can buy for $20-40, let ... ’m not directly involved in. Yay theatre!) I won’t write a comprehensive

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 22, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Ten Years (On Dreams) Ten years ago, I was exactly where I wanted to be.

  

  your occupation or field that you work in? I am a computational ... partner Cory and I have been together for almost nine years now. We met in ... . When I came by to pick up the key the person in charge was flustered and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  On Trauma, and MIT I’m imagining my high school self, and what I would tell her before coming to…

  

  ’t feel anything while editing and sometimes I can only get through it in 15 ... . I have been in many workshops about how to support friends rather than ... resources as well, but I can’t speak on how they work as I haven’t personally

  • by ana~
  • May 4, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  how to adult spoiler alert: no one knows

  

  phases of my life. a while back, i was waiting in atlas to get my ID card ... people who does and has known since they were five, i am in awe of you ... , thinking that maybe i'd be happier in this one or the other. melissa in a

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • November 3, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Guess who can legally drive alone in Maine now? Learning to drive on hard mode (i.e., in Boston)

  

  still in Boston. To their third objection, I smugly pointed out that ... foreign license only if I’ve been in the country for less than a month. But I wasn’t about to let anything get in the way of my Acadia trip

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT Medical: A Freshman’s Story Worth sharing.Worth reading.

  

  . Long ago I spent a year at MIT (my “junior year abroad” in Boston) so I thought I knew how the place worked (not quite, Dad!). Our family has a comprehensive medical plan that I buy through my employer, who negotiates with

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Practical virology A little too practical, if you ask me.

  

  marathon today because I've been lying around in bed feeling pathetic and ... .27 (Principles of Human Disease), so if I have to feel like crap, at least I can be ... biology major, and the classes I've learned them in: 1. When you have a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 17, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  No time for your stupid question. A posthumous entry about the Ig Nobel awards.

  

  in heaven. Last Thursday, I had the pleasure of attending the Ig Nobel ... cricket? 5. How can we best improve our nation's economy? 6. Why bother to ... , $30 of which went toward buying me this awesome ticket specifically so I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 15, 2005