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• Blog / How to Human

  a conversation with my mom at 1 am about cacti, writing, meche, and chess

  

  On New Year’s Day, I got a tattoo of a saguaro. Saguaros are massive ... thinking recently about how I love Tucson but I may never live here again ... survival as living things in the desert only can. Let the tattoo remind me of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 11, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I’m Still Here (for now) quick reflections on the last ten years

  

  MIT in the fall of 2015, I’ve taken the trip from New York to Boston ... person adapted to a new environment in ways I don’t even fully notice much ... spending time with friends I made in undergrad and meeting new friends in

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  setting things on fire and playing with flames

  

  ignition taught me something new. For the Spinning Arts club, I went to ... presence. I love it. The club has also taught me a new relationship with fear. I've learned that fear is often rooted in the unknown. Fire spinning

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 18, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Wall A Lack of Color

  

  concert and spend New Years in a place that I wasn't allergic to. (No ... I'm in my room in Senior House (which, before you ask, is not just ... place, despite the heat. I really like how much nature is accessible there

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / People & Identities

  everything i think i’m not (rush, part 2) and what it would take for me to be it

  

  how much I loved music; Addison came across genuinely invested in ... , what with how many such steps I’d taken in the past few weeks, but it was ... yes. I felt like I wasn’t enough of a “guy” sometimes, in how I spoke

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • November 25, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking In Just a quick note to say hi from the depths of reading.

  

  there are a lot of questions in the comments and I'll definitely get to ... . If you can't find the few minutes it would take to do this, may I ... students, you are the lifeblood of the reading process. And I can't tell you

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fraternities @ MIT They're quite a Rush.

  

  more and more about my own freshman year - in particular, the choices I ... other Greek men, I have a great deal of pride in not only my own ... and the same triumphs - both of which can be found in abundance at MIT

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back to School If you go to school in Missouri City (TX), I might see you this week!

  

  I'm back in the U.S. of A and have recovered enough from jet lag for ... laziness. So ~ my time in India is over :( No longer do I wake to the sound ... in India. Last Tuesday was my final day in Anaikatti, when I turned in

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 23, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Welcome to MIT, Class of 2012 Welcome home.

  

  worsened my mood. I had gotten in to MIT. Now, I can't help but feel that ... . Really, you guys are amazing, and I can't wait to meet you all in person ... morning of Sunday, March 18th, I was sitting at the computer in our living

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Swing of Things I've been getting into it.

  

  . Fortunately, I now know how to make a website, something that I never actually ... when I was in high school, I would have said something like “prolly ... numbers involved, in spite of writing memes all day”. After that, I wandered

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 18, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Railroad reading A Thursday evening book review that nobody really asked for.

  

  with his mother in New York. However, I find it hard to take seriously ... (which I had in June), but I never go to Philadelphia and I won't eat Cheez ... . Finally, I went to Allison's and watched Sin City and as a result I can

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  hihi i’m back featuring all my favorite excuses

  

  i’m gonna keep this short so i can get to posting real content again ... in writing Last semester I tried to get all my writing requirements out ... resulted in way too many essays for my liking. On the bright side, I didn

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 30, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  To the Class of 2016 General life advice

  

  . I can't stress how important this is. MIT has many activities that you ... thinking of them. In fact, I even wrote a little outline of this blog down on ... how you decide it'll be. Here's just some things to keep in mind as you

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 12, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Coffee in the Pagi-nation [joint post] breaking cruel rituals

  

  financial aid, I turned in my applications. Then, I stopped thinking about them. I had turned in what I needed to. My essays were some semblance of who I was, and while I might wish I hadn’t used so many commas in

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 11, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Soldering Things pronounced "soddering"

  

  . I'm currently working in the Space Systems Laboratory helping to ... circuit theory and printed circuit boards in general. I've discovered that ... work. I applied to this UROP because I wanted to work in a Real Science

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 25, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I never want to finish my P.E. requirement MIT PE might be the best thing that's happened in my whole (short) athletic history

  

  around. To be honest, I pretty much learn new techniques by watching how ... indoor kickball or doing homework. With these experiences in mind, I was ... the class, I had barely stepped foot in a proper gym. To me, the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  play dough

  

  gruel and I'd look in disgust at how they had ruined the very nice thing ... I'm a very Type A person, I'd say. I tend to need to be in control of ... room looks like a mess, but in reality it is my organized mess. I know

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 28, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  A speech, of sorts

  

  we will be looking toward a new year. I write this in the hope that it ... do. There's a lot of angst in the UA about how we can get more people ... Association Vice-President, or UAVP, of MIT. In March, I ran for president, with

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  growing over time continuing to become myself

  

  always going in the wrong direction no matter how hard you try. When I ... ways it felt like my life was paused. (I'm sure lots of y'all can relate ... beginnings of deep friendships in the East Campus courtyard. I felt like a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 31, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Questions and answers

  

  you that you feel get you closer to your goal in life? So I guess what I am asking is, specifically, how has MIT helped you come closer to ... what can be found in most universities?" Wow, that's quite a question

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 23, 2005