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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  My First Week as an EMT It was quite an experience

  

  quickly tested. It started about 1am that night.  I had been getting in and ... , there was a knock at my door.  I am a Medlink in East Campus, and I ... the door and let her in.  She sat on my floor, and I sat with her.  She

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • March 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things A collective end-of-the-semester brain dump

  

  Breathe in, breathe out. Wow. I’ve barely had time to breathe let ... thoughts and feelings that exist in the MIT bubble. It's a little long but I ... bed after a long and completely exhausting day, knowing i can get enough

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • May 20, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I would like to find an astronomer to talk to No admissions. Just good writing.

  

  , and take what comfort I can from the knowledge that I was gone but certainly not forgotten. I've got a blog post in the works about how to write ... illusion. I would like to find an astronomer to talk to. I think how people

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 15, 2011
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2015 Graduates from MIT mind, and hand, and heart

  

  , you all came to mean more than i can say. i graduated in summer 2013 ... in a few weeks, or in a few years, I hope that you can do that too." i ... into a unified person i could recognize in the mirror. as i grad student

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 7, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans + Peanuts + Crackerjacks i practically pulled another all-nighter, and again, for a non-academic reason.

  

  . Even the dome was in the mood to celebrate the release of book 6. I ... instead of in my room, I spent my evening reading the book sitting on the ... in time for half-price burgers. After that, I went over to visit with a

  • by Bryan
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  hope springs eternal a warm feeling

  

  the Charles River, recently covered in snow, I can't help but feel ... 's a feeling that I haven't felt in a long time—even the most exciting of ... trickle in: I see packing boxes, suitcases rolling into Next House; I hear

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 8, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  On Reconnecting spending winter break in India

  

  every way possible, every night I lie in bed, the brightest colors fill my ... exhilarating. And because no amount of words can do justice to just how great it ... My parents were born under kerosene lamps. In a place where monkeys

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 13, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Chapter Closes To open another

  

  that, I can’t believe how many moments passed, sheer, beautiful moments ... knocks.”  “Wow!” I replied in joking indignation, but swiveled past him ... Multivariable Calculus exam. I filled in the solutions, turned in the sheets, and

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • May 24, 2014
• Blog / Uncategorized

  journey to the end of the world visions

  

  ago. i created a new world, i booted up survival, walked around in some ... , playing minecraft in utter secret while my mom wasn't looking. i walked and ... ? how far could i get? thus, began the journey to the end of the world

  • by Ali C. '26
  • November 16, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  More about Residence Based Advising Still have questions about RBA?

  

  was one of the main reasons that I chose Next House. In RBA, you live ... an RAA and I can confidently say that they are a group of really great ... honest, I got to know the other people in my seminar but I didn't really

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The New Iron Man is a 15-year-old MIT Student and lives in my freshman year dorm

  

  the same dorm I lived in freshman year, Simmons Hall. There, she ... . Mike Deodato / Via Marvel   I lIke how identical the comic book ... as Iron Man in the new Iron Man comic series. Jeff Dekal / Marvel

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 8, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  My winter break so far take a break

  

  then, I've been in a bit of a rut. I've been freaking out a lot ... relevance to the fields I want to enter. In the past couple of days, I ... (see: very little) experience in. I've also been continuing my major

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 29, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Short, Sweet, and to the Point: MIT in five senses or less (Guest Entry) Hear, See, Touch, Smell, and Taste MIT

  

  take it all in, and I think that’s what MIT looks like overall. If you’re not sure what I mean, allow me to tell you about my check-in ... check-in until Sunday check-out, I was free. FREE. For a kid with strict

  • by Bryan
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Beauty, xkcd, and my classes The problem with me.

  

  the semester progresses. What I CAN say is that every particle in every ... This post is about the classes I'm taking - and is a case in xkcd ... proportional to how much my ears hurt. Also, because I didn’t expect the glass to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 9, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  it’s ok that it’s not ok sometimes things will happen, and you have to just let yourself be.

  

  how can you possibly go on. I think, in contrast to Kate, my self ... going. She passed away, finally, in our house on a hill in Kafa. I can ... anxiety.   In Infinite Jest, which I’ve been reading with a group

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 4, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting How about 'em EA decisions?

  

  depends on how patient of a person you are, but I don’t think I’ve ever really been patient. When a big event looms, I mark its approach in a big ... explains the “bawling, puking and hair-pulling” antic I mentioned in my

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 13, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  You should live in EAsT camPUS A few of the basic things to know.

  

  type? 1. You can learn how to cook. What better way to learn how than to live in a place where you can have a big, awesome kitchen with personal ... known to make a home out of EC as well.. 3. Residents live in doubles or

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • July 31, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  an absolutely non-comprehensive guide to email sign-offs or, how to inject some fun into an otherwise boring routine

  

  sign-offs, regardless of the context. I think you can't go wrong with ... , These are in-jokes which I would take too long for me to explain to you ... has a contest to see who can avoid hearing Mariah Carey's "All I Want

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • March 9, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Answered Questions, answers, and Sam's face. This is the real MIT.

  

  ? On on side I can get a PC with tons of programs, downloads, familiarity, and 'cheap' prices. On the other side, I can get a Mac with it's super ... Macbook for a few months, right? How well has that worked out for you? I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 11, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  summer scraps life updates

  

  where i am The downstairs door is open; I can feel it because ... to the liquor store across the street. I'm in Greenwich Village. I ... 's the title of the first chapter. That's how I feel right now. where i

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 30, 2016