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• Blog / People & Identities

  a jaunt to Philadelphia We went to the AWP writing conference!

  

  , because I got too hosed to finish it in March."]room.[/annotation] It’s late ... ."]9 am[/annotation] I’ll be in the basement workshop under the Infinite ... otherwise, in years. I was reminded of Phoenix ComicCon, where I’d bounce

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 26, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rambax MIT On Rambax, MIT's one and only Senegalese drumming ensemble. Also known as MIT's best Senegalese…

  

  your hand. Now combine it. See how much imaginary fun you're having? I ... badass. In fact, shortly before the concert I made this flyer advertising ... , though I can tell you it was the most fun I'd ever had playing sabar

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 6, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

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

  

  times like these I need to know I'm not alone in how I am feeling. I was ... never ended. I can't say what happened, but it was unfortunate. And no ... them all away. I went to a new counselor in the morning who taught me

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  “Take care of yourself.” "Can you post something positive please?" - my mom

  

  's How I Take Care of Myself at one of the most stressful colleges in the ... 're not in the best state of mind. Growth, where we learn how we can best ... of how far I've come. I remember the sleepless nights in high school

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 19, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Numbers are names too What, you don't speak entirely in numbers at your school?

  

  add that I'll buy Jonathan's description, and that it's amazing how much ... dispell with names, each student can be RFID tagged? I know he was mostly ... telling people my major in words instead of numbers, and I always say the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lace, Gourmet Candy and Dorothy an inside look into the most fabulous internship in san francisco

  

  black sesame powder.)   In any case, I can't believe there are only ... this IAP?" "Oh, you know. I'm working at a startup in San Francisco ... in New York to doing research in Hong Kong. Naturally I gravitated

  • by Connie H. '15
  • January 16, 2013
• Blog / Events

  I Survived Week 1 and All I Got Was 10 Lousy T-Shirts a pack rat’s post-orientation reflections on miscellany

  

  stories. “Not every day” for me was a few weeks ago when I landed in this ... -shirts, glorious T-shirts: I may have exaggerated a bit in the title. In reality, I ... outfits that weren't in my suitcase when I got here. A chunk of a car

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 13, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s the FIRST DAY of CLASSES!!!!! A summary of the first half of the day/how I'm feeling, with many exclamation points!!!

  

  super great at theory in Mechanical Engineering, I can say I know CAD and ... since I got back from China. Today, in order to facilitate Better Blogging ... Blogs in order to throw a post up without much editing, but now that I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  A person can develop a cough. Simultaneously the coldest and hottest entry I've ever written.

  

  morning, I felt a faint red soreness on my uvula, which can only mean that I'm developing my traditional mid-winter cold. I have way too much to do in the ... sheer force of will. I originally wrote "shear force of will," as in the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Real, live MIT students * IN HD* A look inside the world of MIT Admissions Interns

  

  Hey you! Yes, you, the one reading this sentence right now! How would ... -2013 Admissions Interns What role they play in the office Why they are interested in working at the Admissions Office Randomness Seriously, though

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • September 21, 2012
• Blog / How to Food

  My Favorite (Kitchen) Things cue julie andrews singing

  

  else you can do with a microplane? Buy fresh parmesan, like in real ... one of these for a long time. I’m sure you can imagine how hard pouring ... ’t claim to be a food safety expert, but I can claim to know how to have

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • January 7, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  I Miss College Application Season The Good, The Bad, and the Casey Jones

  

  miss being in high school.] [annotation note="As I hope you understand ... tour I went on, I was the only senior in the entire group. Everyone else ... essays. I miss exploring myself, and seeing how I really grew during the

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 31, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Accidentally Double Majored How I managed to accidentally get a second major at MIT (hopefully)

  

  can be and how much I can accomplish. I can graduate from MIT. And that ... I would concentrate in, having taken three different subjects in three ... concentration in writing in one semester, and it got me thinking - maybe I could

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Our mother shoulda just named you Laika! Come on Alex, you can do it.

  

  below an A or a B in your life. And though I know nothing I can say will ... demanding I finish this post in which he addressed me as "kamber", and I knew ... Course 16, although I think that's spelled "camber". Can you tell I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 25, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Gap Year, Part II: Getting Murdered Less How to HelpX, Couchsurf, backpack, and hopefully not die

  

  doesn't necessarily match with my 'how much work can I fit into a day ... women. How to use: Personally I would not opt to stay in a strange man ... very far from school. Now I'm in the midst of a lot of school and am

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 26, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 2) The dog days of summer.

  

  Putz): "I'm working in the Media Lab's Tangible Media Group on a new ... 2, of Simmons): "I'm off to be a girl scout camp counselor in Plymouth ... Senior Haus): "I'm spending the summer UROPing on campus, working in a lab

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

  Mondays and Tuesdays and the Spaces Between A few days in my words and a break in someone else’s.

  

  buy juice (the one flavor I’m not allergic to). We split up somewhere in ... you can see the wind in them before it hits you. 4:06 pm: I have desk ... Authority. 2:30 am: A layover in NYC in Port Authority. I buy some orange

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 27, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  fictional coping mechanisms learning to love unapologetically

  

  )"]something involving Aizawa.[/annotation] I really can't emphasize how important he is ... out, because I think there's something cool about how I can still make ... . I honestly feel like I can't talk about how much I love Eizouken

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 11, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  The end of an era Veronica Mars was canceled. That, or the seniors left. Interpret the title as you will.

  

  On Saturday, I sat in the floor lounge and began writing this entry ... Lost, so I've watched almost the entire first two seasons in the last two ... for no reason. Rar.) I was in the floor lounge to distract myself from

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  frosh thingies i couldn’t decide what to write so i’m writing about everything

  

  clubs and classes to do, I also have to figure out how to balance that with keeping myself alive. Can you believe that? I have to remember to ... water.) I’m stuck in a bit of a situation where I’m weirdly better at the

  • by Anika H. '26
  • September 30, 2022