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• Blog / MIT Life

  readmission what'd i miss?

  

  -month mark you begin to see how this new life has affected you, and you think ... working in industry, I jumped at the chance to take a break from school ... one that left MIT. I'd like to think I'm more comfortable in public (and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 19, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Happy Birthday to m—-suck. I turn 20 and cry tears of blood

  

  an avocado that's getting a little ripe, it's much better to eat the ... hosed. Like fire hose. In my face. Get the picture? Oh right, pictures ... 's generally the same day they're passed out. That means you get one week to

  • by Snively '11
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  socializing over zoom it's been rough

  

  like, socially. And no matter how I try to frame it in my mind, making ... Last week, non-seniors who want to live on campus in the [annotation ... dorms was an experience in and of itself. In trying to figure out who

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 24, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  walking, walking, walking walking and/as coping

  

  might be because I'm too overwhelmed to process new information. If I ... week, this is usually two hours or so, to make sure that I can get back to Next in time to eat dinner. Here are some examples of [annotation

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 31, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Español Foreign Languages at MIT

  

  fill in the blanks of grammatical exercises or to write contrived ... vegetables. You have to start somewhere, I get that. But sometimes I wonder if ... communication. Not only are we struggling to convey our own thoughts to others in

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 23, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer Reading What’s in your beach bag?

  

  is good news! It means you still have time to get some summer reading ... actually get to the beach or not, don’t miss out on the last few weeks of ... learned how to eat.” Hmm, it is a good book. But I’m still eating cupcakes

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 4, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A little bit about me and my trip to La Republica Dominicana A trip to the Dominican Republic to compensate for a bitterly cold Boston winter

  

  me: I'm a rising sophomore planning to major in Mechanical Engineering ... just got back from my second visit to the beautiful town of Punta Cana in ... ! The first time is absolutely terrifying...but you get used to it. I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Picking A Southwest Flight Seat How to Make Flying Bearable

  

  . Usually I'd mention how you have to wait to get off the plane but this seat ... , or FR) This is the seat you'll probably get if you check in late and it ... . Have to store all of your luggage in the overhead bins, annoying if you

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 22, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT is easy if you study rastrology. Getting into awkward positions, at the Bank of London, with penguins.

  

  You'll get another new entry today as I work on my 20 page paper. But ... . The Rime of the Ancient Mariner can be sung to the tune of the "Gilligan ... " but "Friderick." 3. The male emperor penguin must hike 80 miles to the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  three things i made recently lasers, radio, and a chocolate chip cookie loaf

  

  in session yet. the snow's only just turned to rain and we've had two snow days in the last week, which meant lots of indoors time. it's kind ... it comes in through the antenna. people have also used these to pick up

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 15, 2017
• Blog / Classes

  Little Pieces of Living january & february & march & now, april

  

  through the new one; I've gotten to do some more in-depth readings about the ... In January, I came back to campus for IAP and got to do a healthcare ... without. What else? I woke up most days before the sun came up in order to

  • by Sara N. '28
  • April 2, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  the last twenty days burning out before the semester even starts

  

  experience; I remember organizing folks in the kitchen, trying to get as much ... , I get back to Next and I just feel like I have nothing left in me. I ... in with the people who were going to serve it. As I went upstairs, I

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter Break and New Year Resolutions In which I try to express how wonderful being home is

  

  figured it'd be a good time to get back into this regular vlogging routine ... IAP, TA-ing a class (blog post to come) and continuing one of my UROPs ... hopefully IAP means I have more time to actually execute some of the blog post

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 10, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  looking at old journals gap year chronicles, ft thoughts on science, art, and moving through the world

  

  surviving in a car. It's lovely to recall how much of myself I poured in to ... , modern me stepping in, how interesting it is that this is when I learned to ... . To quote: It's funny how I feel a little bit frantic a low

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 23, 2022
• Blog / Blog Projects

  slow burn you and the void

  

  be angry, just annoyed, and you’d have to spend time inserting a new ... heat this way. The void whispers to grab the thing in your bare hands. At ... idk man it was a strange day. haven't written horror in a sec. also

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 6, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  A Run through Boston Having an adventure was easy. Carrying the camera around was the hard part.

  

  fish. Next time, though. By then, it was getting close to 2 in the ... humor too, however, since I got an A anyway. In case you didn't care to ... aplenty. I also learned how to focus a camera, for just about the first

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 4, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2008 – Another Highly Satisfied Customer! (Guest Entry) CPW! Meet the Bloggers! Free t-shirts! Tim the Beaver! Exclamation points!

  

  , I am cool enough to now say, “I am enrolled at MIT!” In fact, I just ... wonder how many people actually get what I mean by palm :-p). After a two ... going to be co-Editor-in-Chief next year. This journal rocks and so I did

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 19, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  40 Hours Left! The time is 0500 EST, 12/15. I am studying for finals. You are waiting for…

  

  sped from lower Manhattan to the Bronx, they fell in love: (Boy) It was ... experiment. How do we perceive emotion? The faces pictured below are either ... -205. Taken from Hood, Clifton. 722 Miles: The Building of the Subways and How

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 15, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Less Than Perfect Bottle Rockets, Crossword Puzzles, and Half-Marathons

  

  challenging and that in itself is worth celebrating. So here’s to new hobbies ... down in bed than it was to get my butt to the gym. Even when I got back ... was the one pulling the launch string) so I didn’t get to see it happen

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 10, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ROTC Is Life (In a Good Way) Everything you ever wanted to know about ROTC at MIT (and then some)

  

  interests to get in and stay in shape. For the PFA, the goal is excellence, as ... . Cadets may also get the chance to ride in a fighter jet (typically an F-15 ... more job specific training. And, of course, you’re allowed to stay in

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 18, 2015