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• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh, sweet freedom? One girl's tale of how to (try and) fend for herself in college. Tire swing…

  

  fellow frosh were in the same “MIT IS TAKING OVER MY LIFE AND I WANT TO GO ... others having similar reunions. My mom tried to get a sense of what life ... Harvard Bridge to have dinner in Boston, and a trip to Star Market for

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Someone saved my life tonight Survived my squalor, like a butterfly.

  

  inconvenience you. Things are just starting to get out of hand and become ... embarrassed for other people to see your mess...but you would still let them in the house. Second degree squalor: Now things are really starting to get

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 12, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Spring Break post

  

  many opportunities in life to not get in to someplace where you wanted to ... Hi, readers. Congrats to those of you who got in. I remember when I ... the end in itself. Take advantage of what MIT has to offer you, because

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 29, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Unveiling the New Varsity Weight Room let's get buff !!!

  

  vwr[/caption] It was super cool to get to lift in the new VWR. In the ... now open! Accessible to all those who participate in a varsity sport at ... putting in the work[/caption] [caption id="attachment_106057" align

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 23, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  (K)onstantly not good enough baby's first sabremetrics

  

  - and in between flashbacks to the Superbowl-That-Didn't-Happen - I ... shine of an oncoming linebacker's helmet and gets so distracted by how ... period of time, is almost certainly insufficient to beat a good team in the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 7, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Friday Night, Off-Campus Style come along on our evening of fish and wine

  

  , so this is my favorite way to order food. In addition to getting to ... from going to the types of social events that are just barely getting ... past midnight. These days, my Fridays tend to be a bit more low-key. In

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 11, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  writing and faeries reflections on my classes at Harvard

  

  of the Fae was used to grieve loved ones, ie a mother that died in ... extra questions on the spot, which we also delved in to. I’ve never ... reflected by others. We were learning how to make our own work better by

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 3, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  fragments instead of blogging (for a whole damn month), I...

  

  . this means nothing. i did, however, get to both play in the snow with my ... grateful i am to have found a family in them [caption id="attachment_49048 ... books in my bedroom prompted me to pick one up again; i started rereading

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 16, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2017! highlight reels from the new year

  

  anchored to the sky. In West Africa, it shoots volcanoes down on us. I get ... of them before I get to the apartment. I wash my hands in the bathroom ... something new, how about you stick to a new buffet restaurant in Chelsea? Or a

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A reading list for a week at MIT All my classes have required reading this semester!?

  

  the best differentiation between different body parts. In order to get ... -and-coding heaving schedules I’m used to. In a way, it’s really nice—I’m being ... mainly about two things: how to make interfaces that are intuitive and easy

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • February 27, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A Person Studying Persons… ...and why the Myers Briggs test is invalid

  

  ...later in life, ESFJs continue to enjoy supporting their friends and loved ... in high school. I was mostly busy studying; I would make excuses to not ... where the Myers-Briggs test gets dangerous in its influence, and why I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 23, 2017
• Blog / How to Food

  Cooking with Cami learning to adult part 1

  

  with friends in Washington, D.C. and wanting to save money for future endeavors, I've decided to get my shit together and actually learn how to cook ... dump it in while the egg part is cooking/nearly done. This allows me to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 10, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  MY college essay 498 words of angst.

  

  .math.& tech. academy in the midwest ranked 8 of 667,she didn't get much respect going in as a girl,that know has changed, it if I can get her to read your ... plates, which are usually allowed to be stored in some common area

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 12, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Happy Birthday, ‘Murica! (Even though Boston celebrated Independence Day Eve)

  

  measure. In response to this announcement, MIT officially closed at 3pm ... Hurricane Arthur was predicted to arrive in 45 minutes. And the show was ... how it came to be that we launch exploding pyrotechnics into the sky to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 4, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  I’m still here (and MIT’s still hard) The little comment that wasn't. (This isn't edited. It sounds awkward at times. Deal.)

  

  , whatever. Anyway, I want to know - how hard is MIT? Because I keep hearing it ... think it's kind of hard. OH, CHRIST. I HAVE NO CHANCE OF GETTING IN." (I ... .) In response to all of these comments, I'd like to deliver a poorly

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  ice skating don't fall

  

  center of gravity closer to the ground cj: ah, just like in every other ... this so hard wayne: it took me weeks to learn how to skate, you're doing ... supposed to balance when you have a foot up wayne: well how do you balance

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 16, 2022
• Blog / Events

  To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before: P.S. I Love You THANK YOU LSC

  

  to the ShowPlace ICON Theatre in Seaport, a super nice venue that made ... around, we all rushed to theatre 6 to claim our seats. We were seated in ... want to be in love. It made me feel so floaty. To give you a picture of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 5, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Wangoballwime?” C'mon. You know what this entry is about. Check out the title!

  

  gesturing towards in this picture, hang on. We'll get to that. As I hope you ... it. Akash continued that he was thinking about trying to get us into a ... book to a screenplay- obviously they needed to cut some things out in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Journal of Negative Results, among other things Absurdities I encounter while livin' my life.

  

  , and how it is representative of everything in my life. Due to a ... in chromosome 5, leading to an extension of the circadian period from ... scientific studies. About 95% of the work people do in research never gets

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 27, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 1 And maybe a problem set

  

  get used to. Eventually, I made the decision to attend MIT—how could I ... and took a gap year. The story of how I decided to take a gap year is ... alone in my room, listening to the air-conditioner buzz, my body

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 8, 2013