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• Blog / MIT Life

  Of Orange Juice and Animal Hats. How the Flintstones failed me.

  

  , and once caught a cold in 90 degree weather. I’m still not sure how that ... ’t called in a week. I’ve been kind of hosed. Mom: Are you sick again? You ... juice in a week and a half. I haven’t really slept in a while. Mom: Sleep

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • November 22, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  where is home? leaving your home is easy / it's keeping this one that's a struggle

  

  in baker. i take the elevator down to the dining hall to get meals, and then i take it back up and eat in my room. i walk to the z center to get tested every once in a while; it takes around twenty minutes to walk, get

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 27, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  things that made me happy lately from the first week of classes

  

  me. I think this shows in what I like to write about, too: how things ... to your living community"]GRA[/annotation], a PhD student in Course 4 ... chemistry and the recitations they had to attend or TA. pika gets much louder

  • by Kai V. '25
  • September 20, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Friendly Neighborhood Dream-Destroyer "How Could You Work There?"

  of as. So, I thought it'd be helpful to tell you all a bit about how I got to MIT and answer "how I could possibly work here." If we rewind to when I was in high school (a much simpler time when Tyra Banks was

  • by DJ Rock
  • May 30, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  stepping back on keeping your priorities straight

  

  saltines for a meal, hoping to recreate Chicken in a Biskit to slowly ... reminder of how easy it is to pass a day without making the most of it. I ... things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day

  • by Connie H. '15
  • November 30, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  then and now a reflection on the very bad

  

  blinked. Processed. Blinked again. I get to just not come to school in the ... school. Funny how things change. In the end, I ultimately chose not to go ... didn't know how to respond. My mom pulled me out of school after that

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 5, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Majors Trying an Evel Knievel approach with my studies.

  

  ?!?!? Yours truly. Well, not anymore but that's how I used to be. When I first ... of classes and try to get as many degrees as humanly possible. My ... I am double majoring in Mechanical Engineering and Biology, with a

  • by Bryan
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hi, I’m Lulu ...a different kind of blogger; I take pictures.

  

  're getting sick of pictures and you'd like to hear more about how I go about ... basic things you need to know about me and this blog you can read about in ... there in a valley between the mountains, moved to the outskirts of DC when

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Parental Advice Sometimes you just need to get out of the way

  

  unconventional.  You don't have to look any further than how I parent to really get ... ,  in favor of blank pages that forced them to create their own images ... their college destination. As such, the parent wanted to know how best to

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Give the girl what she wants Ruth '07 wants pictures, she can have them.

  

  pretty well in high school calc or physics, you may want to get the credit ... sunburn of the I-wonder-how-I-managed-to-NOT-get-skin-cancer variety. Well ... big mess while we were in the process of putting things away. We get a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  tidbits pieces of advice

  

  . How do I get to know people? How do I find community on campus? For me ... can link it rather than having to figure out how to word it every single ... for physics help, and he ended up getting out of bed, walking to my dorm

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 24, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  The Lessons I’ve Learned and it only took three full semesters and a summer

  

  afraid of failing too. In that, I learned another lesson. I used to get mad ... couch in my room because it was easier to get out of my couch than it was ... spot, get in." I was overjoyed. I was going home.   And to home I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Events, Food, and Awesomeness: CPW A story about how CPW is more awesome than lobsters

  

  which we get to keep. Even those that are stored in some nook or cranny in ... my “formative years” in Orange County, I’d like to think that the years leading up to my second grade move to California played no small role in

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  halfway there musings about currently being an MIT student

  

  otherworldly...I can't imagine reading at this point in time; I managed to get ... , in retrospect, and I hope that I'm able to participate in at least one ... can't believe how assertive I was, how eager I was to experience new

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  “What Should I Bring To College?” (partly) answered my everyday carry

  

  once in a while I get questions about what you should pack before heading ... working to optimize what I carry, so this is a work-in-progress and (2) that ... know.  But still the best way by far to take notes in most MIT classes

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 23, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Congratulations! You got the job. You start in 6 months.

  

  getting in to MIT. I feel your pain. My senior year involved a lot of things ... a comment stating just that. Are you guys just out to get me or what ... second, wanted to sit in it and be wheeled around and pulled in and out of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 24, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Paris Hilton comes to MIT Just kidding, but I bet that got your attention

  

  talked about the Clinton Foundation and how they were able to bring the ... happened, but I’ve got to get back to making pretty pictures for my ... come to MIT, we wouldn’t even have the time to find rotten tomatoes

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Time To Have A Sit-Down With Your GC. Can we tawk?

  

  is to be respected and taken seriously. There is no doubt in my mind that you are ready to get down to business. So, your first step is ... the identity of your GC, be sure to introduce yourself post haste. In

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 24, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Survey says… A LOT of freshmen report that they were leaders in high school!

  

  confident in their the ability to “function effectively as a member of a team ... , and basically that meant don’t get in trouble, don’t get the team in ... picture. The entire team chooses the captains, who are expected to keep in

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • January 25, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  OCTOBERRR NOVEMBERRR will NOT be my next entry, promise.

  

  prior. I hear Kayla '12 get up in the room next to mine, and she soon ... being with it and in it, and having motivation and desire to keep on ... 's right in front of you! (although I was semi-freezing to death when I took

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 31, 2009