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• Blog / MIT Life

  Diffusion Summer time!

  

  . As such, I've started developing a plan for how to keep myself occupied ... how to do a bunch of 2.005 so I don't fail it next semester 3) Work on ... who have already packed. They get to do this: I am not one of those

  • by Snively '11
  • May 23, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  “I’ve Got 99 Problems… Admissions Is Not One” Really 52, but who's counting? I know that you love numbers, stats and checklists, so…

  

  , you want to know the skinny on how to get into MIT. The more I try to ... from Fountainhead or Jugghead. The "Every Important Lesson I Learned in ... same goes with movies. Yes, Cool Hand Luke is steeped in allegory and I

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Sick of Being Sick On being sick at MIT.

  

  bipolar.) The real turning point in my illness took place on Friday, when I ... I think at that point I was pretty much speaking like Yoda. In fact, I ... wasn't going to make it very far. So I called in and talked to the dean

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 22, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  oh, the crash and the burn

  

  toll on me. So much so, in fact, that I've finally crashed. So I have ... hottest fucking mess in existence right now. I've spent a lot of time ... yeah I guess my mental isn't currently in the best place right now

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 26, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  Refactored

  

  we all face in American education. I attended sessions on urban ... might be helpful for you in the future). Quick news update: I have ... Yes, several days without blogging. I'm sure you've been waiting with

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 2, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Play it again, Sam You wouldn't be saying that if you were in lab with me.

  

  canned pineapple in JELL-O but not fresh pineapple. How tired do people ... moments of panic, I had the sense to reach in and rip it out with one clean ... luck in figuring it out. I was so excited, because everybody else was

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Supposedly Fun Thing That I’ll Probably Do Again On July 4th, I reenacted The Old Man and the Sea, minus the old man…

  

  inflatable rafts with a hot dog grill in the center raft?' and [name I don ... in kindergarten that I could do anything if I tried, so I ignored ... waiting tentacles of a flesh-eating eel). In the interest of survival, I

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 7, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sketches from the Fall Semester random happenings, senior year edition

  

  . Sometimes, we are very rigid in our ways. Consider how we pronounce class ... authors, which I think means Allan has made it in academia (read his paper ... : Correlation of Responses to Ethnic Conflict.” I’ll be exploring how media

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 30, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [joint liveblog] finding the BALANCE with 2.009 watching the 2.009 annual showcase (with Kayode D. '27)

  

  audience POV. In some lucky turn of events, Kayode D. '27 and I managed to ... PERFORMING IN THIS. THAT'S ALL I WANNA SAY they all have gloves like michael ... surgery patients in the U.S." janet: i really want to ask a question

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 9, 2024
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Everything I Miss and Don’t Miss About MIT Frolicking in nostalgia

  

  after graduation)—and yes, I've witnessed these responses in the wild ... , yet)--I'm just going to sit here a while and indulge in nostalgia ... jampacked Macklemore spring concert Thinking I'm going to do pretty well in

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 22, 2016
• Blog / Events

  The middle days of the week

  

  in middle school. Manray was the first place I ever really danced (and ... . Sadly, you're not supposed to bring cameras in, so I couldn't take ... goths to nerdy goths. I dressed similar to what I often do in normal life

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Events

  What can I say, it grew on me . . . (Guest Entry) Now I'm a beaver believer!

  

  learned about in school. Later, I met The Snively and The Ben Jones at check-in, and walking down The Infinite Corridor, I saw The Admissions ... ! Becca '12 and I at Meet the Bloggers Tim '12 and I stuck in a knot at

  • by Snively '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An End A whirlwind.

  

  the end of summer; one day, I was sitting in the office casually ... , thanked Ed Murphy, and said goodbye to McCormick, the building in which I ... continue in the morning. That would break up the driving, and reduce the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 20, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  June and Flaky Biscuits The first part of an epic summer and food, bien sur.

  

  My hope is that in the next p-set and class-filled 48 hours, I eat ... joys of running bridge loops in Boston. Afterwards, I decided to take a ... drained. I needed to re-discover why I needed to be at MIT in the first

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Hacks

  Hack to the Future all futures have a past, and all pasts have alternative futures

  

  future, arriving in the same place, at a different time, to save the future ... , October 21st, 2015, I walked into Lobby 7, and was greeted by a hack; a hack ... current (and future) MIT students, I suspect, I loved the BTTF movies as a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 21, 2015
• Blog / How to MIT

  My Freshman Backpack Or: How to bend the fabric of spacetime to your will

  

  , since it doesn't have my laptop in it at that pictured moment (Yes, I am ... in my room, with pages of notes strewn on my bed and my person, where I ... same day. There have definitely been days when I've had two in one day

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 24, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  The First Snow of the Year! Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. Also, what to expect for the…

  

  Today was the first snowfall of the year! How exciting, I didn't even ... snowflake of winter, how exciting)! Gradually, it began snowing harder; the ... looks like it has transitioned to rain =( Last week, I finally busted out

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 29, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Finals Week…A Different View ...Or why I got up way too early this morning...

  

  . I lived in Baker House, often referred to in those days as the largest ... it. I've really had a good time living in the house this year. I have ... the shuttle bus with them in the morning and Saferide at night but I

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • May 18, 2009
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How did the blogs get started?

  Ben Jones, The Blogfather, started the MIT Blogs in 2004. The idea behind the blogs was to open a window into the lives of MIT students: what ... students write their thoughts about life in college in blogs. These honest
• Blog / Admissions

  Ups and downs and extras

  

  excitement in Boston now is like nothing I've felt before anywhere else. Yet another advantage of living in this great city. And what would a ... : Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. I have to admit, the Pittsburgh

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 28, 2004