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• Blog / Athletics

  In which Elizabeth tries something new. (My idea of thrills is changing the location of my bookshelf.)

  

  !), leading to a momentary, but non-negligable, conversation on how I should try ... over. I was ready to unwind and veg for a couple hours. I was going to ... , and I made our trek to Walker Memorial. It used to be a gym but now it

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 8, 2012
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Cambridge-MIT Exchange

  

  , "I would never do a program like that. I would hate to leave MIT for a ... experience. I think in some ways I've been able to develop a healthier ... you a different sort of feeling. I hope that I will be able to use some

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 14, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Arts Party 2010! [by Ken Haggerty '11] Now that I'm about to graduate, it's time for some fun…

  

  great experience. We've come up with a logo to represent Arts at MIT ... official MIT Arts Portal! (coming soon...) F.A.S.T.: To celebrate MIT's 150th ... festival, there's even an class you can take to work on one of F.A

  • by ARTalk
  • September 27, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Enterlude Brought to you by the letter "L", for Late, Lame, and real Life. Or something…

  

  from “decent” to “huh, that’s a little weird, but okay” and “is that even ... wall, found a foothold, and prepared to contort my way to victory ... weren’t cruel enough to give me a name with numbers and symbols, √† la

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • September 18, 2010
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  We Stan Matt Parker i'll try not to mention the parker square

  

  -variable calculus at my local community college. I began to feel like a real college ... mathematician with a PhD is sitting in their office "researching" how to solve the ... trying to figure out a) what maths after calculus looks like, and b) if I

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Free Lunch Who says there is no such thing?

  

  One of the first things I did when I came to MIT was get myself on a ... LGBTQ community, and with “food at MIT”  just to name a few. This last ... one of my MITFAC emails, I was warmly invited to a free sustainable

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 23, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  On the Flip Side I'm a host instead of a prefrosh this year - but CPW has still been…

  

  place so far, which is okay because I'm a host and not obligated to be ... with an "Imma let you finish!" and a transition to Kanye West ... 's Leadership Brunch, I got a chance to speak with some of the female admits to

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 10, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Do you have jobs? Can I have one?

  

  they're also incredibly selective. I'm beginning to be a little more ... in the end they want to know the same things: who you are as a person ... of their program. A company representative at a career fair came to MIT

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  My First Visit I... got lost on the tour, actually...

  

  . A brave few will not even be able to visit until they set foot on ... first door to the right is a men's bathroom. My friends Steven and Brendan ... I realize that some of my readers may not have had the opportunity to

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Color by Numbers

  

  off to 3 feet, and then used the shelf like a super-ruler. No, I ... lot of fun, especially after we decided to make a quick stop at Star ... most of the next day for field hockey, so I figured we'd have to wait a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  DOFMH A sick day from work, where "sick" means "I wanted a day off"

  

  grade teacher) used to encourage me to occasionally take a DOFMH -- day ... sleeping in until 11 AM; I then rode my bike to the Student Center and ate a ... time to blowdry my hair normally. In fact, I don't even own a blow dryer

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  College The path to self-discovery is lined with my blog entries.

  

  could take a plane to 77 Massachusetts Avenue in August and call myself a ... *. Plus, “high-school dropout” had a nice ring to it (and I would get loads ... , a free car, and the right to name a state park after themselves. Some

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 21, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  liquid nitrogen and everything else 🐸

  

  many calls that I ended up making a spreadsheet to rank all the hold ... speak to a human.  [caption id="attachment_118904" align ... offer a view of Mt. Hood. I was excited to go to Portland for a totally

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • October 9, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The final stretch ...of 2017

  

  from my group's final presentation to a scene in Waiting for Godot   It's felt quite anti-climatic to be done, a feeling that seems to ... celebrate a bit, go out with friends, treat yourself to a good night's sleep

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 21, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Samuel Maurer’s Day Off MIT moves pretty fast.

  

  it ended in a Red Robin in Central PA rather than Rice to Riches, New ... for no other reason, because I got to have a 13-word conversation with ... threat to America?" I mean, once you hear my question it's kind of a judge

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 12, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  The Grandest of Road Trips Reflections on a cross-country road trip, on an international plane flight, on a full bladder.

  

  I'm on a 13-hour flight from San Francisco to Tokyo, connecting ... 'm sitting in the emergency exit row directly behind a bathroom - but rather to ... to San Francisco with my boyfriend CV, who just graduated and has a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 1, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Building a Robot in 3 Days FIRST X MIT Edition

  

  limited amount of time to design, build, and program a robot to compete. The ... computer lab with a mission she refused to back down from. “It isn’t fair ... refusing to take no for an answer - he finally agreed to let me join on a

  • by Hala K. '29
  • January 25, 2026
• Blog / Athletics

  sunscreen physical health and stuff

  

  am already feeling the need to wear a jacket my right eyelid has ... i spent a while researching symptoms and trying to understand what was going on, but it turns out this is actually a normal response to stress

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 4, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Hospital State of Mind The things I hate about being stuck here

  

  . Basically, I want to go home. And I never plan on going to a hospital ever ... of doctors and nurses and I am afraid to talk to them. But there's a ... I hate going to the hospital. Yes, hospitals help people. Most nurses

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 6, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer’s End To everything there is a season.

  

  -checked all my saved strains of yeast, handed my notebook to my post-doc, had a ... incredible things I've had a chance to do and be a part of - mea culpa, mea ... Charles River. And I can't help but think that it's a beautiful day to bid

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 9, 2008