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• Blog / MIT Life

  The Meaning of August It's time for classes, moving, colorful dorm rooms, and new bloggers.

  

  time around, summer is over and school is starting (although not for a ... of 2010 (which makes me a sophomore), and I'm Course VI (i ... decided about a week ago to go ahead and do it. My decision process went

  • by Evan B. '10
  • August 15, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maine, Episode III: Ain’t No Mountain The one with more pictures than text.

  

  Hampshire with Joe and Joe's Dad. A picture is worth exactly one thousand ... as Ruth's term paper for 17.483: US Military Power. And longer than ... : Nuclear Engineering. Aha! Pictures! Joe and Joe's Dad cross a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I wake to sleep An application to a telescope asked me why I learn and where I'm going. It…

  

  ideas. A restlessness that keeps me searching. And above all a love for ... , what might be my short term and long term goals, it's important to go a ... , depending on how you look at it. I was 8 and lived on the outskirts of one of

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 27, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  How To Write A College Essay and other things too

  

  Listen: writing well is hard. It is hard for a lot of different ... tumble out of you, all stiff and angular like a box of bent pipes. But ... of rebel, expressing his private opinions and not a "party line

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  As the City Slumbers thoughts while walking in a park

  

  it, and a tall, steep slide with no railings, a relic of past building ... everything takes place at night; only those with a special disregard for sweat ... graphic novels from a squat library. I gave a wide berth to a mom with her

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 21, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Hello, Ma Sheng Li Gong A journey of four years begins with a single blog.

  

  ), and we decided to stay in Boston for a couple of nights before heading ... with knew a grad student from MIT and asked us whether we would like to ... home for the next four years. (Along with my Mathcamp schoolmate from 3

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Yes, I am still alive My fourth of July in America's hometown

  

  Well, I spent my 4th of July in Plymouth with Adam's family and my family, and we had a lovely time. I made snickerdoodle cookies and blueberry pie for the family's annual gathering, and Adam and I made our

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interphase This entry has nothing to do with cell division

  

  about deferring for a year, and here I am giving you information on how ... ? Well... yes, and no. For every class you pass (i.e., get a C average or ... a term at MIT. For some of you, this might entail working a part

  • by Karen F. '11
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  Ciao, Italy! (Part 2) late post due to usual MIT firehosing

  

  and histories, with daily lessons in Greek, Latin, and philosophy for ... ; Final dinner with my students and another MIT GTL'er   Day 21: On a ... spent a night in the town of Bergamo, famous for its split-level upper and

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 17, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  Mine hands are broken reflections on many a year of carpal tunnel syndrome

  

  anyway, so I took a day off and hoped it would go away. But it didn't, and ... the wrist, hand, and especially thumb muscle. I mean, typically with ... run, and more to do with running being my one thing that didn't hurt me

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 14, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Final Push Who needs sleep?

  

  now) and I have not yet begun studying. That's right, not even looked at the material. I've just woken up from a nap, ran to the store, and am ... This is it, MIT is in the middle of finals week and the final grind

  • by Snively '11
  • December 17, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  scuba do or scuba don’t? under the sea

  

  , and disconnecting the air flow so that you can’t breathe for a few ... ’re familiar with the traditional Pomodoro Technique, where you set a timer for a ... of Wang are like the backrooms, and after taking a few turns, you end

  • by Taylor L. '29
  • November 17, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy November 1st! Halloween was yesterday. My costume was/is an embarassment. You should read about it!

  

  , and I hope it treated everyone well! A couple of entries ago I told you ... completely normal. But I had an explanation for a hidden costume all worked out, just in case anyone gave me a hard time about not dressing up. Ready for

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  “There is No Place Like Home” ...especially when you are a long way from home

  

  . When I began looking for a place to live five years ago and an alumna ... women to belong and live for a time in a value-based organization where ... my first 5K last year with two sisters and a member of one of our

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • July 12, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  being bad at ice skating and learning to try anyway

  

  with Teresa that I would take my stinging butt and ego for another round ... of my second lap, I even skated for a little longer and tried turning ... infiltrated the rain, and people have replaced tshirts with puffer jackets. It

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 15, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Is MIT too hard? warning: metaphors ahead

  

  ;   For the Course 7s out there looking for a more scientific answer ... For most people, sprinting a mile in under 5 minutes is physically ... , sustained periods. What's sprinting for us, is a comfortable pace for them. A

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 18, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Did the quadratic formula explode?

  

  regardless of where you end up for school, you'll be able to get a great education, even if it's not one of these brand-name, looks-good-on-a ... In one of the 28 (and counting!) responses to my last post, Kelly

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 16, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2014!

  

  instructions 2) I've setup a WeMo Switch connected to IFTTT so I can turn on my air conditioner with a text message from ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD 3) TURN DOWN FOR BLOGS   Loading...

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 21, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Special Edition! Speaking of Valentine's Cards . . .

  

  many times can get a little repetitive and even confusing (after about ... , and here's what I did: 38 of the cards have a number underneath my name ... "random" button a bunch on the XKCD website and wrote the number down

  • by Snively '11
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Places I Became Human Hey guys, I think I'm back :)

  

  it, I was just taking a shower. It came on quickly; I blinked, and then ... entire life, and I was angry about all of it. I’m never angry. I took a box of papers and a lighter into the courtyard alone. I didn’t care who was

  • by Powers '23
  • November 21, 2019