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• Blog / MIT Life

  My Desk and the Things That Live There The things and fish on and around my desk and the stories behind them.

  

  dating. My to-do list for today, in between my laptop and my tea, written ... looking out over Brigg’s Field and Simmons, in the same entry as Ceri R. ‘16 ... survived (an almost perfect metaphor for tooling at MIT). Cory and I bought

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  Bad Ideas Month word of the day is oops!!

  

  you look hard enough, and it catches the light, even in the dark ... homework packet for my [annotation note="an exam to test out of 18.03, aka ... days in [annotation note="Independent Activities Period

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 3, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Two Truths and a Lie Because we all definitely love playing icebreakers

  

  shoot an email to be less unknown!).  You probably have a passion for ... - Now I know to keep my MIT ID in my wallet at all times and I leave for ... easily just, like, pour more water in.  I mean, that's what glasses are for

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 17, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  AFROTC = stress, and why that’s okay Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps: "what do you do every week?"

  

  training, or PT, to keep us strong and looking sweet in our uniforms. So ... wrong, and that's when an upperclass shadow would step in to give us ... here I am 100% sure I will be ready for a career in the Air Force.

  • by ROTC
  • November 4, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  hello from seattle This blog post hopefully not brought to you with an NDA.

  

  looked at my to-do list and saw the item that had been sitting on there for ... able to visit them in their state. After an excellent walk on trails that ... to me, compared to parks in Boston – and delicious sushi for lunch, I

  • by Cam T. '13
  • August 6, 2010
• Blog / Residential Life

  A man’s reach should exceed his grasp My roommate and I built a lofty heaven!

  

  've walked into many an upperclassman single, looked around, and thought ... 11 pm, when all the slats were in place. (We broke for dinner, and a ... up to; as an applicant, seeing other applicants brag about their skills

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 23, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Feeling Good And mostly musing

  

  roommate, saying in the last few lines: “thanks for being an awesome roommate ... time in MIT I had completed an exam with several minutes to spare. This ... scavenge the kitchen or hope for a free-food e-mail to land in my inbox. I

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 26, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  November 1 Updates The latest from the Admissions Office.

  

  the past few days. Do not call or email looking for missing documents ... should wait for an official announcement from our office. We have not yet ... [Editor's note in 2017: This post contains outdated contact

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2011
• Blog / Events

  life, with the brass rat we're halfway there????????????

  

  for MIT, (2) interactions I wouldn’t have otherwise, and (3) an eye for ... … affiliated? It’s fun to look at an image online and think [annotation note ... event is somehow both underwhelming and overwhelming. Underwhelming, in

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • August 26, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Why yes, I’m with the news I need a good fedora

  

  while Kim got all checked in I flashed my ID and got my hand stamped for ... I work at Hasbro in Rhode Island, about a 1 hour train ride away from where I'm staying on campus. Kim '11, who was also in Toy Design with me

  • by Snively '11
  • August 7, 2008
• Blog / Events

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

  

  until classes start). Thanks for an amazing CPW, and I'll see you all in ... Senior Haus for the bouncy ball drop. Tim brought an umbrella, partially ... . On the way, I passed the Dome. I looked for Ben to say goodbye, but

  • by Snively '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  letter to my 2023 self from: 2024 janet

  

  experiences growing this cilantro and apply it to care for yourself in the same ... else, and got an A in that class despite the first midterm. You spent ... , and for the first time in your life you will have closed a significant

  • by Janet G. '27
  • January 2, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cancel all operations Tell your friends to cool it, my cover's blown.

  

  grandmother's house for a few hours. Jose '07, shown in this entry, took a month ... . However, I feel like I've been so delinquent in responding to comments on ... TOMORROW there's an entry on CANOES! Hokay, so... Bicycle Race Dan: "Does

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Senior Spring! What I did (and didn't) do over IAP...and plans for my last semester!

  

  Day eve and all of a sudden I have to go to school again! Weird (in an ... can’t do MISTI I’m looking forward to this class. 21L.702 Studies in ... IAP-you operate at your own level. Want to go abroad or do an externship

  • by Alina G. '11
  • January 30, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Party pics

  

  work. I decided it was time for another "fun" entry. I mentioned in my ... is painted in the lounge, and in many other places on the hall, and he ... there's not enough suffering for him to feed on. Once term starts, he

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 2, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  feeling grown up walking in adult clothing

  

  grown up, in general. some thoughts: these days when i'm in an uber, or ... for an uber ride, or a dinner out? where am i between saving time and ... person in a room. explaining to a nine-year-old what an fmri is. seeing

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 17, 2022
• Blog / Events

  When Friday Arrives… A glimpse into my social life, among other things.

  

  joys of MIT. In actuality, I have much, much more to say - but for now ... Oh, hey, the weekend's here. Awesome. In other news, the last full ... paper for my humanities classes (remember Arrowsmith? yeah, it's on that

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brains, Voltaire’s Son, and Other MIT Things Notes from the Start of Junior Year

  

  ’m taking two classes at Harvard this semester, and one of them is in an ... -registration sometime soon. For probably the first time ever in blog history, I can give ... in cancer research most widely known for his discoveries of the first

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 16, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Psets! This starts out artsy, but I promise it's going to go downhill really fast.

  

  , for the last two terms I've signed up for 51 units. This should be an ... to go off. I go and look at my computer (which is supposed to be my ... 's battery had completely drained. I wait 20 minutes for the shower, and then

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 7, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back Home No Strings Attached

  

  an hour long car ride back home for dinner at McMenamins. If you ... our property and locations/types of all our trees. In what is an ... college. Unfortunately, I left the cords for my HDD in Boston, so I've got

  • by Snively '11
  • May 24, 2009