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• Blog / Personal Travel

  i rode a train across america it took eighty-five hours

  

  opted for a coach seat—so I’ll be sleeping upright for the next three days ... a wonderful essay about the color blue: “For many years, I have been ... color of where you can never go. For the blue is not in the place those

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 7, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  my freshman year in laptop stickers RIP my laptop 7/19/20

  

  . losing the files on my laptop and having to pay a good amount of money for ... behind for other residents. this was the first sticker i put on my laptop ... session. even though i ended up not applying for the program, i'm a weeb and

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 21, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  friday was a good day

  

  was that we found out what the final for the class is: DO ANYTHING and ... ’s ART SHOW in the Student Center Wiesner Gallery. For context, the Weisner ... work. Our friend got a spot for the month of November and tonight was the

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 21, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thinking Positive Sophomore year was kind of awful. But there were happy things! I'll focus on the…

  

  training coordinator for Medlinks for the upcoming year! I am so excited to ... be nice to get a break from the institute for a little while. I Wrote ... can be fun, but it is hard to find a way to balance everything. The good

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 17, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  On psets and projects and why "midterm season" is all the time

  

  project class has regular checkpoints for a project: either the same project ... for a revised version. Or the deadlines will divide the semester into ... midterm and ending with the last one, midterm season looks like this: It

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 25, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  I have SMASHING news!

  

  docked the commvee for some petrol while the kids fetch a cuppa and some ... say upon our arrival the seafaring natives looked at us a tad queerly ... : the people of Pi, and the people of Tau.     For many

  • by Sir Nigel Blogberry
  • March 7, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Answering some questions The entry on commencement was just getting unwieldly.

  

  of the protocols so many times that I don't have to look at my notebook ... , should I just sign up for one for the lottery, or do all three? The usual ... not the same. And thanks again to all of you for your congratulations. :)

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 9, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Failing and perfectionism

  

  tendencies, and that shiny bar you've set for yourself becomes the standard for ... exaggeration of otherwise satisfactory results. I wasn't prepared for the amount ... it wasn’t for the incredibly generous curve. [caption id

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 12, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Comments-ment Webcast A few comments on the past week.

  

  I have a granola bar for lunch tomorrow? The grotesqueness of bananas ... 't. 10:32 pm: I once tread water for ten minutes as part of the MIT swim ... , vastness expanding past the yardsticks of comprehension. I slept for three

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 5, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Library Battle: Harvard vs. MIT Harvard and MIT Libraries are given a theme topic and each an afternoon to compile…

  

  : Now, for a PSA. MIT Libraries is the collective organization of 8 ... , hence the title, and is in room 10-500. For those of you keeping track ... know the adults that work here, so it's wierd for me to do it. But there

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 10, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  November 1st is coming up! What not to do as it approaches (and after it passes)

  

  MIT! For many of you applying EA, the deadline is fast approaching! I ... waited, and waited, and, wai-oh look! the deadline to contact interviewers ... , a storm hit Maine. Knocking out the power for several days! I had

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 26, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Home safe Bad guys don't hang out in the Infinite.

  

  to wait six months for it to come in). Like many of the members of the ... is green for the line of cars parallel to you, go! If the light is green for the line of cars perpendicular to you, don't! MIT does have an

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 22, 2006
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] Small-Town and Rural Students take on MIT and Boston By Vaneeza R. 25'

  

  -In As we gear up for the second STARS (Small-Town and Rural Students)@MIT Fly ... behind the scenes to open applications and plan for the Fall 2025 STARS ... was a fun way for us to break the ice and learn a little about each

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • March 20, 2025
• Blog / Events

  My Kind Of Party Consider this your first frat party.

  

  week to get out 14 NEW BROTHERS (note the excitement). Anyhoo, for those ... the country might look like or how far I went to stick out on this ... So typically when people hear the words "fraternity party," they

  • by Bryan
  • September 27, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  loftblogging 3: liberation via customization i <3 process

  

  —it's liberating! I was free to decide on the dimensions of my loft, opting for ... for HackMIT) drew this! they also help me build the railing on my loft ... capable to take on similar projects in the future. Because when I look at

  • by Victor D. '27
  • September 26, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mormons and video gamers Bonding with strangers

  

  , presumably because thieves usually go for the fridge first. And now it's 10 PM ...  I wasn't laughing, wincing, or wondering about the ceiling's structural integrity, I was glancing over at the guy sitting next to my sister, who

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 3, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Weekend Shenanigans the adventures (and photographs) continue

  

  activity, if not necessarily for the content, then at least for the musical ... about Rocky Horror: for some reason, the showing started at midnight. More ... ...demonstrate his mastery of physics? Look badass? All of the above? Speaking of

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 20, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  There’s More to Life Than Tooling You can, for example, write your mechanical engineering thesis and an original musical. At the…

  

  , Tool would be chosen for fall or IAP. Guess what? Julie will learn the ... . I'll let a quick excerpt speak for itself (from the song: There's More ... tour guide) for this statistic So, if you get the chance to be around

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 9, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Daniel Guillen Our football coach gets a surprise in Daniel Guillen '10.

  

  him the team was looking for a replacement for senior punter Matt ... ROY HESS The Brownsville Herald May 25, 2006 -- The opportunity that lies ahead for St. Joseph Academy senior Daniel Guillen is one of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 29, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Thoughts on Snow quick notes from the journal.

  

  The first substantial snowfall was yesterday, December 9. Things ... waterproof to it as you thought. Silly: how grass looks like a bad shave when ... ). overcoat. (d). sweaters for layering. (e) boots. Things I now wish I own

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 10, 2013