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• Blog / How to Human

  Gap Year, Part II: Getting Murdered Less How to HelpX, Couchsurf, backpack, and hopefully not die

  

  backpacking.    Disclaimer: I am but a wee freshman, and thanks to COVID ... to have a set schedule, must communicate that to the hosts. the hosts ... -back culture to a lot of the places I've found on HelpX, which is pleasant, but

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 26, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  When Things Go Wrong: A Survival Guide? Come, obtain guidance from someone who's just as clueless as you are...

  

  known before. I move to attack a Simmons resident. As he swings his pool ... try to stand, but the second I bend my left leg a horrible pain shoots ... new MIT frosh go to a bunch of events and check out all the different

  • by Powers '23
  • September 13, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Rocky Mountain Round-Up The latest from my travels in Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico.

  

  Currently, I'm in the middle of a week-long Admissions trip to Utah ... and precedes a forthcoming trip to Kansas and Nebraska. The trip began ... and Wyoming to be in attendance. I was lucky to have a great group of

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

  Friday Night at Random Beautiful people at a beautiful hour.

  

  Bonfire lounge was watching Mean Girls. This seems to happen a lot lately ... machine for 6.01 next to a disassembled puzzle.      One floor down is ... . ‘16 (the one menacing the camera with a nerf gun (who happens to once

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT, You Make Me Wanna Wait! Between high school and MIT, I took two years to travel and work as a…

  

  Weekend, but to start your academic and life voyage as a freshman this fall ... to eat... well, whatever the reason, college is a way to leave home ... conservative), and you’re all ready to GO. It feels like the "right thing to do

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  I don’t know where we’re going ...but we're following my map of MIT's campus.

  

  grammar. So building 1 is not next to building 2. That's a rookie mistake ... DID YOU KNOW? Michael Jackson originally worked on the soundtrack to ... got lost on my way to 6.003: Signals and Systems recitation on my first

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hit in the Face: A Snively GuestBlog Snively's point of view. Only this time it's actually his point of view, and not…

  

  . Hello, my name is Snively, and I’m about to get hit in the face with a ... Burton Conner. Recognizing my desire to blog a bit before then, Laura rushed to help by giving me a chance to guest blog for her, which is what

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 14, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Once upon a time Who I was in high school.

  

  that I always get carded when I buy beer. I went to the Massachusetts RMV to get a driver's permit a few weeks ago, and the lady said, "You have to have a co-signer if you're under 18." I was like, "I AM TWENTY

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  My Favorite (Kitchen) Things cue julie andrews singing

  

  [/caption] Ultimately, an unnecessary item to have, but getting this filled me with a primal joy akin to ancient man being taught how to make fire on a cold ... . Unfortunately, these tins are a nightmare to use when actually cooking, for their

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • January 7, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Week Robot and sports and owls, oh my

  

  It’s been a whirlwind of a week. I initially planned for this post to ... been working in teams to design, build, and control robots to assist a ... drive up to a cabinet while navigating around obstacles and choose a

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • December 9, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Exhaustion Guess who's not ready to go to grad school after all

  

  've been having a crisis over whether to go to grad school or not. And as ... I am very tired. And I don't think that I'm ready to go quite yet ... MIT, but still go on to do an MEng, or do a multi-year grad program

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 5, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 2 Tempering Iron

  

  on campus as of late concerning how to best achieve a safe, caring ... --but I was a terrible debater. Not once did I ever make it to finals rounds ... had been able to practice from a couple years also doing oral

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 28, 2015
• Blog / Uncategorized

  i got a cat he is so small

  

  size of a large rat or a women’s size 8 shoe. I had to airtag him to not ... California to Boston was a nightmare and a half. I gave him the dose of anxiety ... me tapped me on the shoulder just as I was getting ready to sleep and

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • January 14, 2026
• Blog / MIT Life

  SUMMER ROSES stop and smell 'em

  

  ’ve found myself with a lot of time to “stop and smell the roses.” There ... getting ready to send off their MISTI applications. And it made sense too ... wanted to head back home. After a long, demanding yet equally rewarding

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 25, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  I walk a lonely road and it takes a lot of time

  

  make it to class (mostly) on time? What routes do I walk on a regular basis? Which do I walk on a whim? To answer such burning questions, I started using a stopwatch to time some of the walks I’ve made. Simmons to

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • October 20, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Why does my kid have to move again?”

  

  Before I get to the point of this entry, I'll answer a couple of questions. Karen asks: "This is a bit random and irrelevant to your entry ... , on to the point. By now, I suspect that a lot of my readers are

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 2, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Livin’ La Vida PRoCa I take my clothes off and go dancing in the rain... with Clay Aiken.

  

  may not post offered to make a Clay-themed nametag for me, featuring ... Clay inside a television, or what this has to do with TV Guide or why it ... important to me than a clever nametag with a picture of Clay Aiken trapped

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Waiting Game hit submit time to quit

  

  's kind of assuring to think of it like this. It's a yes or a no. And I ... got a response, but I readied myself anyway. I took a deep breath ... different kind of anxiety -- a waiting game. A countdown to 9AM on December 15

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 1, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s up? here's whats up

  

  -drying in the bexley basement. I went to a movie tonight called Vicky ... before heading out to Burning Man which is about a 10 hour drive from san ... The next few weeks are going to be something different. To start, it

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • August 17, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  it is okay to not know a note for hs seniors (and others, too <3)

  

  ready. There’s a lot of little details that you will need to figure out ... you do sketch out a possible path, do it in pencil, and be ready to ...  interview students applying to MIT. During one of my interviews, a student asked me for

  • by Phi A. '21
  • December 30, 2021