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• Blog / MIT Life

  End-of-Summer Camping Temporary escape from my “cruel, insufficiently damp world"

  

  emailed a friend in lab to put away the agarose gel I’d poured the night ... a happy combination.) When I got to the terminal at 12:13 the bus had ... ). Then we went to a man-made dam and rented a self-propelled boat for the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 28, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider taking a year before entering college.

  

  I'd like to talk a bit about deferring entry to MIT, also known as ... Class of 2014 and would like to request a one-year (or sometimes two ... in recent years deferred to spend a year in Israel, others to do

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / Blog Projects

  another day of spring when canvas went down and i fell prey to overcommitment (again)

  

  immediately had to get ready for a meeting) and was running on 5 hours of sleep ... the view and instead had to lock in on my final projects. However, in a ... I was supposed to read, and then Lauren and I went for a walk and

  • by Janet G. '27
  • May 14, 2026
• Blog / Advice

  Waiting… and a more serious note about pre-decisions at the end

  

  A few days ago, I scrolled through my camera roll to find an old ... I think they're a fun way to take your mind off of something. Here are ... me this quiz to make a friendship garden collage! The quiz was made by

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • December 15, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Soy Bomb Doo d-d-doo d-d-doo d-do d-do. Ice tea!

  

  beginning to punt in spectacular fashion), it was really refreshing to get a ... is hard enough), a fuel cell that could theoretically be used to power ... step in the project was to establish a set of constraints such that a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 22, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What’s cool about Nick’s room artsy people, walls, and East Side living

  

  .       But there’s hope - I just took a trip to buy a ... A few weeks ago, a friend at Princeton traveled up to Cambridge for ... , my boyfriend’s* mom had a bit to say about the colorfully painted walls

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Events

  To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before: P.S. I Love You THANK YOU LSC

  

  blogger meeting I ran to Lobby 7 to meet with Emma so we could take a Lyft to the ShowPlace ICON Theatre in Seaport, a super nice venue that made ... want to be in love. It made me feel so floaty. To give you a picture of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 5, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Revolutionary Technologies at TechCrunch DisruptNY breathing office walls and credit-card sized computers

  

  station, took it a few stops, switched to another train, took it to Penn ... finally switched over to a bus to get to the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal where ... stage in front of a panel of judges to compete for $50,000. In "Startup

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 19, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 1 Yay, power tools! A look at places to find them around campus.

  

  In response to a request from a current applicant, I'm proud to present to you a virtual tour of some of MIT's machine shops. As you can ... keeping track at home). Pappalardo is home to a wide range of Course 2

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sketches from the Independent Activities Period Yultide Day 1

  

  tourist-y trip was to Target to buy a swimsuit. No regrets there: turns out, a late-night swim leads to the best sleep, so I plan to justify the ... patient! Going back to Boston, a big city, from the Midwest always requires

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  , so I moved to Tetazoo, home of yet another blogger. I had a good time, but I'm pretty ready to move back. Actually, I'm really excited because ... decided about a week ago to go ahead and do it. My decision process went

  • by Evan B. '10
  • August 15, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Karma What goes around comes around.

  

  the healthy. Ready to give Mastering Physics a piece of my mind, I typed ... die is when you add that to the normal stresses of MIT life. Not a lot ... reading assignments? We will make a summary of your responses to the

  • by Snively '11
  • February 27, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Dorms: Really Random 19 pictures. Don't open on a dialup.

  

  going to use the money to build robots instead of buy beer, he threw in an ... was so excited about wishing you a happy April 31, because, as Ling ... , probably because I had to much work. Do you always wait for the longest day

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 13, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  I’M BACK!!!!! (and MIT is hard)

  

  energized and ready to work hard. 2. I’ve been reading a LOT about studying ... written a while ago, but I've been unable to publish it until now. Enjoy ... laptop hanging from the rafters with a note pinned to it. (not really, but

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 11, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to Make a (Short) Movie in 15 Days give or take

  

  start to finish. And during that process, I learned that making a movie is ... "]simple![/annotation] So, here’s a quick step by step guide on how I managed to finish my ... , or a long shot from across the street to establish a location

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 24, 2019
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In Japan, the Elevators Don’t Care - Sort of trying to fit in as an American in Japan - 

  

  even carrying a child in the front and another in the back. I want to ... height is so close to mine. Everyone has a sense of collective ... paper to fold with. Also four story tall Muji's. And in a way, it does

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Sometimes, I am invisible and other female experiences

  

  customers around me, but not to me. I can’t help being a 5’3” young-looking female. I can’t buy a $68 cup of awareness. I wish to be conspicuous and ... to several similar events already. A couple friendly vendors had

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 18, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  Photophobic

  

  As I lay face down struggling to move in a puddle of 40 degree water thinking about the life decisions I've made to lead me there, I noticed a ... could to get a better look at was was so alluring a distraction in the

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 28, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Yay, weekend!

  

  are good photographs. I was going to leave the party and go out with a ... picked over the summer, but come on, would you buy a house before you ... lights of Black Bemis and talked, which is a popular quiet-night activity

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  print “Hello, World!\n”; Everything you ever needed to know about me

  

  salaries and some help from the government, was just enough to buy half a ... time of day. My name is Lydia. We have a lot to catch up on. I was born ... in trouble a second time for telling my teacher to go to hell when she

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 8, 2011