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• Blog / Personal Projects

  Poemtober! the only thing harder than writing is not writing

  

  really like a lot of the poems that came out of these. It was interesting ... when I look back over the stuff I wrote in Oct., I really like a lot of ... of the fallen trees – their ancient, winding roots torn from the earth

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 17, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: Taylor Pons from the First-Gen Program #FirstGenPride

  One of the coolest parts of my job is that I actually get to spend a lot of time outside of the Office of Admissions (or currently, on Zoom ... ’s a guest post from one of those awesome people who make the MIT

  • by DJ Rock
  • April 14, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  just do it don’t say you’re gonna do it!

  

  molds for the plastic pieces of our yo-yo. I’ll make a blog on the yo ... iterating on the design and re-making some of the parts"]10[/annotation] mold halves to CAD, CAM, and CNC. We split the work between the five of us

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 23, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Our homework is to go camping on a school night...!

  

  this semester has been especially fun and out-of-the-ordinary. So two ... to be erected on the lawn of the Endicott House - MIT's private mansion ... had to sew a whole set of beds as well as parts of the roof cover?? Or

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  setting things on fire and playing with flames

  

  favorite parts of the year is our retreat in the woods with other East Coast ... , the solo performance I'm most proud of was spinning to "The Rockrose and ... ://youtu.be/zIubvTVsBQo?si=6lNNuGQT7zmHyAzQ Being a part of the fire spinning community has been

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 18, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  how i handle canker sores not professional medical advice

  

  them, canker sores are circular ulcers that appear on the soft tissue of ... layer of skin dissolves, exposing the nerve endings, so whenever the sore ... the years, I've tried a lot of remedies to ease the pain. Here is how

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 7, 2022
• Blog / Personal Projects

  a novel excerpt in honor of the friendly toast

  

  ’ve forged plenty of fantastic memories of the Friendly Toast. It was my go ... of a coffee machine somewhere. Quirky knick-knacks dot the lime ... seem too long for the rest of his body. He folds and unfolds his arms

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 3, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HackMIT: Coding over Cookies sights from the hackathon [pictures inside!]

  

  defined by Wikipedia: "the act of engaging in activities (such as ... entry of computer systems. Hacking is no less than the building of the ... . The second-place-winning project of HackMIT 2013, in the making. I

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 13, 2013
• Blog / Events

  MIT Open House Well, come on in y'all!

  

  Whenever I hear the term “open house,” I think of panthers ... fans by the way), and the panther was lost in the process of moving in. MIT is having an open house of its own this weekend, which will be the

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • April 27, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  No Good Deed Goes Unpunished ...in which I introduce myself and set the tone for this "theater of the absurd."

  

  you a backstage pass to the theater of the absurd, better known as ... American communities. I can't promise you the answers to all of your ... University (Home of the Spartans!) and the University of Delaware, (Home of The

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Alia Whitney-Johnson: Making a Difference in Sri Lanka Alia Whitney-Johnson, a Junior studying Civil and Environmental Engineering, spent three weeks teaching the art…

  

  towards the advancement of underserved communities. Alia Whitney-Johnson, a ... teaching the art of jewelry making to eighteen Sri Lankan young mothers in a ... language barrier and recalls discovering the power of non

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Let it snow What I did today instead of sleep for 29 straight hours.

  

  class of the week, and in so doing I would catch up on all of the sleep debt that I've accumulated over the course of my entire life ... it snowed. So of course I had to get up and open the shade above my

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 4, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkeys and babies But no baby turkeys.

  

  me. The cry of the small child in his arms yanks me unpleasantly back ... miles ever before, and so I've pretty much experienced the pinnacle of bad flights - zero leg room, back row seating with the constant smell of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 25, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  Different Perspectives IAP from the minds of a few different people

  

  IAP is a wonderful time here at MIT, where the month of January is ... weeks of IAP at MIT, and the last week at home. Over the past few weeks I ... especially useful for anyone planning on doing MISTI Israel. In one of the

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 26, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let’s Build a Snowman [CRITICAL UPDATE!] We can make him our best friend

  

  ordered 4 of these, expect epic rock band pics to come Along with the new ... album describes it as, "the epic snowman of IAP." It was originally James ... is, really big snowballs are REALLY heavy, and at the end of it we were

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  love is stored in the yarn help i can't stop crocheting

  

  Over IAP, I joined the ranks of bloggers who have fallen into the ... anyone!) At the end of last semester, the [annotation note="the undergrad ... complexity of patterns and the neck-breaking speed that some people crocheted

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 14, 2023
• Blog / Summer

  tiny living when life gives you lemons...

  

  coming soon) into a new one in the heart of Boston. Unbeknownst to us ... in for the month of August, but wasn't sure if it was worth the move ... Solution: Just make your own kitchen? I woke up to the noise of Raymond

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 1, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Colors! Burton-Conner:12523 kbps1649 kbps140 ms

  

  blog. Some of my most prolific blogging streaks are when I'm actually the ... . They've also been installing new Ethernet jacks in all of the rooms -- at ... to paint murals! The mural I'm working on is a scene from the end of

  • by Snively '11
  • September 15, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Visualize whirled peas

  

  much at peace. Last night I went to see the opening night premiere of the Bollywood movie Veer-Zaara. I love the energy of opening night film ... until Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (have you seen the teaser trailer yet

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 12, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  people keep leaving their things in my room and other stories from sophomore fall

  

  I found myself standing under the widest part of the Great Sail ... backdrop of the rain. It was abnormally warm – maybe as high as [annotation ... end of it; and the end of sophomore fall. Standing under the monument

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 17, 2021