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• Blog / MIT Life

  Days Without a Laptop… i need laptop-rehab

  

  university in the US - perhaps even the world. i usually can get MIT signal in ... early last Wednesday morning. In these last five days, I feel like I ... , I have to say that that probably takes great moral fortitude in its

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 22, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Katharine Hepburn’s Brownies How Kate saved my kitchen cred.

  

  children...” or something, but I think you can see where I’m going. So ... . Because I truly, truly do. No, I can’t tell you my favorite flavor of ice ... accessorizing? Is soft serve an option, or not? What’s my day been like? Am I in

  • by Alina G. '11
  • July 26, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The story of the most epic pset ever If you correct my problem set in the comments, I will get angry. And you…

  

  far, it's pretty awesome. It's one of the few classes where I really feel like I'm learning a lot. I mean, I'm sure I learned a lot in 2 ... breezed through back in the Stone Age when I was taking 8.02 (seriously, I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  novelty the closest thing to time travel

  

  i am in the tenth week of my summer job and i can remember how the ... accelerate the passing of time? i am in a headspace where i cannot fathom why ... shorter than the previous one, unless i pull as hard as i can to stretch it

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • August 5, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Questionable Views Questions and views, and questions about views. The views are not necessarily questionable, although you…

  

  all-girls dorm, to Senior House, where I'm pretty sure that one girl and one guy can share a double. Certain floors in Random Hall are designated as single sex, and suites in Burton-Conner can be either co-ed or

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Semester of poetry

  

  grows as I bounce off ideas and memories. In this initial phase, I can ... Poetry Workshop class this semester, where each week you come in with a ... somewhat crowding the stage. In highschool actually, the professors I liked

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • November 24, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Bed arrangements in dorms, and beauty on campus

  

  Correction from my previous entry: I'm told that you can paint your ... seperate beds?" I can't speak for every dorm, but at East Campus, most rooms ... . Most people I know in doubles use bunk beds because it saves space. My

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding a Second Home love is where you least expect it

  

  know that this is the place where I can grow, in all sorts of ways (in ... amazing and caring and creative in so many ways that I can’t even begin to ... Let’s flash back to a sunny weekend in April, where the grills of MIT

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 18, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Roller Coasters and Dance Parties Sunday was the East Side party! Lots of loud music and prefrosh!! Still, no fun.

  

  I think she did a great job! All in all, this has been a really ... projects. I'm happy that I can call this place my home. ... This past Sunday was the East Side party, where the denizens of the

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 25, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  On Time That which I do not have.

  

  . Said illusion is currently failing to function. Case in point: Where did my weekend go?! Follow-up case in point: Where does every weekend go?! I'm sitting here, in my room, at my desk. It's nearly 11:30 pm on a

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 7, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Toga, Toga, Toga On being in a fraternity (info for parents too)

  

  in high school, I was a pretty shy person. I was very quiet, went to ... much top secret). - You can't live in your fraternity during your ... , I'll be honest. I went to high school in the south, and you know

  • by Bryan
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My 7 Favorite Places to P-Set! Eat, Work, Repeat.

  

  for two reasons; 1. I can sit in the grass and work and 2. I can get ... in Eataly, where I tried some fancy chocolate nuggets that were amazing ... Starbucks after the cash registers on the second floor, where I can overlook

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • November 10, 2017
• Blog / CPW

  From First Visit to First Week A Reflection on Independence and Making Decisions

  

  more importantly in the fact that I had reached a point in my life where ... would’ve meant the world to freshman me back in high school. But as I ... ’s something about traveling that I think can be fulfilling and scary at the same

  • by Richard O. '28
  • September 12, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wrapping Up First Semester Two more weeks to go.

  

  months immersing myself in as many books as I can cram in the windows of ... semester was kind of in a lull period in terms of work, I vowed to finish a ... succeeded in this by reading The Alchemist and The Road, I quickly found

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • December 10, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Night Vision Funny how "photo"graphy throws you into the dark

  

  -consuming -- I can’t actually think about nothing when i’m trying out specific techniques to make what I see in my head manifest on paper. It’s emotions ... going to the darkroom because it’s “therapeutic”. I can’t exactly disagree

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 8, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  pathways where do i go from here?

  

  in fall 2022. god, I can't wait.   ... since I was last in that room."  "it's been a year since..." in the past few weeks, my friends and I have been talking about where we were a year

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 23, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  The Open-Ended Question Why I chose MIT ... twice

  

  in a place where to a degree the world comes to you and you can meet a ... . Having never touched a pipette, today I work in a lab where we're trying to ... So it's hard to imagine I just participated in my FIFTH CPW but yea

  • by Bryan
  • April 15, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some F Words ****!!!

  

  positions where I feel like I can have a direct impact on humanity.   ... Lately I’ve struggled to blog, due to being in the middle (!!!) of ... younger, but I found myself facing more often in college, as I found myself

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 15, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Merritt ‘13, Carlos ‘13, Edward ‘13, and John ‘13 The final edition of a nine-part series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  Cross student going to M.I.T. in the Fall By Jarett Henshaw Published ... , Cornell, and Berkeley. He decided to go to college at M.I.T. in Boston. "The ... him leaving Roanoke in the fall. "I'm very very proud but very sad that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 31, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Questions and answers

  

  you that you feel get you closer to your goal in life? So I guess what ... what can be found in most universities?" Wow, that's quite a question ... expressed some interest in it when I was about ten, and after that my family

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 23, 2005