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• Blog / MIT Life

  Please, Mr. Postman A fair and balanced look at the inbox of a typical MIT student.

  

  , looking through my archives, I can see that we were in fact having 5 ... immediate attention. Yes, there was a point in my life where 75% of the e ... buying us tickets to a Clay Aiken concert on 8/28/05 --how I should take a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 21, 2005
• Blog / Events

  BLOOD MOON FEST IS REAL!! "the blood moon rises and the blood moon falls but the wave of whimsy it…

  

  to lunch, and then glassblowing, where I was sniped by Jeremy in all my ... the dorms[/caption] A few days later, I decided to buy pre-made red ... . The morning of, Anoushka and I got to work in the kitchen, but waiting

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Seasons of Spam Next up: a Nostalgic entry about my frosh year. After Finals. Maybe.

  

  cans of Red Bull. In tooling, in frats, in lectures, in hacks. In ten ... refuse to buy an iPhone - I didn't even own an iPod until just a year ago), I felt like I should go and partake in the festivities. So I got to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Four days of fun! I did so much last long weekend and very little of it was productive.

  

  students can't have fun? On Saturday, I met up with a friend of mine who ... ), a shopping center in Back Bay, where we discovered a place called ... Tuesday, I went apple picking! Me and friends in the hay ride! Every year

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 17, 2017
• Blog / Advice

  tidbits i answer a bunch of random blogger prompts

  

  . Unfortunately, I can no longer drink the boba that’s normally sold in MIT ... times in my life. This is the first UROP where I really feel like I'm in ... up late. Last semester, I found that my most productive hours were in

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 18, 2019
• Blog / Events

  An Evening With BJ Novak, opened by Barack Obama You may have heard of BJ Novak from his role as Ryan Howard on NBC'S…

  

  . (What can we say? Kresge gets around.) One of these emails I got in that ... heater that I pretty much missed the entire part where he walked around in ... I'm here now! ] There are some times in your MIT career when you

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 23, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Campus is quiet summer thoughts and happenings

  

  period of time where we can just exist as people.” And I think, wait, what ... We’re sitting in my room doing pretty much nothing, because I guess ... . It’s pretty hot in here, but I’m pretty used to it. There are a few

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • July 15, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Veni, Vidi, Jamba I came, I saw, I conquered a lot of smoothies

  

  .” Success! Although you can’t really tell it’s in a California forest. I ... had my first 9-5 job this summer in a California cancer research lab, I definitely saved time for fun. Case in point: daycations. I consider myself an

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • August 15, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Holiday Gifts, MIT Style Some unique products from MIT people.

  

  associate at the MIT Media Laboratory in Cambridge. "I've been known to hit ... can be stored in most home garages and has folding wings that enable it to operate both on the ground and in the air. It can carry two people

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 27, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Adonde? Excuse me sir, I seem to have misplaced my pants.

  

  About two years ago at school I was sitting in the computer lab ... standing around in Best Buy, confusing every single customer and employee ... my mind. That was until this last Saturday while I was sitting in the

  • by Snively '11
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Refreshment We need your help!

  

  better. I think one of the most important things I've learned in my time ... Last week, I spoke a little about Camp Kesem, one of the many student ... together a free summer camp for kids whose parents have cancer. As I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 6, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  a super timely post about spotify wrapped bloggers wrapped 2018

  

  whole phase in October where I listened to Cab Calloway's version of "St ... inevitably care for me in my old age to play music that I actually like.   ... My personal judgment of the blogger: this is all stuff I listened to in

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 4, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Take Off Gate '21 Calling for Departure

  

  conversations and “light reading”), I can’t help but draw a parallel. The past two ... for gate departure. Ladies, gentleman and beavers, I’d like to direct ... It’s been two weeks since I’ve been on campus. Two weeks since I left

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 6, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  faith in the future

  

  wading in a sea of big thoughts and feelings, but I can't individually ... I can grow just as much as I did at MIT, where I can thrive like I did ... The more I try to push it I realize gonna let go of control In my AP

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 1, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Leaving a Mark Painting a mural and turning my rat

  

  In my last days at MIT, I painted this mural on my hall. I ... 's painted on for a while, too: earlier in my senior year I'd stripped a off ... about it. In a single day, I had a base coat up, went shopping for paint

  • by Kate R. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• Blog / Community Projects

  simfinite hopscotch! hippity hoppity blue tape grandiosity

  

  MIT is about risk. It’s a place where you put yourself out there, face possible criticism, to realize your full potential. In my case, I ... war (or worse!!). This was all in order to reach my highest goal, my

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • December 15, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meteor Shower For once, the title is relevant.

  

  being. I can dream in black-and-white or in color, but not in black ... Movies Watched in the Past Year Through Which I Have Remained 100 ... brainwashed you into buying Coca-Cola. Need I say more? 3.Slumdog Millionaire

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 17, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  “the worst they can say is no” the costs of trying

  

  that rejection can bother me: if I ask a question in a group chat and ... , which is why I have always found the advice "the worst thing that can ... company (this has happened a few times when I didn't perform well in a

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 10, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  Where is Andorra? and other FAQs about my IAP Teaching abroad in a quadrilingual country

  

  you can probably tell from my stance in this picture I'm nowhere near ... spa in downtown Andorra la Vella, where you can go do a zumba class and ... When I tell people that I spent January in Andorra, their first

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 5, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting always waiting

  

  of 46 meters, and yes, waiting to see if the rain will stop so I can ... . There are many things I can do, things I can make, and places I can go to ... You Wait Eggs, especially fried in (lots of) butter. Unfortunately, I

  • by Alex M. '21
  • November 12, 2019