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• Blog / Challenges

  difficult difficult lemon difficult the end of senior fall

  

  [annotation note='I am writing this down in class-equivalents; MIT has a ... , I bravely forged ahead, conscious of increased workload in other areas ... Chairman, Ben S. Bernanke—I ended up beginning to write in earnest just three

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 29, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  ILGs at MIT They're independent! (Guest post by Sondy '07/G/awesome.)

  

  term will just have to wait. It's not like I'm leaving you out in the ... friggin' cold here right now? Where I come from, we don't have things like ... . Enjoy. I'm off to study for 7.05. In response to not-so-recent posts by

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 5, 2009
• Blog / People & Identities

  experiences, or the lack thereof flailing around in a sea of adjectives trying to find the noun

  

  Part I August 2020: I read a stray comment in the blogger slack that sets off a chain of thoughts in my head. Pulled by some force I can ... . "I can't publish this," I think, "I can't even look at it." I close the

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 13, 2021
• Blog / How to Food

  Come on, let’s go food truckin’ Where to find some cheap, reasonably tasty, and sometimes even healthy eats on campus.

  

  sandwich "barbecue", but I called it Sloppy Joe in front of the Europeans to ... with onions, poured in two cans of tomatoes, dumped in half a bottle of ... can't find them in Germany). The general consensus was that it was

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 24, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  in remembrance of my sticker collections for stickers are vessels for stories

  

  in this dormspam I sent out of desperation: I will pay $15 for an H2GO ... that exclusively does corporate swag, so if I wanted to buy one, I'd have to buy 500. I've also asked several hallmates to let me see if their

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 5, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Two Truths and a Lie Because we all definitely love playing icebreakers

  

  .  Welcome to the party. I fell out of my parents' nest in New Jersey and ... today.  Now, I was being thrown into this boxing ring called MIT where I ... winged mechanical beast that brought me to a new world, and I rode in the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 17, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Boston Calling Everything I know about having a phone at MIT.

  

  in subway stops, in my underground laboratory (where I work), and even ... I'm not premed anyway), but my experience was that in high school, a ... people my number because I had given it out so infrequently in the past

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Where’s My Stuff? We're still processing many, many documents. Don't worry, be thankful.

  

  sent before the deadline? And am I in trouble? Let's take the last ... documents, and I hope you can understand why. Please be patient. If the ... don't worry. In the comments for this entry, I hope you'll give some

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Rowing at MIT: a guest post by Connor M. ‘16

  

  for MIT. I had never rowed before college, but I fell in love with the sport and can’t imagine my MIT years without it. I am sharing my story ... : Growing up, I never thought I’d become a college rower. I was a swimmer in

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 26, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House: Where The Sidewalk Ends A tour of Next House!

  

  I should be filling out an absurdly long form so that I can get a pre ... two years in Next House. I like the description on the Next website, so ... you! I chose to live in Next my freshman year because I wanted to be in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 13, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Historic Boston This entry may be a little long . . .

  

  : Psh, that's not so many stairs! I'm in good shape, I can do that no ... About a month ago I got a comment in one of my entries that read ... across the bridge and then attempted to skate back to where I was supposed

  • by Snively '11
  • July 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Why did the engineer cross the road? Maybe there was a cape for sale on the other side

  

  plant. Can I just point out that a sense of humor is “essential” for ... machine. Coffee was only a quarter in those days, and Gary would say ‘where else can you "buy" people's cooperation for only a quarter?’” Schindall

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • December 14, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Real, live MIT students * IN HD* A look inside the world of MIT Admissions Interns

  

  , check out their Tumblr page where you will find out: Who are the 2012-2013 Admissions Interns What role they play in the office Why they are interested in working at the Admissions Office Randomness Seriously, though

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • September 21, 2012
• Blog / Advice

  We can do this! To high school seniors: we’re in the struggle bus with you

  

  We are in our senior year of college [annotation note ... year of high school.  In high school, we stayed up extra hours to apply ... extra hours to apply to that extra internship and that extra job. In high

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • October 7, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  IAP and Igloos This is an entry about IAP. IAP is the month of January. It's...February. I know.

  

  people who may also like to point out that I haven't blogged in like two ... 'RE IN A RECESSION, PEOPLE.)(Actually, I really didn't post this for a ... the fall term through January - or you can take crash courses in pottery

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 25, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Creating the MIT-verse behind the scenes of this year’s pi day video!

  

  it out :'). wait are you in [annotation note="dynamics and control I"]2 ... do! Angela ‘24, Karthik ‘22, Emily ‘22, and I spent who knows how many ... last year’s pi day video, which you can watch here or read about its

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • March 10, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  The end of an era Veronica Mars was canceled. That, or the seniors left. Interpret the title as you will.

  

  On Saturday, I sat in the floor lounge and began writing this entry ... Lost, so I've watched almost the entire first two seasons in the last two weeks. It's so, so sad. (I just finished the episode where Ana Lucia dies

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  My MIT Story How I came to be at MIT

  

  waste of time if they're all full! I'd much rather buy another road in ... I've lived my entire life in Salem, Oregon. I like Oregon, it's clean ... drive from my house. In fifth grade my parents and I were driving to my

  • by Snively '11
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  what happened yesterday? "what's the name of the mushroom shop?"

  

  're released? yeahhh"]Yesterday,[/annotation] I woke up around noon in my dorm room. I don’t remember the last time I’ve let myself sleep in to my heart’s content in this room. I usually set an alarm even on weekends. But yesterday

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 20, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  to Chicago in 1996, when I was almost four. Most of the stories from ... read and write in Russian. After school I went to an archetypal after ... figure skating or gymnastics or piano or swimming or tennis. I ate lunch in

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