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• Blog / MIT Life

  Got Questions? I have answers.

  

  . Specifically: finding a UROP for the summer (I'll be working in the Lang Lab ... Hey guys - sorry for not blogging in so long! I've been up to all ... during CPW writing a live-action roleplaying game for the Assassins

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 23, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Perks of Being a Humanities Major and downsides, too

  

  ). I can’t utter common phrases like, “I’m taking 3-4 technicals and a ... entirely by chance. I’m certainly not a Philosophy (Course 24) major, but so ... . Now I may not fully comprehend a large portion of an assignment

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Stories from High School you wouldn't want to be caught with MMS

  

  sent you from the shame row to his office, where he kept a hair clipper ... reluctantly washed off the vestiges of sleep at 5 A.M., and prepared for the day ... people to wake up filled the stalls, and from them, a queue emerged. We

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • February 5, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Weekend Update A couple FAQs and others tidbits.

  

  'Grady, which is a lot of fun (and you can watch the episodes online!); I'm hoping ... think I'll be heading home now for a nice weekend. Happy Spring! ... in on all of the details soon. Relatedly, I will also be doing a small

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An OME Welcome to the Institute I took Tsegball, and I have no regrets.

  

  , as some people see it, I signed up for a preview of hell to replace my ... welcome. I come from a single-parent household as a first generation college ... set off on a cross-country road-trip. I was leaving that early because I

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Don’t Worry, Be Happy A few words of advice.

  

  wanted to go to college, and I had a few ideas of where I wanted to apply ... 's. Back in the Fall of 2002, I set out on a journey that is still ongoing. I ... class, you were guaranteed admission to a state school, so I figured

  • by Bryan
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things you might have wanted to know

  

  the one I've answered before. It's a quote from Neil Gaiman's wonderful ... the way JKim '10 did, that's for sure. I can't believe that it ... students are competing for a single spot. Wow. I was already friends with

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Bubble Bath Disastrophe (and Other Adventures) Spring break: adventures and misadventures, coming home, and MIT on the Colbert Report—twice!

  

  the same field at MIT, where I’ve been working as a UROP at the Page lab ... Getting Home Instead of flying, my boyfriend Cory and I took a bus ... around a few blocks of New York City for twenty minutes and then arrived at

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 3, 2012
• Blog / How to Food

  Food Truck Song What do food trucks dream of?

  

  lunches from a kitchen that could technically scoot away from you whilst preparing it. Tonight I was walking back from the T along the street where ... " from The Hangover. Ahem - Where do food trucks sleep at when they take a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  Living to Create And why I am the things I make.

  

  page can make a beautiful yearbook spread that will be looked at for ... now, anytime I find myself editing something or sketching the idea for a ... These past two years, I’ve unfortunately made a grave and dire

  • by Richard O. '28
  • April 30, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Siete Ciudades de España A very busy IAP

  

  applied for a scholarship from GECD received one in the full amount needed ... experiences so far at MIT. For the first nineteen and a half years of my life, I ... unknown place made us bond really quickly. I came back from Madrid with a

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  We are the people in your neighborhood… On MIT's diversity

  

  from all over. I was really surprised to meet people from a few miles from where I lived to people who lived on the opposite side of the globe ... First off, sorry I haven't posted in a while, it's been an intense

  • by Bryan
  • September 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  one hour in which i am Holden Caulfield (but more tragic and less hero)

  

  ! recently i’ve been thinking about where i was/what i was doing exactly a year ... college essays, i was applying for random scholarships in a desperate effort ... from a significant portion of the group once renovation comes around, i

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  I AM CONNECTED! Finally arriving on campus was way less exciting than finally getting my wireless connection to…

  

  saying that I had been moved from one single to another, I was really very ... happened and cleared everything up for me, but it made yesterday a little boring and lonely. Yes, I was looking forward to having a roommate. Leave

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Road I’m On Life's a lot to think about sometimes...

  

  draws ever closer, I can't believe that it's already been a year since I ... philosophy that I would apply to a bunch of schools, find out where I was admitted, and make my choice from that list. I can't pinpoint exactly when

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Nonlinearity My conjecture on finding my way through four years at MIT.

  

  that I was able to carve out a path for myself that I feel very happy ... to discovering my passion for bioengineering. As a freshman, I came to ... only been at MIT for a week. While I had a significant learning curve

  • by Bryan
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Woman and Her Lute An epic tale across three centuries. (includes poor fanfic-style prose)

  

  that I'm actually a bio student, and I'm taking art for fun. MIT does ... University there that I hope to stay for a bit in LA and visit her before ... class. I got as close as procuring a cross-registration form from the HASS

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Yo quiero… A Spanish themed entry?Ok, not really.

  

  Today I took a nap fom 5 AM to 9 AM. Then I went to class. When I came back, I slept from 3:30 PM tp 8:30 PM. That's 9 whole hours of sleep ... ground beef. I know. That's insane. You can't microwave that stuff! So

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  Without a doubt, I think every student here can agree that problem ... for two reasons; 1. I can sit in the grass and work and 2. I can get ... blogs and write my essays for my foreign policy class. I go here a lot

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

  I had a terrible week Also, I think that making puns about the President is Obaminable.

  

  secret fondness for plantains. I attempted to become a critically ... course, you can barely tell how wonderful of an idiom it makes just from ... -owning Canadian grandma I've ever met on this side of the Mississippi), a trip to

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 26, 2009