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• 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-med advisor, but instead I'll write my entry about Next House! I've lived for ... the bat, I'll get it out of the way that Next House is far from the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 13, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Happy V-Day

  

  . You can also get a Shakespearean serenade from the Shakespeare Ensemble ... V-Day, I'd like to put in a plug for MIT's production of the Obie ... MIT performance groups give students the opportunity to buy a serenade

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 14, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT Medical: A Freshman’s Story Worth sharing.Worth reading.

  

  11th floor, where I lived for the rest of the week. They did a bunch of ... providers for a wide range of well-priced choices. Now, since I trained up as ... day and night. (I lived there for a few days while still in recovery

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 14, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Home is where the heart (of Texas) is Going away to school isn't such a bad thing.

  

  had to work, I walked to and from school most days. I kind of cry a tear ... through senior years, I spent it at a less-exclusive high school where there ... . Others wanted to go where most of their friends were going. I and a handful

  • by Bryan
  • December 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Talking to Strangers

  

  sno-ball from a stand nearby. I stood in line. A man got in line behind ... knives. I listen for footsteps and try to make my own gait a little less ... for fifty dollars an hour. Four days a week I lift weights and listen to

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 14, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rekindling and how mit is actually going to save my art career

  

  elementary school, and for a long while I would draw things by hand on paper ... birthdays, holidays, and what allowance I got, so that I could buy myself a ... had a five day window where I had this new, fancy tech that was supposed

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 7, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Sophomore Fall Goals So you can bully me when I write a post saying they didn't work out

  

  once I've had a chance to reflect and forgive myself for stupid mistakes ... goals for sophomore fall.   Do Laundry More Often  I had a ... contains apps for a job that I haven't worked since I was in high school

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • August 11, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a believer Bikes! They're totally worth it.

  

  've bought a shower curtain for every suite I've lived in. The A21 suite has a ... 's dad insisted on buying me a cute blue bike with a pink stripe yesterday ... questions: 1. Mitra wanted to know where I got my shower curtain. I definitely

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Worlds within worlds

  

  're looking for? I remember reading a comment last year on one of the blogs ... 't joking either. When I was told that no, it was from a few years ago, I was ... ("having lots of work to do", "sympathy for peers who can't go to some fun

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 14, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Sometimes, I am invisible and other female experiences

  

  customers around me, but not to me. I can’t help being a 5’3” young-looking female. I can’t buy a $68 cup of awareness. I wish to be conspicuous and ... “dearie” and how can they know I’m a “miss”? … I take an advanced math

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 18, 2016
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Always the Art Kid many many many identities

  

  , I transferred from my local public school of 800+ students to a ... importance to people, but for me, I've always used it as a way to ground myself ... of art or read a book for enjoyment in a while, but I don't know how I

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • November 28, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to a Package of Dial Soap Substantial entries will come soon!

  

  shopping there And when I was about to buy soap, I Reached for the three ... -bars Of soap can last me for five semesters But I say, that's the magic of ... to see how much I've grown In brainpower and stamina for sleepless

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 6, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving My deep thoughts on surviving and thriving at MIT, straight from three years ago.

  

  that I'd survived a year with a 4.0(/5.0) GPA -- thank God for pass ... , but I've found that just closing my eyes for 15-20 minutes can really ... seriously. Freshman year would have been a lot more difficult for me if I hadn

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  quick thoughts to keep up my new years resolution

  

  I've blogged twice in a week so it basically makes up for it. I ... happier! I have a lot more time in the day, now. I can use the time to go to ... for the bad wiring. I have never worked with a breadboard prior to this

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 2, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  looking at old journals gap year chronicles, ft thoughts on science, art, and moving through the world

  

  . Entry from Sept 9th, Cortez, CO, the sidewalk of a park while I waited for ... organic cooking and goat cheese. I remember buying a giant squash for squash ... for a week was actually quite thrilling. I love that horses can just

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 23, 2022
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  How to Overcommit Responsibly sidequesting like a pro

  

  fluctuate. For example, I would much rather take points away from fitness and housekeeping than take points away from my social life. As a result, I still can ... College allows for a lot of freedom in gameplay, but that can also be the

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • October 6, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: The Power of Intuition when making important choices

  

  Orbital, and on the other side, I had the option to join a team of students from ... job opportunity that I had always been looking for (a job in an entrepreneurial environment, a job in a consumer electronics company, a job where I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  scootin’ and zoomin’ a transportation saga

  

  can arrange some way for me to give it to you. from paolo a., 2:45 PM, 6/2/2018: CAN I HAS THE SCOOTER[/visually_hidden]   To make a ... .E.M.E. degree. i have enough sayings that you can make a soundboard of me and no

  • by Phi A. '21
  • May 18, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  BoA & Restricting

  

  with a Bachelor's and Master's degree from MIT in Urban Studies & Planning, Jeff is now a city planner for the city of Cambridge, MA) watching ... them, DrinkableYogurt). I need to give a shout out to two of my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  Aisumasen, Yoko San Aisumasen (Apologetics).

  

  . Unfortunately, I got back from a 60 mile bike journey throughout Vermont and New ... morning at 6 AM I'm leaving on a fast train for my beloved hometown, that ... from such blogs as Mitra's Blog. I'm sticking around MIT this summer

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 8, 2005