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• Blog / Challenges

  Seattle The siren call of real adult life

  

  This is, for the most part, a post about Seattle. I've been a ... 't always a way to solve for x. What I also know is that I could have this ... for me. One, which I think I would theoretically prefer, is where I get

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Summer of Learning Because MIT classes don't spend too much time on hacking into computer systems

  

  hacking tools to make a guide for sales engineers but what I found was a 10 ... put out by the powerful hackers who do this for a living. Script Kiddies ... there in an environment where I could ask people detailed questions about

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 29, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  The Grandest of Road Trips Reflections on a cross-country road trip, on an international plane flight, on a full bladder.

  

  I'm on a 13-hour flight from San Francisco to Tokyo, connecting ... . Summer 2K9, guys; it's gonna be a blast. AND I PROMISE TO BLOG IT! For ... junior year (most of which I did not blog), MISTI, where to stay for cheap

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 1, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Alaska, part I There...

  

  for the frisbee at a full sprint. I came up with the game-winning catch ... decorated aluminum trash can lid for a hat and introduced himself as "Bob La ... WE INTERRUPT THIS BLOG POST FOR A BRIEF PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Uh-oh Spaghetti-O

  

  inquiry." Now I speak for myself here, but I think he raised a perfectly ... feminist you are, I'm sure that you can see that it can seem a little ... point I'm getting to here is that this argument is clearly a far cry from

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Well, at least you didn’t fail, right? A tale of mystery, wonder, and the worst possible way to handle too much work…

  

  there involved minimal effort. If I could cross campus for a Baker party ... that if I ever buy a half acre of land, I will build a deck on it à la JD ... , absolutely necessary Saturday, 2 PM - I wake up. Come on, there was a party

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 28, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Free-For-All Week! Movies, Music, and Baby Names.

  

  think and I'll post my favorites in a few days. Be prepared for vigorous ... APPLICATION PROCESS, ESPECIALLY THIS TIME OF YEAR! I need a big favor! I am up to my neck in applications (I just want to save my wrist watch!) For

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / Events

  A Typical Friday Afternoon on a Thursday Honoring the decades old (?) tradition of the East Campus Friday Afternoon Club (FAC)

  

  East Campus is unique for a wide variety of reasons. We build roller ... Much FAC," where we made personalized cakes for each of the ten halls of ... email from Sherin '15. We definitely had a FAC today. Don't you remember

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 29, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  novelty the closest thing to time travel

  

  accelerate the passing of time? i am in a headspace where i cannot fathom why ... myself from reaching for more. maybe more mature adults discover a ... forget i am in pursuit of novelty, of a way to separate the moments from

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • August 5, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Characterization This might or might not enrage you.

  

  the heck out! But I'm sure if anyone is learning a lot from robots, it ... and do what I need to do. Mostly I can speak for the Financial Aid ... at MIT. I nearly fell asleep during a Star Wars marathon. It

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Self-Discovery Within An Internship guest post by Grace C. '21

  

  from these experiences." I really can’t speak to internships beyond a ... where I needed to go for this job became clearer. For non ... working with. The one thing you can’t learn from a textbook or a classroom

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 27, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  throughlines some things never change (but thankfully, only some)

  

  subtle. yes, high school may have been where i came into a self for the ... choices i would like". i can choose to go to LA with friends for a week ... high school, the period of my life where i felt like i "became a person

  • by Phi A. '21
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Flood, an Ark, a Third Word I Am Missing Sophomore year starts out a little wet, and what is a community, really?

  

  ’t really scared of doing anything! That said, I also think a good lesson from ... vicissitudes of life together. When I was really little, for a long time I ... slightly uncomfortable again, in a new place where I didn’t know that many

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 21, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  A Snively CPW By: Snively' 11

  

  a funny story that I'll share shortly). So, from the beginning: I ... night of sleep for a long time. The next morning I met Sara '11 at South ... where I encountered "The Group". For the last several months there has

  • by Bryan
  • April 17, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 2 With guest appearances by NJ Representative Rush Holt and MA Senator Elizabeth Warren

  

  asks where I’m from and what my research is about. We talk about pulsars ... (Dear Washington DC: that was a pitiful excuse for Spring.) I’ve been ... and skim my notes from yesterday. My name is Anna Ho, and I’m a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 5, 2014
• 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