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• Blog / MIT Life

  Endless rain into a paper cup ...also, restless wind inside a letterbox.

  

  remember for my entire life. Plus, if I can run a marathon in sleet and get a ... out the weather report in mid-April and this is what I get... I ... case I did something stupid and you can't see the picture, basically, it

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 16, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  168 Hours and how to spend them

  

  can reasonably expect of myself.  I like, have to lay in bed for some ... holy of days), Leo and Athena were sitting in ML. I don’t remember all ... ’t due for 2 whole days (!!), so I was in no particular rush to finish

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • March 21, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking 3 math classes this semester as someone who isn't a fan of math

  

  something I could ever establish an interest in. The weird thing is that I ... enough in lecture so I have a question to ask them after class. I ... 'm also making an effort to camp out in office hours more. I'm 500% more

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 3, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter Miscellania I'm (b)ready to go back to MIT al(b)ready.

  

  parents' computer to mine-detonators in remote Third World countries. When I ... the Midwest or whatever. If I cleared one of the smaller minefields in ... mean, I interject on behalf of you since you can't leave a comment on

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 27, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Massachusetts: The Geek State I less than three (

  

  UROP. As I work from home. In the third geekiest city ever, mind you.) ... The Forbes blogs broke an interesting story early last week that I went absolutely nuts over, and I'm so glad to finally have enough time to

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 7, 2011
• Blog / Events

  LSC – It Doesn’t Suck! Reject digital, return to 35 mm analogue

  

  ’t suck! I’d never been a big fan of film back in high school, but watching ... can afford to print their logo in the middle of each square between ... the errors creep in. You can physically feel splices when running the

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 7, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The waking of all creatures that live on the land Lingering at MIT with my wandering eye. UPDATED, BABY.

  

  had hoped that taking the 6 boxes I stored in the Burton-Conner trunk ... that I'm a senior and I can take pretty much whatever I want. The first ... course catalog, but pleasantly surprised to find that I can actually speak

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Victorian Literature? MIT, perhaps surprisingly, has top programs in ethnomusicology, the history of Islamic architecture, and more...

  

  to pursue interests in the humanities at MIT -- I mean, the name of the ... to mention in music composition, and in ethnomusicology? So I asked ... can do a UROP in HASS. Currently, UROP students are being actively

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Tale of 8 Instagrams Low resolution, high flavor

  

  can change from pleasant to ominous in a matter of minutes. And that ... Once upon a time, I developed an Instagramming problem and started to Instagram everything, including the view of the Prudential building in Boston

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 21, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thoughts from Science Bowl 🥣 a story about now-nostalgic times

  

  worked. I was in the “captain” spot on my team, a symbolic position that ... for my high school, where most students preferred to participate in mock ... question about the centrifugal force–wait, a trick. I knew this. I buzzed in

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • March 30, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Knife fight with a biker gang Best blog entry EVER. If you think I'm kidding, let me just say: Gory photos…

  

  him when he sliced me in the face! Then I beat him up and kicked him ... make a reference to the scene in Veronica Mars where Logan was attacked ... student center, where the American Red Cross was holding a blood drive. I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 18, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Small talk How about that weather?

  

  , layered with ice, piled in drifts...I'm no stranger to snow. But snow before ... really messy. I can also say that the field hockey and football teams often ... to me and plays football, I'll be sure to check. =) In my entry about

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Events

  17 Days "Hey baby, I motion for an one-on-one unmoderated caucus!"

  

  . It wasn't deliberate in the beginning but I wrote the third entry ... . Allen was my sailing partner in the Sailing PE class that I took during ... up and down in the water!). When I first arrived at MIT, I must admit

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 12, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Circus School Mitra flies like a trapeze artist; fruit flies like a peach.

  

  I am a very lucky duck, and was treated to an afternoon at the San ... , we climb a tall ladder and stand on a tiny platform, where we get ... your belt.) Then lean forward. (This is where you really need to trust

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Studying For Finals Study study study study study

  

  to answer in three hours. Goodie! I've decided to catalogue my studying ... indeterminate structures and projection! I really don't like this stuff, I can ... can't do this anymore. I'm heading back to the dorm. I'll be updating

  • by Snively '11
  • May 17, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Ice cream and an onion Chun Li, pirates, magnetic poetry, and an RLC circuit.

  

  you can! Sam   I was so excited by the prospect of this costume ... 't know when Simon ever carries Paula around like a new bride, but I can ... me look like I was a little paunchy, but not like I was in the middle

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second… Fifth Week?

  

  communication course. In the next couple of weeks, I'll write a five-page paper on ... across at MIT, but I suppose most anything can be defined as a "culture ... on. I continue to lean toward a major in management science, with a

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Strike! Strike! Strike! I. H. T. F. P.

  

  hundred shirts are sitting in my room), and I've begun to realize that my ... news and puts me in a good mood, even though I'm studying physics right ... , I'm in really good shape to enjoy CPW . . . well . . . I thought I was

  • by Snively '11
  • March 29, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  If you’re scared of decision day Here's an exercise

  

  mitadmissions site, and there's probably not a whole lot I can do to encourage you ... !" or "I'm scared I won't get in!" but things like "I am worried that when ... immediately" or "I'm worried that not getting into MIT will mean that I can

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 13, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mexico things my MISTI experience

  

  -absence of productivity - three things I have not experienced consistently in a very long time! Before that, though, I was in Mexico for two months doing ... , for which (if you aren’t familiar) you can intern abroad in a foreign

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • August 10, 2016