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• Blog / MIT Life

  The Small Things I Like About Autumn A short reflection on a colorful season

  

  different dishes for dinner, and I always had fun competing with my parents ... Autumn is arguably one of the best seasons there is, especially here ... few things that make the fall season such a significant time of year for

  • by Richard O. '28
  • October 31, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2017 FAQ You've got questions, I've got answers

  

  This is a blog entry specifically for finalists in the Quest ... form), and if you are applying for the Match, check off that you are ... , activities, awards) - we will use your QuestBridge application for that. In the

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 18, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Trumpeting for Assassins I get to watch each presidential assassination. Live. Over and over again.

  

  to play in the pit orchestra for Assassins, a show performed by ... tubes. I've also had to play a flugelhorn for the first time.   ... play in either band or orchestra. We had "tryouts": we took a shot at

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 26, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Since U Been Gone While I was out, the world changed. (UPDATED)

  

  continuing obsession with Food Network by recounting some of the best and worst moments I saw. For example, there was the "delicious and healthy" Rachael ... that it would be best not to chance it, even with a concurrent entry by

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  August, Airplanes, and why not throw in Spring Break, too? My traveling styles. And, I don't even know, maybe a catch-up thing?

  

  temporary as my 5.0... *_*  I found a picture of it as I was looking for these ... about it some more once I hear the jet engines whirlin'. :) But for now ... there for more than 4 hours, so they delayed my arrival time in Chicago

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 31, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Behold, a day job! Still with ultra-short travel time!

  

  the time. As it turns out, the name is simply part of this 50s ... occasionally go "OMG SCIENCE!" about things.) I just shared that with you for ... one involves what I do all this pipetting for: let's talk about my UROP

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  how can i keep from singing? a midpoint check-in

  

  one. For the past two weeks, I’ve been spending my evenings singing in a choir. The Boston Conservatory is running a program for high ... members in the area to fill in for vocal parts that are underrepresented

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 22, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  walking the marathon… part of a four-day weekend

  

  water for the whole trip. Uh-oh.   11:50 AM, Natick: Mile 10 As a ... and walk the Boston Marathon path. The planning for the walk started ... of proof-of-concept for both my planning methods and the distance

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 25, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Richard III: Behind-the-scenes [by Grace Kane '11, Guest Blogger] What does it take to put on Shakespeare at…

  

  started out thinking of all the fun ways to play with setting it in a modern ... be further from our production, which sets Shakespeare's play ... play she began to see parallels between the ambitious King Richard III

  • by ARTalk
  • March 11, 2010
• Blog / Community Projects

  Set Theory and other Shenanigans *Literal* Set theory

  

  cards that, for each of their four characteristics, are either all the ... of unsuspecting psetters to distract them for hours. Sometimes we’ll just play classic games with each other, and other times we’ll get more

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 1, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Academic Love Poetry The amount of poetry I write is inversely proportional to the amount of sleep I…

  

  mean; my heart's reeling. - To be honest, I saved the best for last. I ... red and pink burst through the door. "Excuse me, professor!" The first ... the invaders gestured for her to come out to the aisle. They crowded

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Africans@MIT: Cassava Connection Part 1 of a series, starring a man, a plan, and a root vegetable.

  

  throughout the country for the past year, with intermittent internet shutdowns ... situation. For a month, my father would try to call home only to get an ... Ethiopia has only been alive for twenty years? I compare it with the early

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  snippets from a semester minus academics, of course

  

  :)   weekend trips Maine — for Veteran's Day weekend, my burton conner floor went to some random town in Maine for three days. our Airbnb ... burgers for the entire weekend, so i did not feel great when i got home

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 21, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 2) The dog days of summer.

  

  temperature controller for a laser. It's pretty fun; I'm getting a lot of ... powers of awesomeness allow me to also: play frisbee with my dog; go ... will be responsible for filming the work being done on each job site and

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Home Sweet College Surviving first semester.

  

  you might find in a BuzzFeed headline. (I’ll do my best.) Since I ... , talks, and interesting things here that have a very real potential for ... , is not everything. It is only 50% of my life here (ok, sometimes 60% or

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 29, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Tell Me Baby ..what's your story?

  

  see her next week when she comes home for spring break. Your turn! A ... Red Hot Chili Peppers, despite the title of this entry): Of Montreal and The Shins.. So much fun. Anyway, yeah, please introduce yourself! Let

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 21, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2018 Diaries what the weekend was like for me

  

  Exploration for freshmen in the fall), and Bad Ideas Weekend. I associate rush ... sparkling red and decided this place was home. I associate them also with my ... ” ... “grillllzzz are hot eom” … “GRILZ R HOT EOM” Panic! At The Disco was playing to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 17, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sentimental Objects (part one) random trinkets from freshman year

  

  ’t just go to for the food. But in all seriousness, this event is super fun ... ^TM, we knew we’d eventually have to solve the issue ourselves. Lucky for us ... order to start the cycle again for sophomore year, we decided to transfer

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 29, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  Go, ninja, go. A four hour tour of Boston, with Gilligan, and the Skipper too.

  

  their chests to read GO SAM! I ran it with Mitra, my best friend from college and probably my best friend from MIT to this day. We got our picture ... Boston runners, I've run (and paid for) a few other marathons, and I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 24, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  Let me introduce myself. Alternatively titled: Whomst'd've?

  

  to: the best option for ourselves. I came to MIT with a very skewed ... My name is Camille (Cami) Mejia. I am a lover of music, dogs, baking ... a fear of heights and needles. I am smart and capable and ready for

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 5, 2019