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• Blog / MIT Life

  Snacks on a Plane And other minor horrors of leaving MIT for the first time in a year.

  

  barriers, on a scale where Level 1 includes talking to Intro to Linguistics ... the boarding-pass-and-federal-or-state-issued-photo-ID-checker*. *Do ... either obvious or I should ignore it. Quoth the BPAFOSIPIDC, peering at my

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 20, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Bread at Desk This entry brought to you by the letters "Sleep Deprivation."

  

  off at 1am at Senior House. Minor cooking fiasco or something. I woke up ... much of it or something and they were going to come back. At 4:58am, an ... emails like "pink lamp in 2-232" or "one and three quarters of a gallon of

  • by Karen F. '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s bigger than you, and you are not me. Consider this entry the hint of the century.

  

  guess what it was. But not in my comments! Or else Marilee Jones will ... studying for this test" or "Ha, I just wrote this entire term paper the night ... still have no idea how integrating factors work!" or "I better get a good

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 22, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Eating my words at Area Four Mushroom and fontina pizza my beloved

  

  (like a smiley face), or zero (like a straight line); the Gaussian ... bend a surface without stretching or crumpling it, its Gaussian curvature ... one direction, the other direction will become flat and rigid to

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 29, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Halls are Alive with the sound of mischief :)

  

  7:00 pm class or a late club meeting, and walking through [annotation ... ’s long and main(ish) hallway"]Lobby 10[/annotation] I find three or four ... Listening There’s this person who will occasionally sit on the steps of

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 2, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  faith in the future

  

  experience of emotions hinges on two things: (1) the physiological arousal ... character flaw I needed to push through, or if this just meant I wasn't in a ... ready to talk about kids or marriage or moving in. And I think really that

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 1, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Movie A Day… the only way to spend your PNR

  

  's okay, I'll just NR it" or "Don't worry, it's PNR" or even "Do I even have ... movies around 10pm, if not 11, meaning I go to bed around 1 in the morning ... will happen. Aiden and Caroline have curated their own list of movies

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 17, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On the DUSP Course 11: Urban Studies and Planning

  

  sustainable infrastructure for the US or the developing world. As I started to ... would be missing out on the big picture of the city or town as a whole ... evolve, or can evolve, to better prepare students for changing economic

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 2, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Miscellany In which I talk about my life and Fancy sportsball DNA folk songs

  

  of those things. 1) MIT Football The team has been doing crazy well ... has never been as present or loud as they were for the last regular ... /technology... but until then I will just be jealous of other colleges and listen to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  World of Wires [by Emily '15] Are you living in a computer simulation?

  

  (or FASAP, or Arts at MIT. It also may be the class with the most names ... ! Or this one! Very intense. Finally, several of the side walls were ... will be performed in January in New York. So, if anyone happens to be

  • by ARTalk
  • January 9, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  This is what happens when we don’t do work Here is the infinite rollercoaster of fun I promised not to take you on.

  

  -ese or building wall-climbing robots every night, only some nights. If you think that's weird, every once in a while, my (course 12) GRT will burst ... I always thought, eh, I'll never have time or eh, I'll do it later

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 24, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Looking Back, Looking Forward In which I take a study break, discover some embarrassing videos, and tell you why…

  

  life. Or maybe just a fast-forward button - because I cannot waittt for ... /general thoughts on CPW 2011: 1. Be spontaneous - You've seen the CPW schedule online, and you can tell that the 3-4 days you'll be on campus will be

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 31, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Bicycle Diaries Like the motorcycle ones, except far less artsy and with a serious lack of Gael…

  

  1. So my sister bought me a bike. It's a used bike, but it's still ... . Remember when you drove (or when I drove, because you might still, but I no ... , or to a tree, which could probably be cut down if someone was really

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 4, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  He’s Making A List and Checking It Twice The things that I found important when looking at colleges

  

  important. 1. Scholastic This was the most important option in my case. I ... sweeten the pot. Sample questions I asked: - Dorms: Single sex or coed ... or is it more of an isolationist feel? - Noise level? 5. Miscellaneous

  • by Bryan
  • July 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Loose Ends A chronology of happenings.

  

  spent. :) Monday was host to the final session of 1.A24, my ... all because mail was promised to go out "on or before Monday." Still ... Mass Ave and Main Street) at 4:30 for a "blogger outing". Believe it or

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / Mailings & Comms

  Be a Blogger 2022!

  

  it’s like to live on Conner 2, or plan REX, or UROP, or decide how to pick your classes, or a really cool new thing you learned today in class ... honest. Your application will be read by a small committee made up of AOs

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  A Q&A for Deferred Students

  

  deferred. In fact, there will likely be nothing at all missing or needing ... going forward as a deferred applicant. We will (as always) release ... EA pool that ended up getting admitted. It could be more or less this

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • December 17, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 3 A Valentine's Day surprise

  

  into a lecture hall or classroom and serenade a lucky individual ... - offered these options: 1. Signed, Sealed, Delivered by Stevie Wonder 2. Can ... Green The Muses - a female a cappella group - offered these options: 1. I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  i was sick when i wrote this :( a largely unedited post where i ramble about getting covid

  

  whether El Jefe's Taqueria or Felipe's Taqueria is better. Anyway, I was ... Test, or taking a swim class"]swim requirement,[/annotation] and ... dip. After we reached out to Covid support systems on campus, Fatima

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 7, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Happy May! Everything I owed you...

  

  runs out the door* *begins epic journey on bike across campus (~1.5 miles ... , Mastering Phys--okay, I'll spare you the diatribe. May 1 - as Matt pointed ... fall semester, I taught SAT Prep Verbal to around 60 or 70 students. It

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 1, 2008