Search

Search Results

• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  ? Interestingly*, I haven't gotten out of MIT recently. (In nearly one year, to be ... ?” Me: Nope! Too hosed. BPAFOSIPIDC (frowning): I'm afraid I have to ask if you have any other identification. Me: Nope! Should I go back to

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 20, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  You’ve got questions… ...I've got answers strewn amidst an explosion of other stuff.

  

  . Pictures may show up if Jeff '10 is nice enough to let me use them. (Please ... without arrows." Arrows scare me. Dancing should not involve arrows! It just ... 's Housing Adjustment Lottery gave me the chance to move in there. There

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 6, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Hi, I’m New Here The requisite introduction.

  

  with nearly everyone I know, actually. They announced me that way at one ... seven. (Kellas '10 from England, who lives a floor above me, says this makes me half an international student. I don't agree. Yet.) Notice the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Round here we stay up very, very late Vignettes on my last day at lab, the Counting Crows, grad school, and pets.

  

  . Unfortunately for me, I am a hopeless sap, so the best I can hope for is not crying in front of people. On Thursday, my postdoc took me out to lunch near campus, and we talked about the past three years (after working

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 30, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  home

  

  of absurdly loud car engines will sometimes startle me when I ... presume to call it anything near mature, but it is reminiscent of what I am ... would be smart, or funny, or less shy, or pretty. I’m nearly 20, and I

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • November 4, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  breathing in and out

  

   the 1991 pinatubo eruption, and they would tell us stories. no one lived near enough to have been through the worst, but it was near enough that they ... worksessions on wednesday nights. a friend visited me on thursday night, and we

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 12, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Nerd Camp tales from TDI

  

  me and said: hey, why don't you come back next year and teach a class? Wait, I thought. You mean I get to come back to camp, and you'll pay me ... , good sort of way. See, when I started attending TDI, nearly all of the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Challenge of Public Health Sometimes science and engineering only come so far.

  

  commonplace, and I remember that my mom would whisk me off to the doctor for ... kind doctor gave me two ginger ales and chatted with me for about half an hour, then sent me home. i stopped vomiting that night.) Then I come to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 4, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Other Side of Fraternities What if. . .

  

  everybody mad at me. If, while reading this, you find yourself a) Upset b ... -mail Matt McGann and complain I urge you instead to just e-mail me at snively ... nearly every freshmen male participates in Rush. This is totally expected

  • by Snively '11
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  California Love a week in the life of an admissions officer on the road

  

  that good. Californians constantly tell me that it is, but I have been to ... ), our alumni interviwers. Afterward, I headed back to my hotel near ... checked in at my hotel near the airport, went for a run along the Liberty

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 12, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  It’s Nice to Meet You Finding my confidence through inline skating.

  

  ” is this:   2nd photo on Google Images   But for me, inline ... living near hills made it too intimidating to learn. The area around MIT ... me moving 5 ft forward in the East Campus courtyard, scared out of my

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • March 29, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  The American Astronomical Society’s Winter Conference: 2013 Edition THIS IS SO EXCITING I THINK I'M GOING TO CRY

  

  seem very nice; the lady offered me one of her crackers. We're flying ... she had the chance to escape, the man across the aisle from me (who has ... DON'T HIT ME cyclist jackets) took out his earbud and asked whether I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 15, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  every day it gets a little easier but you gotta do it every day, that’s the hard part

  

  rinsed or used mouthwash, and no dentist ever yelled at me because we were ... general boredom with virtual classes, part of it was me not having a clear idea of what i wanted to learn or focus on, and part of it was me

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 20, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  You’re doing it wrong Some constructive advice from the Director for filling out the application

  

  galls me more than most. Describing ones background as a recipe is not nearly as clever or original as many think it is, particularly when what we ... application: Another classic. It is difficult for me wrap my mind around what

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sounds like home Quarantine songs, from my home to yours

  

  [/annotation]through the windows. But it wasn’t until this past weekend—nearly four months ... take ten minutes and vibe with me. [embed]https://youtu.be/hevHtZ9EGGw ... 700 square feet of my Cambridge apartment. To me, they sound like home

  • by Jeremy W.
  • May 28, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  GET A BIKE very important psa

  

  . it normally takes me ~8-10 minutes to walk to [annotation note ... get to MTC in under five. WILD. this is so revolutionary for me ... astounding!! i'm currently living near the MIT Museum, which is a couple of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 28, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  One Month of Baby Steps my feet hurt

  

  me is saturated with newness. I’m still adjusting to making new friends ... campus, but it’s perfect for me. No other dorm gives every resident their ... began the day with brunch at a restaurant near MIT called Cafe Luna. The

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • September 26, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes 2.0 what i am/am i doing with my life

  

  me! Mind you, this was the very first problem set. About a month and ... out the boundaries of privacy and legality (someone hold me to this ... applications. 13.HireMe (pls) Wow, trying to get a job is like a full-time job

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • October 27, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  FOMO #tbt #behindonblogging #seniorspring

  

  surprise about my lab that forced me to stay up late the night before. I had ... Annia assured me they were actually a thing and that we should make them ... me this email about a talk titled "Let Me Punch Your Robot (or How I

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thinking Positive Sophomore year was kind of awful. But there were happy things! I'll focus on the…

  

  allowed me to stay calm, I started seeking help to manage my stress, and I ... 's radio show, poeddictions, on WMBR. This class also helped me ... in Houston, Texas! I am so excited! The company has been sending me

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 17, 2014