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• Blog / Admissions

  Room E51-151, Please??? By Jing, '11

  

  , these Course 2 (MechE) majors made a spot for me and my disdainful poetry ... . Drained by the calculations, which to me just looked like hieroglyphics ... something along the way. It’s fine by me, because I heard an amaaazing

  • by Bryan
  • April 23, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brains and treason and bouncy balls, oh my! A brain dump largely about - what else? - brains.

  

  Nearly two weeks ago, I promised you a Post of Substance™ to be put ... completely forgot about this until Kel '10 walked up to me after our 18 ... , Dorota '10 said the same about Course 8, Physics. As for me, I've been

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making Things Fly for a living.

  

  means to me: ) Upon arrival we could tell the competition was going to ... success or failure rested heavy on my frail but determined shoulders. Me: "Get out of the way let me do that." Jesse: "Ok." Me: "How do you do it

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  This was meant to be written a week and a half ago

  

  interrupt my sleep (and nearly give me a heart attack - I'm not so keen on ... my door to tell me that Caltech had come to retrieve their cannon and that we were throwing a party. 2) Brian '08 called me on my phone to

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Burning questions A lot of people had questions!

  

  . 2. Arturo asked about Mexican food on and near campus (also about more ... (actually this is kind of bothering me -- in Spanish II one of the students ... Adam and me restaurant recommendations, although Adam and I are boring

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 21, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Heartbreaking Lunch of Staggering Genius I'll write about campus dining some other day.

  

  dizzying altitude near the pinnacle of haute cuisine. It's so haute, it ... -like foie gras cr√®me brulee with slow-roasted strawberries. What follows can ... strata, lift it and bite down. I nearly have an aneurysm. “Jess!” I gurgle

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 30, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Strands literal and metaphorical >:)

  

  along with me to the drying apparatus, so while my hair was gently warmed ... , faded, green hair that was in dire need of a trim. My stylist asked me how ... looked at me slightly expectantly, and I finally answered - “Six years

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • September 10, 2023
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Walking the Kerry Way journal of my fourth day in Ireland

  

  with me tonight voices the entirety of her internal monologue aloud even ... , cereal, and toast, and the little plastic squares of jam that remind me of Waffle House. They bought groceries for me, too. Not knowing what to ask

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blogger Freebie #2 And a plot twist!

  

  class. The first test was altogether not that bad for me. However, it ... I'd failed the test, even though I'd studied hard; near the end I took ... senior, who asked me what was wrong; I told him I thought I'd failed my

  • by Cam T. '13
  • November 15, 2009
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Fixing a trapeze! then hanging upside-down on it

  

  One time in Boston, my roommates and I were studying outside near ... swung around and spun each other very fast. The tire swing reminded me of ... inspired me to fix my own somewhat broken trapeze, and I'm really happy with

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 29, 2020
• Blog / Events

  I graduated My brass rat is upside-down and my dorm room is bare

  

  me. Finally my brain resumed normal operations: it occurred to me to ... looked so grand to me. We filed into our seats. The commencement booklet ... : School of Engineering first, School of Science nearly last. Each individual

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  The end of an era Veronica Mars was canceled. That, or the seniors left. Interpret the title as you will.

  

  . WTF?! She rocked so hard. That makes me mad, killing off good characters ... nearly 3 years, I'm appalled at the subpar quality of season 3, most ... don't want it." Um, excuse me, in her shoes, I'd be like, "Oh yes

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, damn lies, and statistics

  

  because on the rare occasions I visit it, so much of what's on it makes me ... graduating class is not going to hurt you. Ben's entry made me smile because it reminded me of one of my stories (Ben, I think I told you this story

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  On Flying ranting and venting

  

  . It strikes me, then, how remarkably inefficient US domestic travel can ... number of times the self check-in has actually worked for me with this ... nearly always understaffed in domestic terminals. This particular night

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 18, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I may have been accepted to MIT, but I'm getting darned good at failing at other things!

  

  connections with all those you work with or near. And the ultra taught me that ... Hello - my name is Michael. You may know me as Snively. Or you may not know me at all because I wrote blogs back in the dark ages of 2008

  • by Snively '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  One year later MIT is like a surprise birthday party, but without the birthday or the party.

  

  today, I walked onto the MIT campus for the first time and nearly hated it ... minutes later, a wonderfully carbonated feeling began to bubble up inside me ... information sessions would suggest, and they probably believed me until I forced

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 29, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  The train in Spain is ungainly, take a plane I'm an MITblogger, get me out of here!

  

  day we were there, it struck me as a vibrant city with stunning ... miscommunication with a German ticket officer that ended up with me not reserving a ... , did she not?) and enjoyable to swim in. Which reminds me! According to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 23, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Urinetown I blame my absence on musical theatre.

  

  , for whatever reason, really good at acting like an MIT student." Me ... during-the-semester musical to be fun." Me: "Yeah, you're right. I won ... . So, of course, my friend managed to persuade me to print some sheet

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 13, 2012
• Blog / How to Food

  Guest Post: Where to Buy Food: MIT Groceries Guide Because eating textbooks gets expensive.

  

  intimidating, so I have put together a complete guide of all groceries near MIT ... olive oil and a pound of chocolate. There are two locations near campus ... specific questions about stores? Feel free to comment below or contact me at

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Woman and Her Lute An epic tale across three centuries. (includes poor fanfic-style prose)

  

  . "For goodness' sakes! Are you going to come see me play tonight?" "Vattene! Let me sleep some more." Giuseppe resumed his position against the ... ! Goodness, have you even forgotten what you promised me when you saw me play

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 25, 2008