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• Blog / Challenges

  What Did I Learn at MIT? a surprisingly hard question to answer

  

  things since coming to MIT, which really makes me wonder what the space ... sentiment. Some part of me feels like it might be, because I saw this ... that MIT has provided me with is a broadened scope of my chosen field. I

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 28, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  on regression the to your shitty high school self, and not linear, kind

  

  's just me, i start curating mental lists and obsessively re-organizing my ... productive. nearly everything i do is intentional—when i read or dance or draw ... absorbing it rather than just adding it to my Goodreads collection. highschool!me

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 7, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Downtown if you could see it then you’d understand

  

  Saturday, 11 AM. Alan Z. ’23 sends me a message. Alan: what do you ... couple of roads. We spot a poem: One stanza, in particular, strikes me: He ... -Americans don’t speak Chinese. Alan introduces to me the phrase living on the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 26, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a semester customary end-of-semester blog post: sophomore spring edition

  

  summer. Over here, my Google search for “entertainment near me” only ... , objectively, but for me it’s a big deal. I finally have HBO access. Another in ... . Large nearby houses that make me feel conflicted about whether I want to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Leonard Nimoy at the Boston Pops He told me to live long and prosper!

  

  like to think,” he said, “that [my barber] would have liked to see me now ... to sit at tables right on the concert hall floor, near the stage. And ... , “for music that is particularly meaningful to me.” He put his hands in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 1: Quito Old Town The hostel, the basilica, and Embarrassing Spanish Attempt #2

  

  lunch, we set out to hike up to the statue. Near the bottom of the hill ... , La Cafecito, was the site of Embarrassing Spanish Exchange #2: Me ... asked "you want to sit outside?" in what sounded to me like a completely

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  My How Times Change… ...and yet, they are much the same.

  

  me even more about how things have changed over the years. That said ... had five on my list, he nearly fainted...that meant he would need to ... moments that they could hardly stand being in the same room with me that

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  A Three-part IAP sababa* in more than one way

  

  I don’t fully comprehend. For me, IAP meant that I was rowing, working ... best time for me to go on a Birthright trip, because you need to have ... Jewish culture. For me, it was an incredible opportunity to travel to

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 17, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Moves and Music(als) Illustrated with tons of images and a video, and not *as* many words

  

  pretend to twirl a drum stick - to prove it. So let me fix that: Because ... , like me, you're too lazy to walk or bike on down. That's why MIT has the ... performance of Guys and Dolls, presumably because MIT felt like reminding me of

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Veni, Vidi, Jamba I came, I saw, I conquered a lot of smoothies

  

  me a curveball: what do I do for fun. MIT may be known for its academic ... because this is what happens when my mom tries to take a picture of me. Mom ... monument of Coastal Redwoods near the bay area, came into family discussion

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • August 15, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I have such cool friends! A guest post by a good friend of mine from my undergrad days.

  

  and circuit compatibilities. When my grad student finally gave me an ... white-coated future-self in me. It wasn't much of an identity crisis ... this so much that I nearly dropped Course 6 for 17, before my adviser

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 10, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Welcome To Guild Camp [by Susan Shepherd '11] "Boot, Not Summer."

  

  writers in this case) had met nearly every evening from 7 or so until after ... plot and now I'm supposed to get this neat item!" Me: "Oh, that's right ... the envelope that the instructions told me to open." Me: "Um ... Oh

  • by ARTalk
  • October 1, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Walk around the blogs Think of it as summer reading.

  

  hacking, the near-infinite research opportunities, MIT's mission in the ... -Sense Application Tips Some advice from me. Snively: Discovering Yourself Some advice ... . Ben: I Am Not As Lame As I Appear This entry still makes me laugh

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life and Learning in the Other Cambridge

  

  have led me to a different perspective. It's not all cranky tradition on ... arrange for me to have approximately 4 supervisions per class per term. The ... high burn-out rate during the 13 week semester at MIT is not nearly as

  • by Cambridge
  • May 8, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Residence-Based Advising Residence-Based Advising WILL NOT allow you to change dorms during your freshman year.

  

  that that's out of my system, let me explain. Long version: residence ... should know about RBA is that if you place an RBA dorm anywhere near your ... , by default, are placed in RBA. (Ask me how I know.) And even though RBA

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 9, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Real Snow! Real pictures this time.

  

  facebook group you all know and love) helps me make signs for the dorm. Go ... lot of it. =) This schedule was on the wall near the front entrance of ... "Dizzle," because Sam makes weird nicknames for people), Sam '07, and me

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 20, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  Come on, let’s go food truckin’ Where to find some cheap, reasonably tasty, and sometimes even healthy eats on campus.

  

  me? Well, I only found out about the dinner about two hours before it ... the quote of the evening, for me at least, came when Andreas from ... 's gotten a lot better, but none of my classes are near the student center and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 24, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds, Part 3 Helping the Class of 2010 with their decisions.

  

  morning before I have to run... Ariadne wrote, "The only thing holding me ... if your financial aid award comes late (near or after May 1) -- from ... 'yes' :)...could you tell me if there's any way I can email/fax the form

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  What have I been doing this break?

  

  . Well, most of the weather (see below) - Nearly been caught in a tornado ... will u help me[?]" Well, I hope that my blog is doing that. :) Feel free to send me specific questions. Mridul asked: "Can you please increase

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Doctor Who?

  

  PhD because he could kill me with his bare hands" kind of way? Maybe ... knowledge of chemical engineering nearly boundless, he's interested in and ... --just one of the many things they'll let you do with an MIT degree. Here's me

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 30, 2005