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• Blog / Personal Travel

  F=-kx spring break in nova scotia, nyc, and dc

  

  Organizing Fellow and, later on, Data Analyst for my home state of Nevada. I ... days swung wildly up and down. The more I pushed myself, the greater ... . But, as I approached spring break, assignments finally wound down and

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 31, 2024
• Blog / IAP

  vienna & prague, in 194 photos iap '26 #1

  

  options and noticed that Central Europe is more realistic than the beaches of Spain and France? Ever heard of Billy Joel? Ever known of Prague as a city and the Czech Republic as a country separately, but then

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 6, 2026
• Blog / Athletics

  Gobble Gobble Geeks with guns

  

  any of the classrooms and see hordes of hyperactive chillin's running ... headdresses, and wielding construction paper bows and arrows, chasing around the ... into the hearts of state schools around the country. What really

  • by Snively '11
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Lovin’ Had me a blast. Or, the last post I'll write from home!

  

  I didn't even know we had suitcases big enough to pack up my life and ... few days ago, and I don't even know how I feel about that. I'm going to ... heavy and shipping would cost me my soul. Other than that, it's a good way

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s First Annual Q&A Kidding about the annual part. Catching up with my blog comments... finally!

  

  . The country is in a state of terrible disaster and trauma and we need a ... city (that too in India) I missed out on lots of competitions and science activities that never came to our school and I want to tell how I still managed

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 20, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  things i’m thinking about a brief series of incomplete thoughts

  

  now, supposedly halfway between this state of knowing and not knowing. I ... forcing me to complete my thoughts, to fully flesh out and consider every ... middle of junior fall where I admitted that I, too, was terrified. And

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • January 7, 2026
• Blog / Classes

  contradictions too much, not enough

  

  , but like, a deep post. something that's a little more reflective and ... guess it's just that i've been busy with classes, and my urop, and there's a lot going on, you know? and also, overall, i'm a lot happier these

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • October 8, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Shortest Blog Ever (update 3 =p) 19 days till Taiwan!

  

  one test My fate and class grade is sealed With one test I'm the good ... , you can't write that down You know I tool, it's there in black and white ... last (3rd) test, and now I absolutely need an A+ on the next test to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 4, 2009
• Blog / People & Identities

  what is and isn’t me (rush, part 1) and the somewhat methodical unraveling of self

  

  different times in my life and especially throughout my MIT journey. And, to ... came to MIT, I really didn’t think frat life was for me. And there is a ... Texas, where the concept of a fraternity (especially at a state school

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • October 7, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  My Product Design Internship in Austin how to build things: both externally and internally

  

  ="Freshman year was Madrid, sophomore year was Tokyo"]the United States[/annotation] – and where better to breathe in that sweet, American, summer air than in Austin, Texas? The land of cowboy boots, sweltering heat, and a city that

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • July 26, 2024
• Blog / IAP

  breathing in and out

  

  metro manila, you see, and in high school earth science lessons we would talk about volcanoes, and my teachers have been old enough to remember the 1991 pinatubo eruption, and they would tell us stories. no one lived near

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 12, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 2 Tempering Iron

  

  things that can and will change at MIT. In fact, that’s what I love about ... . That includes both robots and mental health. There’s been a lot of debate ... page about Imposter Syndrome, I think everyone responded with relief and

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 28, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A Short Dining Guide to Cambridge Where to find food within walking distance of MIT, other than in my fridge.

  

  ugliness. Fulfillment proved to be elusive, expensive, and less compelling ... vegetables ($2.00 per 16 oz.) doused in oyster sauce and Sriracha, digging for leftover cornbread and lentil stew in pika's fridge (too many potatoes per 16

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 23, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Senior Survey (Says?) (For the record, I think that being on Family Feud would be totally awesome)

  

  Friday's deadline and surveying everyone and their grandmother for an ... hours? Four? Should I just leave and get a sandwich now?) I still don ... 've been hoarding in my room in case of housing emergency become more and

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 3, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So I said to Einstein… ...think of a name for my new theory while I go talk to my relatives.

  

  ... and that is not trivial." According to Ben, it's got some factual errors ... sounds out of gravity waves... and probably, like, solve the mysteries of the universe at a quantum level. I don't know. I'm an engineer, not a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 19, 2006
• Blog / Class Projects

  HOW TO FORGE A DRAGON SWORD and other skills picked up in 3.096

  

  .096: Architectural Ironwork, a class which not only counts as both 2-A credit and HASS credit for me, but also accelerated my blacksmithing knowledge and practice hours considerably. And I made a dragon sword! First we had some lessons

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 7, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Telethon FAQs from a small but enthusiastic sample of prefroshies

  

  This Monday and Tuesday, undergrad volunteers banded together in a roomful of Institvte phones to individually congratulate and chat with each ... longer than we'd planned; my hallmate and I swore we would only stop in for

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 5, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Self Help I

  

  Children Will Listen, How to Listen So Children Will Speak and The Blessing of a Skinned Knee--and marked the pages I thought my parents should ... needed them: The Care and Keeping of You before I reached puberty, Don

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 6, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesday on 16th Street A Day in the Life

  

  Mall, and exchange my tickets. A man says something to me ... , what’s your name?” We talked for a while. He said he’s from Texas and he’s really excited to go to Metro State (a local community college) in the fall

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 11, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Story of a Lifestyle I'm going to kick you - No, for real

  

  I've always thought about doing crew and Taekwondo (TKD) in college. So at CPW, I visited the crew and TKD info booths, and during ... .E. Taekwondo and loved it. Master Chuang (head Instructor of Sport TKD) brought

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 30, 2010