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• Blog / MIT Life

  Knife fight with a biker gang Best blog entry EVER. If you think I'm kidding, let me just say: Gory photos…

  

  jumped in to the kid's defense and started roundhouse kicking those bikers ... finished them off when the second to last one snuck up behind me and pulled a razor blade! I had just finished off his buddy and turned around to face

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 18, 2007
• Blog / People & Identities

  Vicennial wikipedia says this means 20th

  

  of childhood: dorms and dining halls, an institute that makes it easier ... was talking about would pass (ha). I was eager for college and hungry ... 'd hoped for, what I did, and what I'm hoping to do. I mentioned being

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 9, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  2021 Applicants: Answers to Your Emails Inspiration, Process, Components, Stress Mgmt, and More

  

  : #1 ranking in your school/class/state/country, maximum GPA and 2400 on ... addressed to you. It’s a long weekend and thus an excuse to pretend that ... and shouldn’t be used in essays). This post is addressed to all

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 9, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Sixth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 2PM on 12/22/05.

  

  include your full name and birthdate ... as both an 85 and a 100 are considered A+), so should i send in my ... (highest rank in the middle east)....and some how the application doesnt show

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 22, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  Doesn’t Feel Real getting from one place to another

  

  soon to be Ph.D advisor, and the third was with Marah Gubar-- an amazing ... semesters. This class was called the "Wilds of Literature," and the main idea ... visit it a number of times throughout the semester, and then write about

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 24, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  some thoughts i have a few

  

  I've been blogblocked a lot and I've been really trying to find ... eloquent or interesting enough and I end up erasing it entirely. But I think ... to go to semesterly lotteries and enter your name in and only about 10

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 10, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6-3 not a definitive guide

  

  and moving to the States. So I had a little bit of exposure to ... ) extremely popular and b) associated with a higher probability to earn above ... money. 6-3 is actually a fun major believe it or not, and I've gotten far

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 26, 2018
• Blog / How to Food

  what i ate in a month* *basically true to my word this time but at what cost

  

  note="i live in Burton-Conner and thus am free from the shackles of a ... dining is not like that bad and I had a 60 meal plan last semester ... in town that lets you rate all the restaurants you've been to, and yes

  • by Janet G. '27
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Media That Makes Me Feel Okay School's out! Time to get distracted :D

  

  transition and my reasoning behind it, but it’s a little long and a little ... . Enjoy <3) So, the MIT school year just ended, and it’s probably coming ... usually makes you excited, and maybe it still makes you excited even though

  • by Powers '23
  • May 30, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT-vangelion: Behind the scenes! how we made the Pi Day 2023 video!

  

  We–Jebby, Jenny, Kai, and Isbla–animated this year’s Pi Day video! If ... nothing but ramen noodles and slept in the basement of Stata like [annotation note="Robotics: Science and Systems"]6.141[/annotation] students /j

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 12, 2023
• Blog / Residential Life

  what’s on my wall too many postcards, that's what

  

  Covering my walls in postcards and various other pieces of paper is ... to put them all up, and then I thought I might share with you what I ... wall, and each one has a story, so this took me many hours of reminiscing

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • March 1, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  on mit’s mailing list culture update: tetazoo glounge

  

  i think i have achieved a state where i feel like i should be blogging more and yet don't want to spend my free time blogging more. like, i ... a day, and then also doing a load of things outside of class. also i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 17, 2021
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining As it stands now

  

  a variety of reasons, none of which I'm going to touch. The long and ... exactly what's going on right now and it's simply not responsible of me to talk about such a big issue when it's currently in a state of development

  • by Snively '11
  • January 2, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Exodus from Cambridge in which MIT evicts us due to the COVID-19 pandemic

  

  This is a (long) post detailing the week in which both MIT and ... much happened, too quickly. Some feelings and details have slipped ... between March 9, 2020 and March 15, 2020: Monday, March 9 Just Another Day

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 22, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every class I’ve taken at MIT RANKED!

  

  [/annotation] I've ever taken at MIT! Feel free to scroll through and take a look at my class tier list, some stats, and my four-year roadmap of classes ... because I have fond memories and learned a lot from them. Some classes that

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 26, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 1) two trains, twelve states, 540 pictures, one Speaker of the House election, and more!

  

  up to, what was happening around the train, what I was feeling, and a ... finishing in three days, a notebook and a couple of pens, the piano-conductor score to the musical Heathers (more on that later), and a friendly seal

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 11, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Eighth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 5PM on 01/24/06.

  

  with it being brought up again and again, I think I should mention that ... understand the claim to not trust it and ignore like a 550, but if you have an ... me, and possibly some other students, it would be like testing calculus

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  a super timely post about spotify wrapped bloggers wrapped 2018

  

  Spotify Wrapped day and the festivities surrounding it happened a ... represents them. A common complaint this year (and last year) was that the so ... suck sometimes. We laugh and grumble about them when it comes to this

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 4, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Flashback 1.0 What was I like as freshman? Wouldn't you like to know.

  

  : recycling! So, welcome to "Flashback: Part 1," where my older and wiser senior ... am I? I'm Laura, and in my first entry ever, I introduced myself to the ... Engineering) as a major and possibly minor in Course 17 (Political Science

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  welding spiels metal hot glue gun go brrr

  

  's where I learned how to 3D print, lasercut, weld, and fiddle with ... skills are learnable with the help and support from the community. I really appreciate the commitment Metropolis (and its sister shop The Deep) have put

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 9, 2024