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• Blog / MIT Life

  All the food in my cabinet Like an unboxing, but an uncabineting

  

  our communal items like pots and tupperware, plus enough room for each ... are full. I have my own big cabinet, and baby... it's like Tetris in ... shopping, and try to defend my hoarder tendencies. You'll have to be the one

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 24, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  i (don’t) want to be alone on loneliness

  

  feel two opposite feelings? how can we both want and not want something ... anxiety and feelings of depression often feel at odds with each other. in ... feeling like my life repeats the same problems, and yet i'm so worried that

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 12, 2022
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Three of a perfect pair Biking! Clothing! Exploding! A day in the life.

  

  I did three things on Saturday, and each one of them rocked. Better ... benefit concert involving REM, Cake, and the Clash. Okay, maybe I ... and Steer Clear Ruth ('07), Matt ('08), and I went down to Chinatown

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  in search of lost time a cruft joint post with CJ Q. '23

  

  )[/caption] So, in spite of it all, we’re still alive, and we're still writing ... sweet and eventual embrace of death that comes for us all. But, at least ... principle."]or something like that.[/annotation] Some things have not. CJ and

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Antics! The title is pretty self-explanatory, isn't it?

  

  !) and I were hard at work in his suite lounge on Conner 4: Then Aaron ... snow had melted. That didn't stop us. Aaron strapped on the skis and made ... and I passed the time by having a swordfight with Aaron's ski poles: We

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  tea shirt the tea and stories behind the merch in my closet

  

  offering beanies to all current students, so one day I went and claimed mine ... 1.5 years physically at MIT and my one splendid Zoom U semester, I ... , branded tape measures, squeezable pigs, posters, plushies, and random other

  • by Waly N. '24
  • June 19, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Help! Learn from my mistakes...and from the Beatles.

  

  get overwhelming, or just offer basic advice on time and stress ... loved both words and numbers, but the former came more naturally. In no time at all, I could bang out essays that I was proud of, and loved

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 23, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [joint post] Welcoming you to “Here at MIT” student art in the new welcome center

  

  a university–raw intelligence. MIT–intelligence and creativity, which ... prospective students and their families, as well as hosting events, lectures, activities, and workshops for Cambridge residents and visitors from around the

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 3, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Fifth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to blog comments from the last month.

  

  . ------------------------------------- Dan wrote: "I think creative writing and contemporary literature (1 ... than BRITISH LITERATURE (honors), but it's not as challenging and that ... 'll be in AP calculus, AP physics, AP biology, AP US government and spanish

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 19, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  your best american girl on my first boyfriend

  

  the state, so I learned the rules and sat across from him at the board ... Last month, my friends and I saw Mitski live. I didn't know that many ... was checking IDs glanced at me and said, "You're definitely under twenty

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 13, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A reading list for a week at MIT All my classes have required reading this semester!?

  

  of it is technical, it’s a really sharp break from the math-and ... regularly exposed to challenging and cutting edge ideas and being asked to ... mainly about two things: how to make interfaces that are intuitive and easy

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • February 27, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  2024 in Review the things and stuff of 2024

  

  science than usual but more about relationships and who I am. It was a bit ... of some beautiful ideas, I settled into my life at MIT and now have a circle of people who inspire me and illuminate my life, and I feel more

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • January 13, 2025
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining Hall Alchemy The art of turning cereal and chicken tenders into slightly tastier cereal and chicken tenders

  

  -contained and you can get full meals from any single station, there's nothing ... first and think about what might go well together instead of immediately ... . In doing so, I'm often surprised by how much the salad bar has to offer

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 11, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Xanga Survey Mid-summer frivolity, part one.

  

  play the guitar. 57. I state the obvious. 58. I wish I was at summer ... or twice. 73. I'm tired. 74. I love kisses on my forehead and neck. 75 ... 'm a dork, and i love it. 91. I would love to have my own fashion line

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  senioritis i wish i had no work today

  

  is different. i'm grateful to have a return offer lined up, and i ... about interpreters and category theory. but i don't want to do actual work ... interpreters, bytecode compilation, and garbage collection. i'm having fun

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 31, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Playing Doctor… Are people REALLY impressed by big words? You be the judge.

  

  decision to take the EMT class offerred through MIT Medical and MIT-EMS. This ... share with you guys. I had a bunch from Sadoway's last 3.091 lecture and ... files at the moment and I'm too lazy to really search for them, so I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Long-Overdue Responses Questions answered.

  

  attempting to refute that - my blog is what it is, and the folks who "get it ... Creativity - thanks for your post and I am so sorry to hear about the student at your ... try to keep some perspective when it comes to life and disappointments

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2004
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] MIT THINK Scholars – A High School Research Program! From one side of it to the other

  

  , I’m on the committee that runs the program (along with Cami, Alan, and ... receive $1,000 in seed funding for their project and mentorship from MIT students and faculty throughout the spring semester. Applications for the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 31, 2020
• Blog / How to Food

  LET ME COOOOOOOK 🍳🍳🍳 I am stupidly excited about learning this Basic Life Skill, and not ashamed to admit…

  

  “On a scale from one to ten, where one is ‘Eat to Live,’ and ten is ... a fancy restaurant in Republic Square, Yerevan, after I and some other ... restaurant downtown, or indulge in desserts. I’m easily tempted with cake and

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • September 16, 2024
• Blog / Blog Projects

  a time capsule of east campus multi-media, community-built

  

  and tightly wound up in my thoughts. this blog overwhelmed me because i ... world, and people sent in truly wonderful digital artifacts, so i eventually dusted off my blog draft document and got to it. i hope you enjoy

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 12, 2023