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• Blog / MIT Life

  A Boring Friday Night (guest post by Nina L. ‘19) Familiar inbetweens. Taking breaks. Things that aren't (all) sleep and studying.

  

  .004 lab and quiz to study for, a thing for my UROP I don’t know how to code ... what to do with myself, and fell asleep on the couch. There are a lot of Friday nights like this, and a lot of Fridays spent studying or coding

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  king of boston -> king of the world? the only good fight there is

  

  when I was here over the summer for [annotation note="Interphase is a two ... dressed as the King of Boston for Halloween, a completely nonsensical ... .012[/annotation], and yearning for a return to my high school programming days as

  • by Angie F. '28
  • May 29, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  Out Sick aka, a subject line for too many emails

  

  here I was nearly a full day later after S^3 had closed for the weekend ... much given I did it exhaustedly), and getting a make-up exam for the ... Vaporub type of sick? Not once in the past ~seven years. Then a few weeks

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 10, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In Which I Feel Old Senior year? Already? #indenial.

  

  for Undergraduate Advanced Project - This is basically a class that ... I can't believe I'm a senior. Seriously, I can't believe it. I have ... Things to Do Before I Graduate finish the requirements for my two majors

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 10, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Test Time! All my classes managed to schedule tests within a week of each other.

  

  up until 3am almost every night for the past week, studying for tests. In fact, right now I should probably be studying for my math test ... , having four tests in the space of about a week was pretty common, and

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 5, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Inside/Outside words/pictures; I really don't know what to put here... haha

  

  Wow so …….... I’ve been MIA for a whiiile. In the past 2 months ... to share another project I have for the summer; I bought it as a ... soccer or the patience to watch it, but seeing a goal finally being made

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 5, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 3 Connecting with your Educational Counselor

  

  help but do give them a little time to respond. It’s not necessary for ... reports about their meetings with you. For some of you, an interview may not be something new, but for others the meeting with your Educational

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  More on food

  

  I think I'm going to be fixating on food for a while, at least until ... thing I want to do is leave to go to a dining hall. Hooray for food! ... because I was in lab until 7 tonight -- yes, on a Friday night -- and that

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Spreading the word Yesterday, new father Ben and I did a presentation on blogging for the annual conference…

  

  Yesterday, new father Ben and I did a presentation on blogging for the annual conference of the New England Association for College ... northeast arrive for the NEACAC conference. In the first session of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 2, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  moving on, as shown through free t-shirts some spring cleaning

  

  that way for four years. This led to a bad habit of me pushing all the ... 6 shirts I can rotate for a max of like 8 outfits in any season ... so large that even a .5x wasn't zoomed out enough for me to get it all

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • March 10, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  How to Meet More People a guest post from Amy F. '20

  

  What follows is a thought that I've mulled over recently put into ... ado... How do I meet know more people (To new friendships! A special thanks to my dear friends Matt Q. ‘19 and Noah M. ‘20) Recently, a friend

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • June 18, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Family Weekend 2014 family weekend 2014, day 1 and how I had fun

  

  waaahmbulence for a bit, I got straight to work. I traded away sleep hours for ... . Well, not really free time. I COULD be studying for my 8.02 exam on ... . Haha I literally just finished and published a post a few minutes ago

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 25, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Truth Values [by Ken Haggerty '11] A fantastic one-woman show about life at MIT. (Now playing!)

  

  stand has delicious cookies for only $1 each :) The show was followed by a ... Nobel Prize (for which the last female recipient in a physical science was ... girl's romp through MIT's male math maze," and as neither a girl nor a

  • by ARTalk
  • September 22, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Happy Valentine’s Day from MIT Because theobromine is delicious.

  

  '12 of Michigan went for the classic card and Tube pose. A girl, a Tube ... on a secret: MIT Admissions loves you. No, really. I know the L-word gets thrown around a lot these days, which I think is sort of sad, since

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer reading: “The Language of God” Consider adding "The Language of God" to your summer reading list!

  

  's credibility as a scientist and his sincerity as a believer make for an engaging ... Institute/MIT Center for Genomic Research. As a result, Lander became first ... Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), which is best known for its

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 22, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Liminal Activities Period IAP is a mindset and you can keep it forever

  

  , full of promise and mystery and challenges that I'm not prepared for but ... January, of course, is IAP. "Independent Activities Period" is a deceptively bland name for what is in my opinion MIT's greatest invention. It is

  • by Joel G. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Folding with Flair Adding a third dimension to boring old paper

  

  semester), but now I have a brand new batch of internship origami for your ... . Luckily, MIT was the perfect place for that. Not only is there a class about ... them was a big step for me in my origami design journey, and this

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • August 4, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  you’re on your own, kid

  

  please dont bully me for it"]a new guitar.[/annotation] I've been taking a ... considered me a friend taking time to check in on me. Another common thing I seem to hear alongside these check-ins are "I don't know a Cami without

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  happiness springs, songs, sheep

  

  sang was a farewell concert for our graduating seniors. Last night we ... have changed in the past four years, mostly for the better, and I'm a ... I wrote this email two nights ago, a little after midnight:  

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 24, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures in Camberville

  

  (For those who don't know/can't figure out, "Camberville" is a ... in Pasadena. I felt dumb, but I hung out at Rax's house for a few hours ... from the rain. I walked down Elm for a while, and noticed...the Porter

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 15, 2006