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• Blog / MIT Life

  Meow Yes, you can have cats in some dorms.

  

  's bed, Nixon sheds a lot of goldish-orange fur, Voight meows to himself in ... new to hall, having arrived in a kennel on Delta Airlines from a place ... they do something you don't like, it's hard to get angry at them because

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 9, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  CRACKED [by Sadie Scheffer '10] Part art-support group, part studio, part community, and part activist.

  

  well as space in CAVS to meet, and we arrived early in order to prepare ... painters tape to build a flat-three-dimensional table in the middle of the ... HONK! Fest in Cambridge, a parade to reclaim the streets for horns, bikes

  • by ARTalk
  • May 29, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “…being a geek works out…” A UROP at the Center for Sports Innovation.

  

  his expertise in fluid dynamics to develop and, he hopes, patent his own ... to put bikes in it," Cote recalled. Two weeks after arriving on campus ... Sports Innovation, whose mission is to involve undergraduates in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I need a fix ‘cause I’m goin’ down Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love a 40%.

  

  standards until you've learned to be satisfied with mediocrity. And so, in ... 't even my lowest grade of all time in that point--that honor fell to an AP ... paying attention to the fact that I was getting all the answers wrong on

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  the pnr mindset vs. the grindset mindset pnr shall be missed

  

  ”s. As first semester finals came to a close in late December, I saw no ... , to get a jumpstart on the curriculum, to finally fix their less ... ; and then, I’d be late to my PE class because I’d grab a banana in the

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • January 15, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Planned Procrastination Productive Punting

  

  baggy t-shirt to p-set in. I sort my pile of clean laundry. I sort my pile ... something often academic in nature. (2) v.i. To be in the process of not doing something. (definition from How To Get Around MIT)   Which brings us to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 4, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  My design won an MIT merch contest I don't know why

  

  “What inspired you to draw your design” question in the submission form, I ... that they resonated with? To be fair, I wasn’t entirely lying in the ... made fond memories at MIT. However, it can feel disappointing to not get

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • July 23, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biological Engineering at MIT My thoughts, feelings, and opinions (and slight ranting) about biology both at MIT and in…

  

  , and you get to decide what that lab works on. However, in order to do ... -Doctoral students that all want this position. So, in order to get this position you ... entered the field of biology in order to make or find something that can

  • by Ben O. '19
  • November 20, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sketches from the Independent Activities Period Yultide Day 1

  

  , and D&D sword and throne room in another building. I got to stay in ... order to not to hurt my eyes so, in a way, the new hobby is a rebellion ... to different stores for different foods to get the best deals, a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  processing in which I visit home and take time to think

  

  Ave to get groceries from Target and H-Mart helps clear my mind a little ... to eventually feel comfortable in this new growth in a way that I don ... making an effort to get off-campus more frequently, even if it's just to

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Toy Design Wrapup What am I going to do with all of my time now?

  

  Tension filled the air as people were ushered in to 6-120. Scientists dotted the MIT campus, urging people to get to 6-120 as fast as possible ... corresponds to what its function in the circuit is. The battery is energetic

  • by Snively '11
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Stories from Uganda [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] Installing an exhibit in the Wiesner Student Art Gallery.

  

  Service Center Fellowship. In June 2009, I traveled to Uganda again with ... brings computers to secondary and primary schools in Uganda. I have been a ... , medium format workhorse weighing in at about 8 pounds with its 180mm lens—to

  • by ARTalk
  • February 8, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions & Answers a daily blog prompt compilation

  

  the right amount of torque to get the satellite in the right orientation ... wanted to get in somewhere before hearing back from MIT in December. This ... delightful experience. I decided a good first step to get back into actually

  • by Alex M. '21
  • May 14, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  You always have been hi everybody!

  

  fit in the group, but I was so proud of myself for getting to the top ... didn't quite know what I wanted to write in this blogpost, but I knew to ... it a lot harder to feel in touch with my emotions. Anyway, what have I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  New Semester From caving adventures to amazing classes, MIT is awesome.

  

  about archaeology and the human experience. We get to work in the forge ... one of my New Year’s Resolutions was to get back to doing one of the ... ’m improving so much!! I can get almost every shot in the black area of a target

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 13, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Small Victories The view from a month into MIT

  

  floundering in the amount of work you have to do The word itself comes from the ... , In Time ), and I have to decide how to spend it. MIT is a culture ... to be involved in all of them, short of finding a way to clone myself

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My first music festival It was muddy.

  

  off the road in thickets; you slid or stumbled to get from one to the ... 's kind of fun to sit in your car while it wags around, a tractor's tail ... passers-by. Me: Hello! We're trying to get to Floyd; could you help direct

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 5, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Senior Bucket List, Pt. I Do ALL the things!

  

  've wanted to do in college/MIT/Boston that I just haven't gotten around to ... introduced this post afterall. ANYWAY #6. Get Junot Diaz to sign my book ... that crossed my mind was Holy moly I am going to be in the vicinity of

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 18, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Itinerary: IAP 2017 4 weeks in a suitcase and carry on

  

  's resolution(s). My one goal for 2017? To get back on a normal sleep schedule. "Normal," meaning not going to bed at 3am and waking up just in time for ... Jersey to log in some more training.   LGA -> MCI Right now, on

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 20, 2017
• Blog / Events

  I’m only happy when it rains. You can't take pictures in Boston. Don't even try.

  

  closely in 21L.009 Shakespeare my Freshman year, so I was I excited to ... ever written in the English language, nobody has ever even come close to ... loves her some frappuccino, so we decided to get right back on the T and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 23, 2005