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• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 2) notes from the second day

  

  , IL listening to: the jazz that they’re playing in the station lobby ... located in what used to be the Chicago Public Library. I was a little ... in the cold much more bearable, having seen something that made it

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 12, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  I waited waaaay too long to get a new computer Finally, a development environment I can work with!

  

  . I bought my computer off eBay in 2015, right before going off to ... computer died. Or the time it took multiple hours to get a simple piece of ... research project...or the time I spent literally ten hours trying to get a

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 8, 2018
• Blog / IAP

  A Jaunt Across Europe (Part 2) 12 hours of coastal biking and other Spanish adventures

  

  wrong in some sense to not get the local food (i.e. Spanish food while in ... ’ve taken it on.[/annotation]In addition to travel journal entries of Italy ... on it early enough to still be let in. The owner was kind to let us

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • February 11, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Unedited notes on gravity, etc. Brief thoughts on gravity, science, and consciousness that I plan to elaborate later when I…

  

  [Tonight I worked on a problem set in General Relativity until 4 AM and walked home under soft, acidic streetlights to an empty house with shadows peeling off like blue paint. In the sleep-killing luminosity of a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 11, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Room, A Short Story This story is somewhat weird and slightly dark. Reader's discretion is advised.

  

  parallel to the first wall on his left, boxing him in. “What the?” he ... look, to stare, but…but there was no illusion. He was boxed in, stuck ... the dull pain in his head grew to a raging thump that threatened to push

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 2, 2014
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Walking the Kerry Way journal of my fourth day in Ireland

  

  It’s cold down here, and dark, so I’ll keep this one brief. I'm in ... when others are in the room. She has finally gone to sleep, and I ... made oats in the same pan, and was about to do the chicken, too, when I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Felines of Fifth West meow meow

  

  to be people, in which case I would whole-heartedly agree that one of ... understand his tendency to just stay in his room most of the time. Often you ... awkward animal I see myself in you. ~ I also wanted to mention Rupert even

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 18, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Slippery Slope: The Story of a Frazzled Sophomore How NOT to spend the first month of sophomore year

  

  feelings that were washing over me in waves. Instead of getting straight to ... I had trained myself to overcome last year. Instead, I sat in the ... longer under my control. Week four was when things started to get hairy

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A (Not At All) Comprehensive Guide to Your First Year what i've learned as an associate advisor

  

  the Bubble: Mentally It's very easy to get caught up in the day to day ... (1) allows you to get requirements out of the way even if you have no ... required HASSes so it's a good rule of thumb to try and get one out of the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 10, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thoughts from Science Bowl 🥣 a story about now-nostalgic times

  

  your thumb above the buzzer, so you’re always ready to buzz in.” “Okay ... tiny. “Who’s your favorite supervillain?” We buzzed in to give our ... answers. In one round, our coach told me to sit out the next round

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • March 30, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bedbugs (fiction) A short story. (It would make me happy if you moused over the bedbugs.) =)

  

  ’t get in trouble.” “No Mom, we did not get in trouble.” There was the ... -filled protein balloons to drop into a chute in the wall. They scurried over the ... . Concord ate carefully, but not carefully enough to avoid getting grease on

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 21, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Scooper Bowl All you can eat ice cream.

  

  example, the New York Times called Toscanini's "the best ice cream in the ... : $3), you can consume Boston's favorite treat to your heart's (stomach ... 's * Just Jimmies * Fluffernutter * Wicked Chocolate * Curse Reversed! Cold

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  90-something days of summer (Part 1) MIT people around the world

  

  . In 2011, two weeks after my graduation, I traveled to Costa Rica where ... battling sea-sickness, cold, and storm. Light appeared and I began to see sea ... thought about attempting the swim, let alone getting that close to shore

  • by Linh V. '13
  • April 20, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Below 48 Take under four classes, they said. You'll have free time, they said.

  

  —but getting to read the likes "Frank Sinatra Has a Cold ... it's easy to let our dear old friend imposter syndrome kick in ... . Now, in fall of my senior year (gah that's still scary to write down

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  [Guest Post] Down the River Sharon L. '21 talks Harvard and life paths

  

  -enrolling in a class, I did have the chance to take a class (D-Lab: Development ... sign in the cold for an hour vs. purchasing a sign holder."]when it ... cool experience. Free transportation: MIT students get free access to

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 8, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

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

  

  getting ready to go outside and play in the snow with Sarah when the 223 ... decided to go skiing. It had snowed earlier in the week, but most of the ... an 18.01 pset to do. Since Becky and Sam are both not only in 18

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A *Major* Dilemma Will you forgive the pun if I tell you that I just declared my major?

  

  interests with others helps to get your thoughts and priorities in order. In ... ), all you need to do is fill out a form and get it signed. Basically ... would-like-to-graduate-in-four-years thing: if you took zero aero

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  it’s always day 1 a meticulous account of my last first day

  

  subjects I'm interested in that I will never get to take—some deeper dives ... have to in order to get through the class, and so I do. 4:34 PM: I stop ... ! part 1: getting to class 8:50 AM: My first alarm—a primer alarm, just to

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 7, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  the hardest you’ve ever worked the firehose strikes again

  

  addict myself to new sources of caffeine).  When we stress-test welds in ... people who are taking more classes than this, and still find time to be in ... small handful of stories, and came back to MIT in summer. Everything was

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 14, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  my gap year of nothing and everything certainly something

  

  . Instead of spending time in school, I’d have to find other things to do ... for me to read. I found it was a good way to check in with myself ... justice to how profound and enriched that time in life was.  A year after

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • December 26, 2023