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• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT: Round 2

  

  an around the world experience, but in the end, I just couldn’t stay ... Grad Student”. I start my second year of a dual degree program in transportation and city planning in a few weeks. I am rushing to finish up my

  • by Becca H. '12
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / Uncategorized

  hihi i’m back featuring all my favorite excuses

  

  in writing Last semester I tried to get all my writing requirements out ... resulted in way too many essays for my liking. On the bright side, I didn ... blogs and didn’t have too much content left in me. Next semester, I’ll be

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 30, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Love Lucy: Continued This time, the title even makes sense.

  

  about keeping a car in the city. I love to drive; I've for a long time ... 'm listening to the radio and driving (in a still-fully-attentive sorta way). I ... one towing. It was little enough that I decided I would try to bring my

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 22, 2010
• Blog / Summer

  what i’m up to this summer a list of verbs

  

  I've spent most of this summer in Cambridge, Massachusetts, staying ... in-person or remote. I knew that I could stay at WILG if I interned in Cambridge, but I'd have to search for housing in San Francisco. Also, I knew

  • by Rona W. '23
  • July 25, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Inside vs. Outside How MIT changed for me after being admited

  

  like you in that kind of way ;)” vibe. In my mind I would not be happier ... of the core aspects that caused me to work hard in high school. I would ... , looked it dead in its pale, white, papery face and said, “I will defeat you

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 28, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  December Questions Omnibus 1 Post-decision questions answered.

  

  international student!!" I would recommend having your essay mailed in along with ... tapes should showcase your talents. I would send in anything in which you ... probably don't have it. I would recommend sending in an additional copy of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring cleaning and miscellany The Brass Rat club, sending 4-inch heels to Goodwill, and picking a new food-providing graduate…

  

  , course 7, but they were excited to hear that I was doubling in course 9 ... in Baker... nobody from my home, though. Today I was home and doing ... Madden high-heeled shoes that a) I have never worn, and b) I would not be

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blogger Freebie #2 And a plot twist!

  

  class, something that would've slaughtered me in high school; although I ... the exam would even cover, and yet I walked in there and took it as if I ... to one more blogger freebie. In four years of reading the blogs, I don

  • by Cam T. '13
  • November 15, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Repilot A 10th vlogiversary for the 20th blogiversary

  

  thought I would largely contribute in a behind-the-scenes way, as I do with ... bed in the morning...I will be cranky. So when I needed to stay up to pset or study or whatnot as a student, I would drink a soda! And that

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 24, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkey vs. Spam’s Hair Two parables of personal hygiene.

  

  from Diane, and decided that as long as I was in Harrisburg, I would get ... 8th grade, I had the (probably misguided) idea that I would look just ... policeman in Guys and Dolls, I was able to disguise the anachronism of my hair

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 27, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  A Tribute to the people of South Africa

  

  journal. I anticipated that the next ten days in the epicenter of AIDs would be filled with all kinds of sights and experiences that I would want to ... During a layover in the London Heathrow Airport I yanked Mariam (my

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • February 17, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  the classes among us reflections and too many flashbacks on classes ft. ESG

  

  knew for certain that I would be taking my math and physics GIRs in ESG ... imagined college in high school, I imagined being in one of these huge halls ... premonition I swear"]a future in these big lecture halls felt odd and foreign

  • by Waly N. '24
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  Just Run With It Never waste inspiration, even if you're running with it for the first time (in years)

  

  2012 As I read the remarks, I reflected on the truth that I found in his address, and the truth that I found in those specific words that I quoted. See, I used to run. (Used to.) It was back in my freshman year of high

  • by Emad T. '14
  • June 9, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trouble staying focused Finals. And about a zillion questions.

  

  taking catnaps and eating cookies. I've managed to get a few experiments in ... Ohhhh, finals week. This year, I have the distinct pleasure to only ... , since I had one on Friday afternoon and the other is Thursday morning

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on fitness, health, and food a couple of moments over the years

  

  's something that my family members would poke fun at and point out and I think ... out, I was aware of my flesh body and form. In elementary school, I ... that has lasted until now. In middle school, I developed crushes on

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 24, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I auditioned for a musical Oh my goodness, oh my goodness

  

  In eighth grade, I was Tessie in my school's production of Little ... , though, and there are very few people I'm willing to sing in front of. Late in the evening, I walk back to French House along the back of the dorm

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 2, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Upside-down and Reversed: Photography at MIT [by Biyeun Buczyk ‘10] I came to MIT thinking I’d put art aside for the…

  

  the sodium-lit image appear in the bath of developer, I pretty much left ... Association. In addition to photography classes (I usually take one a term), the ... closet). Since I spend most of my time in the SAA darkroom (I practically

  • by ARTalk
  • March 23, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest blog: “Me, Marvel, and MIT” Jade's experience working on a SHASS UROP for me

  

  in Cambridge for summer 2023. I would be working on a more technical ... that I supervised about MIT in the Marvel Multiverse. Jade just published ... even wrote about a pair of Spider-Man Shoes I had painted in high school

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 2, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  why do you do what you do do androids dream of electric self-awareness

  

  . For example, I would probably reject anyone who asked me out if they ... most everything I do. Taking an example from when I was younger, in the ... I couldn't justify the reasoning to myself. What difference would it

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 23, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  a peek in a week of my summer trying to enjoy it while it lasts

  

  ’t feel rested at all, and I’m not ready to be trapped in the [annotation ... nontrivial, but at least I will die happy. 8:00 - 11:00 pm At some point in ... In-Betweens In between the times listed above and below, I

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • August 30, 2020