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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  holidays in boston a photodump for you to procrastinate with

  

  holiday season, and I'm coming in hot, live from my bed watching Frozen instead of studying for my [annotation note="I'm posting this as I leave for ... lack of any holiday spirit inside of me, I have done a very minor amount

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 16, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Hello! I would like to schedule a meeting with Senator Markey.” Exciting spring break plans

  

  the following announcement: I originally became a AAS member in order ... provide valuable access to new opportunities. In this case, I realized that ... Massachusetts resident and I divided up the labor so that I'm in charge of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 7, 2014
• Blog / Summer

  “How was your day?” asked and answered

  

  engage in my social media ritual without the guilt I usually would have if ... classes this semester, and I’ve seen her put in lots of time and effort into ... to Medical and check in at the desk. I’m preparing to travel to India

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 2, 2019
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  i quit an internship on the second day cut your losses early

  

  sit in an empty Zoom room for thirty minutes; during this time, I sent several emails, bumping the founders ("Hey! I'm in the Zoom." "Hey! Let me ... the pay: in high school, I did plenty of miserable jobs. But now I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 6, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Sports The store has the word "marathon" in it, so it has to be good, right?…

  

  do sit-ups in the mornings. About a month ago, I got the crazy idea to ... running shorts to make trying out the new shoes easier. I thought I would just walk around in them, so I thought, "Okay, whatever." The guy

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Finals Blog but not the final blog unless something terrible happens to me in the next 48…

  

  Today I sprinted down Massachusetts Avenue in a noontime spritz of ... my true Midwestern roots. Back when I lived on the prairie, Ma would grill flapjacks and sausages every morning in our sod house while I

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 19, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  2014 Resolutions January 2nd and still going strong

  

  This New Year, I want to try a resolution that would mandate how I ... fail, I will revive them from where I left off INSTANTLY in some way. No ... ." Instead: "I'm going to figure out my weak points in Physics and work my way

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 2, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  home

  

  remember standing in front of it when I was small, wondering if I would be ... phantom. I’m not sure how to handle it, exactly.  In grade school, I would always ask my parents to buy me jellybeans during Ramadan. I would stay up

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • November 4, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  One thing every woman’s missed in Massachusetts Bay Sam and Shana have gone to look for America, starting in Philadelphia.

  

  -Japanese fusion cuisine behind an unassuming concrete facade. Since I was dressed in ... the restaurant at night"--how exciting! I mean, if you happen to live in ... that we would be in Philadelphia for the evening... and possibly the next

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 15, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Remember…

  

  wouldn't you know it, I still keep in touch with a few of them. And I would ... , classes, and research. Instead of buying new gadgets, I would save up my ... in my own MIT application. I remember the day I brought it to the post

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I Went To The Ballet! 💎 color me refined 💎

  

  -a-sitcom lifestyle. In order to get there, I have to do this first, or I would probably ... was supposed to go in kindergarten but I VIVIDLY remember lining up ... name, but that I know if I ever had to put my body in those positions

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • November 18, 2025
• Blog / Summer

  MNL → BOS → SFO we live in a so(ci)e(ty)

  

  I love cities, and I've lived in cities all my life. I grew up in ... Francisco. Well, I lived in Manila, as much as I've lived in Boston and San ... right now I'm in Mountain View, an hour long drive from SF. The scales of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 1, 2022
• Blog / Personal Travel

  More from Ahia I even manage to do MIT-related stuff when I'm 750 miles away.

  

  I could go back, I would only major in biology. Yeah, it's just ... me and Adam in the stands. Surprisingly, I've gotten to do some MIT ... of that nature: 1. I don't think Timur really has wireless in his

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 28, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  13/101 Things To Do Before You Graduate 2 of my favorite days at MIT, to date.

  

  realized that he still had 26 items left. In case you think this would be an ... Chinatown. First stop: buy some fish. I walked up to a very nice hairdresser ... ways to spend one's last few days in Boston and at MIT. I still have two

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 22, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  I am lethally bored in the airport boooooo

  

  I am coming to you live from the coveted Boston Logan International ... move out by noon. Not realizing this until after I booked my flight, though, I realized I had a very unfortunate amount of time between move

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • May 22, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in the Life of an Over-Scheduled Frosh Another hosed blogger? ShOcKiNg

  

  to study in the coffee shop. Because I’m walking again I decide to take ... time in hours. I finally finished my paper, and it’s pretty good! Luckily ... upperclassmen in charge of the club, people I’ve come to call my friends, laugh

  • by Powers '23
  • October 21, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Last Times waving goodbye to my MIT experience

  

  :25. This one hurt more than I expected. In better times, we would all ... because of the pandemic. I never would have started running, or lived in ... that I would enter some MIT buildings. And it was probably the last time

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 22, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  An Origin Story Or how I learned to stop worrying and love the Jinchūriki

  

  , and I started thinking about Naruto and how he would have reacted in my ... it would be, or what exactly to say, but I guess it’s always good to ... lot of sense considering I’m in the middle of reading applications for

  • by kellen manning
  • January 28, 2020
• Blog / People & Identities

  requiem for the desert as temperatures rise higher

  

  by one. I don’t buy from those stores, even in Boston.  I run by the ... gets in Arizona in summer. I expected the wet towel in my room to dry ... windows to keep out the heat. I mean — obviously. In Arizona it’s hostile

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 30, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  A Pre-MIT To-Do List (International Students Version)

  

  might be able to help you around campus. I got in touch with the Pakistani ... campus, which I am still very, very grateful for.  In addition to that ... [/annotation] so I was phone-less for a week or so and had to buy a new phone. 6

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • July 17, 2023