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• Blog / MIT Life

  Outside the box In which I start a new life at pika, etc.

  

  -vacuum air. By then, I had hit the road in a rented SUV headed for the woodsy ... cetera. In the past 30 hours, I have: made my bed, eaten two grapefruit ... . And this is what I come home to: I'm living in a room titled The

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 25, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sore Subjects state of affairs isn't so good. But here are some telescope pictures!

  

  ? Well, I'm not doing this fabulous topic justice in the least. I brought ... that I read about 100 pages in my Roman History text book, not quite ... get a lot more done over spring break in all my classes. Consequently, I

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 14, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Chris inspired me to do dumb things I went to Disney World. It was fun, I guess.

  

  making me cry.  I wasn't sad, I wasn't in so much pain that I would ... medals if I do this one!" I registered in April and began my training. I ... increased my distances until I was ready to run my first half marathon.  In

  • by Snively '11
  • July 20, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT campus lost power! Updates from a blacked-out physics colloquium.

  

  39 minutes ago, I turned in a pset 2 minutes late (fortunately they ... just put up some tensor notation that I've been learning recently in 8 ... + physicists in the room went "oooooooh!" My laptop screen glowed at me and I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 29, 2012
• Blog / Classes

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

  

  , and I think in the end that’s what would’ve been the strongest factor to ... -enrolling in a class, I did have the chance to take a class (D-Lab: Development ... family-owned businesses and trendy food destinations in general. I mean

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 8, 2019
• Blog / Events

  MIT Calling Yo Snively - I lied. There are actually 2 admits in Oregon BESIDES you -…

  

  in the class, as far as I can tell.. Anyway, it was nice talking to ... , during which Christina and I called our parents to congratulate them on ... , and I'd like to congratulate you on your acceptance! That's right! I was

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 19, 2007
• Blog / Personal Projects

  in Black Valley Hostel journal of my third day in Ireland

  

  , so I’m not complaining.   I’m in Black Valley Hostel, a ... to 23% when I charged it in the bathroom of an old abbey, and had ... those stones. When I got to the hostel, the woman welcomed me in and I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 9, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This title is irrelevant In which I discuss two important aspects of undergraduate life: scientific research and climbing stairs.

  

  letter to MIT, I glimpsed a beautiful future in which all of life ... fight, my bets would be on Maria. The moral of the story is that I had a ... Sadoway was like, “I'll check around for UROP openings in my group,” and I

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 28, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Stories from High School you wouldn't want to be caught with MMS

  

  him off, he would punch you in the face and split your lips open. Within ... to give in to Lukman—I estimate about 99% of us bought from him at some ... would mix in the spices. Then, we would eat the ramen, usually with our

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • February 5, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Gala a premiere event celebrating fashion, arts, and culture

  

  modeling for Infinite in the past. I thought it would be pretty casual, so I ... my body was not cooperating. I knew it would take quite a bit of ... concern, in fact. I had limited communication with my designer, the founder

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 1, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Skullhouse Road Trip Seattle, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Austin, New Orleans, North Carolina, Delaware, New Jersey, and New…

  

  sleeping. I got to the airport at 10 am. My flight left in 45 min and the staff told me that it was too late to check in. I pleaded and they let me check in late and gave me a standby ticket. I made it to the gate just

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 9, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Notes From The UK [by Mirat Shah '08] Currently in Cambridge, it is 50 degrees F and not only…

  

  finish line wins as usual. More on that in my next entry. I promised last ... in an equation, and you have to be on your toes. Something I like ... Bridge of Sighs in the background. I finally went punting on the River Cam

  • by Cambridge
  • March 12, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 3) notes from the third day

  

  together at the only store open in the whole place. I had some miraculous ... . It is just beautiful out here; I would recommend at least taking a ... —writing and taking pictures—but I felt myself drifting in and out of

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 13, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  journey to the end of the world visions

  

  ago. i created a new world, i booted up survival, walked around in some ... , playing minecraft in utter secret while my mom wasn't looking. i walked and ... . finally, i surfaced; it was daytime, the sun was out. i had spawned in a

  • by Ali C. '26
  • November 16, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Lego Heroines interview with the amazing Maia Weinstock!

  

  /or had contributed greatly in a way that people would be surprised about… I ... projects before the Women in NASA set “I kind of wanted it to be this fun ... can find them in stores “LEGO is currently tweaking the design that I

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 4, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  Story of a Lifestyle I'm going to kick you - No, for real

  

  I've always thought about doing crew and Taekwondo (TKD) in college ... class ended, I took a mini-break – only to return just in time for the ... 77 Mass. Ave., picking up 48 people. 40-or-so of which would wait in

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 30, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21L.011 Are You [film] Experienced?

  

  about Buster Keaton where I had trouble in high school writing about, say ... . I had a hard time selecting my top preferences; I was torn between 24 ... course name in all of academia.** It's a history class where students

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Holy Grail of Classes Think of the coolest class you can. Then think of one that's a million times…

  

  sure what could be. In the words of Veruca Salt, "I want one noooooooow ... would no longer be a toy." Mmm-hmmmm, aaaaah, I see! Oh My God I Love ... to our displeasure, that we would be doing an in-class assignment for

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A day without rain + pictures of yosemite

  

  I was born in the province of Sichuan and speak the Sichuan dialect ... work. I moved to a shared house in Los Altos Hills (subletting for a ... near a cafe in downtown Mountain View, I popped open my laptop leaned my

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 18, 2007
• Blog / Announcements

  A reminder that there is no advantage to applying Early Action to MIT As always, you should apply when you feel ready

  

  I have stated this in this short blog post, but there is a lot going on in the world, it is a confusing time, and I want to make sure it is ... I'm writing today to remind our applicants that we do not give any

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 21, 2020