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• Blog / MIT Life

  A Supposedly Fun Thing That I’ll Probably Do Again On July 4th, I reenacted The Old Man and the Sea, minus the old man…

  

  inflatable rafts with a hot dog grill in the center raft?' and [name I don ... in kindergarten that I could do anything if I tried, so I ignored ... waiting tentacles of a flesh-eating eel). In the interest of survival, I

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 7, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [joint liveblog] finding the BALANCE with 2.009 watching the 2.009 annual showcase (with Kayode D. '27)

  

  audience POV. In some lucky turn of events, Kayode D. '27 and I managed to ... PERFORMING IN THIS. THAT'S ALL I WANNA SAY they all have gloves like michael ... surgery patients in the U.S." janet: i really want to ask a question

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 9, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Typical Day on the Road Having grown up in NYC, I love coming back.

  

  I am about to head out to do the MIT presentation in Westchester ... . It was a lot of fun. Having grown up in NYC, I love coming back. The ... about their travels, I thought I would add a few comments from my trip

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Eating Studio Ghibli Foods 🌾 At a mini-restaurant pop-up by MINCE <3

  

  (Lunar New Year themed, in the McCormick Green Room!), but I felt like this ... -up[/caption]When I walked in, instead of the flowers and greenery I was expecting, I ... pictures of each dish before digging in. [annotation note="I kept thinking to

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • March 11, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sabar drums, Rwanda, and the C.I.A Can you guess what all this stuff has in common?

  

  I know what you're thinking, "Whoa, two posts in two days? How can I ... songs in the traditional language of Senegal, such as [translated] "I went ... here. Unfortunately I can only mention in passing that the president of

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An End A whirlwind.

  

  the end of summer; one day, I was sitting in the office casually ... , thanked Ed Murphy, and said goodbye to McCormick, the building in which I ... continue in the morning. That would break up the driving, and reduce the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 20, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ingredients for a black hole: 1. Hydrogen 2. Soda 3. Bottle Irish pub-lic outreach

  

  around in a circle, to mimic an accretion disk. *     *     * I met Carl ... . Knowing that I needed to get in touch with someone named "Ricky" (I didn ... I would be happy to teach him the basics, sometime, and gave his

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 20, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  The Tech profiled Lydia about resilience @ MIT "I’m building my vocabulary and I’m building my mind and I’m building myself as a…

  

  he would die. The last time I saw him, my mom and I went to Israel ... think I’m happier now than I have been in a very long time. I have more ... that, second because I have things that I want to do in my life, and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 17, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Wide-Eyed meet the therapist hanging above my bed.

  

  Giuliano, published in 2007. I first saw Dennis in a pile of four art pieces ... girl scowling at the camera in a dress, I figured Dennis at least looked ... fifty-second, I would probably be rowing a little bit like this: Then

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • October 4, 2016
• Blog / Events

  freshman blogger, sophomore student a reflection on some new and old things

  

  are some recent tidbits of my life~~ I’m falling in love with pink ... recovering from."]gifts.[/annotation] In hindsight, I suspect it’s because I ... identity as a clueless freshman has been stripped though I have inadvertently

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 21, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicant wishing you all the best and greatest

  

  that in mind, I would like to impart some advice regarding the ... about the people in my life. I couldn’t have arrived here without them ... challenge. Yes, I’ve had plenty of fun in high school, but when I picked a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 6, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Ending it's the last day of classes and I am having some feelings.

  

  So here we are. I'm sitting in the AeroAstro Gelb Lab ... . In about a week, I'll be home in California again--in three, I'll be working an internship in Seattle. It hasn't exactly settled in yet that I

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 15, 2014
• Blog / Hacks

  Hack to the Future all futures have a past, and all pasts have alternative futures

  

  future, arriving in the same place, at a different time, to save the future ... , October 21st, 2015, I walked into Lobby 7, and was greeted by a hack; a hack ... current (and future) MIT students, I suspect, I loved the BTTF movies as a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 21, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Classes about the Brain That Blew My Mind and I just had to share

  

  rushed coffee break in the middle of the 10am-4pm seminar block. I have ... —who knows if I’ll also have to critique a speaker's paper in front of them ... disorders. A final fun fact about 9.26: I am the only student in the class

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 6, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Double diplomas The only thing better than one MIT degree is TWO MIT degrees!

  

  Cambridgeside Galleria. I would suggest letting someone (a roommate, perhaps?) in ... , because I should be listed as a year 3 student with a second major in VII ... . Personally, I came in with a meager 27 units of credit (and didn't pass out of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 12, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Ups and downs and extras

  

  excitement in Boston now is like nothing I've felt before anywhere else. Yet another advantage of living in this great city. And what would a ... : Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. I have to admit, the Pittsburgh

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 28, 2004
• Blog / Challenges

  Why So Serious? On Keeping Life in Perspective

  

  still thinking of the things I would write for all of you out there who read the blogs. Thinking of all the things I would say post-decision time ... feel like I'm in that situation, I keep running. I tell myself it's all

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Discover Exercise and Wellness FPOP a wholesome college experience

  

  points still, but at least I don’t have to worry about swimming. I would’ve failed the swim test in front of an awkward crowd. Then I’d delay it until ... the MIT team. According to the trainers, it looked like I would faint

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 21, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  zero bandwidth it’s not burnout if you have to keep going

  

  circumstances in this blog post would be particularly different if I were at any ... activity I’ve done in the past day. This unshakable exhaustion is not new to ... " (2015) Last semester was extremely hard on me. In most senses, I was doing

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 17, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  An Adventure on the Charles In which Kate fails spectacularly, except at storytelling.

  

  Tonight I was in an MIT admissions webcast, which was targeted ... chill because I was required to have PE every day in high school) I ... land in the Charles River. I carefully planned my route along the dock so

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 7, 2010