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• 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

  four semesters in music and food just some lists and reminisces

  

  ; when I had time alone, I listened to some of my favorite chilling-in ... their lentil dal. Over March Break, I met my parents in LA, hit up so many ... even so hosed that I gave in and bought takeout: Pepper Sky pad see ew

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 28, 2020
• 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 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 / 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 / How to Human

  Dishwashers, parents, space: what do these things have in common?

  

  . Unfortunately, whenever I wash my dishes in my hall's sink (which measures about 1 ... ready to clean months of caked-on food. I abhor washing dishes in our tiny ... listening in health class. Your advisor? Rightttt! I think most people really

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 9, 2005
• 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
• Blog / How to Food

  Gluten-free at MIT Oh hey, that rhymes!

  

  in a dorm with a dining hall requires that you buy into the House ... hall: "I live in Baker now and I have to pay for preferred dining, so I figured I would make the best out of it. i introduced myself to the head

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 2, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  An American in Copenhagen but my luggage went to Amsterdam

  

  upstairs. In some ways this is exactly what I predicted a startup would be; in other ways, it’s better.  I’ve been just over a week in this city ... ="alignnone" width="225"] some ducks I would encounter[/caption] June 3rd. Tucson

  • by Amber V. '24
  • June 14, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All Hail the Working People Living down the 40-hour work week.

  

  decision. Everything is A LOT. I just wish there would be more minutes in ... . Now I’m just thinking how in the world the SAT – which has nearly 200 ... decided to start something. This one’s about how jaded I am about buying

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 31, 2010