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• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2017! highlight reels from the new year

  

  ’t pretend, in spite of the last year, to not be excited about 2017. In fact, I ... :50 A.M. on a Sunday Morning. I’m in the kitchen of my floor at Random ... :50 A.M. on a Monday Morning. I’m in the kitchen of my floor at Random

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  22 Hiatus Adventures stories from my time away and my first semester back!

  

  , privacy, and autonomy than I ever would have had living in a dorm. However ... . I lived on a Christmas tree farm in Lawrenceville, NJ! For a few months in the fall of 2020, I lived with my friend Paige L. (Harvard ‘23

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  loveallurfriends <3

  

  sitting in my room reading the problems. I ignored this and walked along ... clicking through the 6.031 Reading (I’ll have to actually read it in the ... themselves are in many ways responsibilities - I am thoughtful and care deeply

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • March 6, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  “So, what HAVE you been doing?” less sad shit lets get a lil more hype in here

  

  21 in February! I don't talk a lot about party culture on the blogs ... , but I figured in an effort of maintaining my brand of transparency I ... break, I went to visit my family on Big Island in Hawai'i. I took this as

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 25, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  More on balance Some parameters for self-improvement

  

  lately been less than exemplary. In addition, on Sunday evening, I ate ... and a sundress. In less than 48 hours, I will be in Houston, both for ... should try to move in some direction. I wish I were more convincing, or

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 7, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  There is still no magic formula ...but there are a few key ingredients

  

  counsel that I would have most appreciated when I was attempting to navigate ... admissions.  Even though I have observed many changes, including the transition ... -necessitated innovations like the now ubiquitous interactive virtual information sessions, I

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Womanhood

  

  ball of hurt I carry with me, a part of the constant calculus I engage in ... wisdom, but I’ve certainly done it. So here, in a collection of vignettes ...   I like telling people that I’m a six-foot-tall man in my head. I

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • October 28, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  I Feel *a* Last or at least, I'm trying to

  

  hated the first day. I'd feel this slight sorrow of knowing that I would ... Song: Dancing in the Moonlight by Olive Klug It's 9:05 am. The ... episodes ago in the season premiere. However, this time the room isn't a

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 22, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Food, glorious food In which I learn that Simmons Dining is not, in fact, the best that Boston's…

  

  drizzling in the afternoon, so I went to Jahunger – a Uyghur restaurant that ... pouring outside. I didn't want to walk in the rain or call an Uber, so I ... I thought this endorsement meant that the black rice would be life

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 6, 2025
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Poemtober! the only thing harder than writing is not writing

  

  I fell behind, sometimes I would combine prompts, and I actually ... when I look back over the stuff I wrote in Oct., I really like a lot of it! I'm glad that I wrote a lot more than I normally would have, pushed

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 17, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  BoA & Restricting

  

  application. Also, I am not going to count the words in your essay. I have never ... say than what fits in 500 words. If that is you, I'd encourage you to ... s/he would give you. They may tell you to send in the longer essay

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2004
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Thirteen Things To Do Over IAP: #6-13 Concerning the half I spent in Cambridge

  

  for two weeks I fed myself in a couple of different ways this IAP. For one, I would sometimes go to Trader Joe’s to pick up some oatmeal, fruit ... last me about a week. Additionally, every time I was on shift in the

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 16, 2015
• Blog / Personal Travel

  The Grandest of Road Trips Reflections on a cross-country road trip, on an international plane flight, on a full bladder.

  

  hallucinogens out of the US, or that I have a small plant in my pocket that needs ... passing security, but I'm afraid I might burst in the process. (Talk about ... house. Right in between the microwave and the food warmer. I plan to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 1, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  the art of trying new things exploring new clubs, making new friends, and doing the things i was afraid to do

  

  afraid to do in my freshman year. One of the bigger things I wanted to do in my freshman year that I did not do was join clubs, specifically ... the clubs I was interested in, I ultimately decided not to join any

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 19, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 1

  

  Report et al, I would suspect that your Midyear Report is in your ... and I do not know if MIT would accept score reports in March! Right ... schools). The course that I took at Harvard was in the spring term, for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  Pirates and Pi and Rats and Pie and Rats (except there are no rats) 3.1415926535897932384626433832795… idk the rest.

  

  there has been in a while. I was outside writing this blog in Killian Court, but the sun was causing too much glare so i’m in the library right ... ’t think i ever read…) for weeks about an event in lobby 10. Thursday I saw

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 23, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Commencement 2009 Oh hey, I'm an alum.

  

  so I could stand around the track in the athletic center for several ... capture the huge number of people milling around in caps and gowns. I ... more efficient way and tries to change it in the middle. (Trust me, I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Television Show Decisions Three hours is about as much time as I'm willing to waste on television each…

  

  Tivo, bless you) means I can watch these four shows in about three hours ... 's where you come in. The contenders: LOST I've been an addict for ... episode. I finally got sucked in this year - it's really good.  

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  42 classes i'm taking this semester

  

  classes are still challenging, especially as I try to squeeze in a week ... founders who come in as guest speakers.   This is what I'm taking this ... graduate, how I got started in VR, every blog post I've written related to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / Classes

  Prof. Catherine D’Ignazio on Urban Science for Public Good

  

  /labmates from when I was in my master's program have gone on to build careers in ... stay informed. Who are you?  I'm a new faculty at MIT in the Department ... in software development, art/design and civic media. I graduated from

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 1, 2020