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• Blog / MIT Life

  On keeping on keeping on It's pretty much the only option.

  

  normal fashion only to be thrown radically off course a quarter way through ... was also (going to be) a transition year for me. I was determined to ... house to buy in my new town, go on a big adventurous trip to Asia, and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 30, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

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

  

  daily burden and I often wanted to hit it with a sledge hammer since it ... a bunk bed (to save space, #6 on this list), for the first time in my ... enough training for at least a Bronze medal in the Olympics. I'd like to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 9, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  oversharing first base what have I been up to for the last 2+ years?

  

  to not really knowing how to make friends (I came from a close knit ... to a tech school; hated the GIRs; hated being around only STEM people ... having the chance to make new enemies on campus joined a racial

  • by Jude H. '21
  • December 11, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  More Milk Please And a cookie too. If by cookie you mean an awesome metaphor.

  

  happened to me in these two and a half weeks in just one measly blog post ... semester schedule after quite a few trips to the advising offices, a handful ... overwhelming, there are always people here at MIT who are willing to lend a hand

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 7, 2013
• Blog / MISTI

  “Heroes” The second in a trilogy of Berlin photo entries, featuring Michael Jackson.

  

  , so we decided to a small café with over 85 kinds of cake to indulge in ... ?) proved to be fateful, as it was in a glass jar, which prevented me from ... next to it. Honestly, this is just an incredible sight in the middle of a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Random Monday Fun @ MIT The title says it all.

  

  picture with his cell phone last thursday and sent it to me. The text that accompanied it said simply: There's no one in the driver's seat. Just a guy in the passenger seat. With a laptop. For the record, that's on 93 South

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 18, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  30 questions with my roommates! I had writer's block so I forced my roommates to make content for me

  

  Vincent Van Growgh, and then eat a sandwich in front of Sandwich to instill fear and dominance tape a foam sword to the wall and write "Flexcalibur ... . i was looking for a show that requires absolutely zero braincells to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 16, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Feeling Good And mostly musing

  

  , you definitely don’t want to know. A few times, I sit on the floor and ... a while, but yes, it feels like temporary freedom, to just take a ... —found out the answers, and have a good mind to kick myself in the head. 7

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 26, 2013
• Blog / Advice

  Things I did instead of thinking (about decisions)

  

  felt that restless urge to study the lines of a ship and the blushes and ... ,[/annotation] but one week before a friend’s birthday, I decided it was time to pick ... a crochet hook, [annotation note="it will eventually grow to a dozen

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / Events

  How I Spent My Sophomore Spring Break I didn't go to Florida or Cancun, but I still had a lot of fun!

  

  in a team with an MIT alum as a mentor to work on our teamwork skills ... , across the dormitories.  Last semester, I tried to bring a prefrosh into ... a limited amount of money to buy a limited amount of materials.  The

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 6, 2014
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Guest Post] Because Racecar, Friendships, and Family By Monica C. '25: "What I’ve learned about being an engineer, friend, and teammate by…

  

  and Computer Science (6-2), and I wanted to write a blog about MIT ... time on the team, requiring us to learn how to build a custom gearbox ... process, but more importantly, it’s taught me what it takes to work on a

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • July 31, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2017! highlight reels from the new year

  

  two camps when it comes to a new year. The first camp sees it as a reset of sorts, a time to renew life-changing resolutions, to pursue a ... . I take a five-minute break to check Facebook for messages, and spend

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

  F=-kx spring break in nova scotia, nyc, and dc

  

  become manageable. I was allowed to bring a few guests, so spring break ... public walkway Tagged along with Isaac to B&H, a film store, because ... , we settled into our new home for a few days, and drifted off to bed

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 31, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The story behind TIMtalks In other words, a story about stories

  

  are all about. Maybe all you need is a 10-15 minute story to get you ... of TIMtalks, “TIMtalks was created as a forum to practice and learn to ... failures and challenges along the way as a community-building exercise to

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 5, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Otra Vez, Como Siempre Some J-Pop to cheer you up. =p

  

  (included at the bottom), I'm going to post a Japanese song this year. This is ... drama is about a radical teacher that sets out to train a group of ... . Similar to Spain last year, I'll be living with a host family in Japan while

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 12, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Happy Holidays, and some advice

  

  have been brought up to think that getting into a good school is one of ... learn and be challenged here, even if, to paraphrase a comment I saw in an ... 's that the people here have a certain kind of steel to them. They

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 23, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Scary Tails and College Essays Three bad puns, two bloggers, one post.

  

  ! Brought to you by bloggers Canna H. and Am T. and a pair of mouse ears ... the aforementioned Lucy to go for a drive. Driving by muscle memory led ... . Look at what we do for you. We almost fell prey to a demon

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 31, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  Always Moving Forward: An entry by Prof. Patrick Henry Winston MIT has the nation's leading running back in Division III football?!? And he's a Computer…

  

  he was a junior. As soon as I saw him, I went to the web for a look at ... daugther, Sarah, also a senior, along on the trip to Endicott College. We ... ’t a night for his usual spectacular performance. But he was fun to watch

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 8, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2013! this is how i do this

  

  long form essays to a heterogenous blooming of writing, cartoons, GIFs ... remember that I need to hire new bloggers 2) I frantically Google for the old application posts to remember how to hire bloggers 3) oh right

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 22, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Independence Day Fireworks in Boston Hobbits watch beautiful fireworks from comfort of dorm lounge.

  

    Yesterday for Independence Day I was a hobbit. Cory R. ‘14 and I went out to the deli to get turkey meat and an exciting new cheese ... enough adventure for the day. I wanted to photograph the Charles River for

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 5, 2013