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• Blog / MIT Life

  Tasty water, the Charles River, and other things that are not synonymous First post!

  

  a year's worth of collected bubble wrap for 10 minutes, consumed ... are a potential applicant, you're probably looking for a taste of life ... It's a little-known fact that McCormick Hall is home to not only

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 11, 2008
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Denied by MIT, now a PhD student at CSAIL

  

  'd predicated a lot of my dreams for my future self on the premise of getting an ... for the first two and a half years of undergrad. Then a series of random ... write me, years later, to tell me how things worked out for them

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 16, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Procrastination in the Time of Corona i have so much time and so many ways to procrastinate my work

  

  a lot of Discords - for living groups, for clubs, and for all of MIT ... 'sex'[/caption] My UROP: A lot of the stuff I was supposed to do for ... kilometer a day. I'm trying not to worry about speed for now - I can either

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • March 24, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkey vs. Spam’s Hair Two parables of personal hygiene.

  

  things to look out for in a university, and they're all great. But there ... my German dorm for this summer, laundry costs about half a euro per machine, but can only be paid for using a special laundry card, which can

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 27, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  notes on hope despite despite despite

  

  have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred ... and sentimental. last week, i sent out a very small poll asking for ... today it is warmer than it has been in a while, and i'm back in the

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 25, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  No one: Absolutely no one:

  

  character, and then post it on a fan page. But no, we wrote this essay for no ... completely flipped our view of reading and writing. In preparation for a ... from the corners they’ve been sitting in for years. “Okay let’s donate

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 22, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston Book Festival #3 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  to the Church of the Covenant for a Fiction Keynote. One of my favorite ... Boston Book Festival brochure to him for a signature. I felt small in his ... books for a signature. Then, cue the best moment of the day: the author

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 14, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Faith Embracing uncertainty as the world changes around us

  

  that my faith was being tested. I kept calling for God. After a few ... and a phobic aversion for and intolerance of uncertainty.” I’ve learned ... beat, and a high-pitched beep every two seconds. My sheets were warm and

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Lea-der! Lea-der! Bat-man! ...I mean, Lea-der!

  

  was honored by the conference committee as a Woman of Distinction for ... me is the fact that the granddaughter of a Japanese rice farmer can fit so well within a career that is still considered to be male

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 13, 2010
• Blog / Events

  IAP is moving along

  

  that many friends already do and that I've been interested in doing for a ... energy. Jiu-Jitsu prepares a person for any situation, including stand ... Hi there, blog readers! Now that we're a week into IAP, I have a

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 14, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Yay, weekend!

  

  preparing for Rush. Each dorm has its own. At EC, we consider Rush a big deal ... lights of Black Bemis and talked, which is a popular quiet-night activity ... about the culture I live in is that many alunmi stay involved for years

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What do you see now? they say genius likes to alternate between the soil and the sky

  

  shortened and for a moment he stood at the edge and the world shrunk until ... world, momentarily forgetting that there is even a tomorrow to account for ... 2 types of games. Finite games where the goal is to win on a

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • May 23, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  [guest post] The Random Hall Milk: Gone But Not Forgotten an obitu-dairy for Pecker's oldest resident

  

  dorm for more than a week before we began to notice that some crucial ... folklegend and on the depths of the internet. A memorial for the Milk is in the ... This is a guest post by Sara M. '24, our lovely dorm VP, who did a

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 21, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Closer Calls and rising unease

  

  injury. It’s probably because for some, the uncertainty of fulfilling a ... turning to rubble. So, even if it’s for a moment, look at the light, and ... Emab Plaza is a busy shopping mall located in the heart of Nigeria

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 28, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Mathisms and other linguistic quirks of the nerd incubator

  

  There exists a nontrivial subset of the MIT population for whom the ... circle for only a moment before diverging). 9/10 [caption id ... elements of B. For example, ‘dogs’ are a subset of ‘mammals’ because all dogs

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 15, 2024
• Blog / People & Identities

  someday fate of friends

  

  afterwards. During the early pandemic I had lived with J’s family for a few ... making a tall stack of toast with butter for me and the rest of her ... to my room is one I recognize every stroke of. Now after I’m away for a

  • by Kai V. '25
  • November 10, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  being bad at ice skating and learning to try anyway

  

  famlines; this is the famline i'm referring to! it's a nice way for alum to ... myself against the wall for a while because every time someone held my ... of my second lap, I even skated for a little longer and tried turning

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 15, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  uncertainly i am writing a blog post about another song

  

  requested for financial assistance. both were approved. it was a relief to ... giveaway that the undergrad association did, where we wrote a blurb for one ... portion of the results during the contest. to get full points for a problem

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 17, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bedbugs (fiction) A short story. (It would make me happy if you moused over the bedbugs.) =)

  

  dropped a pillow onto the floor and left four hairs on the bed. For the next ... , correcting for smaller damages. “—and a perfectly good reason. Well, did you ... ending for you. A while ago, at the start of summer, I was making my bed

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 21, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Arma virumque cano: a guest post by Quynh N. ‘15 Why you should take Old English at MIT

  

  about to leave MIT in less than a month. I want to thank Connie for ... and will continue to be for a long time—I’m about to start an MD-PhD in ... . Bahr!). For those of you still looking for a humanities class to take

  • by Connie H. '15
  • May 11, 2015