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• Blog / Residential Life

  back in east campus, the sequel jiggity jig (again)

  

  to be a build lead for a project, and honestly i didn't contribute much ... spire that is a vibe. it makes me think about how it's so, so unlikely for ... → macgregor august 2021: macgregor → ec (this post) as is tradition, here's a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 18, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  halfway there musings about currently being an MIT student

  

  real college student. A friend recently asked me for book ... I live a five-minute walk away from MIT, so I pass campus often. It's a weird experience. I can compartmentalize the last 14-ish months of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Parks and Relocation a finale and a premiere

  

  life. Goodbyes are hard for me. They are a deeply uncomfortable reminder ... could start a new season of my life. I packed up about half of my worldly possessions and drove west. I'll be spending the next few months living with a

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 21, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Someone saved my life tonight Survived my squalor, like a butterfly.

  

  reason for me to be such a huge downer all the time. Meara, of course ... interesting nonetheless, which is a story for another day. Anyway, armed with ... live in squalor." My heart beat a little bit faster as everyone else

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 12, 2006
• Blog / Residential Life

  🦆🦆🦆🏳️🏳️🏳️ 🦖🦖🦖 SIMMONS!!! RETREAT!!!

  

  153 minutes before the deadline to sign up for the Simmons Retreat, I ... I couldn’t go—I had promised to go to a Puzzle Club event on Monday, when I expected the retreat would still be going on. But a short email

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 17, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  how i feel about ai-generated art from an artist's perspective

  

  because a computer can generate pretty paragraphs. The joy of reaching for ... a fiction writer that went something like, it’s so upsetting how ... this random guy in his mom’s basement will generate a Pulitzer

  • by Rona W. '23
  • June 11, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  GUYS IT SNOWED!! yayayayyaayy

  

  for the last month or so, and every once and a while a [four days from now: 30% chance of <0.05 in. of snow for 20 minutes] has popped up. A ... % chance of <0.05 in. of snow” popped up a couple times for yesterday

  • by Allison E. '27
  • December 7, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  taylor swift songs as applicants emergency evermore post

  

  I wait by the door like I'm just a kid Use my best colors for your ... 24 hours ago, Taylor Swift came out with a new album and everyone ... you were a mythical thing Like you were a trophy or a champion ring

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 11, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  What is weather? ...and what is rain?

  

  anything, for that matter, coming at me at a 45-plus-degree angle.   < ... my brand new winter gear and pulled out my shorts and flip flops for a ... appropriate for the rest of the day (read: will keep a Californian alive and

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 9, 2015
• Blog / Events

  total eclipse of the cruft

  

  this post is a little delayed, for which I plead CPW Like millions ... digression: through a stroke of luck, my car rental reservation for a sedan was ... my dad for his birthday). Robert and Cory had rescued a guy whose car

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 16, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  W.M.

  

  away for a moment, thinking it would surely take them at least a few ... a great friend. For one, they’re an excellent [annotation note ... Siri imitation[/annotation]. They have a knack for finding Waldo and the

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 23, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  warmth feelings i miss

  

  last two summers for a summer camp over at bu, just across the river ... nice to just do that for a whole weekend without having to worry about ... . and i swear i did a lot of fun things for cpw, but they all feel gone to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 27, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Integration Bee If this were televised, nobody would watch the Superbowl.

  

  a poetic is). Like chocolate, winter break melts under the hot pressing tongue of February into a sticky-sweet memory, bequeathing cavities ... towards sleep at -9.81 m/s^2. In 12 hours, I will be in class. For now, I

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 2, 2009
• Blog / MISTI

  Last train to Koblenz If I get back by 7:30, I don't need a reservation.

  

  in all the train stations make up a personal itinerary for you listing ... , authorities have set up a row of big-screen projectors in Berlin spanning an ... than Boston, is serviced by a vast network of streetcars and subways

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So I said to Einstein… ...think of a name for my new theory while I go talk to my relatives.

  

  .. "I think of MIT as a samurai school," said Jones. "It is preparing you for the highest work of advancing civilization. You have to find a way ... their moments, but it's all in order to prepare you for your ultimate pass

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Come Visit! I promise we'll be nice.

  

  pains and pleasures of MIT for yourself, and give me a chance to play host ... A couple weeks ago, an excited exclamation was heard, as one of my roommates (Jeanne '13) discovered that she'd be hosting a prefrosh. In quick

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 14, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Poetry and Physics You don’t have to get theoretical physics to get Frank Wilczek.

  

  age of 53 for work he did at the age of 21, while a graduate student at ... there are dues to be paid, you must accumulate a certain number and type ... wait your turn or become a certain age before you can do anything, like

  • by Laurie Everett
  • January 24, 2007
• Blog / Advice

  climbing the wall why so defeatist?

  

  There are a lot of phrases in the english language that can be used ... appreciate and enjoy a sport, but never with a true passion that exceeds, say, a month at a time. All this to say- when my friends invited me to go

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • October 7, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  We’re So Back a collage of preseason

  

  1. Welcome Back to Campus Preseason Kickoff Preseason for fall sports is a span of two weeks in the summer before the semester starts, where ... for the fall season. This period of time is when the hyphenated word of

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • September 2, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  MIT Regular Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2026 are now ... is another record high: about a 2% increase from last year, with both ... and pastoralism — they are united by a shared standard of rigorous

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2022