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• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  stairs nested with hairpin turns. Ectoplasmically, my roommate appeared ... nature. I stashed the water in my assigned kitchen cabinet back at Random ... can't remember.), lost a pirate battle, had my lower left quadrant

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 11, 2008
• Blog / People & Identities

  BLÅHAJ: the Internet meme, the trans icon, the world’s favorite plush media analysis on the Swedish shark’s rise to prominence

  

  awkward and silly. Baby Shark is cute and promotes intergenerational family ... ocean.” The virality of cute shark imagery isn’t surprising when ... cute plush, Blahaj defies gender norms and thereby allows many trans

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 19, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a ranking of building 68 thesis defense posters graphic design is our passion

  

  is my definitive ranking of all of the thesis defense posters I've seen ... favorite. [annotation note="I had a long back-and-forth conversation in my ... one was just a little bit plain for my tastes. It actually stood out

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 15, 2019
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Spring break in Canada Snowboarding ramps, waterfalls, poutine, butterflies, and lots of noodles.

  

  This year, for spring break my friend Yida and I decided to head to Canada! My friend Yida, showing off the giant ramp of the snowboarding ... into some situations where my French concentration came in handy. The

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 4, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  Advices, advices Notes from Associate Advising...

  

  of coping with being away from home. My only good advice for ... tend to get more and more depressed the longer I spend in my dorm room. Thus, I hardly spent any time in my room during the first couple of weeks

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maybe I’m Amazed ...but not until Season 13, at least.

  

  'll just apologize for being derelict in my blogging over the past few months ... stuck going to auditions for the star-free season 12. My local CBS ... is like 5 minutes away from my house unless you're driving a car that I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 19, 2007
• Blog / Community Projects

  Moving Out, Up, and In Expanding, now in three dimensions!

  

  , Nadia '17, and Micaela '17, and my roommates and I didn’t have the heart ... Wallet receipts in my inbox, I’ve spent an average of only $4 per day on ... school of my dreams was honestly one of the least exciting things I’ve done

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s on a desk? That which we call a workspace by any other name would look as depressing...

  

  !” – in the past month, but as a result, my desk at home has suffered. It was kind of a bath of crap (my roommate, Sneha ’13, can attest to this ... ’ll be in Columbia, MO, hanging out with my little brother and his dog

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Campos on Campus A True Westside Story

  

  students. One of my roommates is a good friend from Spanish House, so it ... , James Lipton, and Bernard Shaw, I present to you my attempt at journalism ... the course of my time here is that the students are absolutely

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • June 20, 2009
• Blog / Personal Projects

  in Black Valley Hostel journal of my third day in Ireland

  

  -day hike around Kerry. This is also my only stop, as it’s the only hostel ... ="alignnone" width="226"] my hefty yellow bag[/caption] I only caught the late train ... get dark, and my phone was dropping rapidly from 33% to 18%. It climbed

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 9, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  frosh thingies i couldn’t decide what to write so i’m writing about everything

  

  years before me. In my case, that’s 10th grade, right before COVID hit ... things I used to suck at (ie. waking up early, keeping my room organized ... it. I found a cargo vest and a hooded jean jacket to put into my

  • by Anika H. '26
  • September 30, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Climb Every Mountain: a Guest Blog Post by Davie R. ‘12 Davie R.: MOTH HUNTER.

  

  ), and I started photographing the moths at my home. By the end of high ... , and math. During my senior year, I realized that I would have a whole summer free after graduation, and I remembered my early childhood dream of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 28, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions…..*sigh* Is (Fill in the Blank) University the right school for me?

  

  This year I have been helping my little cousin Danielle* with her ... Wayne now, but I’m old-skool. I like the classic telephone ring on my ... , I’m just thinking about my parents and my brother….They’ve got a whole

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • April 22, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  19 Summers AHH I'm getting old :(

  

  I see my old room-mate around MIT :) (hi Demetra!) Also, this summer ... realized my mistake and erased the year, I realized that 2008 was three years ... possible? Did July even happen?) and that will mark the end of my 19th summer

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / How to MIT

  Schedules and expectations The do's and dont's of freshman scheduling, and what to brace yourself for.

  

  are, because first semester freshman year is a ball. My awesome pre ... Leaders Program (FLP)) and orientation were heavenly. I spent my days running errands and hanging out with friends and my nights at parties or the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Mas33h Hall A quick look at life in the Castle

  

  It’s my 3rd year at MIT. I’ve lived in 3 different dorms. My current ... : This is going to be mostly about Maseeh because that's my current home ... lived here. 2) The proximity. All of my classes are just across Mass. Ave

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • April 9, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Hardest Thing Ever FOP, family, and how I'm doing so far... plus some findings on frisbee and free…

  

  some badly needed sleep with my lovely temp roommate. I'm not sure how to ... : Oregon, my home, New Mexico, my camp-home, and Massachusetts, my new and ... Minnville, where I've lived almost my whole life, and spent a frenzied week saying

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 4, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ‘Twas a good semester ‘twas :’( the end of Pass/No Record

  

  mounds of p-sets. The week prior to finals, my roommate James Deng and I ... , there are those around you. By day, my roommate is Advanced Chemistry ... millions of nighttime lights. I pressed my face to the window, not quite sure

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 29, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Alpha Delta Phi To Be The Best of Men

  

  and hitting hard times. Rush had finally come to end. My roommate and ... thoughts when my roommate asked, “Are you going to pledge?” I thought of Rock ... walked into my dorm, struggling with my luggage, I barely noticed the five

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 20, 2013
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Today A Trader Joe's monologue

  

  , knowing that I will have to request the assistance of my roommate to finish ... walk as fast as I can, my feet barely grazing every second stair. The ... they run. Other times, they are playing music aloud. Those are my

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • April 23, 2022