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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I’m not swollen anymore!

  

  Okay, so I agree that it's been far too long since my last update. I ... week and a half recovering from wisdom teeth surgery. I just had my ... new room on my hall next week, and I'll try to take some pictures so you

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • June 21, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Kiss the Frog Charm School and Nerdy Pick Up Lines. What can I say?

  

  ask a girl for a dance to how to enjoy the whipped cream from my sundae without ending up with my food on my face. It's almost been a decade since my etiquette training, but fear not, I've renewed my Boy Scout

  • by Bryan
  • February 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I won the game! Not (quite) another picture entry... with Tastykakes!

  

  multipurpose 9x13 pan is a Pyrex pan which costs only $8.00? It's my last night ... photos from my phone to my computer, and I'm a college student and just can ... credit card fraud, and cashed in my winning lottery ticket. Despite having

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 6, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  More from Ahia I even manage to do MIT-related stuff when I'm 750 miles away.

  

  Well, this is my last day in Ahia (try saying it with me -- "Uh-hi-uh" -- Adam always makes fun of my *nonexistent* accent after I've been at home for a few days), since my fam is hopping on a plane to LA early tomorrow

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 28, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Let it snow What I did today instead of sleep for 29 straight hours.

  

  Today was going to be my sleep day. I was going to go to sleep on ... through until 9 AM Monday, when I have to get up to get ready for my first ... debt that I've accumulated over the course of my entire life

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 4, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Spreading Santorum around MIT Or rather, just spreading awareness of Santorum.

  

  'm not too fond of my US senator, Rick Santorum. I won't go into any specifics, but suffice to say that my dissatisfaction with him has grown so ... my door. I saved this magazine cover since June, because it really

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Home! I'm back in the US after three weeks in Asia.

  

  the new application season for the Class of 2010. My first Admissions ... will include a brief recap of my time in Asia, a Questions Omnibus, a ... questions for my first post-Asia Questions Omnibus?

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Jack of Some Trades, Master of Absolutely Nothing feeling mediocre at mit

  

  some ways, I have. I have no doubt in my mind that I'm thriving at MIT. I love my classes, I have great mentors, I love my jobs, I have great ... and things that make me happy, I still found myself sobbing my eyes out

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 12, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  When I used to run A reflection on sitting still for a semester

  

  Note: So, you may or may not have noticed that my name is ~different~ next to my little blogger face up there. For the record, I am still Caroline P., but all my friends at MIT call me Powers (which is my last name

  • by Powers '23
  • December 16, 2020
• Blog / People & Identities

  an anime fan’s dilemma am I a weeb? please GOD say yes

  

  with quarantine prompting my former weeb tendencies to resurface, I've started to think about how my relationship to it has changed. Guys, I ... God[/annotation] and playing Anime Music Quiz with my high school

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 15, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  relearning what i know now or: hi, i learned wrong my entire life.

  

  Since January, I've been having a sort of crisis about my place at MIT. I realized I've been learning wrong my entire life, or at least ... joke about my work ethic being poor. I use phrases like "No, I'm just

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 22, 2020
• Blog / Events

  MIT Can Talk! Bon appétit!

  

  brainstorming speeches. As a senior, I wanted my last IAP to be truly memorable ... settling on my final topic. I asked myself if there is one person I could talk about until the end of time, and my answer was Julia Child. Julia

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 4, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Seventh Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 4PM on 01/09/06.

  

  . ------------------------------------- A few people wrote in asking if I accept personal email and what my ... post it to my blog so that others will benefit from the answer. If your ... "what are my chances" questions. I simply can't answer them on a case

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  at a distance staying in contact with friends from home

  

  ,[/annotation] one of my best friends from home, Ariana, posted a picture with a ... 18) in my hometown, I was growing anxious, antsy, and impatient. I ... increasingly nostalgic for my experiences back then. Our table in honors math

  • by Victor D. '27
  • November 20, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Tour of an MIT student’s notebook my brain is a mess so my pages have everything

  

  ="attachment_116780" align="aligncenter" width="225"] my scrungly boy ... grade, filled with sketches, diary entries, and brainstorming. My most ... notes from all my classes, doodles from any TTRPGs I happen to be playing

  • by Anika H. '26
  • July 8, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  City Strangers a comic

  

  text in the art for accessibility (and because my handwriting is very ... ’re leaving me behind.  The moments where my life crosses yours may be fleeting, but I'll try to find my peace in this sprawling city, in you.  You

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 25, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  this is the real life I love in-person MIT eom

  

  everything my class has missed out on. A lot of things still aren't the same as ... : walking through the infinite on my way to class, studying in Hayden library ... , go to my 18.600 lecture, then to [annotation note="Intro to Algorithms

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • October 9, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Last Times waving goodbye to my MIT experience

  

  things that I had done for the last time that I hadn't realized. My last ... to the last times in my life, especially because I've realized recently ... passed away suddenly, and it shook me to my core that the last time I would

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 22, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Seattle The siren call of real adult life

  

  my life was on pause but also on an infinite loop. I didn't like LA, in ... forever. This summer, I've been much more satisfied with my life than I ... because I like my software job much more than I expected. I haven't figured

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / Summer

  Diving In transforming myself into a cs bro

  

  I've always been very open and honest with my struggles with computer science in an effort to document my journey through this twisty and windy ... process it. In December, I dual booted my laptop to run both Windows and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 23, 2020