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• Blog / Athletics

  Rowing at MIT: a guest post by Connor M. ‘16

  

  some of my closest friends and mentors. Being in a boat together forms ... Engineering, and one of the most awesome experiences of my life has been rowing ... sport and can’t imagine my MIT years without it. I am sharing my story

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 26, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music, Photography, and Two.js i am proficient at two (2) of these things.

  

  cool things with my time. So I finally cleaned, and more importantly, reorganized my room. After attending a synthfest in the Media Lab a while ago ... to play with), I realized how much I missed my synths from back home

  • by Joe B. '18
  • November 15, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Forget These I forgot to bring them when I first came to MIT.

  

  to pack extra pants. When I went home for my birthday, I remembered my laptop case and charger but forgot my laptop. When I came back, I forgot my suit. And my toothbrush. Ugh. Well today I spend the second night in my

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 19, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  The End of an Era A no-longer-freshman's reflections on life, the universe, and MIT-specific details

  

  finished my last final Thursday after two not-so-fun back to back 18.03 and 18.02 exams. Sitting in front of my desk at 4:57pm, I realized that ... garlic bread that had recently been introduced to my stomach said no

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 24, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m laughing out loud cheek. muscles. cramping.

  

  due, one of my friends slept for one hour last night, I have to submit a paper draft to my research advisor tonight, I e-mailed a paper to my music ... made me laugh over the past few days. Brace yourself for insight into my

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 11, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  “All Aboard the Rage Bus” Travelling by bus.

  

  I’m very lucky in that my family lives in central Pennsylvania, which ... busses to more expensive and less environmentally friendly planes, unless it’s for something important, like, recently, picking my little brother

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 3, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life Update It's been an amazing year!

  

  what's been going on in my life so I thought I'd throw together a giant ... year, it has to be the volume of hair on my head. Although I always ... programming on the side. This is the story of my older brother. You see

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Trains Make Me Think Of Bringing the focus away from miles and minutes - and onto more enriching things

  

  frosh-to-be, my spot's still taken, but we're looking for more bloggers!). As it turns out, my office isn't very far away from where I live. Being able to work close to home is a plus for me, but in my case, it still

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 12, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Things That Aren’t Studying If you think about it, I get paid to procrastinate

  

  remembered when they Argon..." - a gem from Alex, one of my friends back in ... Two weeks ago, my life was studying. On three consecutive days, I had 7.013, 8.02, and 5.12. (My brain is still recovering from the trauma

  • by Emad T. '14
  • March 7, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  Most delicious deliverables ever Also, I'm not having a bad hair day. I'm having a bad hair fortnight.

  

  so. many. cranberries in my freezer), but others were friendly tips. A ... BEHOLD! I MADE FOOD! GOOD FOOD! Remember when I set my IAP ... impressive in my opinion when I have UROP, Track, and play rehearsals going on

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 12, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Alaska, part I There...

  

  ultimate frisbee with my friends from high school, as we have every Tuesday ... earlier this month. My family, while not tremendous travellers, has managed to vacation together during the summer before I and each of my two

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Throwback I'm gonna throw this out there. If you don't like it, you can throw it…

  

  I probably haven't looked this uncool since my fouth-grade days of rolling backpacks and headgear. It's not that my throwback to the early 90s ... - why, that IS Ace of Base playing on my boombox! Tae bo, anyone?) - it

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Characterization This might or might not enrage you.

  

  -generation college student, yay! But I feel like many of my friends have doctors ... wasn't a result of sleep deprivation. I was bored out of my mind. The ... Voyage of the Dawn Treader in my reading textbook in elementary school and

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A major problem is not a major problem Why the text next to my picture is lying to you.

  

  structure. -Bribe my Vietnamese friend with free dinner. -Do an arts show ... Three months ago, I informed MIT admissions of my firm intent to ... a JPG image with my picture, stuck it on my blog page while it was

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2008 Summer (Pics!) Photo overload. eep.

  

  Since I discovered that under my new schedule, I practically have NO ... . Took weekend trips to NYC, Montreal. Saw my first Fourth of July ... (volunteers). My primary function was with registration (weight, blood pressure

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Things I’ve Missed About Home My top six.

  

  the day in my friend's fluorescent green running shorts and carrying all my prized posessions in LaVerde's bags.) * Smoothies. Smoothies are ... served in the dining hall two weeks ago. (But hey, that's what my buddy

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / Events

  And I’m leaving, on a . . . cruise ship? Don't know when I'll be back again.

  

  not know, dances are not my scene. One of the stereotypes at MIT is that ... , free, and a bunch of friends were going, I decided that I could suck it up, step out of my comfort zone, go, and god forbid maybe have a good

  • by Snively '11
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  New Kid on the Blogs Claim your place. Make your mark. Live your dreams.

  

  . Throughout my entire high school career, I always considered myself a pretty average guy. Sure, I worked hard in my classes, I joined a bunch of clubs and extracurricular activities, I got involved within my school and my

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 8, 2007
• Blog / How to MIT

  THAT’S RIGHT! AP scores and computing at MIT, these are a few of my favorite things...

  

  Well my fellow 09er's, as most of you already know, AP scores are in ... . My dad asked why I was excited to see the mail and I said, "Oh well I ... 't get- OH MY [edited for content]." Yours truly somehow managed to receive

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Nibble of Music

  

  , My Front Porch Looking In. Yes, the first one is country! Country isn't my favorite, but I do like it, so I asked my friend Beverly (somewhat ... 's recent post, I decided to set my iTunes on random and see what happened

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 22, 2005