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• Blog / Advice

  21 i don't know about you but i'm feeling 21...

  

  one of my closest friends at MIT. She introduced me to her UROP, and the ... ). Pick my battles. I was incredibly argumentative as a child, and I learned ... hill you want to die on. On a similar note, every word out of my mouth

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 17, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  jr fall classes &c

  

  quick dispatch from my new room on the first floor of senior haus, just to share how my semester is going. somehow, 1.5 weeks into classes ... semester where i am genuinely excited about all of my classes! i'm in: 14

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 19, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Snow! there is (was) snow and it's freezing (or is it?)

  

  , I realized that it would probably be in my best interest to take the tunnels instead of freezing and trying to make my way through snow-covered sidewalks. I had yet to master the tunnels and navigate through them on my

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 9, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: Who You Vote for May Not Matter that you vote most certainly does!

  

  my time in school, and he told me about his efforts to get his friends ... community: The probability of my vote affecting the outcome of an election is so low that casting a vote is a waste of my time. But what if the value

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 13, 2015
• 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