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• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Holidays And some final thoughts before the new year

  

  .” My family rejoiced, my friends cheered. Looking back, I can’t believe ... it’s time for relaxing fun. With the family and friends back home. I ... see that I too have grown. Here are a few things I learned on my own

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 30, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  How I got mugged in the frozen foods section. So, MIT is kind of like a turkey and provolone Subway sandwich.

  

  snowboarding with a couple of my friends from high school, and if you’ve ever ... I ran into a group of friends the Sunday before finals on my way to ... more nebulous meaning. My hometown friends are hilarious people that I

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 5, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  My 21st Birthday More details about the transition to Halloween than you ever wanted to know.

  

  'S MY (sister/brother/cousin/friend/aunt/nephew/arch nemesis ... these people. 12:45pm - Just kidding. My friend Sam '14 appeared ... being surrounded by strangers. My friend Davie '12 just appeared, also en

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 30, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My first music festival It was muddy.

  

  tent that I supported with my head. Our friend had long left our meeting ... waterproofed and mounted on a stick. Here's Raphael with it (and my friend Trey ... took a stroll and Raphael snapped a picture. My hair felt orange. We

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 5, 2013
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  ¡Es-pa-ña! ¡Campeones!

  

  once. On the day of the final, I made plans with my friend Martin to meet ... celebrations for your enjoyment. I met up with my friend Martin and we ... games- either in bars with friends or in La Plaza de Colón, where they put

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 5, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  101 questions we’ve asked ourselves at MIT we're all just trying to figure it/life/ourselves out

  

  story is not unique. Many of my friends at MIT are also on a similar ... and stayed up late with my friends instead? Would that be a lot better ... time on xyz? How soon should I stop hanging out with my friends and

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • March 27, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  fun. the band, but also the form

  

  This is a short appreciation post for fun., one of my favorite bands ... right now. It feels as if my schedule this semester doesn’t have a lot of free time. Objectively, I know this isn’t true; my Mondays and Tuesdays

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 11, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  For Those Weeks When You Just Cannot We all have those weeks, sometimes you need a break

  

  friends, them holding me, and me trying to keep myself together. I called my ... early to buy my friend ice cream. I brought my friend ice cream with some ... very dizzy. I went to my friend's room, and I told her that I felt really

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Solicitation You've got questions. I'll have answers tomorrow night.

  

  go but down from there. ;) True story: My friend Stephen '05, who is ... his first stop. After meeting my high school friends and doing stuff ... I have multiple things to admit here. 1. My arms kind of hurt from

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  for change in (expected + unexpected): print(change.get_thoughts())

  

  [annotation note="traffic :("]5:30 am.[/annotation] When some of my friends ... several days a week, and since most of my friends do as well, we’re mainly ... -confirmed my conviction that the best way to make friends is freshly baked

  • by Allison E. '27
  • June 19, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  My MIT Essay Revisions college essay things

  

  met my friends (Kellen, Savana, and Lauren) who found incredible pride ... I met my friends Kellen, Savana, and Lauren in high school ... reached high school. I worked with my friends to create a nonprofit

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 22, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  running out of time the woes of every single graduating student

  

  where all my closest friends were at an arms length. going out to dinner ... 's weird to think that next year, my friends will be scattered around the ... to, especially when only two others in my close friend group are moving

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 27, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  You only got in because you’re a… how to cope when good news unexpectedly gives you the blues

  

  just too much of a standard to live up to. I had a friend of my ... human) and my best friend "A" (another female human). We had a close ... considered a close friend pretty much said that my admission didn't count

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 16, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Falling in Love with a Language at MIT interviews with two of my inspirations

  

  popped up and started speaking to my friend in Chinese. I hardly even got ... -speaking friends. My high school friends were mainly Spanish speakers, some people ... . I remember my closest friends freshmen year were Chinese

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 10, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  and i try to find my place

  

  reassurances my friends give me, I can't help but feel as if it's all one big ... , and if we don't, she'll feel bad. And while I know my friends aren ... personally. I was frustrated that my friends kept berating me with questions

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  and i’d do it again differently

  

  my friends and their family. every saturday or sunday my freshman fall ... you'd do it again. — a week or so ago, my friends and i made apple cider ... , my collaborators—friends—and i were wrapping up the first draft of a

  • by Paige B. '24
  • October 25, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  is everyone growing up without me? we're only getting older

  

  The other day, my friend sent me photos of herself trying on ... of my best friends from MIT finished his two-year fellowship in the ... , because many of my closest friends from MIT are no longer in the area. Sam

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 6, 2022
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Leaving home…

  

  you to some of my friends, and to the hall on which I'm temporarily ... for college. I talk to my future classmates daily, and it seems like ... has been firmly planted in the back of my mind. But sometimes, when you

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  My First Visit I... got lost on the tour, actually...

  

  first door to the right is a men's bathroom. My friends Steven and Brendan ... skills and we all had a great time. My two guy friends who got lost in the ... I realize that some of my readers may not have had the opportunity to

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The last few days of summer I think I spent them well.

  

  . During the school year, my calendar looks, to quote my friend: "like a ... very old friends. With my grandma, who likes Hilbert Spaces During and ... to spend some time with her :) In Maine, visiting my NRAO friend

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 6, 2012