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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  the lying lives of adults by elena ferrante

  

  bubbling in each character. My friend responded, you claim you don't know but ... A few weeks ago, I was reading Conversations with Friends by Sally ... friend's mother; the narrator's impoverished aunt falls in love with a

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Guest Post: Being Trans at MIT

  

  (Danny here—a friend of mine reached out yesterday and asked if I ... woman, but when I first started college I was much less sure of my gender ... there (they're very friendly). The GLBT@MIT student group also holds

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 16, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time Flies And I lose track of it

  

  travel to New York, wander around the city, meet up with friends from high ... leaving. Because you can. It’s refreshing to see old friends and catch up ... tests and the MIT bubble. Initially, my plan was to take video clips and

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 26, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Wheel To Rule Them All one small step for boy, one large step for nerdkind

  

  My friend Stephan’13 exploded into Internet fame over the holidays ... badass since his graduation from the womb. When he Facebook friended me as ... reject him as I do all strange Facebook friend requests, but he seemed nice

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • January 10, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Keeping it Green On a visit to NYC, I learned a little about environmentally friendly housing.

  

  break, I took large bites out of the Big Apple on my two visits to New York City. While walking around the downtown area, my roommate took me to ... to support their green residence, more and more eco-friendly apartments

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sunny Skies In The OC [by Mirat Shah '08] A new post, and answers to your questions from the last…

  

  while I was away from Cambridge, and so did my friend Matt's (MIT '08 ... think it's the oddest thing. Some of my friends in materials and I ... ticket and a train ticket. Irregardless, my friend Katy and I finally made

  • by Cambridge
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  many thoughts head full

  

  CS major out of my friends. The solutions just don't come all that ... freedom to do whatever I please. I get to be with all my friends who are all ... I've been hesitant to write things since my mind has been a bit of a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 26, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Ten Years (On Dreams) Ten years ago, I was exactly where I wanted to be.

  

  , constantly AIM-ing with my friends, dissecting and analyzing crushes and ... ever catch up financially to my friends who did not go to grad school ... , achievements, etc.) I got my SB and MEng and am currently working on my PhD. My

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  Finding Your Match and why it matters

  

  , match wasn't foremost in my mind. Or in my mind at all. In fact, it wasn't really part of my college search vocabulary or conceptual framework. I can't recall once sitting down with my guidance counselor, or parents, or friends

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 21, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An OME Welcome to the Institute I took Tsegball, and I have no regrets.

  

  my friends and I played, or trips to Boston Burger Company I went on ... the future. My closest friends at the moment are Uriel, my roommate, and ... On June 14th, I began my journey to MIT. I packed all my clothes

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s in a name? Is “geek” now chic? Are we happy with the word “nerd”?

  

  around on my laptop and I came across a post on my facebook wall from one of my very successful female engineer friends. She is a highly ... facebook and my two teenagers, I’d be hopelessly inept at water cooler

  • by Kris Guay
  • July 4, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions process reflections from a crusty Junior Try not to bite all of your fingernails off.

  

  early action, including 2 of my best friends. The initial excitement was ... accomplishments and those of my friends, we couldn't help but feel some degree of ... halfway done with my Junior year, there are only 2 weeks left until Final

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 5, 2006
• Blog / People & Identities

  butterfly season the very tired caterpillar

  

  . Iowa became a distant memory as I talked to my old friends less and less ... friend's car after a party as they drove in circles around my house so we ... in Iowa that had barely changed since I left it, and my old friends

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • July 31, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  it’s getting colder and i’m getting older on fall, friendship, and growing up

  

  business day. I miss having most of my friends at an arm’s reach.   It ... clear trend amongst my friends and I towards craving a stability of some ... heartbeat ago that my friends and I started MIT on zoom during the cursed fall

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • November 3, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  500 Days of Summer (or 104 days, if you believe that phineas and ferb counted correctly)

  

  and was initially super excited because a lot of my friends were living ... 28th - July 29th: Camden Hills State Park - My friend and I basically ... pass. I somehow got wind of this and went with my friend from work, and

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 17, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Best of Times summer at the NYTimes

  

  I'm back on campus! I just finished my 10-week internship at the New ... I designed as my group members snuck micro-naps in the back. The ... . Everyone was incredibly friendly, an expert in their field (be it marketing

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 14, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  9000 Words This post doesn't have 'em.

  

  have class from noon to 4, so I usually eat lunch during my documentary ... my lunch. C) Tech Catholic Community's annual fall retreat in ... the mid-60s!). This is the view from Simmons' 8th floor terrace. F) My

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 9, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Ring delivery! Saturday night was Ring Delivery!

  

  , I put on my rings, along with those of my friends, Anna, Shaye, and ... Here is my delayed entry on Ring Delivery!!! (To learn about the ring ... kidding about that one...sort of.) Actually, receiving my ring made me feel

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Return of QBert Whack-a-mole, a piano player, and a whole lot of fun. All in 24 hours or…

  

  This Sunday, QBert, a long-lost friend of my Nintendo days, and I ... describing to you the journey would be a faux-pas on my part, so here it begins. So Saturday afternooon, I was en-route to a surprise dinner with my

  • by Bryan
  • November 6, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  24 Things I Learned in My First Semester and a Half for the lovely 2024s!

  

  majority of my friends, and how to essentially survive my first year at MIT ... group chat or a really good friend in each of my classes so I know I won ... Disclaimer: I actually wrote this on my flight to California back in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 17, 2020