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• Blog / MIT Life

  being bad at ice skating and learning to try anyway

  

  else did. I felt terrible when my friends lapped me and checked whether I ... my friends told me enough stories about them falling and convinced me ... , so my first Boston snow felt like a real treat. I also learned the same

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 15, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Engineering Digital Communities reflecting on the start of the zoomester and the months prior

  

  ="aka being firehosed"]my MIT experience,[/annotation] so it reminded me of an ... over a year ago in July 2019, I wrote a blog post for my summer program imagining a sample day at my future college. At that point in time, I had no

  • by Waly N. '24
  • September 8, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Sneezes a deep and in-depth analysis of an everyday occurrence

  

  is around the time of winter break. I chose to spend my break at home. But alas, while all my friends and family were out enjoying the hot ... MIT students and my Facebook friends. **non-relevant data, such as

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • January 15, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The first of the lasts My last Registration Day. *GOOP WARNING.*

  

  in my form (to the lovely Jessie, I might add), I ran into my friend ... president of which club next year... and my friends and I are looking at our ... introspection, sometimes they creep into my life nonetheless. (I'm the daughter of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  LET ME COOOOOOOK 🍳🍳🍳 I am stupidly excited about learning this Basic Life Skill, and not ashamed to admit…

  

  ’t coordinate meals with my friends because of our conflicting schedules, so if I ... want to show my friends I care about them by nourishing them–and making ... inviting my friends over for dinner-and-movie-nights, asking for constructive

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • September 16, 2024
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  life lessons from my internship career choices moving forward

  

  science. My team was focused on AI-powered audio-to-text transcription. Now that my internship is wrapping up tomorrow, I'm reflecting on what I ... part of why I chose my company this summer was because it paid the

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 1, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What’s in My Bag? My everyday carry!

  

  ’s two here--the Tony Moly one is running out, and my friend Dora T. ‘18 ... alligator temporary tattoo. I think my friend Sarah A. ‘18 gave this to me ... the Marquees Theater in Denver. I went with one of my best friends

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 11, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s my age again? Spring semester so far

  

  problem sets on the first floor of my dorm, unlock the door for friends, and ... structure. Two course 18 freshmen later my heart sank. I couldn’t possibly ... .06 instead of 7.05. Oops. I retreated with my freshly free hour and a bagel

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 3, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  my first year, in slices ft. ruminations on the freshmen friend group

  

  “The muscles of my soul, longing for the opportunity to feel and fear ... my hometown chapter tied neatly in a bow, I felt- quite honestly- bored. I craved excitement, wanted my life to take the shape of any proper

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • September 18, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  Deciding to Live on Campus a 4 month long emotional rollercoaster

  

  group with my boyfriend and two other senior friends. And of course, I ... the most stressful ones of my life, and is a saga that unfolded over ... out a large survey [annotation note="checking my emails from ian waitz

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 26, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  One year later MIT is like a surprise birthday party, but without the birthday or the party.

  

  in blood-searing vividity*. Not so. I ended up telling my friends back ... on speaking terms while my overnight host was a biology major who got ... my host and her hallmates, or the spontaneous midnight tour of the MIT

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 29, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Results of My Summer cookies, web usability, and painting

  

  procrastinate and let you know how my summer turned out. Did most of my diet ... term impact on my well being? Did I do anything meaningful other than ... to work with my awesome supervisor Chris (also an MIT alum!) on

  • by Connie H. '15
  • September 10, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  dealing with loss it ain't easy

  

  friends how I could best support my family from afar. I decided on sending ... sought comfort from one of my close friends, who had dealt with the same situation a few weeks prior. he and several other friends in my living

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 5, 2022
• Blog / People & Identities

  dating while asian to love & be loved freely

  

  fetishized Asian women, but out of fear that my friend would think I was the ... it isn’t about me. It is about how one of my friends wrote a viral ... In high school, the boys didn’t like me. A friend suggested that

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 30, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  next to normal on mental health

  

  to my friends just doesn’t feel the same any more, that this quarantine ... interesting songs, at least to me, is who’s crazy/my psychopharmacologist and i. [DIANA] My psychopharmacologist and I Call it a lover's game He knows my

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 3, 2020
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Adios, Madrid My attempt at an eloquent goodbye to Spain.

  

  England winter. I feel sorry for my friends at MIT, I'm sure my complaining ... back and paint my new room, have fun doing REX stuff, see all my old friends. I am excited for some of the classes I'll be taking, but with

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Moms We stand on the shoulders of giants....!!

  

  my friend and I had spent hours making a model of the earth. We used ... fortunate to have her as my confidant, friend, and mom. Alexandra S. ‘18 I ... , and she loves unconditionally. She's one of my best friends, she's my

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 14, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Hate the First or at least, I used to

  

  power. Some of my friends think this sort of framework may not be the most ... ’t feel extra. It was just fun. Like, during finals week my friends and I ... relatively small quiet town in California. My friends and I found ourselves at

  • by Paige B. '24
  • September 14, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  gratitude happy thanksgiving

  

  , and my brother; my friends, both far and near; my grandparents; November ... my understanding of his motive after binge-reading Wikipedia plot ... certainly don’t want to ascribe morality to my emotions. Anyway, it

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 24, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  tidbits i answer a bunch of random blogger prompts

  

  "] My friends and I are watching Spiderman 3 while I write this post! I ... Hello Internet! I'm briefly poking my head into the blogosphere as a ... person I got into a relationship with at MIT is now my boyfriend :) We

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 18, 2019