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• Blog / Academics & Research

  An MIT Week general structure and personal experience

  

  of the day, my friend Mariah S. ‘18 and I host a weekly (Social ... to 34 hours (source). In this post, I’ll describe my (also wildly ... range from 3 to 15+. My schedule this semester consists of 5 classes and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 30, 2015
• Blog / People & Identities

  your best american girl on my first boyfriend

  

  Last month, my friends and I saw Mitski live. I didn't know that many ... . She drew an X on the back of my hand with Sharpie. My friends and I ... of how my mother raised me suggest that the fundamental incompatibility

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 13, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Needles That was anticlimactic.

  

  point came when last weekend my friend Ami ’14 decided to get a cartilage ... I got my first piercing in eighth grade, at Walmart. I had done horribly in a Mathcounts competition, so my mom and I decided that I should

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 24, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  finding meaning at the end of the world i alone determine my destiny

  

  guess i've always had this problem of jealousy. i'm jealous of my friends ... feel jealous of my friends who are having a fulfilling time living with ... one. when i was applying to be a blogger i wrote this in my blogger

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 1, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Clinging to the Coattails of Identity Who am I now?

  

  local Hawaii food for my friends–chicken long rice, butter mochi, and ... as the token American in my international friend group’s conversations ... in Hawaii. My dad was, and his parents, and their parents all were, so

  • by Allison E. '27
  • August 29, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  dance dance revolution lessons from ddr

  

  tempo and footstep patterns[/caption] it turns out my friend was correct ... well-designed and pretty satisfying. over the course of my first hour of ... the machine), how to time my footsteps more precisely (by relying less

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 30, 2023
• Blog / People & Identities

  Fortin’ with Mimi Let’s. Talk. About. Queer stuff.

  

  ! I've got a ton of friends, both trans and cis. My temporary roommate ... thankful for all my friends. They've made my time here all the better and ... Massachusetts will vote to repeal or keep the law. As a transgender woman, my

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • September 18, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Institute of Contemporary Art College Night #2 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  before midnight with one of my friends encouraging me to get pumped about ... ). Then there was midnight. Three of my friends and hall neighbors, M., T ... congratulate me every time I passed, which was often. In the evening, my friend

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 27, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Perspectives from Deutschland Ich bin Anna und ich studiere Astronomie!

  

  is my friend Anna.” I thought, friend?! And then it occurred to me that ... Guten Tag from Deutschland! I’m writing this from my dorm room at the University of Marburg. In the morning, I will walk for twenty minutes to my

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  If strangers meet life begins you shall above all things be glad and young

  

  ? IV. As my friends know, I'm a pretty big fan of the University of ... had a perfect view of Cambridge and Boston out my window. The plane was ... , drawing my eyes like a beacon. And in that moment MIT unfolded for me, as I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 23, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Admitted Early

  

  celebrate with your friends an and family!!

  • by Decisions
  • December 18, 2021
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  yourselves below. As always, please keep your comments civil and friendly in

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / Events

  The Tale of a Frosh once upon a cold November

  

  her Best Friend’s door for help. Together, they work with heightened efficiency. The friends’ perspectives differ and thus enhance learning. There ... example, the Frosh and her friends splashed together through puddles to see

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 30, 2014
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  yourselves below. As always, please keep your comments civil and friendly in

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  Quick update from SB Where it is not below zero.

  

  In Santa Barbara right now, where I'm soaking up the sun and just getting some R&R before the new semester. This IAP I have just been up and down the California coast visiting friends and family. I worked last

  • by Celena C. '12
  • January 8, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Square Root Day Your daily dose of nerd humor.

  

  Did any of you notice today was a square root day? I didn't, until I got a friendly email reminding me of this rare mathematical oddity: "Today, 3/3/09, is square root day, which only occurs nine times each

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 3, 2009
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Did an MIT grad start Khan Academy?

  relatives and friends were requesting help with their academics, so he started
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What is MIT Code?

  MIT uses numbers for everything. You could be in 10-250 taking 18.06, which is 4-0-8, for 6-5. At MIT, all of your friends would understand exactly what you're saying. Translation: You could be in Room 10
• Blog / MISTI

  A day at Seaborg Technologies interning at a nuclear startup in Denmark

  

  , ‘uh-huh, go ahead, bro, I’ll text my friends whatever you say,’ until he ... that most Americans also thought I talk fast. Then I texted my friends ... The day in question is Thursday, one day before the end of my

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 9, 2022
• Blog / Community Projects

  [guest blog] y(I)APping nothing crazy just another IAP blog

  

  This is a guest post by one of my friends, Heidi Z. '27, one of the first friends I made here at MIT and my favorite "homegrown ... catch up with some of my friends still in high school. Visiting the

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 13, 2025