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• Blog / MIT Life

  Tales From Turning Twenty They range from "a little peculiar" to "utterly bizarre."

  

  this reflects a general trend in my life, or is just a phase) so here’s ... Heisenberg operators for position and momentum obey an analog of Newton’s ... birthday. Was very impressed with said friend’s punctuality. Sometime

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 7, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The story behind TIMtalks In other words, a story about stories

  

  of Kim Benard of MIT’s Global Education and Career Development Office ... identified a few themes that stood out—including the support web on MIT’s ... :00 am and I was dragging from a week’s worth of sleep deprivation, which

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 5, 2012
• Blog / How to Food

  42 Recipes for Surviving Freshman Year (Part 1) Feeding yourself without a meal plan and avoiding the (negative) freshman fifteen.

  

  it gets cold every year, to Miami for New Year’s and a Green Christmas ... was surprised that they are almost all very easy to make, and that it’s ... . 41. Hard boiled eggs For when you’re kind of hungry and it’s 4 am on

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 3, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Dance at MIT!!! [Collab with Ben O. ’19] hip-hop? contemp? bhangra? lion dance? MIT's got it all

  

  only one semester and Ben’s done it for years. He obviously has been ... called Footwork Movementality — an all-male hip hop dance team that’s ... Punjab; it’s lit and so is this team! MIT Mirchi — a Bollywood fusion

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 30, 2020
• Blog / How to Food

  42 Recipes for Surviving Freshman Year (Part 2)

  

  Shredded cheese Olive oil Steps: This is the hardest part. It’s actually a bit dangerous: we’re not preheating the oven yet because there’s a ... for pretty much any meal. This is my dad’s recipe. It can be extended to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 3, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three patterns from the pattern language of my life

  

  Hello! It’s about 3,000 days since I graduated from MIT, and three ... me humble. There’s also a photograph from that day of me and Justin ... . I’m not saying it’s an efficient use of space, especially considering

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 24, 2025
• Blog / Class Projects

  in which i blog again four-ish blogs in one

  

  written in the form of a newspaper obituary. It’s inventive, moving, full of ... like a reality. I spoke with my S3 dean, and she encouraged me to pursue ... right decision.  It’s been over a month since graduation, and I’ve calmed

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 29, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Visual Arts @ MIT part 2 our experience trying to prepare for the animation industry at MIT

  

  independent studies.  Also, just to make it clear, in case it’s confusing in ... very similar for both. Let’s go through this diagram, skill by skill ... something we never felt limited by through MIT’s course offerings. We both

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 22, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Room Where It Happens my two year tale of student governance, up until the bitter end

  

  the Media Lab. Up until recently, it was MIT’s oldest undergraduate ... breeze felt as the tire swing flew past me. It’s the friend that comforted ... never felt like I was doing enough. It’s eating vegan lasagna and huge

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • July 13, 2017
• Blog / Classes

  tea shirt the tea and stories behind the merch in my closet

  

  saying… 9 am… that’s just disappointing. And if you are thinking that, you ... , and the lounge was giving away T-shirts that preceded Course 6’s ... everyone’s grades over unclear instructions. I swore to never do CS after

  • by Waly N. '24
  • June 19, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  GTL Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 [IAP 2025] A January I won't forget

  

  into the principal’s office to find a table filled with different Kazakh ... Kazakh snacks. It turns out it was another one of the school’s unique ... chemistry and environmental science to help clear up Kazakhstan’s atmosphere

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • March 6, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  rearview reflections newly-minted cruft rambles on post-mit life

  

  between WOOOOO I’M DONE 🥳 and [annotation note="'It’s a terrible day for ... things in college (missed)   Let’s say I want to learn how to do Pogo ... ], but that can be hard to find at first in a new city. It’s still worth it

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what I did this semester in broad strokes!

  

  variety of reasons: I really enjoyed the professor’s lecturing style, we had ... registered just how important art is to me, and how it’s soaked into every ... just things, good things that are worth people’s attention and have

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • January 5, 2024
• Blog / Class Projects

  What I made in my documentary class three videos and many, many lessons

  

  of ‘if I don’t do it, who will?’ At the same time, Abby’s advisor ... , I focused on Nicole’s relentless work, very much unlike the administration’s fickle stance, and the impact it has on her and Black students

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • January 5, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Monologuing a mock-up for the MITMonologues

  

  . And to be clear– it is my Actual Name– not “Preferred”; it’s the name I ... would be taking a spot from anyone"] “take” some other person’s spot ... situation"] McCormick,[/annotation] there’s a faintly yellowing paper entitled

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 13, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  a hackathon, a marathon I went to MIT EnergyHack!

  

  third was to research ways to reduce emissions for a particular company’s ... [/caption] That night, we holed up in Josephine and Rick’s lab, munching on ... , however, I realized we hadn’t actually been given our mentor’s contact info

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 28, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Ring Delivered celebrating halfway at the finish line

  

  In this blog post, I’ll share the saga of the Class of 2022’s Ring ... Valentine’s Day evening, which felt fitting; one of the common jokes about the ... a long line of 22s in Lobby 14 to order my Brass Rat. There were a few

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 22, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  长大 on family, thanksgiving, and growing up

  

  , and cooking, until the meal was served. It’s been two years now since ... initiatives I think will help as a member of my dorm’s government. I don’t think ... all, it’s easier to be sympathetic to one’s parents from a slightly

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 28, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Lived, I Learned, I Got Burnt not necessarily in that order

  

  graduation. I know what it’s like to move to an entirely new city and state. I should know by now that people come and go, and that’s just the natural ... . Everyone’s path is different and trying to recreate and mimic someone else’s

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 26, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  New Things I’ve Tried mostly experimenting with some looks:)

  

  , table, etc. But because it’s water-based, everything is easy to wash off ... accounting for my situation. Here’s what I failed to consider: I bought faux ... with practice I can get better. What’s a lot harder and intimidating is

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • January 9, 2021