Search

Search Results

• Blog / How to Human

  talk to people! from the person least qualified to give this advice

  

  interaction made your day? The trick to talking to people (at MIT and in real ... through the back-front door and I check in to my room. It's hot and it's quiet and it smells a little funny. I don't feel very different. If I

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 11, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Inside vs. Outside How MIT changed for me after being admited

  

  "Yes I said etc...... Just don't think about it to much (oh and I ... tripped over your foot and successfully landed a perfect front flip recovery, your girlfriend exists (lol), and you walked into your AP Physics test

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 28, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Gobble Gobble Geeks with guns

  

  any of the classrooms and see hordes of hyperactive chillin's running ... headdresses, and wielding construction paper bows and arrows, chasing around the ... deep underneath a basketball court, behind several locked doors, and

  • by Snively '11
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Lovin’ Had me a blast. Or, the last post I'll write from home!

  

  't mean like going to practice and tournaments and wearing real cleats; my ... I didn't even know we had suitcases big enough to pack up my life and ... few days ago, and I don't even know how I feel about that. I'm going to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  existential cubes a daily encounter with Ernő Rubik

  

  curiosity got the best of us. On one sweltering day, my oldest brother and I ... had nothing else planned for the day, and decided to try something new ... . Polyhedral puzzles are beautiful both aesthetically and mathematically

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 14, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Epilogue An open letter about blogging, growing up, and the end of my first year at…

  

  profession? Sorry to those of you who have actual careers like car-washing and running lemonade stands. I'll get a real job someday.) Moments of pain are ... of college life, self-deprecation, making fun of Harvard, and (best of

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 21, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  New Kid on the Blogs Claim your place. Make your mark. Live your dreams.

  

  and extracurricular activities, I got involved within my school and my ... know the answer to that question. All I know is that I'm here now, and ... name's Paul Baranay, and I guess you can call me the new kid on the blogs

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 8, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  to the skeletons in my closet an open letter to you

  

  pick and choose my friends. i know what real friends look like. i know i ... tw suicide mention and angst!! to the skeletons in my closet ... ? the you is directed at certain people in my life and instead of writing

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 27, 2021
• Blog / Community Projects

  MINECRAFT MIT!!! our most remarkable feat of engineering since...mit

  

  don't remember what the real one looks like and all I have is sketchy ... of MIT in the game Minecraft. And given how dedicated, ambitious, and ... this project had me SHOOK. I got Minecraft a week ago and had never

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 10, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  College Life Changes, Described by a Frosh Yultide Day 3

  

  ’ “spheres of energy,” and be mindful of our own as well. In real life, I think ... " and Day 2 - "Just 41 Pictures I Took in 2017."  Note: Part 1 of this ... changed in life. For example, I realized how little I know and how uncertain

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 28, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Physics in the MIT No bacon apple pies here.

  

  . Nonetheless, after a quick homemade dinner of soba, ginger, almonds, and dewy ... in a while! See you on the Internet sometime,” and then I figured that ... asked him a question about the physics department at MIT, and he directed

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 1, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT Medical: A Freshman’s Story Worth sharing.Worth reading.

  

  's medical system, and medical facilities around Boston. They thought that ... incoming freshmen and their parents are working on their insurance plans for college, and I agreed. For sake of privacy, though, we agreed that the entry

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Second Day of Class Course shopping and such.

  

  events in 10 different colors) and I realized that if I cross my eyes ... a planner (I jot it down and never open the planner again), but mainly due to apathy and laziness. I've realized that the philosophy which

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 10, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  every book I read in 2022 all nine-plus of them

  

  Reading is one of the few real hobbies I've managed to hold onto ... rather difficult one, and remember all of the good books I found time to ... ’ve spent my fair share of time on Tumblr as a teen, and I went through a dark

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • January 8, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  being bad at ice skating and learning to try anyway

  

  blinked, and suddenly the trees have shed their leaves, flecks of snow have infiltrated the rain, and people have replaced tshirts with puffer jackets. It ... , so my first Boston snow felt like a real treat. I also learned the same

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

  Hydrate Happy Sent by the magic of mobile technology

  

  want to pound my head against a wall, and it costs hundreds of dollars ... revolution and its consequences...[/caption] If you were lucky enough to be ... ."]which happens at MIT more than I’m proud to admit[/annotation]), and I also put

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • July 3, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  What YOU’RE Doing This Summer! Do yourself a favor and watch this! Make sure you're not doing anything for the…

  

  scrubs, and pretend that I was on Grey's Anatomy. My preceptor was Dr. Lee ... Gregor, and there was an official Course XIX (Meteorology - but of course, an ... work (he went on to UCSF after MIT and is now a practicing cardiologist

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 24, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  seven scenes from Paris a simple story

  

  silver, in real life) stretched between arcs of steel, hundreds and ... , all old things returning.) We walked to a boulangerie and ate the best ... dream you’re reminded of after waking—how the back-and-forth of our voices

  • by Kai V. '25
  • March 31, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Latest Innovation at MIT Guest Blog: Social engineering with the Black Student Union's Co-Chair, Rasheed A. '17

  

  burst and the real world slipped in — social media posts of personal ... We often think of innovation as tied inherently to engineering and ... look at many issues concerning the US and the world today and observe a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 9, 2016
• Blog / Summer

  The 9-to-5 grind (or the 9-to-6:30 because that's when the free dinner is, and a girl's gotta eat)

  

  the same code all day? All questions that concerned me and the next 40 ... working at a large tech giant, and the perks were an added bonus to the interesting problems I tackled and the imposter-syndrome-inducing people I met

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 4, 2018