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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  it’s been thirteen days since the Eras Tour began

  

  one of the first Taylor Swift songs I really liked and still is one of ... toast of the town, babe  Or if you strike out and you’re crawling home ... AGAAAAINNN. I have heard a lot of hate on The Man, You Need To Calm Down and

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 30, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Olympians, Part 2 This time, I am talking about science olympiads.

  

  seniors/rising college freshmen. And of those 13 seniors, 10 are in the MIT ... author on the publication of the Human Genome Project, and teaches ... Trivia: Which MIT Professor was the top scorer for the first US

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 22, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Numbers Sigh.

  

  First of all: my apologies! Junior year has seized me, spun me around ... write about something special: numbers. See if you can make sense of the ... grade at MIT. My birthday. And so on. I've cried over some of these

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 5, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  More at Home At thirty thousand feet, thousands of miles away.

  

  stayed up the remainder of the night playing backgammon, eating kebabs, and ... ; the temperature in Bangalore was in the neighborhood of 80F and, for the ... , as I met a number of people on the train and joined passengers in

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • February 11, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  There is still no magic formula ...but there are a few key ingredients

  

  and/or college counselor) I have always tried to provide the type of ... application portals open, and deadlines fast approaching, I am reminded of the ... remain most interested in facilitating the reflection and investigation

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Gap Year, Week 1 my plans for a year away from MIT during COVID-19

  

  take a gap year, how the first week went, and what my plans are for the ... 's response and the new reality of being an MIT student during COVID-19. At first, the idea of taking leave was just a small seed in the back of my

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 31, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT has a radio station!? [by Shelby Heinecke '13] Yes, it's true!

  

  its very own radio station, run by the students for the students (and for the rest of Cambridge/Boston to enjoy!). It's located in the cozy yet unfamiliar basement of Walker Memorial. It was one of the first

  • by ARTalk
  • February 22, 2010
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Filling an Empty Nest my parents tried to replace me with literal birds

  

  consists of both a run and a coop. The run is the big screen-enclosed outdoor ... generations. For a few weeks, the first, larger set of hens acted aggressively ... a week. We made nests inside the coop, and the chickens sort of

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 10, 2020
• Blog / How to Food

  A Late Recap of IAP 2020 externing at Microsoft, baking butter mochi, and more!

  

  loved getting to know over the course of IAP! Maya and I worked together ... have lots of fun colors and shapes to look at all the time. My room at ... Between the fall and spring semesters at MIT there is a period

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 6, 2020
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  Leavetaking and homecoming

  

  fast. I just finished the first draft of my manuscript a week ago, and I ... , the toads would dig their way out of the ground and gather outside our ... left Tucson the first time, I wanted to linger. At the start of my road

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 28, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Week 1 Autumn tastes like warm apple pie covered in bacon.

  

  .07 received a free copy of The Maxwellians on the first day of lecture. On the ... secret weapon: Edible circuits- the intersection of technology and sugar ... agave nectar, and a wink of patriotism, I had this: Introducing: the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 13, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Adventures in Logan Airport In which I attempt to fly back to Florida. Written during a too-long wait in…

  

  this great, all-powerful piece of plastic, my first name and middle ... view of the night sky for three and a half hours because THE SUN GOES ... difference. Anyway, I offer you a tale of suspense and... you know, other

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 24, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Sabrosura! ...yeah so some variation of deliciousness/tastefulness

  

  Dining Room; Photo Credits: Joy Ekuta, ‘13) First on the deliciousness menu, there was a smorgasbord of amazing food from both Peru and the ... night, Boston’s own DJ Phix turned the tables with the latest Salsa and

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • March 13, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Landing  Your Aircraft Has Arrived at Gate '21 

  

  , thank you for the most amazing of memories and for going on this crazy ... The very first blog post I published on the blogs was a play on the ... was a witty combination of orientation information and MIT

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 4, 2021
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  From East to West: An American’s Cross-Atlantic Voyage The start of my MISTI UK experience

  

  Madagascar and the first half of Pee-wee as Himself, and then I dozed off ... was asleep for the first half of it. But when I woke up, the English ... usually filled with savory fillings like meat and vegetables. One of the

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 10, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  mit: it’s complicated confliCTING FEELINGS

  

  sophomore year and i instantly felt a connection, like love at first sight ... out of my league. and in some strange protective mechanism, i forced ... still lingered in the back of my mind. no matter how hard i tried to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 6, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Sailing Spring Break a trip to Charleston and why the sailing team is awesome

  

  -Karting and mini golf. Go-Karting was super fun except for the brief period of ... Sameena S. '19)   And below are some more photos of sailing and the ... !! Lots of people join the team with no experience and have a great time and

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • April 7, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT XC, looking sharp In which Maggie unveils the most awesome flowchart ever!

  

  a hard day in the dust and sun (August) or mud and rain (November) or ... ....) there is nothing like taking your hair out of its ponytail and washing off the grime of the day. The showering is the easy part, though-it’s the

  • by Alina G. '11
  • September 20, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Swag … I mean, Career Fair What I did not acquire at the career fair:A job.

  

  under the bed. I can see the floor of my room, for the first time in days ... the point of a career fair is to collect job prospects, not swag. In the ... list-y theme of this post, there are three reasons I used the career fair

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 30, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Drawing from Life "is that the boldest stroke you can make?"

  

  sketch of the model's back! I did my first strict pullup last year and ... me that using charcoal is one of the first things they teach you to use ... of light and shadow. I find a process that seems to work for me: first

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 28, 2023