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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Making of Embrace the backstory to a gender-bending concept dance video, written by Ayomide F. '18

  

  buckled and I knocked over a jewelry box. The clatter of pearls and gold sent my mom rushing into the room, ready to scold me. But when she saw the mess I made, she only laughed. “So when is the fashion show?” I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 11, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  The Number Game A few words of advice before applying to college.

  

  nuts. Now, I'll admit I was kind of shocked by the number of posts that were along the lines of "Chances at MIT." I guess I was just a little ... baseball cards in my kindergarten days. I guess the whole point is MIT looks

  • by Bryan
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Third times the charm or so I hope

  

  The past few weeks have been quite the welcome-back-to-MIT-and-the ... to help serve as a counselor for the week-long DiscoverEE FPOP. My ... the sweetest! Reaching the summit of a 11k foot mountain, Mount Baldy

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 1, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  DRAW TIM (the beaver) behold the artistic talents of MIT staff

  

  put on the spot enough times that I will (hopefully) never be caught off ... -sharing because I'm the only person who knows everyone in the room. So my strategy ... the spot, so they can opt in (or not) on their own time and comfort

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • April 5, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  The Waiting Game hit submit time to quit

  

  A year ago today, I was anxiously crouched over my laptop on the ... before that glorious 12AM EST deadline. I remember the frantic click-clack of my fingers, as they smacked against the keys. The glare of the TV

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 1, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Making The Switch Making the transition from high school to college, Chapter 1

  

  these commercials, I really don't know what to tell you except turn on the TV. But the never-ending battle between the two computing platforms is not the subject of this blog entry, but if you do need advice about

  • by Bryan
  • March 31, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  REX and the City New York, New York, and other answers to your other questions, too.

  

  's INCREDIBLE have all your support! Voting's open until the 28th, so be sure to ... the negative comments some people have directed towards the other ... support me without starting a war. Regardless of the outcome, though, it

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 10, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  oh no the future obligatory “i am old” post with pretentious morbing

  

  I am writing, because the fear in my fingers will not allow me to draw another circuit. I know some day in the near future I will miss this. This year, I am a senior. Most of the friends I first made here have all

  • by Anika H. '26
  • October 23, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Crab Cave or: i moved to dc with friends

  

  A brief happy post amidst the chaos and confusion of existence: Hi ... moved all the way across the country, from Southern California to the DC ... our households that may not be the best for studying and working. We

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 20, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT What?!? The Long and Illustrious History of the MITMB, as far as Kim knows.

  

  --</p> <p>The World-Famous, Nationally Renowned, Often Copied But Never ... --</p> <p>It's the One, the Only, MIT MARCHING BAND ... ="http://www.youtube.com/user/MITmarchingband">YouTube Channel</a>.</p> <p>This is, in fact, the 30th anniversary

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The Week of Weeks 9/19-9/23: Libraries, MISTI, and Career Weeks. In other news, 9/26-9/30 hangs its head in shame.

  

  Career Week. Events of Libraries Week include: Photos with Tim the Beaver ... ) Classes MIT Geocache Photo Exhibit Food for Thought Beyond the Library's Walls: Tools, Services and Solutions (You may remember the affair someone

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  packing for the road looking back on nights that last forever

  

  A few thoughts from this week-- The rapid onset of graduation seems ... friend who urops at my lab about our research over gluten-free cake in the ... of the sink. I'm going to miss nights like these. Then we trekked to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 27, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  The Curiosity Instinct Every MIT applicant should ask a question - but not necessarily just "How can I…

  

  touch with one of my favorite English teachers - indeed, one of the best teachers I've ever had the privilege of taking classes with - from time to ... 's already going long on the overall process. Early one morning, I saw a

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  On the Road Again Adventures in Texas!

  

  Just a quick post here - I'm actually on the road right now, doing ... along the way. (As for the other stops in Texas - Dallas/Ft Worth, Houston, and El Paso - Kim has been hanging out there!) Well, it's off to the

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 4, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Political Process For the civic-minded

  

  So, the past week and a half or so ("has it really been that long ... life. This is the first year I've been old enough to actually vote, and ... Obama rally the night before the primaries. I've never attended a

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The good advice The many different flavors of advising at MIT.

  

  So in case anybody's unaware, I finished my project at the lab at the end of July so I could spend the month of August working on Ben's couch. True story. I'm going through and tagging all of the bloggers' entries

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Re-Froshening A Story of Cynicism and Optimism

  

  began the painful process of defroshing. I learned that, no, I was not ... mode - did a little work, chilled out a lot, ended up on the Dean's List. I ran screaming. I wanted the firehose education and my east side

  • by Piper '13
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  1 of the 101 Quincy Market, Mike's Pastries, Giacomo's, yummm

  

  Boston's North End and is well-known for its delicious cannolis. Over the ... motivated me to venture out to North End two Fridays ago and - for the first time, visit Mike's Pastry. (I *actually* wanted to go to the North End

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  The Art of Scheduling breaking and forming habits

  

  For the past year and a half I lived in Cambridge, worked full ... from 9 other roommates and mailing out the rent checks, making the switch ... the biggest change from being a full-time student to being a full

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 5, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  All the Feels introduction to me and my thoughts

  

  completely new place with new people, new challenges, new thrills, and the same old me. There’s change in the air too, and with every breath I take inside the MIT bubble, I feel myself growing in so many ways. I want to

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 14, 2016