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• Blog / Academics & Research

  all the notes i took in a week riveting stuff, i know

  

  fifth time since I’ve gotten to MIT).  [carousel image1="105487" image2

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • November 8, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  climbing the wall why so defeatist?

  

  There are a lot of phrases in the english language that can be used to describe me- “athletically inclined” is not one of them. I can appreciate and enjoy a…

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • October 7, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  “What the hell is water?” Thinking about and understanding your own context…

  

  people, including those who apply to MIT, have a difficult time thinking

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • August 27, 2024
• Blog / Personal Travel

  F=-kx spring break in nova scotia, nyc, and dc

  

  Gavin (who used to work at MIT!), during which Isaac got roasted. We all ... quintessential New York activities. We… Ate lunch with MIT Concourse professors ... up with our MIT friend Jade D. ‘25 and enjoyed the cherry blossoms

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 31, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Week of UROPing in few words

  

  The first month of the year is a beautiful time for students here: no every-day classes, no problem sets, no only a few last-minute, late nights. Without classes this month…

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  I Miss College Application Season The Good, The Bad, and the Casey Jones

  

  tours. I miss feeling out of place on those tours. I miss seeing MIT for ... small hot chocolate at each one, and I remember my MIT interviewer looked ... the MIT interview went well. He asked questions I wasn’t prepared for

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 31, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6.2050 – Field Programmable Gate Awesomeness Featuring my “aggressive and weird” cat robot

  

  If I had a nickel for every time my final project for an MIT class ... lecturer. 6.2050 was one of the most demanding classes I’ve taken at MIT ... [annotation note="I think this is one of 6.2050’s strengths – MIT students are

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 21, 2023
• Blog / People & Identities

  requiem for the desert as temperatures rise higher

  

  Written early September after a presentation by Spencer Glendon from Probable Futures. I am from the desert. I was once enamoured by green trees but now I am aware of…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 30, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Baseball!! a blog about baseball and internet games and embroidered hats and New Zealand Indie Rock.

  

  Hello world! My name is Kayode Dada, and I am one of the seven new MIT Admissions Bloggers! I started writing a very sentimental, highly ... six dollars. Yet again, MIT came in clutch, paying for not only our

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 4, 2023
• Blog / People & Identities

  BLÅHAJ: the Internet meme, the trans icon, the world’s favorite plush media analysis on the Swedish shark’s rise to prominence

  

  MIT student culture. Blahaj has become a spinning prop for Jonathan ‘25 ... ] Blahaj is the unofficially official mascot of MIT Sport Taekwondo. But ... Internet trans community, and tireless member of the MIT community, Blahaj is

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 19, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  “i can only draw stick figures” musings on learning to draw

  

  whole at MIT). I focus more on the struggle of drawing, a selection of my ... decided to take on. It seems this want to draw is shared amongst many MIT ... for it through a Google form (FYI: most MIT classes you can just

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • June 4, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  selecting for obsession

  

  This morning, I was Googling Chris to find a photo of him, and was inadvertently reminded, thanks to news reports, that he was once a child prodigy who represented the…

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 20, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  recently read words absorbed by my brain

  

  I’ve been doing more reading recently, so wanted to share! “Detail of the Rice Chest” by Monica Youn My friend Alec attended the L.A. Times Festival of Books recently and…

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 3, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a semester in glass! i made a lot of things :D

  

  learning with the MIT Glass Lab, and I had an absolutely amazing time. Here ... people who staff the MIT Glass Lab give so much of their time to teach us

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 28, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  i don’t know how to comfort people

  

  i’ve learned that people here rely on each other. in a greuling academic environment, you most often turn to the people around you for support. people here are so painfully…

  • by Anika H. '26
  • November 22, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  the lying lives of adults by elena ferrante

  

  A few weeks ago, I was reading Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney and someone asked me what it was about. I said that I wasn’t sure, but if I had to…

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / Summer

  I am reading so many books! getting back to my bookworm roots

  

  occupy my time. This trend continued at MIT (what, you mean MIT students ... , cough cough, a concentration is a major. At MIT, though, it's 3-4 classes

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 6, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  ignorance is a virtue

  

  waiting for them: i muted keywords like "mit" or "decisions" from my

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 8, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  the happy ending is you thoughts related to relationships

  

  some friends over iap (aka january at mit). one of the more awkward

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 21, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  bored in iap maybe i should've signed up for something

  

  winter break is nice and all, especially when it runs over into iap and i have nothing much to do. but with nothing to do, i’m getting kinda bored. so…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 13, 2022