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• Blog / Admissions

  Clarification On Last Post I was really just trying to say that when I look at your names in…

  

  folks with brilliant essays and accepted folks with less-brilliant essays

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 18, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Did the quadratic formula explode?

  

  've clearly ignored this one, sorry!). My desire to continue with my series of ... frequently, with shorter posts. Also, I think I will hereby end my series of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 16, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes – Fall 04 What I took way back when

  

  up the class with the number? (Hint: there are two 14s and two econ ... crazy; for three hours a week, I sit at a conference table with her and ... own experiences with the Middle East. Little did I know....) memorable

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 23, 2004
• FAQ / Academics and research

  How good are the academics at MIT?

  collaboration. Students are encouraged and expected to work with each other on ... to know how to work with others. So that's what you'll do here at MIT
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My design won an MIT merch contest I don't know why

  

  !). Four winners were going to be picked overall, with one undergrad and one ... only one with an odd taste in graphic design. I got this email in the ... privacy with my idiotic laughter. Mind you, the Harvard/MIT Coop sells

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • July 23, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Behind the Scenes of MIT Gala liveblog - how a fashion show is made!

  

  begins at 8AM, and the event starts at 5PM, so come with me as we go behind ... ) is hard at work setting up the runway with a border of iridescent ... equipment and test the audio system, armed with an impressive array of synths

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • April 27, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  infinite corridors can’t believe there are no posts with this title yet

  

  with picking the best possible version of myself to become - deciding on where to live and who to spend time with and career choices and so on. i ... live with a large number of friends, though instead of a dorm with 18-to

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  a postcard from GTL Spain finding myself or something like that

  

  by train around 9:30. With two suitcases in tow— taking full advantage ... ! So you could definitely say that my first dinner in Spain began with ... , was also free and thus tasked with giving me a tour of Figueres and the

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • January 9, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  The Craziest 3 Days of Soccer Ever broken records, halloween practice, and senior day!

  

  our beloved leader, and we are so happy she decided to grace us with her ... gorged ourselves on cake and Chipotle with our families and friends and teammates. Also, in classic MIT Women’s Soccer fashion (in line with what

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 4, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Becoming a Mad Scientist a required class for all meches!

  

  with its performance? What about designing your own heat sink? Or maybe ... advertised and if they were to be trusted with a soccer player’s brain safety ... pepper them with questions – I take about 18 laps around the room in an

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • June 24, 2024
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  rural winter, city winter haven't shoveled snow here once

  

  over barren land sprinkled with old red barns and cattle. It's a season ... with purpose, the scent of hay mingling with the aroma of wood smoke ... company so we braved the elements together often with sleds in tow for a

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • February 26, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  tim’s wardrobe legend has it, TIM changes clothes annually

  

  another blog, so for now, let us get on with the content. Each class year ... and real adults) can be hard to deal with, especially since it is tricky ... -formal-tuxedo-3-piece-suit-energy, but he seemed fitting, especially with his

  • by Waly N. '24
  • November 1, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to make a glass pumpkin In celebration of the 2023 Great Glass Pumpkin Patch

  

  ="They graduated last semester :("]no longer with us[/annotation]), let me tell you ... out the blob of glass with a tool called a “block” and blow a small ... add some white speckles. Smooth out the blob of glass with the block

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 29, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer On-Campus #2 yayay

  

  Opportunities Program. Undergrads get to participate in real research with professors."]UROP[/annotation] with REALM (Reliable Autonomous Systems Lab at ... there's a great chunk of downtime that comes with it. During the semester

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 20, 2023
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, Paradiso A selection of dishes that define my MIT dining experience, part 4

  

  . As I grappled with changes in my career and my personal life, I used ... , simple yet sophisticated. When life hits me with commitments and deadlines ... schedule and realized that all my free time was filled with overblown

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 28, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  defining the future stop being vague

  

  most of all, we want it beautiful. VC-talk is speckled with grandiose ... to the linearity of time, hence this preoccupation with the future: the ... and realized that repeating years of my life with full knowledge of

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 22, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  winning embracing positive-sum

  

  friends found a new friend group that they began spending lots of time with ... can be a good way for you to meet new people, having acquaintances with ... year ago when i was hanging out with a close friend and we were talking

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 2, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  leaving yet another senior writing about their last semester

  

  deal with no longer having all this at their fingertips? how do people ... leaving school, to stay in the world of academia with masters degrees and ... ’ve experienced. that’s not a view i resonate with anymore, but for a while it was

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 20, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Untitled Pigeon Post 🐦💕

  

  all started seven years ago with that book by [annotation note ... everywhere.) With every passing week, I craved more knowledge about these ... social behaviors and the way they interacted with each other and with

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 16, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  i was sick when i wrote this :( a largely unedited post where i ramble about getting covid

  

  the equivalent of posting the rough draft. I had a close contact with ... Saturday night before that, I had went with my friends to Harvard and ran into two freshmen, and we ended up chatting with them until like midnight

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 7, 2023