Search

Search Results

• Blog / Miscellaneous

  my year in music, volume 2 just another excuse for me to talk about how much i love music tracking software

  

  almost a year ago (wow how has it been that long), i made an extensive, fangirly post about how much i love spotify and its playlist making features.  i am happy to report that spotify has only continued to satisfy me

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 26, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hosed life the last few weeks

  

  2/19/2016 It's been 2.5 weeks since classes started, and I'm already hosed*. I've been counting down the days until Spring Break. 29 ... /No Record. Oh, how much I miss you already PNR. I just want it to be the

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 20, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a pedestrian! I’m a motorist! Pedestrian! Motorist! Read on, my children, and you shall see of our midnight ride to IHOP.

  

  To begin: "If it weren't for my horse, I never would have spent that ... Maurer Subject: bike ride I know you just said iHop sucks, but do you wanna ... Subject: Re: bike ride everything I do is based on blog entry potential

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 14, 2005
• FAQ / Transfer

  Can I apply if I’ve completed more than 2.5 years of college?

  Students who at the time of entry to MIT will have completed more than two and a half years (five terms) of college may not be eligible because of our…
• Blog / Events

  I Survived Week 1 and All I Got Was 10 Lousy T-Shirts a pack rat’s post-orientation reflections on miscellany

  

  stories. “Not every day” for me was a few weeks ago when I landed in this ... . Here’s a brief inventory of some of the notable mementos I’ve acquired so ... -shirts, glorious T-shirts: I may have exaggerated a bit in the title. In reality, I

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 13, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2008: So I think I’ll go to Boston (Guest Entry) More pictures than your body has room for!

  

  By Ming Lu The Thursday morning of CPW, I woke up bright and early ... to catch my 10 AM train. A couple days before, I had arranged to travel ... Student center around 4PM, but I had to hang around till about 4:30 before

  • by Snively '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I’m more than twice as old as when I started my blog Rumors of my relevance are greatly exaggerated

  

  In 2004, I applied to MIT.  It was a paper form, the first part, and I filled it out by hand and mailed it with a stamp. I remember this because I scrutinized my handwriting, ripped it up a few times and started

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 20, 2025
• FAQ / Transfer

  Can I apply for transfer admission if I haven’t completed all the recommended coursework?

  At the very least, we recommend you have one full year of both calculus (or higher level math courses, if you entered college with credit for calculus) and calculus-based physics.…
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I apply for first-year admission if I already have a degree?

  MIT doesn’t accept applications for first-year admission if you currently hold an undergraduate degree. Students who have already completed a bachelor’s degree may not apply to MIT for a second…
• Blog / Residential Life

  [Guest Post] All About the MIT Panhellenic Association how some MIT students found their "home under the dome"

  

  oversees seven of MIT's women's+ organizations. I've never gone through sorority recruitment (and I am not in a sorority). However, I think that ... 's dormitories and other Independent Living Groups. I also admire the recent

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 27, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  everything i know about friendship, i learned from the wellesley-mit toons twenty two notes to myself

  

  friends to do things that i want/need to do and sometimes they will say yes ... where i am when i'm just working somewhere on campus or hanging out by ... much better when i'm taking classes that my friends are also taking

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 14, 2017
• Blog / Summer

  feelings from the summer I wish I could describe more accurately partially inspired by ducks, newburyport

  

  I've been living on campus, working on finishing my MEng thesis this summer. It's been an interesting summer; I've really enjoyed being able to ... been ups and downs, I think it has been, on the whole, a pretty good

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 5, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Tour of an MIT student’s notebook my brain is a mess so my pages have everything

  

  [/caption] Historically, I’ve only ever finished three notebooks out of the dozens I’ve had ... second was a multipurpose notebook that I handcrafted and bound in 8th ... recently completed one, which I finished a month ago is also multipurpose

  • by Anika H. '26
  • July 8, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  love is stored in the yarn help i can't stop crocheting

  

  Over IAP, I joined the ranks of bloggers who have fallen into the ... creations, including prints, figurines, tote bags, custom jewelry. As I was ... selling, I saw a crocheted strawberry cow. ... oh my god i need that

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 14, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  trust how do you decide who to trust when there are lots of untrustworthy people?

  

  as a kid, i used to always be on edge when interacting with people. for instance, i remember when i was in elementary school, my parents would drop me off at the gym and i would run laps around the track, and

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 11, 2022
• Blog / People & Identities

  dating while asian to love & be loved freely

  

  that I was a little loud and a little awkward in high school. I spent most of my time doing math. I haphazardly dyed my hair at home and sported a brass-colored bob that I can now admit was ill-suited to my skin

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 30, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finals Week, Minus Finals all the non-academic shenanigans

  

  , so I stayed inside. Then sun came out so my friend Gabi N. '22 and I ... of doing my usual Sunday-night-meal-prep, I had some Popeyes chicken and biscuits. It was good. I realized I have a lot of groceries to

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • May 20, 2019
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In Japan, the Elevators Don’t Care - Sort of trying to fit in as an American in Japan - 

  

  room with shoes on. So I try to adjust. I remember to not walk and eat on the street. I stand in front of a store eating a vending machine ice cream, like how I've seen others stand in front of food stalls

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day of IAP 3 Classes and Soup

  

  complete internships or study abroad in some cases, I spent my first IAP here ... alarm goes off. Why is the time so oddly specific? Well, truth be told, I overshot the :35 that I was going for, and I was too impatient to go back and

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • January 16, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Week in the Life Hello, Google Calendar.

  

  semester, and I'm going to explain my classes and how I spent my first week ... tech showcase/career fair. I'm pretty done with job hunting ("done with" meaning "sick of" and not "finished, because I have landed my dream job, see

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2016