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• Blog / Admissions

  Best of the Ben Blogs Looking back at Ben's four years on the blogs.

  

  name is Ben Jones and I work in the MIT admissions office. My job, among other things, is to manage this site. I write stuff, I edit stuff, I design stuff, I format stuff, I code stuff. I try to keep my finger on the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 26, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  Parental advice, revisited… a self-referential throwback, that is somehow, still relevant

  

  I often receive requests for advice about the college process. It ... , the underlying question is almost always some variation of “How do I ... , I responded to one such inquiry with the following: While there are a

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 12, 2023
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  dear kuya i promise this post is mostly in english

  

  high school, for example, i called people in higher years "kuya", like ... , in sixth grade, i remember discussing policies specifically aimed at ... are popular in tourism locations back home. growing up, i'd hear

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 8, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  friday afternoon in the town of beans i'm freeeeeeeeeeeee

  

  [annotation note="By yesterday I mean Thursday. I was hoping I could ... from classes with a [annotation note="i ate so much fruit. soooo much fruit."]study break held by our GRA,[/annotation] I thought, "oh, maybe I

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 11, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  blogger wrapped 2021 taking on the legacy

  

  and masha[/caption] this surprised me; i was under the impression i am listening to Spotify constantly. this is not true because i am at the lower ... . jenny and i are really hitting that 2000+ mark huh[/caption] i'm not

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 9, 2021
• Blog / How to Food

  kitchen nightmares bugs and toasters and explosions, oh my!

  

  A few months into living on my own, my roommates and I have learned ... every meal for the past eighteen years, it's safe to say that I'm a pretty big fan of it. What I am not a fan of is bugs. So naturally, I was very

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 5, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  One more baby blogger Or blogger baby? I don’t know, is it the same?

  

  The new baby bloggers were introduced about a month ago, but I have ... daughter, and as far as I know, she’s the first of Blogger Generation 2.0. When I got engaged to her dad in Killian Court the summer after senior

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 3, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A brief history of 2.007, the MIT class that inspired FIRST Robotics Complete with 1970s-era footage of Woodie Flowers

  

  If you're like me (and I'm willing to bet a lot of our readers), then ... 2016 FIRST Robotics FRC game at the annual kickoff event. I've blogged ... high school student, and which I have been involved with as a student

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  danger!awesome firin' mah lazers...at basically any(every)thing

  

  Earlier this week I purchased a present for a friend. This friend loves wooden puzzles, and so I went with a wooden puzzle box: a box ... I felt like it needed something more. So I walked down the street and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 27, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Year in Review blogs, bhangra, and a baby monkey

  

  I love the holiday season, but not for its parties and food, its celebration and decorations, or its gift-giving and well wishing. I love it more ... one to begin. I prefer the days right after the holidays, taking

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Our homework is to go camping on a school night...!

  

  Aye, I'm back with more architecture adventures. I feel like all I ever blog about is architecture stuff - but who am I kidding - it literally consumes my life. I complain sometimes - okay a lot - but deep

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Events

  How to MC Hammer AKA embarrassing yourself for charity

  

  challenges of varying degrees--I can proudly say I've already seen a concert in Boston (#37), but I have yet to earn my pirate's license (#64). I recently ... --participating in a charity event. I got to display the full range of my talents (or

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 20, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My Life, As Physics Problem also The Tech said a thing

  

  FPOP, interviewed Matt and I yesterday for it, and the article is pretty ... about my bike accident. In it, I talked about how my internal dialogue ... my crash and how that might have affected the fact that I escaped

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 26, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Celebrate the Good Times just another good reason to eat more cake

  

  full day on Saturday while surveying the yard in anticipation, I said to ... MIT.” “We are?! Why is that?” “Because MIT is having a party and I ... on the job, I attended the opening party for the big 150th celebration

  • by Kris Guay
  • June 6, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Not so FAST heading to MIT on Saturday for some FAST Thinking

  

  At the end of my first week in my new job, I attended a gala ... stacked alongside smoking test tubes. I was sipping a drink and taking it all in when I looked over at another large silver tray arranged with

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 3, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  *Oink Oink* Nobody panic!

  

  form of flu, most likely H1N1. This is what I look like today. Wonderful. I suppose it was only a matter of time, but now I'm running a fever of 101, my stomach is hating me, and I keep getting chills. MIT Medical

  • by Snively '11
  • September 23, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  And the winners are… 2010 Blogger results!

  

  A few weeks ago I sent out the call for new bloggers. We had quite a few responses (28) from incoming freshmen (25) and upperclassmen (3). I wish I could say that most were awful and we had an easy time deciding

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 27, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snapshot of a Week Food, radio, James Bond, and soccer in an unusually eventful week.

  

  're smart. I'm not, so I spent most of the vacation on Reddit or Facebook ... sum entry has been done before (and better than I ever could have) so I ... years ago I wanted to get into photography. Digital cameras at the time

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fraternities @ MIT They're quite a Rush.

  

  When I was a freshman, an upperclassman friend of mine described MIT ... about most." As the freshmen arrive on campus, I find myself thinking more and more about my own freshman year - in particular, the choices I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 30, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Brief Taste of Orgo Basically, Sam Maurer is a prophet.

  

  In today's 5.12 lecture (in English, that's organic chemistry), I couldn't help but chuckle when I picked up the notes outlining the topics ... Radicals to Alkenes Yes, you read that right. Ozonolysis. And I didn't even

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 12, 2008