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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  senior house / pilot 2021 / senior house facts, and a thought

  

  I'm definitely not going to be the only person to talk about this on ... many others for the past month. I'm not going to, nor would I like to, give one-sided, pathos-inspired opinions or rants about what I think and

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 11, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  AARRRGHHHHH!!!!🏴‍☠️ (Pirate Post) A Review of 21M.299 - Pirate Songs and Whaling Chanteys

  

  I mentioned it in a previous blog, but this semester I took a class called 21M.299: World Music Studies - Pirate Songs and Whaling Chanteys. I ... wikipedia-rabbit-hole-inducing one being offered, so of course I took it. It

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • June 2, 2024
• Blog / Blog Projects

  [Live Writing] MARC 2024 A big meeting about small things

  

  Meeting about Amazingly-small Rocks and Computers), and I get to be there ... lives. And then there's me! I don't have any of those kinds of ideas, but the good people running the meeting let me come along anyway. So now I

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 23, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  The Blogs Turn 10: Looking Back, Looking Ahead data and narrative, past and present

  

  by Melis A. '08 I Remember... by Anthony R. '09 Reflecting on 10 ... Becca H. '12 Imbibing the Nostalgia Punch by Rachel F. '12 Do I have a ... MITAdmissions. If I could assign reading to prospective students like I can assign

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 13, 2014
• Blog / Events

  “Freshman Musical Dorms” A question inspires an entire entry about housing. But I threw in some other stuff…

  

  people, but happy for me, because I'll actually be attending FEWER hours of ... means I finally finished my EMT training! Yay! Of course, I still have to ... . In other news, April and I got a futon, and now our room is supercool

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] Your Guide to Boston Cafes a letter from chomps

  

  Jess: This is a guest post by my friend Grace Z. '25! I met her ... , good food, and all MIT assorted things. I invited her to write a post, and this is that! I loved reading it, and I know you will too <3

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 15, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an unsolicited review of the whitney biennial (not really a review just stuff I liked)

  

  Last weekend, I took a short solo trip up to New York to see the Whitney Biennial! I’ve wanted to go to the Whitney Museum of American Art for years, ever since I learned that they’re host to (almost) all of the

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • March 25, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  eat food to live cook food because why not!?

  

  It is Thursday, November 23rd. Or well, it is as I’m writing this ... students at MIT, I’m not at home for this Thanksgiving. I won’t be eating my aunty’s pumpkin crunch desserts or my grandpa’s kalua turkey, I won’t be

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 24, 2023
• Blog / Events

  [joint post] we can’t hear you, you’re on mute another mystery hunt post

  

  [annotation note="literally, I got about eight hours of sleep total that weekend ... was my first hunt! I was dragged into the hunt by Shuli, and so I hunted ... [annotation note='such as my favorite: PART I NON-CONTRADICTION CHAPTER I THE

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  fun facts about random stuff sometimes i just like learning new things

  

  I’ve potatoed so much over the past few weeks of break — lounging in ... -quite-potato thing that I’ve been doing is trying to learn a lot of trivia — time on Protobowl, going down Wikipedia rabbit holes, and playing Sporcle quizzes. I

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 5, 2021
• Blog / Announcements

  meet the baby bloggers! (some of whom are older than me)

  

  to be so good, so so good, and I am very excited for you to get to read ... ! I know I am :D (I also want to thank, very much so, everyone who sent in an application this year. I'm very grateful that you shared your

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 6, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  what’s on my desk: messy person edition not sponsored

  

  Katie Zhao’s new novel, [annotation note = "Katie and I have the same agent, and I actually got to see her at Boston Book Festival last month ... containing a draft of [annotation note = "I meant to revise this throughout the

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 19, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  February(ish) Updates and Notes aka my life in photos and haikus

  

  Hello, everyone! It’s been a while since I last posted. Here are two ... -students. The top photo is a week in the life of Junior spring. I’m currently in 5-ish classes (3 12-unit classes, a 9-unit, and a 6-unit). I think it

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • March 1, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2017 FAQ You've got questions, I've got answers

  

  question is here! Q: What do I do next? A: First, you should create a My ... option. There is no need to follow up by mailing a fee waiver to us. Q: I am taking my tests in November or December. Am I still eligible for the

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 18, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Listen to “MIT Is…” with Cynthia F. ‘18 on the MIT Trashion Show, escaping the MIT bubble, and UROPing at the Media Lab

  

  A few weeks ago, I posted our inaugural audio thing where I talked ... , and action team. As I said then, we had been (and still are) kicking ... Twitter, Instagram, and tumblr, among others. You can think (as I do) of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 4, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Over Spring Break A flattering video of MIT Women's Tennis derping around California

  

  Orange County so I get to spend some time with them (and also pet my cats ... experimented with the second to last night we were there**. I don’t know what we ... -ranked team put us in a better position for NCAA qualification. I think that

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 11, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  What Essay Questions Should We Ask?

  

  I've got applications on the brain. Last week, we posted the blogger applications; this week, I'm modifying the Maker Portfolio for ... at old requirements for admission.  Last year I posted our essay

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 27, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Day at Stanford University wait, what?

  

  worry about getting run down by bicyclists who are, as far as I can tell ... maaaaybe I exaggerated some of those things. After all, this is based on a ... break, I decided to visit some of my Stanford friends and spend a day in

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 3, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Let There Be Prefrosh! And let them build ALL the things!

  

  Just one year ago, I had arrived at MIT as a prefrosh, ready to start my new life in Massachusetts.  I came here early to do a pre-orientation program (FPOP) known as FUP, where I got to do all sorts of cool community

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 22, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Skies over MacGregor Views of campus, Boston, and the Charles River from ten stories up.

  

  This summer Random Hall was under construction. When I was in town I ... with tiny slits where the windows open. Again, the views are beautiful. I tried to take photos when I was in town, starting with some evenings

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 21, 2013