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• Blog / Admissions

  Today’s Mailing Day For me this is a huge thing. You guys are my first MIT class, which…

  

  Waited until midnight so I could post on the 11th officially (EST ... huge thing. You guys are my first MIT class, which means that I am highly ... . In fact, joking aside in the previous thread, I honestly don't know yet

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  making meaning exit right in 0.1 miles

  

  job on IQ-TREE has been running for more than an hour. For my UROP, I ... according to the concentration of those molecules. Right now, I'm trying to ... sequences of certain enzymes that produce QS molecules are. I text my

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • August 30, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Sensations On Having Feelings

  

  past it like some of the giant ideas in this area. I had no beginning and I shall have no end: the beam of light stretches out before and behind and I cook the vegetables for a few minutes only, the fewer the

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • October 9, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  Two Years and how it's changed me

  

  In my first blog post ever, I wrote about my first three weeks at MIT. It's been two years since then. I'm halfway done with undergrad. What is time? I keep trying to type about things that are different, but

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 28, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Last First Month Because I procrastinated too long to say 'day' or 'week'

  

  are your plans for next year???" and I internally scream "I DON'T KNOW ... to grad school or possibly working if I find a cool company who wants ... , classes are settling into a rhythm, the pumpkin takeover is underway, and I

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Shortest Blog Ever (update 3 =p) 19 days till Taiwan!

  

  !: Premed Boulevard presents With One Test With one test, I kissed the A goodbye With one test, Adieu to five point oh I can study my heart out With one test My fate and class grade is sealed With one test I'm the good

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 4, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 1) I ask my friends and fraternity brothers the immortal question: "What are you doing this…

  

  A few weeks ago, I sent this email to a bunch of my friends: Hey everyone, As you may know, I am not-so-secretly a blogger for MIT Admissions. I want to put up an entry highlighting the various awesome things that

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Whew! A brief interlude before I go back to studying.

  

  Hi Everyone! It's been quite a while since I last blogged. MIT can be a harsh mistress. But I'd like to use this post to get back into the ... other, I'd finished the hardest semester of my undergraduate career. I

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • March 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Lovin’ Had me a blast. Or, the last post I'll write from home!

  

  I didn't even know we had suitcases big enough to pack up my life and ship it all the way across the country. But we do, so I started packing a few days ago, and I don't even know how I feel about that. I'm going to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things I Learned From Freshman Year Overanalyzing all my bad habits.

  

  When I'm feeling irritable and/or stressed, I dislike empty advice. I ... ’t think of better advice. I don’t blame them, certainly, they were just trying to be positive. Still, I don’t believe in blanket statements. I like

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 23, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  i’d like to write a happy post a sestina

  

  I've been gone from the blogs for a little while, since this semester has been quite a difficult one and I haven't really had the headspace to write. I'm hoping to come back soon, but, in the meantime, please accept

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 6, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m just curious as to why you keep invoking William Faulkner. "MIT is so charmingly nerdy" entries #12 and 35.

  

  I had not the greatest week, but tune in tomorrow for my misadventures with the reply-to-all feature and otherwise... I don't want to ... the greatest week, I was thinking about limericks, which of course led

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 1, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  finding good what i look forward to

  

  events of the past week. But to sum it up I thought I'd put it in short little bubbles so I can talk about it more: I calculated my grade wrong ... , there was no possible way for me to pass 6.009 unless I did extremely well

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 4, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  sophomore fall (sophomore decline? sophomore roman empire?) (actually the word sophomore comes from Greek but shhhh)

  

  part i it's been kind of a hard fall. all mit students are ... semester of realizing that of the x things i have due tomorrow, only floor ... things that make you feel alive. every week i think to myself, well, this

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 1, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Skating or School? Why not both?

  

  Before coming to MIT, I had no idea if I wanted to continue skating, training, and competing. Before committing to MIT, I accepted the fact that ... -to-plausible possibility that I wouldn't have the time, energy, or resources to continue to

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 21, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Campus is quiet summer thoughts and happenings

  

  We’re sitting in my room doing pretty much nothing, because I guess ... . It’s pretty hot in here, but I’m pretty used to it. There are a few ... acquaints herself with the room. I tell her she should come sit on the bed, if

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • July 15, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Always Rooting for the Anti-Hero it's me! hi! i'm [the problem?], it's me

  

  where i am Since the beginning of the fall semester of my senior year, I've felt a decided shift in the air. I've mentioned it before ... . Things aren't upsetting or exhausting, but exciting. I'm not sure what

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 29, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  rice cooker cooking or, how to cook for yourself with zero skill

  

  After a year and a half on a forced meal plan, I have now been freed ... thing I did when I came to MacGregor? Get a rice cooker, because I haven ... , rice is great. I'm a Filipino, so I love rice. Second, rice cookers are

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 19, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Last Five Days aka How I Spent My Summer

  

  How many days I have left in my parents’ home is approximately as ... ?” Which means I have two homes now, and although I should feel lucky, I am torn. In the college home, I get adventures with friends, bright city

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 11, 2015
• Blog / IAP

  a postcard from GTL Spain finding myself or something like that

  

  , Girona[/caption] 9/8/2025 Dear blog, Last night, I arrived to Figueres ... the escalators in Catalonia to be down. Certainly— I decided as I rode from one crowded platform to the next— the amount of times I had dropped

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • January 9, 2025