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• Blog / MIT Life

  Springtime I actually had no time to write this entry, which is why I cannot explain…

  

  a thesaurus. Anyway, the same part of my brain happens to be writing ... and duly put a check next to the “Theorize ... go back to the student services office. “But then I would get stuck in

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 6, 2009
• Blog / Residential Life

  1.1 miles as the crow flies and it takes me forever to run there

  

  them know how to cook, and day by day we’re finding a schedule. I ... . I feel like I’ve slogged through so much high school just to get to ... history, with a supplemental education in how to pay bills, how to split

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 17, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Life, or Why I’m Afraid Of It 1) Isn't everyone?

  

  when I need to get a solid amount of work done, even though it usually turns into a marathon Futurama-watching session. I'm using my IAP time to ... applied to Teach for America in October, and I received the book as a gift

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 18, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  The Art of Scheduling breaking and forming habits

  

  the biggest change from being a full-time student to being a full ... ="funnily enough, when I applied to become a blogger, and the prompt asked me about ... ".[/visually_hidden] When I was working, I had the discipline to follow a rigid work schedule

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 5, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Blogger Pets some serotonin for your noggin

  

  's attached herself to my mom. she's a bit of a picky eater and likes wet food ... is a bunch of photos because it’s so hard to choose between all of this ... though that is not what Dom is short for. i like to call him a dirty little

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 13, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Recycle, Reuse, (Map) Reduce? Jackpot, baby!

  

  easier by my dear friend Lucy; however, even with a huge honkin' SUV to ... collect a nine foot tall cactus named Bubba. Yes, I'm serious. And to think ... way back to our dorm. And that's why a good day is often a day when, at

  • by Cam T. '13
  • June 10, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  keeping interest a list of things i think are cool

  

  what methods I had to do in order to get a certain result. biomedical ... For the past week, I've been thinking a lot about what I want to do with my life and my time. I'm currently on a track at MIT to pursue EECS

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 4, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  All these days I spend away What does "home" mean to you?

  

  the MIT populace as a whole, but I have some amount of work to do - or to get a head-start on - in four of my five classes (the only class ... Institute. These beautiful, glorious lulls come in a variety of flavors

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  italy research in pompeii

  

  I possibly can. It felt like a maze that was impossible to get lost in ... was the largest archeological site I’ve been to by a massive margin ... alien trying to run a restaurant like a human and not getting it quite

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 18, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  batteries recharging because that's what IAP is for

  

  get away, but my research called to me and i decided to forego a bunch ... out a ton of work so i can get my actual project closer to completion ... are also willing to play for five hours straight as well. truly a

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 22, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: The College Essay part 3 of the Dear Applicants series

  

  and the places that made you yourself. MIT wants to create a team (proof ... the intention to burn us to a cinder.” It’s a little too much, right ... has a rhythm to it. Sentences vary in length. Some are short, especially

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  P(Happy Chanukah)

  

  asked of late. I'll address a couple quickly now, and get to some others ... decision letters by the end of Chanukah (wouldn't a big envelope be a nice ... essay still entirely optional? By that I mean do you see a trend where you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 17, 2004
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Filling an Empty Nest my parents tried to replace me with literal birds

  

  After getting the chicks, my parents set to work building a pretty massive ... In April of 2018, I left home for a few days to attend [annotation ... weekend. My parents and my [annotation note="She's now about to be a first

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 10, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  International Men & Women of Mystery

  

  need to give a student during the admissions process. What we do is ... we will try to admit students who represent a broad range of experiences and countries. You can get a sense of our current international (and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  (Guest Post) how can it be home when it’s not finding a sense of belonging away from home

  

  , i missed home. a lot. to the point where ‘i just wanna go home’ was ... was just… there.  during winter break, i went to new york city for a ... at MIT and coming back, i would come to a constant.  during

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 19, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Latest Innovation at MIT Guest Blog: Social engineering with the Black Student Union's Co-Chair, Rasheed A. '17

  

  , a cover letter by Reif himself. Why had MIT gone to such lengths to ... approaching the issues no one has dared to approach before.  We can take a hard ... January I wrote a post, “Colors”, detailing the MIT community’s response to

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 9, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  the threek post! my lovely lovely year on maseeh three

  

  loved by. This extends to all of M3! We're all a little different. We look ... , planned largely by our friend Aleks (a.k.a Garbuz). The Threeks all went to ... “Fireflies” by Owl City. However, I could not bring myself to perform such a

  • by Angie F. '28
  • May 27, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Middle School To those who are having or have had a bad experience

  

  to Miami, Florida when we were 10. We started 5th grade in Miami at a ... , school B, that our mom wanted us to go to more because she heard a lot of ... quiet. We by no means wanted to see any of our peers outside of our school

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 16, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  Things I did instead of thinking (about decisions)

  

  felt that restless urge to study the lines of a ship and the blushes and ... ,[/annotation] but one week before a friend’s birthday, I decided it was time to pick ... a crochet hook, [annotation note="it will eventually grow to a dozen

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / IAP

  (another) postcard from GTL spain and an unexpected crossover with the Edgerton Center

  

  be left with a heightened appreciation for the 4 years I get to have at ... : as if someone was shaking me by the shoulders, urging me never to take ... forward to a mid-day cappuccino at the vending machine. Even the streets

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • February 1, 2025