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• Blog / Summer

  bay area parties well, two of them

  

  in the last two weeks, i've been invited to two parties in the bay ... group text with all the other company interns in the bay. it was a link to ... , pizza, and people standing around talking to each other. no dance floor

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 15, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Greetings from Cambodia: D-Lab students in the field Janet Li from D-Lab blogs from Cambodia

  

  D-Lab is an interdisciplinary program at MIT committed to working with people around the world to create and disseminate affordable ... is working together with farmers and credit union members to build

  • by OEL
  • January 25, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Hi, I’m New Here The requisite introduction.

  

  straightforward, actually - play some good music for people to enjoy while they work ... anything to do but yell, "OH MY GOD WE'VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE WHAT NOW ... air - would anyone be convinced if we said it was due to a severe lack

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  The End of an Era A no-longer-freshman's reflections on life, the universe, and MIT-specific details

  

  pages of lecture notes to get through, the last thing we want to concern ... was explaining why, because the human eye is innately attracted to ... a second thought to the spaces between letters. We don’t think about

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 24, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  We met an alumnus from the Class of 1952 and fixed a window, and went bouldering.

  

  unsuccessfully to fasten it shut. The climbing wall is run by volunteer staff, who ... until I found a way to get back into the hallway. After receiving ... to go bouldering on MIT's climbing wall. As we rounded the corner, a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 16, 2014
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Other Side The view from another cambridge

  

  walk to the department so you can get a taste of what it's like to study ... say anyways.  When I applied to the Cambridge- MIT Exchange (CME ... experiences are quite different at both places and listening to the stories from

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 31, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  In which I show no restraint whatsoever But don't worry, you'll all probably benefit from it (unless, you know, you don't).

  

  row and everything is really getting to me, so when I was taking a break from playing yet another game of phone Tetris by looking at stuff on the ... living at Northwestern for the summer makes it difficult to also live at

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 11, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Waxing nostalgic, in a zen kind of way I've heard of zen. This is not zen.

  

  switched it to P/D/F, but it's okay - by the time I graduate, I'll have taken ... 's where they get you. (Tricked me again, life!) According to my mom, you ... stops, only to start up two seconds later with the beeping oh god the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Nibble of Music

  

  . When reading, I'm most likely to be listening to a specific album -- the ... 's recent post, I decided to set my iTunes on random and see what happened. But instead of the first 10 (decimal is so ordinary!), I decided to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 22, 2005
• Blog / Personal Projects

  The Oreo Post i tried them all* !

  

  car so we didn't have to lug our milk home by hand. Opening the box hit ... a rare occurrence during this project. (I proceeded to get very hosed ... shorter, I made a concerted effort to try to get through all the flavors I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 29, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Burning Question "Can you tell me why I didn't get in? Why was I not good enough?"

  

  every right to be asking it. I certainly would be. I wish I could get ... school in the world to get into to begin with. I can use that fact to try ... 't get in? Will you look at my app and tell me what I did wrong? Why was I

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 16, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Few Words

  

  a good ten minutes, I decided to call home and get my mom to check for ... get in: Welcome to MIT! Celebrate with your family and friends - and ... . And to those of you who get waitlisted: Waiting's hard, yes. But the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 14, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Super Top Secret Spy Action Real Life Experience: Building a car in 2.007

  

  . The idea is to get as many of these balls into the highest scoring bins so you can get more points than your opponent and win and get to go to ... So in hopes to show you more about what classes are like, over the

  • by Bryan
  • February 26, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Financial Aid Tracking Portlet Now Available You should now see it in your MyMIT account.

  

  'm getting a bunch of comments in response to this post with financial-aid-specific questions and unfortunately I'm not equipped to answer them - please send them directly to the financial aid office (contact info above). Thanks! (I'll turn

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 9, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Room, A Short Story This story is somewhat weird and slightly dark. Reader's discretion is advised.

  

  perfunctory to energetic and adorably unabashed. But by some stroke of luck he ... I got the urge to write this short story about 2 days ago. Then, I decided to kind of throw most of my writing rules out the window and have

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 2, 2014
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, La Vita Nuova a selection of dishes, part 3

  

  doing all he could to get her to eat the thing burning in his hands, which ... faithfully published here on the blogs by CJ, started freshman fall, when I ... previous year that contributed to my culinary development. I started working

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 7, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  This one goes out to the parents It's been a while since I've written specifically for you.

  

  going to college?" "What schools have you applied to?" "When do you get a ... consoled me when I didn't get in, celebrated with me when I did, drove me to ... that we don't always get to choose which one we take. Finding the right

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  [Guest Post] This is Junior Lab, not Junior Theory By Jorian B. '25

  

  , and a part of that is engaging with students. Go talk to them!!! Getting to hang out with cool people is also part of the fun! Go get advice and ... experiment, there are only 3 hours of data collection (as opposed to the normal

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 1, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Where You’re Going, Where I’ve Been CPW! YEEAAAH!

  

  narrow my decision down to two schools, and there is no better way to get a ... want to do when you get here. With so many events to choose from, it ... how to get your own radio show? Here's your chance! You'll also be able

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Highlight Reel Parents! A cappella! Thesis! Superheroes! Film class! And generally hanging in there @ MIT

  

  years now, and this is the only time my parents get to see us perform. You ... perfectly normal thing to do when writing a novel. Little by little, I ... feels nice to get back to work. Superheroes Do you ever fall in love

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • November 22, 2014