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• Blog / MIT Life

  Where is my mind? In Northern California, Munich, a tent in New Hampshire, and an oreo-flavored soft serve machine.

  

  're skipping all of our classes and making a $15 Chinatown bus trip down to New ... Song" was originally derived from the song "A Son of a Gambolier" by my ... , like there's a quote from The Unbearable Lightness of Being to describe

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 9, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus Rush photos

  

  harnesses and had to wear helmets. I didn't manage to get a good picture of a rider in motion, but I did get a picture of this rider who was about to start his/her ride. Not every attraction has to be a ride. We also had

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT is a jock school the secret is out

  

  task—no, my duty—to finally say what needs to be said: MIT is a jock ... prestigious awards that a student-athlete can receive—won by the likes of ... championship level of the NCAA tournament. This is such a cool award to win

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • May 11, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  Think About This and maybe it will help you.

  

  to decisions, can be answered by two things: having a little zen, and a ... announcements. But where to add value? Right now we're in a strange time. A time ... by the past, or constrained by some percentage. There is no way to know

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • March 21, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My Final Blogpost With a heavy heart, I say goodbye to the MIT blogosphere. The journey was all…

  

  shows that MIT is a series of nearly back-to-back all-nighters, except ... . It was a beautiful week. Now, I’m back to the usual battle with ... me to hasten and complete their worlds. Except that each snippet of a

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 1, 2014
• Blog / How to Food

  I’m a food blogger now enjoy reading through 700 words of personal digression to get to the recipes

  

  longer to make something I've never tried before, I make more of a mess and ... [annotation note="we bought a big can and froze ice cubes of it to use one by one ... myself a glass of water, and taking ready-to-eat baby carrots out of the

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 26, 2019
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: A Smile Worth 1,550 Words guest post by Mariam D. '20

  

  by the sun. He also wore a wide, toothy smile. He said to the ... *written by Mariam D. '20 as a part of the 8,726,400 Seconds of ... ’s a myriad of expressions on their different faces that I’m trying to

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  What My College Essays Were [Not] Unsolicited advice about writing.

  

  . Fortunately, to make your life easier, MIT published a page about what it values ... —I mean, these tips certainly make a lot of sense in hindsight, but they ... to convince an admissions committee that you are a good fit for their

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Summer

  my summer! a belated blog

  

  transportation by myself was to get to a local university for my summer internship ... that they’d drive me to places I’d want to go. So, I didn’t feel a ... what I was doing. All this to say that until this summer I was a

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 18, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’re 18, But You Aren’t Invincible Impressions of my first month at MIT -- both sobering and exciting.

  

  supposed to be a priority, somewhere up there with getting good grades and calling home once in a while. There are things to do at all hours ... -qualified enough to get into a top university, chances are he or she worked pretty

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST POST! You guys are totally right.. that WAS really tempting.

  

  comments are so genuine and thoughtful, and it really makes a difference to ... had by all. Meet the Bloggers, of course, was a huge success, even if I ... , Jenny A.), and it was really cool to finally get to meet you guys. Minus

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 7, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  excerpts

  

  perfect (a few random bugs I really do not know how to fix) but making my ... to actually making full posts about these things — my to-do list app ... -person graduation got canceled, 10 friends and I instead went on a road trip to

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • December 27, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  the person you are now oversharing on the internet

  

  the gym four times a week during my time at MIT. Hoping to make that six ... Angeles to Boston, returning a little later from my Thanksgiving break than ... old places I used to frequent a lot back when I was in high school. The

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 3, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 1 My name is Anna Ho, and I'm here representing the American Astronomical Society.

  

  importance of your work to your local district. Make it a two ... important changes in policy. This week, his job is to prepare a delegation of ... through their veins) we reconvene for a talk by Anna Quider, who works at

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 24, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Most Importantly, No Reddit This is actually how people lived.

  

  envy). Or maybe it was a testament to how many plugs HP makes (so many ... to work, I quickly ordered a new adapter online the following day. It ... computer. So, sorry, Swapnil, it’ll have to wait a bit longer. At the same

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 19, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  Life Lessons From Pistol Class But they don't buy pajamas / For pistol packin' mamas!

  

  Technically, there isn't much to shooting a pistol. Load rounds into ... in my head, as I type this. It's soothing to step through a routine ... -ego brain is good at its job, which is to make emergency short-term decisions

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 7, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  option. There is no need to follow up by mailing a fee waiver to us. Q: I ... are a finalist – congratulations! We’re excited to have you applying to ... Match? A: If you have not completed all the testing requirements by the

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 18, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  soulsearching / naubos na in which i ramble about purpose

  

  ’m making a difference in other people’s lives, right? Now that I stop to ... about being approved by others, I used to put a lot of weight on having a ... that how much money I’m making isn’t my top priority is a testament to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 22, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Yes, This Actually Happened wwydfcfa - what would you do for chick fil a

  

  Chick Fil A had built up to the point where, when I awoke on that fateful ... into a Lyft, embarking on our 40 minute journey to this mysterious Dedham ... cow you say cow and it adds to your farm but every time you see a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 20, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Why Leadership? (guest post) Inclusive leadership and vision-building at LeaderShape 2018.

  

  a mission to serve and create a better world by providing universal ... work to make it happen. These 4 days gave me a space away from being my ... Shape program. As a student—at MIT or anywhere else—it can be easy to lose

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 21, 2018