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• Blog / How to Human

  Observations of an MIT Sophomore Advice and insight.

  

  that. Trying to develop your own personal website can be a great ... . Strive to make this school everything you thought it would be when you were ... this place make it hard to find time to reflect. It's still worth trying

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on wordle, french toast, and copyright law fun mit storytime

  

  <3'] is Semantle.[/annotation] I was introduced to it by Jenny W. (G ... English word. Like Wordle, you try to figure out the word by guessing other ... of a word, and then everyone tries to figure it out by iteratively

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 13, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Hi, Applicant to the Class of 2021! here, i try to convince you that it's ok to be dazed and confused right…

  

  essays to an outside company? Probably not enough to make the competition ... American College Application Process. Most of my visits to college websites ... heading to MIT one hour and then think that I wasn't getting into my

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some comforting blogs to read while you await decisions

  

  , cozy blanket to curl around you while you wait. here comes a thought by ... kind of situation) is to make lots of plans, so I had ’em ready in spades ... , I encourage you to stand up, shut off your communication devices, make

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 13, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Culture Shock

  

  time to sleep lately, let alone blog, but I just thought I'd give a quick ... 's weird to realize how easily you can immerse yourself in something, and not ... Adelaide and when I told her, "Hey, I'm about to get to Mass Ave, I'm at

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 21, 2008
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What’s the campus life and culture like?

  It would be impossible to tell you about campus life and culture at MIT in just a few words, so we're going to have to send you to another page on our site—hopefully, you'll get a feel for the vibrancy of our
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I chose my classes A graduating senior's perspective; results may vary

  

  aimed to take full advantage of these resources by prioritizing taking ... 6.7800 (Inference and Information, the subject of the exam and by far ... about my class projects here. A major contributor to my enjoyment was

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 24, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Every song I’ve referenced in my admissions blog posts

  

  ://open.spotify.com/playlist/5wP6Lb5qZ0B9NXAjwsFYyl?si=2c079440422a4f32 I've had to make some ... . Eraserheads – Ang Huling El Bimbo From Back to back to back. Another quick ... struggle of wanting to produce more work. 37. Cueshé – Ulan From Rain by

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 15, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Story of the 5 Wits A look back on my externship at 5 Wits

  

  temperature to drink by mixing hot water with ice. Memory, who couldn ... tool to make their shield puzzle pieces and even a stained glass window ... Once upon an IAP, there were 5 externs* who were lucky enough to be

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • February 4, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Meaning of August It's time for classes, moving, colorful dorm rooms, and new bloggers.

  

  's website if you really want to know). I'm not quite done yet - there are ... What does August mean to you? For me it used to mean that school was ... that I want to take, classes that I find interesting. August is exciting

  • by Evan B. '10
  • August 15, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Adonde? Excuse me sir, I seem to have misplaced my pants.

  

  train, went upstairs to the main terminal, and were greeted by this ... during lunch when a friend of mine ran over and said "You have to watch ... ." Not wanting to check at school I simply ignored them and put them out of

  • by Snively '11
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / CPW

  I’m nervous to meet you A letter to the prefrosh at the dawn of CP*

  

  virtual stuff that makes me nervous in order to function in the real world ... myself little by little to stay connected to the friends I’m not living ... spider pun :D) To the class of 2024: Happy CP*. Let’s make the most of it

  • by Powers '23
  • April 17, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introducing Amino: Desktop Bioengineering for Everyone an MIT alumna makes a counter-top sized biolab that enables anyone to grow living cells…

  

  've always wanted to make my own little world and I think bioengineering cells ... and playing with them. Thats one reason why I built Amino -- to make ... experience the technology, hands on. Our goal is to make genetic engineering

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 13, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Life, the Universe, and Everything I’m significant! …screamed the dust speck.

  

  process to being on campus, when you are starstruck. Starstruck by the ... December that revolves around making and commenting on YouTube videos to ... meantime. Listen to Wikipedia, where changes to Wikipedia pages

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 13, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventure Time at MIT We went on a hiking and camping adventure!

  

  . Eventually we made it to the actual Nancy Cascades trail, marked by some bloody ... about if we were even halfway to the top! We finally decided to stop by a really pretty area by the river for lunch and to dry our socks and shoes

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 22, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Catalogue of Fridays Like the unsolicited kind you get in the mail, but with more pictures!

  

  to sleep. But there is learning to be done! So I make a mental note to ... classes ended, I ate a quick lunch and hurried off to my writing tutor ... slip by so quickly that it feels like before long, I'll be graduating

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s FPOP for Entrepreneurship a week of connecting incoming freshmen with MIT startup founders

  

  ". So there is an FPOP for entrepreneurship! I looked up their website to ... Fellowship. The final projects were a page-to-braille scanner, a solar ... FPOPs are freshman pre-orientation programs, where you get to come to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 29, 2016
• Blog / How to MIT

  71 More Things to Do Before You Graduate the 101 things expansion pack

  

  /Drop out.  Make some quick cash by participating in an experimental trial ... difficult decision about which laptop sticker to sacrifice to make room for a ... Things to Do Before You Graduate." [caption id="attachment_49906" align

  • by Abby H. '20
  • January 10, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  speaker talks and gallery shows + other cool stuff yay

  

  tend to be less undergraduate-heavy, populated primarily by researchers ... fascinated by retro tech and games (any Pico-8 fans in the chat), so I had to ... ; hosted by MIT Libraries I went to this same event last year and it was

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • March 18, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  2014 Resolutions January 2nd and still going strong

  

  when I make tech purchases. Second, I want to have an easy and automated ... barely find free time during the day, I'm going to try making time to ... wake up and make it to class on time. So for IAP I'll be testing out new

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 2, 2014