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• Blog / Challenges

  I failed the Swim Test! And now you can too!!

  

  blogger to learn to swim (you’re welcome).  The day after I got to campus ... get to skip the line of people attempting the test to sign up for a ... ever fall into the Charles River that borders MIT campus, you can swim to

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 26, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Pimp my sukkah. I really can't think of a better blog entry title than that.

  

  getting e-mails from Hilleevery two days inviting me to all of their events ... bore the slogan "It's getting hot in herre, so emigrate to Israel with ... DID YOU KNOW? If you eat too many carrots, your skin will turn orange

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  FUN Form FAQs U is for Ukelele

  

  obligated to fill up the form—it’s okay if all you’re sending us is semester ... can indicate that you don’t have any grades to report since you’re not ... want to see your latest grades and any updates. It’s okay if you don

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 16, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rosalind Franklin and Kent State Two more short book reviews and some news of my summer not (directly) relating to…

  

  then proceeded to get no credit for the whole thing because [fill in ... dying to publish their findings quickly to get the credit for the ... sometimes harsh and sarcastic (and I have to say this allowed yours truly to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 16, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Blogarhythms! All-blogger a cappella? Nope -- a CPW event!

  

  's especially frustrating when your TA can't seem to get powerpoint open; nobody ... entry to looking ahead! Here, from your temporarily-a-sellout blogger, is ... stage singing. In summary, I never did get to blog about the Winter Logs

  • by Cam T. '13
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  notes on hope despite despite despite

  

  have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred ... matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination, calls to ... easily to the strangers i pass on my way home. it's finally warm enough

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 25, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  IAP and Igloos This is an entry about IAP. IAP is the month of January. It's...February. I know.

  

  during the school year that you didn't quite get to because you were ... to walk across the Harvard bridge, wear rainboots up to your elbows ... . IAP is another name of the month of January. Some people may be quick to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 25, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  American culture at its finest: Thanksgiving How my family celebrates the holiday. Plus a crash course in U.S. culture for internationals.

  

  to explain why. Thanksgiving is when Americans gather together with their families to take part in a few time-honored traditions: huge, home ... actually played with your feet), and preparation for the holiday season. I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Advising Folders! Lots of fun discoveries about advising and such. Also, how I managed to confuse MIT…

  

  , which means excited little prefrosh like yours truly got to find out ... , MAS.A17 (Designing Technologies for Kids). Basically I get to play with ... you meet with them every once in awhile to make sure things are going OK

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  One Day in the Life of Dora as told by the one and only Dora

  

  direct transcript for your reading pleasure: Me: Tell me about your day. Dora: So I went to sleep at 2am last night because I was trying to finish my 18.03 pset. But I didn’t actually finish. I was going to do it in

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 4, 2016
• Blog / Events

  some food around boston plus a random ski pic!

  

  so I hear: I've yet to go) but it's good in a pinch and when you're ... Bridge to get on the Boston side, there's Santouka, which is a fairly ... It is my long-term quest to visit as many ramen shops around Boston

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 1, 2018
• Blog / Public Statements

  Asking for letters of recommendation (during a pandemic) tl;dr: mostly the same as during normal times, but clarifying some points of anxiety

  

  below, nor should you feel compelled to defend your choice as much as to ... , and how hard I worked to get an A in it, coming in every lunch to work ... /disrupted], and my 11th grade teachers barely got to know me. I feel like my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2021
• Blog / Blog Projects

  ASK US (the MIT Bloggers) ANYTHING! YES

  

  were newly admitted to MIT get to visit the campus and experience student ... them answered. (You’re able to comment anonymously, but use this power ... questions as we can. You can address your question(s) to all of us, or to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 18, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  In Defense of Peer Pressure or, why my hair is now purple

  

  act, be your own person and make good choices. I'm here to tell you how ... pressure isn't always bad. Listening to your friends, and letting them affect ... abstract. Let me get to the point. My hair is purple. Let's be frank

  • by Kate R. '14
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  WMBR: College Radio at MIT will anyone watch the entire 36 minute video? probably not

  

  collecting clean audio. If you've gotten to the point where you're getting ... orientation and are usually able to get their own show within a few weeks of ... . It was kind of shocking to me just how easy it was to get on air. My

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 15, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Blogger Wrapped 2023 For all of the Blogger/Spotify Data Junkies

  

  the top .001%. You need at least 150,000 minutes to get to this level ... IT'S BLOGGER WRAPPED TIME This feels almost poetic to me. The very first time I even considered applying to MIT was in January of 2022, when

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 10, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This entry has a surprise ending While you wait for decisions to come out, I remind you that people at MIT…

  

  at MIT happens more often than some people do laundry. Best to get it ... away from your mistakes and weaknesses. All you need to do is reach out ... existence of outside has fled your memory. I'm going to stop writing now so

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 13, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Sal Khan, Gabriel Abrantes, and the Man in the Shiny Red Satan Suit Yesterday was crazy, or: How to Quit your Job, Learn Everything, and Think about Art

  

  looking all over for you, kid!" booms Satan. "Let's get you back to hell ... uncertain coworker. By the time I grab my sandwich and get to the door, both ... roast chicken-mashed avocado-jicama sandwich and talking to my sister on

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • May 10, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Circus but like a nerd circus. So you know, less elephants and more calculus. Just as…

  

  and tweaking components to get everything to work like it does in the ... I wish I had time to do during the school year! (I'm getting much much ... , and I get to read all the books I've always heard good things about. Our

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 7, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  REXachusetts Institute of Technology your guide to the daily confusion

  

  where you're going to live, REX is the perfect time to explore MIT’s dorms ... years and upperclassmen, and get a feel for everything MIT has to offer ... . According to MIT's Dormitory Council: Residence Exploration, or REX, is a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2022