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• Blog / IAP

  So, What Exactly Happens? y'know, over IAP?

  

  was back on a plane to Massachusetts for the beginning of IAP. People ... that go on over IAP, but there's just far too many. I tried to write down ... that went on at the same time. Here's a compilation of the ones I can

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 2, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  Above Ground now breathe

  

  rather boring. I've been feeling like I'm on the brink of something bigger ... being recorded to be put on MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW). Which means I need ... blog on these outfits"]outfits for presenting,[/annotation] not that this

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 10, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  whiplash feelings from yesterday

  

  focus on the class because you feel BURNOUT. you think about how you ... maseeh dining because people on mit confessions have been claiming it ... for advice on how to make time for personal projects during the semester

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 30, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what i drew this summer i took an art class

  

  got in trouble a few times for doodling on my desk. But during my time ... new perspective on what it means to put something down on the page. It ... on dangerous tropes surrounding East Asian women and their supposed

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 27, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Tales of Two Parallels East Campus History class!

  

  Archives, and got a crash course on art history and documenting murals — and we learned all that by doing it. There was a great emphasis on reaching ... setting cars on fire. The hands-on research came as a total surprise, and I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 25, 2022
• Blog / Personal Travel

  welcome to new york went to nyc & all i got was this blog post

  

  to name the feeling of cool tenderness on my tongue, my entire mouth ... couldn't yet describe when I first visited at age thirteen on a family vacation. "Welcome to New York" wasn't my favorite song on 1989, but maybe

  • by Rona W. '23
  • July 12, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Things I Know to Be True: Addendum One A post I hate, and some truths from my first year at MIT

  

  back on the post, I think its ridiculous. I think it is needlessly ... timestamped posts immortalized on the internet. Oh wait. It is literally dozens of timestamped posts immortalized on the internet. Because of this, I

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • June 20, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  ode to grocery stores the loneliest sweet potato

  

  ASMR cooking videos on YouTube. They're actually a pretty big genre on ... Brothers Marketplace in the evening to stock up on milk and eggs. [caption ... good because i have had a lot of practice on myself. practice on myself

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • April 15, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  my room an evolution

  

  under my bed. I spent at least a third of my nights sleeping on it instead ... ’t sure if I’d even be on campus junior year so I didn’t bother coming up ... on making my room beautiful my senior year.  And that I did. This

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • February 8, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Most of You Will Be Deferred Option three

  

  th, 2020 Last year, on Saturday, December 19, 2:14 PM CST, I drove to my elementary school parking lot alone. Vienna by Billy Joel was on the ... 't read the rest of the email. I turned the windshield wipers back on. I

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • December 6, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Stories That Made Me My identity in books

  

  who occupy many worlds, loathe womanhood, or find themselves on the ... their ballot for Eternity outside of Time, and alarm clocks fell on their ... truthfully, no matter how vulgar. Ernest Hemingway On Writing, Larry W

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 19, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  6.0001 is Done I learned a bit (or should I say 8-bit)

  

  from seeing a 100% on a tricky part of a MicroQuiz is unparalleled. The ... . Both helped me grow. I also got to hone in on some stylistic choices that ... . Program Security: There was some emphasis on how we can ensure data is

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 21, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Things I Know to Be True Introductions and peanut butter Oreos

  

  peanut butter on them? That's a well-rounded, nutritious breakfast. See? Easy. On the other hand, some truths are difficult. For example, MIT is ... depends on how much you can handle. What you are interested in. Your

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • September 29, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  trying to figure it out an attempt at a goodbye

  

  today. (In fact, I’m starting this post on a plane from Boston to Las ... reflect on my MIT experience, to talk about what was most valuable to me ... choosing lives is built on the idea that advice comes from one’s own

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 31, 2021
• Blog / Announcements

  We are suspending our SAT/ACT requirement for the 2021–2022 application cycle as well

  

  research shows that considering performance on the SAT/ACT substantially ... preparation based solely on the absence of SAT/ACT scores, but will instead make ... Baccalaureate, Abitur, and so on abroad."]other examinations).[/annotation]  As

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 6, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  another year around the sun I guess I'm 19 now

  

  year I get [annotation note="on the ground, in my general vicinity"]snow[/annotation] on my birthday, and I’m glad to be spending this one [annotation note ... transition at once. All of this abstract, though. Aimless musings on an aimless

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 21, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Tier Listing My Classes i may have got this idea from tiktok

  

  the precious status of MIT student - reflections on my experience over ... memeing. On the brink of graduation, I'm able to look back at all the classes I took and reflect on how much I wound up liking them in the context

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 23, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  taylor swift songs as applicants emergency evermore post

  

  admissions season, here is every single track on the album and its applicant counterpart. willow Head on the pillow, I could feel you sneakin' in As if ... on your truck tires Now I'm missing your smile, hear me out We could

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 11, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Rate My Setup a guide to my room in Simmons

  

  Since the end of August, I've been living on-campus in Simmons in a ... on its stand (in the yellow box), the half-soldered PCB I was working on (in the orange box), and the Analog Discovery 2, a nifty device that

  • by Alex M. '21
  • November 17, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  fake it ’til you make it what is a healthy way to be happy?

  

  , and making everything seem rosy feels false. On the other hand, I ... happy you are.” [I should note that on this day, November 7, I am happy ... classes on zoom, returning to high-pressure academia after a year of self

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 7, 2020