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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  O’Reilly Primes?

  

  totally list that as a talent on your application). Number theory is fun ... this up to one of my housemates, Josh, who was on the winning 2003 ... for going off on a large Mystery Hunt tangent without talking in depth

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 12, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  All About The Author A bit about me and my job as Director of this site.

  

  keep my finger on the MIT pulse and chase people around campus to get ... begin by telling you my thoughts on this new portal. Lots of schools have ... get to explore MIT on behalf of all of you. I'm new around here and so

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 6, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Small Things I Like About Autumn A short reflection on a colorful season

  

  me. The Leaves: One of the most memorable experiences about fall on ... on campus).    Fall Flavors: Walk into any coffee shop or cafe ... year, the fall season is usually the perfect time to put them on as the

  • by Richard O. '28
  • October 31, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  time travel is overrated conversing with my past self

  

  on the last day of freshman orientation, just a few days before i ... .032 (differential equations), and wgs.303 (history of gender). what do you do on a ... click on any. i walk back to my dorm through the infinite corridor, now

  • by Boheng C. '28
  • November 2, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thoughts from Science Bowl 🥣 a story about now-nostalgic times

  

  teammates, I saw the determination etched on their faces. I knew that we all ... answers. Four on one side, four on the other, verifying that all the buzzers worked. I was in the “captain” spot on my team, a symbolic position that

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • March 30, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  How I got recruited to play D3 soccer at MIT the college sports recruiting process

  

  for me, as I spent all four years of college playing D3 soccer on MIT ... in touch with MIT – updating the coach on my SAT/ ACT scores, letting ... the right place for me. Five months later, I was on campus stepping onto

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  (another) postcard from GTL spain and an unexpected crossover with the Edgerton Center

  

  that’s all you need.' — paraphrased from the instructor on the first day of MIT's pistol class [annotation note="unfortunately I was on the ... I harp on in English about topics they’ve only ever found the words

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • February 1, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  It’s been a long road… ...gettin from there to here

  

  Admissions bloggers. I lived on 5th East in East Campus and I majored in course ... Distance Medley (a 5K, a 10K, and a half-marathon, put on by the same organization that puts on the Marathon) for the past two years. [caption id

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Blogger Wrapped 2024 Episode 7: The Apple Music Awakens

  

  ,742 minutes of music on Spotify, Apple Music, and *checks notes* YouTube Music ... ,029 minutes and 86,156 minutes respectively on Spotify (about 2 months nonstop each)! On the other end of the spectrum, we have Allison and Emiko (the

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 14, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  We’re Only Getting Older

  

  twenty in four days.  I always cry on my birthday. I think this is a ... difficulties that I cannot, and don’t need, to handle on my own.  At some point ... friends. Hold on to the people you love. Hugs and hot chocolate can fix many

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • February 5, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My 2023 Libby Wrapped I have a problem with audiobooks

  

  full spreadsheet is linked here, but to expand on/summarize it: I spent ... at least it’s an improvement on past years (I think). I know my ... concentrated on the date when I borrowed the book, but I likely listened the most

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 3, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I failed an exam last week and it will be okay

  

  what? An post-mortem of the exam I did not do well on this exam ... mathematical notation I did not do well on this exam because I had four midterms ... pretty well on the psets, where I can look up what terms like "marginal

  • by Alice L. '24
  • November 21, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  carly SLAY jepsen concerts > psets

  

  Jepsen just had a large impact on everyone's psyche in elementary school. I ... it on my shiny new Spotify account and listening to Favourite Colour in ... , Favourite Colour, and I Really Like You. And then we went to the Carly concert on

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 28, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  what happened yesterday? "what's the name of the mushroom shop?"

  

  ’s content in this room. I usually set an alarm even on weekends. But yesterday ... . I sat on the edge of my bed for a while, admiring the midday sunshine streaming into my room. I was feeling kinda cute, so I put on a flowy white

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 20, 2022
• Blog / Summer

  the first day of work lessons i'm learning

  

  choice of how much slack doesn't depend on alyssa or bob. it depends on the tasks, how long they take and how they depend on each other, and how many ... ; all four of us lived on floorpi. that night, i realized i didn't pack my

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 25, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Making my Ring Delivery Dress and some reflections

  

  scrolling through Etsy, I decided on this beautiful black tulle with stars and ... love supporting local businesses! I decided on making a two piece wrap dress with a tie closure, heavily based on this tutorial by Micarah Tewers

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • May 21, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Recap of My Junior Fall stream of consciousness

  

  really want to take the time to reflect on everything I've learned ... endless research on PM positions. I was utterly heartbroken when I got ... , difficult pasts that are built on racist and sexist foundations, I do believe

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 31, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  processing in which I visit home and take time to think

  

  -encompassing. Any individual aspect of MIT is, on its own, manageable, but put it all ... explain, but when I’m on campus, I’m just less certain in my own sense of ... can’t fully process the extent of how I am changing. When I’m on campus

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  romanticize a quiet life i want to be okay

  

  choke on it. you need to be wanted so badly that you think you might keel ... devoid of people, because everyone's on break but you're still at MIT ... empty before, and you lie on the floor and stare up at the dome and blast

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • December 28, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  snippets from a semester minus academics, of course

  

  good time. however, i subsisted on oreos, mozzarella sticks, doritos, and ... two years. mocha moves — for my 5th semester on mocha, i danced in ... ="rebranded as Revive the Arts since other teams weren't allowed on campus this

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 21, 2021