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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Once upon a time Who I was in high school.

  

  ?....did you like it or hate it? I think that's an interesting question, albeit ... later experience. So I'm going to try and cite from primary sources (that ... concerned with boys, but I'll try valiantly to pick out the pieces that aren

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  To All the Blogs I’ve Loved Before Hello? Is this thing on?

  

  I first set foot on campus about five years ago for my MIT Admissions job interview, and I made the HUGE mistake of not studying a campus map beforehand. If you haven’t visited MIT before, let me warn you (as I wish someone

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • December 12, 2018
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I request that my scores not be considered after submitting my application?

  Scores cannot be redacted from applications after they have been submitted. We encourage you to look at this blog post to better understand the rationale and details of our testing requirement.
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Culture Clash Spain doesn't do sarcasm, and my soul is slowly dying. But then I took some…

  

  . :]" Yeah, sooooo, I'd love to, but see, most of the words that my new Spanish ... if I can find something useful AND repeatable. =) Okay, first of all ... , I'm me." So, the English makes more contextual sense (what you

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 9, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 3) notes from the third day

  

  train: #5, currently on time listening to: 鱼丁糸, “I Don’t Care (鱼版)” Good ... the mountains. I am feeling rejuvenated after a good night’s sleep; I ... forty minutes early, and, although I considered going back to sleep, I

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 13, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a lesson in the feminine arts aka mfa boston and a rant on enjoying art

  

  Last year when deciding which colleges I wanted to apply to, I had one priority over all else: living on a coast. I'm sorry all states from Utah to Virginia, but there was no way I could go four years without at

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 30, 2024
• Blog / Summer

  bay area parties well, two of them

  

  in the last two weeks, i've been invited to two parties in the bay ... with friends. i had a particular idea of what parties could look like, and the one i attended was, somehow, yet another new experience. on the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 15, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Burnout (and what to do about it) learning how to recharge a low battery

  

  Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (WHO 2019) I've been ... important things to write about. And, with the summer, I have more time: not spare time, but enough time that I should, in principle, be able to post

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 27, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Alum FAQs I'm baaaaaaaaack

  

  Hello again, you beautiful goobers. I guess this is not really so extraordinary of an appearance, seeing as I might’ve abused my powers as a blogger ... posts when I was an actual undergrad blogger. That is probably a sub

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Two Truths and a Lie Because we all definitely love playing icebreakers

  

  do is guess which of the three things I'm about to say is a lie: 1. I ... .   Truth is…I am Iron Man.  Well, not really.  Not yet.  But I could ... , I have no idea who you are or what you’re like, but I’m here to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 17, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mikey’s Meta TV Post ...In which you find out about the good, bad, and really bad shows I love…

  

  Happy holidays to all! I am writing this post for several reasons, which I will list here (notice that lists will soon become the theme of this post): 1. I have not blogged in quite a while. 2. I finally have a

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And for my next trick… ...I'll make J.B. confess to copying the answers to Ms. Hauser's test!

  

  to writing them once a week...I'll just write stuff. About my life and ... questions, so gold stars to them! I'll repost the questions and answers here ... choose to do so, but if you don't choose one (i.e. staple your applications

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What MIT students do on Friday nights Who needs clothing, when you have duct tape?

  

  exactly what it sounds like. I personally had no intention of going, but I knew two of my best friends would be there, so I caved to peer pressure. Actually, I knew a lot of people who would be there, so I figured I'd stop by

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / Events

  The middle days of the week

  

  This entry chronicles interesting things I did on the middle three days of the week: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. On Tuesday, I went on ... about it. I suspect it's because we mostly get new members by telling our

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  will.i.am: An entry by Prof. Patrick Henry Winston The Black Eyed Peas' frontman hangs out at MIT.

  

  I got an email the other day from Professor Patrick Henry Winston ’65 ... Slice of MIT). You may recall his previous guest entry. will.i.am by ... at MIT whenever he is in town. This time I took him to see robots in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 2, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Eating Studio Ghibli Foods 🌾 At a mini-restaurant pop-up by MINCE <3

  

  At the start of this month, I had the chance to eat at a Studio ... Ghibli fan with an ever-growing collection of Totoro themed objects, I was extremely excited when I heard about the upcoming pop-up from Gilford T '26

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • March 11, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  Bad Ideas Month word of the day is oops!!

  

  I’m no cook when it comes to normal food, but if stupid ideas were dishes, I’d be head chef of a Michelin-starred restaurant (or at least I ... inbox like [redacted], I knew it was showtime.  Every year, during three

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 3, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  [Guest Post] A Note to the Class of ‘28 by Andre H. ‘24

  

  This year, Jeremy, Nikki, and I were in charge of the Admitted ... , wisdom, and honesty about some of the tough parts of MIT, so I asked him if ... !  Whether or not you're a part of the class of 2028, I think the advice here

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • May 21, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  miserable and magical oh, to feel moved

  

  , i have never felt anything before,  but i am not feeling anything right now    a lot of the times, i am my first invalidator. it is easy to justify happiness for being happy but not sorrow for being sad. i

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 3, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It Ends My last last day of school

  

  moment I finally decide to roll out of bed? As a college student with a highly irregular sleep schedule, I find the first two methodologies too ... alarm shatters the sweet silence of my 4-hour slumber, but I use ninja

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 21, 2017