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• Blog / About Decisions

  what we mean when we say the people why we like “the people”

  

  people at mit"? i think it's mostly undergrads, people in related friend ... tribe." I think it's dishonest to say that everyone at MIT likes everyone ... potentially being true. What makes the people so good at MIT is that every

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 25, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Mist in the streets of Boston monday wanderings

  

  My friends and I met at noon on the Harvard Bridge, shoulders hunched ... gathering in Allston. I’m at Life Alive in Cambridge now, writing this, while ... laptop. Two families with small kids order at the register. Every few

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 20, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Happy Homestuck Day! and advice about college decisions / cpw

  

  identify with. No one at U recognized the Homestuck jacket that I wore ... one night I was at MIT. This is relevant because today is both CPW, MIT

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 13, 2023
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Letters from the 2023 decisions threads

  

  commit to in the cup holder next to me. At last, I was able to open a ... unsupportive friend group at the time who was happy to see the overachiever ... MIT for transfer or grad school. After my first semester at my college

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 25, 2023
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Some Art About Other Art it's super meta

  

  There is currently a painting staring at me.  It’s perched on top of my bookshelf, at the perfect vantage point to scornfully watch me. It ... asleep at my desk.  I still love painting, but my relationship with art is

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • February 21, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  “So what’s being a blogger like?” i spill the (lukewarm) tea

  

  one blog every two weeks and check-ins are scheduled at that same ... -ins are pretty chill and always have excellent snacks. We always spend at ... depends on who's blogging at the time and what they want to get out of it

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 1, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Don’t Eat the Hot Glass Five things you can’t eat in the MIT Glass Lab for “health and safety” reasons…

  

  five things that you can’t (or at least shouldn’t) eat in the Glass Lab ... them at the Glass Lab, I ensured that I’d be the first to get my hands on ... was a mechanism to release all the flavour at once. Once again, the

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 24, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  back to high school except now I don't know what I'm doing

  

  [/annotation] this semester, and part of the class involves observing at local middle or high schools. For me, this means appearing at Cambridge Community ... a decade. I feel like I have been sent to Mars. For one, people at my

  • by Alice L. '24
  • November 5, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  blind spots on privilege

  

  at MIT. If there is something you want to do, there is always some way ... . Through the Council for the Arts at MIT, you can get free or discounted ... backgrounds than mine and I saw them excelling at things I struggled deeply with

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 4, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  City Strangers a comic

  

  quitting grad school. I draw you at an “underground" figure drawing event ... this life too. A stranger told me so at Washington Square Park

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 25, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  i’d like to write a happy post a sestina

  

  adventures along the river or at dances— they're real. I could write that post ... !) IHTFP and IHTFP. In between the dances and adventures, I smile at the

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 6, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  tired and busy and tired and busy and tired and busy and

  

  gym, which I adore so I really don't mind it at all. But, God, am I ... at 9am Get ready for the day and eat a protein bar Leave the DPhiE house by 9:45am Walk across the bridge leisurely and arrive at the Z by

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 15, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  love languages in the little things

  

  I went grocery shopping at Brothers Marketplace together and they had ... . The next thing I knew, I was swiping my card at the self checkout ... . Sometimes other people on hall would be cooking their own things at the same

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 6, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  2021 Reflections & 2022 Resolutions

  

  to at least 3 museums (2020) - Accomplished. This year, I went to many ... and the Chihuly Garden and Glass Museum. Go to at least 3 concerts ... Interview, Decode and Conquer, and some other PM books. Bench at least 80 lbs

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  this is the real life I love in-person MIT eom

  

  of the restriction on serving open food at club events, I've eaten an ... , getting lunch at the cafe in Stata. I couldn't have imagined just how full ... .600,[/annotation] and one due at 5 pm for [annotation note="Relativity"]8

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • October 9, 2021
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if I don’t have letter grades for some of my coursework or have chosen to take a class pass/fail?

  At MIT Admissions, we understand that there have been many disruptions over the past few years. Some of these may have impacted your ... only one piece of the overall application. We look at other factors such
• Blog / Uncategorized

  what the f*** am i doing this summer still don't know if i'm going abroad or not lol

  

  students in my major don't typically go to sophomores. at a certain point, I ... through MISTI—it seemed like a great option since I 1. wanted experience at ... 15th. since Israel's CDC COVID Risk Level was at 4 (very high) and the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 12, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  head down, marching on highlights of spring semester

  

  now, I could be the person who says, “I used to write novels.” Hard at ... , one Wednesday night at 2 am, I was struck with the intense fear that I ... , a fine magenta powder. The sophomores at my lab table weren’t too

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 21, 2021
• Blog / Blog Projects

  VEDA (Vlog Every Day of April) cami edition

  

  'm trying to get used to the new interface. I am at no means super ... they are mundane to show you what life is on a day-to-day basis at MIT

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 19, 2021
• Blog / IAP

  As the City Slumbers thoughts while walking in a park

  

  I was at the park near my grandparents’ place today, picking up ... kids at the playground, and a trio of middle school boys in neon orange ... everything takes place at night; only those with a special disregard for sweat

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 21, 2021