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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Snow! there is (was) snow and it's freezing (or is it?)

  

  approached Boston South Station, I spotted snow on the tracks! As I stepped off the train, I was greeted by a gulf of freezing wind. I mean ... path. And somehow I made it to the other side of campus. Somehow. But

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 9, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  What My College Essays Were [Not] Unsolicited advice about writing.

  

  essay"...work on that essay first, instead of the ones you already like ... some of it is helpful. Read this first. Okay. Here we go. My essays ... .” On the content of essays: someone has probably said to you, “Write

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Events

  So much to do, so little time There's always something exciting going on at MIT.

  

  write this, there are a whole bunch of really cool things going on at MIT ... '73 PhD '76, one of the seven members of the Board of Governors of the ... 'll be speaking "on the role of the Fed and recent economic conditions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 29, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  You know, that intro stuff

  

  rundown of what I considered to be the essential statistics in my life: "My ... still Mollie Burgoon. I am a member of the class of 2006 at the ... for the rest of eternity. There are two things I consider to be the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Crab Cave or: i moved to dc with friends

  

  third of the way through, but it's the first book in a while that I ... A brief happy post amidst the chaos and confusion of existence: Hi ... plots of books that strongly, as long as the characters are interesting

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 20, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Hi, Applicant to the Class of 2021! here, i try to convince you that it's ok to be dazed and confused right…

  

  state college the next. And I got lots of work here now, but at least I ... Applicant for the Class of 2021, and see how you’re doing. If you ... respectable sources about college admissions, I descended into the depths of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Low Balance A epic story of Chinese food, heartbreak, and loss. All because I have no TechCash.

  

  things. A lot of it has to do with the fact that I filled up my account to a pretty sizeable amount at the beginning of the semester, since I'm far too lazy to go to the basement of the student center and put money

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sunny Skies In The OC [by Mirat Shah '08] A new post, and answers to your questions from the last…

  

  the future. The first few weeks of term have been really hectic, mostly ... had, and so missed our first lecture. Oops. [] One of the things I ... participate in the exchange. So cool. Anyway, so answers: First of all

  • by Cambridge
  • February 15, 2007
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Can I play football at MIT?

  ever! In front of an enthusiastic home crowd on Senior Night, the MIT ... the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. The win gave the Engineers the first nine-game undefeated regular season in MIT history. The Engineers captured their first
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  FIRST SNOW!!! OH MY GOD IT SNOWED

  

  ="aligncenter" width="960"] photo from Jeffery L. ’23, he is the best roommate

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 2, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  i don’t know where you’re going but do you got room for one more troubled soul?

  

  471462f4073[/embed] I've been contemplating the future as of late. With ... sophomore year of high school of what the future had in store, I would've told ... college with the end goal of hilly expanses and far too expensive apartments

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Ask me anything about portfolios Go ahead—don’t be shy!

  

  ’ve compiled some of my thoughts on the portfolio process and collected some frequently asked portfolio questions. A crumb of context The MIT application is ... student community made up of some of the world’s most intelligent and

  • by Jeremy W.
  • October 26, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  it’s only a matter of time a post for the deferred

  

  rejected, I offer my condolences, and the best of luck as you apply to other schools. For the deferred, I offer the rest of this post. Posts like this ... sure it was real, and then left the room to run as much of my speech as I

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 20, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  what’s in the box? why is spring cleaning a common phrase but not fall cleaning hmm

  

  ="106358" /] one of the first actual events in the year that i went to, back when i ... of the tenses in this paragraph so just bear with me a little"]thanksgiving was a few days ago, and in the world of this post it is still

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 1, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  [Joint Post] Chatting with Hank Green, the MIT Commencement Speaker interviewing Hank + sharing student stories!

  

  first online community. As members of the Awesome Socks Club, my friends ... 2012, so this is the first online community I have been a part of. The ... conscious life. I stumbled into the Green brothers’ corner of the internet

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 24, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Falling in Love with a Language at MIT interviews with two of my inspirations

  

  Chinese before coming to MIT.) How did you first become interested in the ... Mandarin because it's the official language of the most populous country of ... continually wondered what the heck they were saying. I started remember parts of

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 10, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 4 the finale

  

  In my very first blog post, I laid out a list of the goals that I ... . So on the brink of every new year since then, I've made a post updating the world on the status of those sidequests. It seems that the time for

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  A Major Crisis haha get it..cause..yeah,

  

  concentration in biomedical devices. After the first few weeks of taking 3 ... year for the past four years, just out of my mom and I's pure love for ... prone to headaches and nausea (aka, me.) Yet, the quiet drone of the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 12, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Boring Friday Night (guest post by Nina L. ‘19) Familiar inbetweens. Taking breaks. Things that aren't (all) sleep and studying.

  

  what to do with myself, and fell asleep on the couch. There are a lot of ... into the semester, are exciting in smaller ways. The rest of this post is ... a large, two topping pizza. We got bacon and sausage and ate the whole

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2016
• Blog / Community Projects

  [guest blog] y(I)APping nothing crazy just another IAP blog

  

  post, I’ll first cover some of the things I did and then present some ... This is a guest post by one of my friends, Heidi Z. '27, one of the ... massachusettsian". (shoutout DEAPS '23!) As stated in this post, IAP is one of the

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 13, 2025