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• Blog / Challenges

  choosing the abridged version

  

  i’ve ever encountered - throughout the process i felt like they were ... all, i’ve basically been in school for my entire life and haven’t seen ... . if i was a little more impulsive and reckless maybe i would’ve actually

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 20, 2023
• Blog / IAP

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

  

  I spent it at MIT, and partially because I've been trying to avoid ... chance. Wow, wow, wow. Inside the car, I’ve been slowly editing a poem ... they’ve gotten bored, or maybe they got off at the ski resort. In any

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 13, 2023
• Blog / Personal Travel

  childhood and disney world trips

  

  I've written in the past about my love for Disneyland. Growing up a ... wasn't as close with them as they were with each other, but as I've lived in the house, I've really gotten close with the seniors that live here

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 25, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Books I did read this semester I am literate if not literary

  

  , allow me to describe the books I’ve read this semester. Boneshaker by ... handled the tall, dark, and nerdy villain -- think Severus Snape, or VE ... you’ve memorized all the lines, and only tiny bits pop out, things you

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 21, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Finals™ How to survive AND thrive this finals season?!

  

  . This means that I've been studying in smaller, but more frequent and ... like me right now. I've found that it's useful to identify your power ... an hour after dinner (I've overcome food coma and I enjoy the dark and

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 18, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2018 Diaries what the weekend was like for me

  

  weekend. In previous years, I’ve been woken by everything from Fall Out Boy ... the best compliment I’ve ever received, given my self-perception. Also ... may face in other colleges (e.g. that college in Pitch Perfect). If you’ve

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 17, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  On Essay Writing A guide to essay writing for the express purpose of obtaining admittance to an institute…

  

  three weeks, I've been spending most of my free time on medical school ... italics to the actual guide! For those of you unfamiliar, I've included a ... .   And now, for the actual guide I promised. I’ve compiled some

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • July 22, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Fifth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to blog comments from the last month.

  

  I've been working on this one for weeks, but you guys know what the ... , as you've noted. ------------------------------------- Shikhar wrote ... essays. Aren't they the most important part of the app? I've been through

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 1

  

  that possible? I've gotten mixed answers from people." Yes! Double majors ... by May 1st because of the ongoing admitted students weekend, I've essentially chosen Harvard because I've missed the deadline for MIT! Is this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a few new things is it too late to talk about the spring semester?

  

  I have a confession to make, which is that I've started this post at ... finishing it. Every time I've started it, I've gotten caught up in this ... blog I would've written during the semester, if I'd had time, so it

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 25, 2022
• Blog / Summer

  The Courage to Change Even Through the [Tough] Mud[der]

  

  get back into running. I’ve been on break for too long, and it’s time to ... tomorrow and just have the motivation and mojo to do everything I’ve ever ... ’s something I’ve been working on, but it’s still hard. I feel like I should be

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 11, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Robots, Space, and the Stories In-Between Using Sci-Fi to Procrastinate

  

  computer science world. That being said, I've found myself indulging and catching up on a lot of science fiction shows that I've been saving up during ... a while since I've watched this, so the trailer below can give a

  • by Richard O. '28
  • July 30, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To ASE Or Not To ASE preparing academically for freshman year

  

  test content to see if you've actually covered it all before. I hate ... shame here that I've experienced. Everyone has a collective understanding ... time I've heard 8.01L come up in conversation, it has never been "oh my

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • June 26, 2025
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] STARS@MIT: A Year in Review By Claire S. '25

  

  We’ve been busy at the STARS College Network at MIT! This past year marked our second year as part of the consortium, and we’ve received a lot ... short answer is: we’ve been doing a lot! So we asked Claire, one of our

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • April 23, 2025
• Blog / Blog Projects

  [live blog] BLUEPRINT 2025 by the Blueprint Team // come see what we're baking!

  

  i've asked some of my lovely team members to give updates and let you ... are really cute" (guys marketing always pops off so hard) now that we've ... 're psetting and i'm going insane :) we've just gone through the 5 stages of

  • by Janet G. '27
  • March 1, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  I Am Prettylatebuthere’sanIAPpost on MIT's independent activities period (ft. friends!!)

  

  if you’ve hung around the blogs these past few weeks, chances are you’ve ... !!! + riverhawk invitational @ new balance and girls cook MEDIA DAY!!! i’ve ... performing so well that i had to get out bigger poles, so yay! for fun, i’ve

  • by Angie F. '28
  • February 24, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Aiden Wrapped a year in review

  

  best sci-fi/fantasy movie I've ever seen. (...also it was Zendaya and ... ; Books I've said this for a couple of years now, but I will be reading ... only book I've read this semester, but wow the amount I fully, publicly

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 3, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Mathisms and other linguistic quirks of the nerd incubator

  

  quotes I've heard around campus. Let us begin :) orthogonal Example: “This ... to denote a very small number. I’ve seen it mostly when analyzing what ... than 1 pigeon), but it’s often used in proofs. I’ve somehow heard this

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 15, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  learning how to drive and other matters of identification

  

  hear that you have to submit an ID photo, because you've just graduated ... jokes. By the end of it, you think you've won him over. More lessons fly ... -- everyone you've met, every class you've taken, every experiment you've done

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 12, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  Happier Than Ever on quitting and long-ish distance biking

  

  , right? The rusty bolts tell me that the bike must’ve lived several ... ’m out biking to or from work. I can’t frame the way I’ve been treated as ... environments could be as supportive as the one I’ve witnessed at WTP.  And when

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • August 10, 2023