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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Talk to Strangers you might want to keep what they have to say forever

  

  things are they working on? How far have they come to get here? What do ... infinite and ask if they have a few minutes to talk about this without, well ... microphone, you don't have to answer any questions--instead, you get to witness

  • by Ana V. '15
  • July 22, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Rush Course 12 what it’s like to study Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at MIT

  

  .007.[/annotation] You’re not beholden to just one track though - I personally lie ... ), which means you get to know your professors and the other students really ... , which is important because you have to write a thesis to graduate

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 6, 2022
• Blog / MISTI

  An American in Copenhagen but my luggage went to Amsterdam

  

  my two suitcases. I’m going to be in Europe for the same amount of time ... going to come home with half a novel written, this time.   June 4th ... with warmth. I mixed up the time zone change and resigned myself to ten

  • by Amber V. '24
  • June 14, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  recently read words absorbed by my brain

  

  by the time you get to the end you’re different than you were at the ... I’ve been doing more reading recently, so wanted to share! “Detail ... .A. Times Festival of Books recently and heard Monica Youn read this poem

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 3, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  present tense “you've got to let go of the fear”

  

  had me placing my trust in someone, only to have it broken in some way ... . "you're in the water and your body tenses up. why? it's because of the ... muscles will help you float. but it doesn't. you've got to let go of the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 23, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Did you know about this? This is big.

  

  . I have something to show for it this time, though, I found something ... ,728.94 And this really ought to concern you. If you're an MIT student voting in ... , a citizen only as of last summer, I'm pretty especially excited to be

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 29, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  food diaries pt. 2 recipes for people tryna Little Chef it up

  

  time since you have to stir in chicken broth pretty slowly, but it's so ... the most time-efficient way to consume Helth.   Shrimp Scampi I ... was lazy and used store-bought stuff this time. I had to open a can of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 19, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  yet i maintain composure manu tenere “i hold by hand”

  

  -fourths, which is one two three, one two three. you have to fit four steps in three ... happen. by the time i’m back in my room, i have twenty unread emails, all ... to do some of the moves, but i didn’t have any technique. i didn’t know

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 9, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Hi again (and goodbye) (For real this time!)

  

  [annotation note="The username that stays with you the entire time you're ... perfectionist (as evidenced by the number of times I have started, scrapped, and ... time I saw student protests on campus. When I first came to MIT, I did

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  everyone i know goes away in the end why i've never done misti

  

  energy's weaker, enough that i have to budget who to spend my time with ... 't want to spend that much time away from mit." i never applied to a misti ... knowing how badly i keep in touch with people, i'd have stopped talking to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 11, 2023
• Blog / How to Food

  Yet Another Blog Entry My expenses for the semester in pie form, topped with a scoop of IAP.

  

  classes in your spare time. Especially if you end up going to dinner with ... one of my jobs. I was extraordinarily fortunate last semester to have ... to return to campus instead of annexing January into your winter break

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 13, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  This Day, the Year I Applied what I learned in college about application struggles

  

  ’t get freaked out about classwork. I’d have class at 9 am and I’d have to ... want to remind the November 2013 past: Remember your social studies ... . It meant nothing on the larger grading scheme, but to you and your

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 20, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Poaching Imagination Just a few more hours.

  

  dreaming about big envelopes the way you used to dream about reindeer. You're ... In just a few hours, you'll know whether or not you have the option ... click of a mouse button. Many childhoods of anticipation will come to an

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • March 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I Never Thought I Would Join a Sorority ...but here I am?

  

  ’t want to have anything to do with some kind of social elitism or strange ... when I’m not feeling great. It’s easy to be around others when you’re ... 's the time commitment like?" "What are your thoughts on sororities at

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  If your decision was deferred, then we will reconsider your ... , here, here, here, and most recently here. Some of you may feel happy to be deferred. Some of you may feel sad. Some of you may have complicated

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  feel happy to be deferred. Some of you may feel sad. Some of you may have complicated feelings that you don't know what to call; that's okay too. We have posted ... , and unfortunately we could not accept all of them. If your decision was

  • by Decisions
  • December 14, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  feel happy to be deferred. Some of you may feel sad. Some of you may have ... , and unfortunately we could not accept all of them. If your decision was deferred, then we will reconsider your application anew and without prejudice

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Pick My Halloween Costume! Mm, crowdsourcing.

  

  feel like finding a new costume. Fortunately, I already have a bunch of ... ' Guild). Unfortunately, I'm hosed and indecisive. Conveniently, I have a ... ! Prospective MIT students and blog readers of the world, your mission (if you

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Laundry Lists And other things. Okay, so just the list.

  

  not fun. Don't even start with your "wah wah wah I have to get up at 5 ... Things I have been doing since my last post: -Moving up a floor to a ... they don't have to. -Starting classes. By the way, getting up at 8

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 9, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  is leadership the same as management buzzword alert

  

  else to do it. in esp we have a saying, which is "your job is not to do ... too reductive! if you're dealing with tasks, you have to involve people ... 't have to be formal; it could be as simple as "hey do you want to pick this

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 7, 2022