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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

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

  

  , professors, and even tourists think about MIT. Why are they here? What kind of things are they working on? How far have they come to get here? What do ... great to actually be able to just stop someone in the middle of the

  • by Ana V. '15
  • July 22, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  In which I am no longer new here ...well, it's true.

  

  (which is often). I should really cut down on the amount of bacon I eat ... in photographs on the rare occasion when I am in front of the camera ... case the last three years of blogging and my recent distress over

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 11, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Political Process For the civic-minded

  

  Politiques Français Since I know all of you read about French politics on a ... voting, despite being aware of current events, I never participated for ... I had to miss a free, pre-screening of Be Kind Rewind AND a chance to

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferred Students Update Some Q&A for deferred students.

  

  regular action, regardless of when the application was submitted. (A little ... before January 1 working on regular action applications for other schools ... occasionally some students become so focused on MIT they can't see all the other

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Megaphone, Pressed Against An Insect’s Brain That is what this blog entry resembles.

  

  he untags pictures of himself on facebook in which he thinks he looks ... together into one photo entry so I can move on with my blogging life (and ... as good as Lulu's, but American Idol is on and Nicole Tranquillo

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 21, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  More For Deferred Students FAQ and advice.

  

  , regardless of when the application was submitted. (A little historical data ... recommend spending the next few weeks before January 1 working on regular ... become so focused on MIT they can't see all the other amazing schools that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Planned Procrastination Productive Punting

  

  ’m running out of socks. I spend an hour picking out socks on the Internet. I ... Today, I will p-set. Really. I wake up at 7 am. I shower. I try on four different outfits before deciding which combination of shorts and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 4, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Short, Sweet, and to the Point: MIT in five senses or less (Guest Entry) Hear, See, Touch, Smell, and Taste MIT

  

  by, are a couple of variations on some found here. Cheers, Rob ... While at MIT CPW, I had the wonderful opportunity to sample all sorts of ... members of the MIT Marching Band and MIT’s vocal groups. As it turns

  • by Bryan
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / Personal Projects

  The Oreo Post i tried them all* !

  

  that was really lovely of her, especially because she had come in on a ... bought these on my very first grocery shopping trip of college! I felt like ... 't taste that strongly of it (again, a pro or a con depending on your

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 29, 2023
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Glimpses of Haiti Just a small fraction of the things I saw while in Port-Au-Prince.

  

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 12, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  cookies life lessons through six scrumptious sayings

  

  know--meaning keeping a gallon-sized Ziploc of cookies in my middle ... the other night, on another casual thought spiral about the innumerable delights of cookies, I realized how many idioms about cookies there are, if

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 13, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Fighting Indifference MIT and MLK day

  

  full of personal matters on top of school, not to give in to indifference ... be) be representative of today in history as told by a twenty ... religious ceremonies, different in that the population of the former is

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 16, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  keeping interest a list of things i think are cool

  

  think the reality of the situation is that I won't be able to hold on to ... with my life and my time. I'm currently on a track at MIT to pursue EECS ... in my junior year of high school, hated it, and swore I'd never return

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 4, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Moms We stand on the shoulders of giants....!!

  

  importance in my life and at MIT. We all talk about a lot of stuff happening around campus, but for many students, family is still a huge part of their ... week, and probably more frequently depending on how stressed out I am

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 14, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things I Regret… less-than-optimal decisions I've made in college

  

  on too many activities This one is a hard one because, of course all ... the class material (6.006, for example) and then, on top of that, would ... on the world out of everything I’ve done so far in my whole life. This

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 4, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Pursuing CS as a (near) beginner being a prospective CS major with little programming experience

  

  they should put on the team, and one of the tests was themed Anatomy & ... pursuing a research project on their own by teaching the fundamentals of ... . I have plenty of experience in other fields like biomedical

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 14, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  How to CPW! Advice from all the bloggers, with love.

  

  HAS A HEALTHY AMOUNT OF CAPITALS AND EXCLAMATION POINTS!!!!!!   ... students, so it's best for everyone if logistics are handled ahead of time ... . Second, be on the lookout in your email for more specific information later

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 4, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  She works hard for the money So hard for it, honey.

  

  work with my homework for a few hours on end. I got a lot of homework ... It's so nice to be graduated -- I can make lists of things that I've done and call them blog entries! Hooray! I know a lot of people are

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 20, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  ignorance is a virtue

  

  here when you get back.) i had a list of distractions on hand, so i can ... , you can hit snooze on. you can keep hitting snooze until you need to ... , when i'm on edge and i'm worrying and things are on my mind, i can keep

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 8, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bringing Down the (Lottery) House Like the movie '21,' but with scratch tickets.

  

  If you enjoyed the story of the MIT Blackjack Team -- the movie "21" and/or the book on which it was based, Ben Mezrich's "Bringing Down the ... story centers on MIT alum Mohan Srivastava '79. Srivastava, a Course 12

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 10, 2011