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• Blog / Advice

  Lies in MIT, lies about MIT these are the lies that i tell myself at night

  

  lying, then, to call these lies? Five. In What getting an education from ... where to apply, or where to go to college. I'm lying, but by these ... you want it to be. That most people don't actually take six classes a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 27, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  i saw twenty one pilots at td garden in boston live music is very much alive and here to stay

  

  overwhelmed by work and school and the thought of having to get good grades for ... cathartic, body-encapsulating experiences, and I was ready to be consumed by ... getting jostled around, but you couldn't bring yourself to care because you

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 28, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You stay classy, Sam… TA, go! At MIT, I live in a basement and I don't get to watch Desperate Housewives.

  

  week, where you can go an get one-on-one instruction with either your TAs ... successfully bribed Ben to let me stick around as a blogger this semester, and since I've already had to break out the long pants and awesome jacket, the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Some comments on topics of interest

  

  kid. I had 14 (by year, this broke down to 1-3-8-2) and I had a life ... classes to get into an in-state school. Believe it or not, AP mania hasn ... interesting way to get my county-required humanities credit than the school

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 7, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Chocolate Tasting Nuts, olives, and 99% cocoa

  

  to tasting, though; you're supposed to let the chocolate piece melt on ... hosted chocolate tasting last night. I went to a similar event in IAP 2004 ... , and water = the 3 food groups?) They encouraged us to rub and smell

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Standing Out [by C/3C Christopher Benson, '10] Before AFROTC, this abstract concept of "leadership" seemed very generic...

  

  wonder how I am getting paid to do this job... I should be paying them." This quote came from an F-15 pilot who stopped by to speak to the AFROTC ... and interviews that I have done since getting to MIT. From gaining other

  • by ROTC
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  glassblowing & me a series of memories

  

  practice session getting over it. By the end, my deep sadness has faded, out ... the past month (in another). I scramble to get out my phone and write it down incoherently. I get home from the concert and try to explain it out

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 18, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m Back!

  

  we can drive you back to your dorm with them. Oh, and we'll pay for it ... people to this guy. Then someone yelled, "Get him!" So I tackled him. Into ... No, I was not abducted by aliens. I was abducted by field hockey

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  I’m a food blogger now enjoy reading through 700 words of personal digression to get to the recipes

  

  those "get your child ready for college!" lists; when I read those lists ... Oats These seem to be getting really popular lately? I feel like you ... [annotation note="we bought a big can and froze ice cubes of it to use one by one

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 26, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  hot chocolate as a panacea navigating through a chaotic first week

  

  parents and get to know other people within a pandemic pod. It’s really close to campus, actually. Like, so close that I get this breathtaking ... schedule around, and get ready for the semester to actually start, all in the

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 7, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do in four years?

  

  . Question: "What about Are Four years enough to get advantage of all the ... key is to try to maximize what you do get out of MIT. For example, I ... intramural sport. Didn't get to be Undergraduate Association President

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  An American in Copenhagen but my luggage went to Amsterdam

  

  ; two pairs of jeans; just enough socks, shirts, and underwear to get by ... or Walmart open at any hour, if you’re willing to drive far enough ... when it is in fact only mid-range cheap.  I get to my room. I’m allergic

  • by Amber V. '24
  • June 14, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Bubble Bath Disastrophe (and Other Adventures) Spring break: adventures and misadventures, coming home, and MIT on the Colbert Report—twice!

  

  high school, when I was lucky to be introduced to genomics by Dr ... Getting Home Instead of flying, my boyfriend Cory and I took a bus from Boston to New York City and another bus from New York to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 3, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  New stuff on MyMIT, and more

  

  I'm back in Boston now after two trips to Washington, DC in the past ... lecture, this time by Wolfgang Ketterle (though I had him for freshman physics, so I got to hear him speak 3x/week). Admitted students, log into

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Happy Holidays and Good Luck As regular action deadlines approach, try to relax a little

  

  the real You in your essays and in your apps as a whole. It's okay to ... I'm sure most of you are enjoying the holiday season with your ... college apps are likely still an irksome item on your mind. I'm in Southern

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 1 And maybe a problem set

  

  alone. It’s hard to value companionship until you’re starved of it, and ... get used to. Eventually, I made the decision to attend MIT—how could I ... and took a gap year. The story of how I decided to take a gap year is

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 8, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  am i boring or just overstimulated?

  

  adults who want to live vicariously through me, as if I'm being pursued by ... being rich and partying all the time. No, I don't want to go to your ... .” -- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby *** I have come to the profound

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 5, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Burchard Scholars Program (old time stamp: 11-21-09) - this entry is five months late >___

  

  arranged by Professor Lindgren of the Music Faculty for us to all attend a Yo ... there was a massive photo flurry. I didn't get to be in the pictures since ... , Burchard Scholars Program Coordinator. I've been meaning to write about

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 18, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  The long view days, months, years

  

  ." On Monday I had an appointment with MIT Medical, to get the irregular ... to try: be blindfolded for 24 hours, inspired by a blog post I read. It ... said. "You're the only person with an actual job that I talked to about

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 27, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Week in My Life of My Final Week of My Junior Fall i have no finals

  

  cool book that I really loved reading if you manage to get a hold of the ... hard to get tickets but Petey was nice enough to give me his extra. I am ... Spanish. But, after a bit more of fiddling with settings, I was able to get

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 15, 2021