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• Blog / How to Human

  Setbacks head hurty

  

  way it fits me best. This is one of the pages I've made for myself ... of my Notion because I'm not writing this post to show off how ... enough from my dorm that I don't feel the magnetic attraction of my own bed

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 1, 2023
• Blog / How to MIT

  socializing safely ...but also leaving my room maybe once a day

  

  think about last year, I feel like I'm missing out on a host of ... here's the thing: most of my MIT friends are currently in the ... to meet up with all of them since I'm hosed all the time. given current

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 15, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Availability Heuristic with applications to pledging

  

  I didn't include a lot of biographical detail in my biography ... member of the Theta Xi fraternity. Last Friday, with Rush winding down, we ... MIT with all sorts of misconceptions about fraternities. We're all

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Senior Week: Anjum Sharma A salute to one final senior.

  

  time with Matt McGann and the rest of the advising group freshman year. I didn't like the way the bobas tasted so I started shooting them out of my straw at random targets on our walk back to campus from Chinatown. I got

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 9, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Useful items to bring for dorm room

  

  that can set things on fire if knocked over). There are plenty of power ... get all sorts of things at home before they come, but there are plenty of drug stores in the area, so unless you have a particular surplus of

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 1, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Jebby Awards 2024: See All the Winners Here having fun with hyperlinks

  

  [Part of the Up-Goer Blogs] Every year, a group of so ...  ever is Living Thing Inside or On Another Living Thing, but this is probably ... Better Than I Thought It Would Be Bar-Be as the Lady with a Lot of Money

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 1, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Two opportunities for high school students And you don't have to live near Cambridge, MA this time!

  

  the MIT Society of Women Engineers (SWE) is organizing for high school ... those of you near Cambridge, come check out the fair! And for those ... exciting events also presented by MIT Society of Women Engineers: The MIT SWE

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 28, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Ask Me Anything no, really

  

  My grades for the semester have finally all appeared on WebSIS, and I've passed all of my classes, so that means I am officially done with ... ? Well, it means I not only have a lot of free time for writing blog posts

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • December 29, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Concert / The View

  

  One of the interesting things that I do as a commonplace concert goer ... ride on Space Mountain, I wait for 8-12 hours to get front row at a ... you will get. I'm writing a separate blogpost on my tips and tricks to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 23, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Idol A selection committee fantasy.

  

  of selection. Things are going well; for some reason I'm enjoying ... guys are just awesome and inspiring. Probably a combo of the two. In any ... you have a 220 on your math SAT. You know when you're at a wedding and

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Sentimentality a.k.a. Why I'm So Glad I Picked MIT.

  

  the loss of sleep one single bit. To explain: Milan, MIT's annual ... arrival of more experienced dancers, the energy rapidly picked up, and the next few hours were spent lost in the whirlwind of glorious endorphins

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 9, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in the Life A play-by-play of my day, along with some pictures.

  

  results of my research. I made some decent progress on the Discussion ... -clogging breakfast. Yum. 9:15 AM: Grabbed a cup of tea with Minh from the Lobby 7 ... -1:00 PM: Ate lunch with Dr. Ray Winquist, the Vice President of Vertex

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 11, 2007
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Does the transcript submitted on my QuestBridge application count as official?

  If the transcript on your QuestBridge application was sent by your counselor/school official, it fulfills our requirements for an official transcript and no further action is needed on your part.
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  dear kuya i promise this post is mostly in english

  

  the tagalog word for "older brother". tagalog does not have a lot of gendered language, but this is an exception; the counterpart of kuya is ate ... stories of parents, and ates, and kuyas, of classmates and friends, becoming

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 8, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  ST PATRICKS DAY RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

  

  HOZIER, KING OF IRELAND, IS HERE TO SPEAK:  It can't be said I'm an early ... ?Smelling like a bonfire, lost in a haze?If you're drunk on life, babe, I think it ... ?You treat your mouth as if it's Heaven's gateThe rest of you like you're the

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • March 17, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Carnival A glorious carnival is marred by the passing of a beloved goldfish. (24 pictures)

  

  and Gabe put on velcro suits and then thrust themselves onto a large ... fish "Ian Brelinsky" in honor of Ian '06. I guess I have led a very ... . Sam offered to dispose of him for me. Hmm, urinal or toilet

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 3, 2005
• Blog / Events

  It’s Almost Here! The sun? Orientation? Only time will tell.

  

  -196): As part of “Freshman Explorations” on Thursday, you can have lunch ... of events for August, Boston has been graced with cloudy skies ... full week. There seemed to be events going on 24 hours a day! While this

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • August 26, 2010
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Who is the President of MIT?

  Sally A. Kornbluth is the 18th President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Kornbluth follows L. Rafael Reif, who led MIT for a decade and stepped down as president at the end of 2022.
• Blog / About Decisions

  Here’s a Plan let's burn off the pi(e)

  

  schedule for the remainder of your week, to take advantage of the adrenaline ... interaction reduces the amount of time you have to think yourself into misery. I ... the typical one hour on a treadmill switching between sprinting and

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • March 9, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  sophomore accumulations because i miss show and tell

  

  that I've gotten out of these past two semesters. I don't really feel like rambling on about what I've learned (nor do I think I've narrowed it down quite yet). What I do feel like doing, though, is sharing few of the

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • May 6, 2025