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• Blog / MISTI

  An American in Copenhagen but my luggage went to Amsterdam

  

  upstairs. In some ways this is exactly what I predicted a startup would be ... ; two pairs of jeans; just enough socks, shirts, and underwear to get by ... my two suitcases. I’m going to be in Europe for the same amount of time

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

  dear past me stay kind

  

  filing out of the venue and being handed a rose, then making our way to ... happened to me in senior year was being done with all my decisions by Early ... Me, to be delivered at the start of the fall semester. That reminded me of

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Living Meaningfully and all the things that has entailed

  

  be descriptive. Not sure if I succeeded. Do I have words to post??? Should I be posting words when I have to actually be writing words for my ... lived there until I decided to leave. But by all heuristics, I did live

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, La Vita Nuova a selection of dishes, part 3

  

  for cooking. I believed cooking to be an expression of love – to ... contrapasso governing punishments and redemptions. I found Dante’s works to be ... to “eat without being eaten.” Yet sometimes my heart still yearns for

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 7, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  king cake and a run-on sentence busy week

  

  at 1 where I worked until 5:15 and went back to my dorm but on the way ... around 6 but stopped by desk to pick up a package from Amazon (canned ... :15 and I have to be up before 8:45 because I have a 9:30 class tomorrow and

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 13, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Skullhouse CPW chicken waffles fire smores volcano steak shake

  

  Vesuvius, not to be confused with Mount Vesuvius in Italy, is a blend of myth ... : unhealthy) milkshakes that are the perfect way to end the night. We also have ... having classes and tests during CPW, we still put in the effort to throw

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 13, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Admitted Students Meetings… I hope you'll attend the event near you.

  

  admitted students. The events are designed to provide you and your families with an opportunity to learn more about the things you really want to know about the Institute. It's also a great way to meet other admitted

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 24, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  head above the water (intro post) an inner dialogue about my first month of classes

  

  mess (me). One benefit of having to walk a long way from Next House to ... longer to figure out on my own, i don’t know if i’ll be able to survive the ... group project, but– me: but now i need to be with people because i can

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 9, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hilarity with Jeremy "Hi!" *awkward silence*

  

  ) "Somehow I wrote the wrong thing, and the wrong thing turned out to be better ... personalities. When I say that, I'm not just referring to undergraduates, but also to grad students, post-doctorates, and even professors - and in my

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Fall Line-Up, Part 2: Extracurriculars My academic plans? I've got bigger plans. Better plans.

  

  through being the chef. It's the chef's job to 1. Come up with a menu, which ... multiplies the list of ingredients by whatever fraction necessary to feed the ... "Introduction to Pulsars". Basically: classes inspired by my summer research

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  finding meaning at the end of the world i alone determine my destiny

  

  one. when i was applying to be a blogger i wrote this in my blogger application, under the question "why do you want to be a blogger": i want to be ... independence. and by this i mean, doing the things i want to do, as opposed to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 1, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Countdown To Mail Drop I'll update this post over the course of the day as we get closer to…

  

  be happy - whether here or somewhere else. Things just seem to have a ... later entry and instead use this one to give you progress reports over the course of the day. I'll update this entry whenever there's something to

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Post-Finals, Pre-Graduation almost done...

  

  and rainy but we had a blast anyway -- it was just nice to be off ... to activities like skydiving or a Red Sox game, and the rest of us ... to see this year's full event listing. I only had two final exams this

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 5, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First UROP Initiating a Life of Research

  

  summer, so it definitely helped to be comfortable with the people I am ... resources. We’re also looking at different ways to capture harmful gasses with ... with Nitrogen. Simply put, some of the carbon are being replaced by

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 14, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting How about 'em EA decisions?

  

  timer ticked its way to less than 30 hours, my palpable fretting grew a ... later, I went to my high school where Pi Day was being celebrated. I spoke ... . I told myself I’d be fine. I went to decisions.mit.edu. There

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 13, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let’s Build a Snowman [CRITICAL UPDATE!] We can make him our best friend

  

  vicious attack. Not to be deterred or beaten down, a recovery mission was ... -Snowman League, was attached to the traffic cone. Let it be known, to whomever ... the snowman was actually going to be. We packed some snow on it

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Alien in America A display of feelings; a post that might not make any sense.

  

  better way of putting it might be that I try not to think a lot about other ... can be like that too. You have to appreciate small things when they ... would say, take time for yourself, because otherwise it's hard to be

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 14, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Birthday, Simmons Hall! 20 things I’m grateful for in my dorm

  

  a funky-looking dorm is that I can always find my way back to it by ... the only air-conditioned room in Simmons – a great place to be at the ... "]GRAs[/annotation] This isn’t unique to Simmons, but that doesn’t stop me from being

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 4, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Welcome MIT Class of 2009!

  

  Happy May 2nd! With the final responses in the mail by today, it will be a little while until all the dust settles and we can tell you more about the Class of 2009. I'm very excited to see who the class will be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 2, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  What’s the difference between Early Action (EA)/Regular Action (RA)?

  nonrestrictive. If you’ll be able to complete all testing requirements by the ... that time, you may be admitted, denied, or deferred to Regular Action ... -binding) vs. RA, and thus no advantage or disadvantage to applying for either