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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  books I’ve read this year slowly but surely completing my 2020 resolutions

  

  , and I’ll probably read another book after finals. For now, here are the ... . Learning and understanding my faith was one of my goals for the year, and ... English and Amharic, so it was nice for me to review a little bit of my

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • November 19, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  You construct intricate rituals function loses form and form loses function

  

  company-of-the-week's mission. I made my way through three interviews for ... next night there was an infosession for Splash, with Thai food, then ... together, and reimbursing people for buying their own food. Suddenly

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 3, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In Our Bedroom After the Pandemic a bedroom is something that can actually be so personal

  

  For most of my adolescence, my bedroom was painted as close as I ... parent’s wishes. I asked for purple walls when we first moved to the ... : a room furnished with a bed and intended primarily for sleeping

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • June 26, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Life Changing Classes at MIT ft. ec-discuss

  

  next semester. This week, it's time for a slightly different discussion ... for being somewhat spammy and prone to flame wars) thread that got ... what the magic is at every level. Besides setting one up for plenty of

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 20, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Making friends by learning languages Welcome to the Language Conversation Exchange

  

  place for that. I took a lot of language classes in high school, but it ... . After coming to MIT I stopped studying languages for three semesters ... language skills. So for instance, if I want to practice Spanish, and since I

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 6, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking in with EA Applicants because I just saw Chris' post, and you probably did, too

  

  . It doesn't mean you weren’t “good enough” for MIT. Like, for real, it’s not about that at all. A positive decision ... . Sometimes, students here live for weeks on a deadline-to-deadline schedule, so

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 8, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biological Engineering at MIT My thoughts, feelings, and opinions (and slight ranting) about biology both at MIT and in…

  

  biology and if it weren’t for 7.01x being a GIR (a required class at MIT ... how can I make a therapy, how can I use this protein as a marker for ... depressing and could discourage you. So decide for yourself if you want to keep

  • by Ben O. '19
  • November 20, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Some virtuosos play $4 million violins, and some Trojan heros wear brass rats $4 million violins, not 4 million violins. Joshua Bell isn't *that* intense.

  

  concerts in the past week, for free. Concert #1: Verdi's Stabat Mater and Te ... a very inclined treadmill. I paid for my improper shoes / insufficient ... : MITSO and Concert Choir concerts are free for "members of the MIT

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 22, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Dyslexia at MIT Living with dyslexia, and the current state of dyslexia research, at MIT and otherwise

  

  This is my final paper for Science Journalism, a science writing ... for this paper taught me a lot about a subject that is central in many ... enjoy it, for a glimpse of a hot field as well as a bit of the research

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 7, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  More at Home At thirty thousand feet, thousands of miles away.

  

  computer for the entire month of January. Thus, when Chris made a call for ... doubt the IAP trip was a major draw for students, but I am also very much ... country is most famous for – and so registering for 4S.10 was a no

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • February 11, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Always Moving Forward: An entry by Prof. Patrick Henry Winston MIT has the nation's leading running back in Division III football?!? And he's a Computer…

  

  our football team is a true Division III team, and the players play for ... —rushing for 170 yards per game, attracting national attention—I just have to go ... he was a junior. As soon as I saw him, I went to the web for a look at

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 8, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Heartbreaking Lunch of Staggering Genius I'll write about campus dining some other day.

  

  waited for the bus from NYC to Boston in a cramped doorway whose grimy ... , in the midst of dispossessing my own kidney and grapethirsting for ripe ... character-building stories are for bloggers who secretly want to be Charles

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 30, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2008 – Another Highly Satisfied Customer! (Guest Entry) CPW! Meet the Bloggers! Free t-shirts! Tim the Beaver! Exclamation points!

  

  an iTouch or to dedicate myself to MIT for four years weeks before CPW ... ready for some MIT action. I left the plane and descended upon the luggage ... , for a one time only fee of five dollars (just kidding) you can join this

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Airplane boy strikes again Adam writes about his UROP.

  

  rattle was airplane-shaped, and for every birthday/Christmas/Groundhog Day ... research group for two years, and while when I started I was pretty much just ... second-generation vehicle and applying for more grant money, which I hope

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 12, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My design won an MIT merch contest I don't know why

  

  merch design competition for the graduating Class of 2025 (that’s me ... for it and make my dreams come true. [caption id="attachment_116958 ... friends are moving away, waiting for grad school decisions, etc. I wrote all

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • July 23, 2025
• Blog / Events

  BLOOD MOON FEST IS REAL!! "the blood moon rises and the blood moon falls but the wave of whimsy it…

  

  for my two midterms. I also ordered a pink Among Us pinata on Amazon for ... Infinite Reuse, and so now, we had everything we needed for Blood Moon Fest ... for the oven to get ready was a bit boring. I commented on her cool key

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  notes on hope despite despite despite

  

  have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred ... wreckage. It commands our attention, and for good reason. We have to survive ... time at MIT ticks closer and closer to an end (for real this time, for my

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 25, 2025
• Blog / Community Projects

  Mystery Hunt mile markers portrait of the blogger as a young puzzler

  

  MIT Mystery Hunt was, and what it was like. Since the youth yearn for ... facing up: For those of you who haven't been to campus before, that ... names, became one of the core people running our tech stack for puzzle

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • January 24, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Don’t forget to check in with yourself On living with intention

  

  ’ll delight in for the rest of my life, probably in part because many of my ... over again among us. I am so grateful for this.  When I think about my ... architecture major plotting to become a writer), I went into journalism for

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [Guest Post] A Whiff of Nostalgia Amidst the Scent of Youth by Daniel Barkowitz

  

  For the integrity of alumposting, I'm pasting Daniel's bio from 2009 (when he last blogged for MIT Admissions) as a brief intro: Daniel is the ... industry, including stints on "all three sides of the fence" -- working for

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 20, 2025