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• Blog / How to Food

  kitchen nightmares bugs and toasters and explosions, oh my!

  

  trash is overflowing and you can't get a good grasp on it and all your ... of us know how to use can openers, apparently. The little twisty ... delicious thing on the planet. 4. Unplugging pressure cookers can lead to

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 5, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Writing is useful for science. Surprise!

  

  of 9 to 1. How do you get time? You write. You argue persuasively for ... you were doing, you could in theory get observation time on the VLA. I say "in theory," because as you can probably imagine, getting time on

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 30, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  I Met John Waters This beautiful mobile home you see before you is the current hideout of the notorious…

  

  On Monday night, instead of studying for finals, I went to church ... or LA to be a star anymore. You can stay in your home town and make it ... go through these cycles. Don't get me wrong; I am glad that I go to MIT

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 22, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Careers in biology Also known as "why on earth I'm applying to graduate school".

  

  from four to six to a zillion years, depending on how fast you get your ... lecturing for 9.12 that he needed to tell us "what you're getting into by ... of arrows on that page, so I'll try to clarify. First you finish your

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  So who is this Laura person, anyway? Hello and welcome to the single coolest blog on the entire admissions website. My name…

  

  Hello and welcome to the single coolest blog on the entire admissions ... I can't even begin to explain it. When I do get to MIT, I'm planning ... 'll have no further comment on that today. I love to read and write. I read

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Hate the Last but at least, I'm trying not to

  

  feelings. To say "that's just how life works" and move on. But that no longer ... Paige, On behalf of the Admissions Committee, it is my pleasure to offer ... me. I used to hate the last week of classes. I hated how empty it felt

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 22, 2024
• Blog / IAP

  My IAP Mugs, polymers, cats, and pineapples.

  

  students/affiliates/alumni how to create fancy cocktails the correct way, and ... ! Bad Ideas PINEAPPLES! To find out what I mean, you're just going to ... Ahh my IAP is going to be so cool!!! There are quite a few things

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 3, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  uncertainty becoming a boring adult

  

  ’m working on a half-finished project i tend to assume a positive outcome for ... empathize with the state of mind of not wanting to commit because you’re ... is to say, if you’re a curious person with an open mind, you can

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 31, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  How to not love CPW but love MIT (for the most part at least)

  

  /social sciences person in high school (thought that I would go on to study some ... and make sure to get outside during the nice days. There are some ... opportunities, and you have everything that convinced me to put a ring on it.

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 30, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On being a lab rat I flail around trying to explain what I do at work every day.

  

  the cell gets both a red (your gene) plasmid and a blue (unknown gene ... to sell my organs piece by piece on the global black market, I'm pretty ... advisor. On a day-to-day basis, I work independently... after working in the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  incoming how i’ve been spending my iap yes get ready for like 8 of these in a row

  

  disheartening watching my friends easily get solutions to problems it takes me ... my academics that much, so here's some brief insight on how things have ... meticulously calculating each of my grades to see what I need on each assignment

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 16, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  REXachusetts Institute of Technology your guide to the daily confusion

  

  where you're going to live, REX is the perfect time to explore MIT’s dorms ... years and upperclassmen, and get a feel for everything MIT has to offer ... classes begin next week. But over the last week, the Class of 2026 arrived on

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  Tofu corndogs and low-fat ice cream

  

  , because I go to cheerleading practice and throw people around and get muscly ... lost about 5 pounds last term on what I like to call the "75 Unit Diet ... to stay in shape so that when he careens down a mountain on glare ice

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 1, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Bumping Up Against—and Breaking Through—the Glass Ceiling Part 2 of my adventures at the National Conference for College Women Student Leaders

  

  close over my head—how ironic for it to happen after a few days of ... through to get where they are today, but there’s something about the phrase ... telling you to explore science or chase your dreams would be like preaching

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 20, 2010
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] Small-Town and Rural Students take on MIT and Boston By Vaneeza R. 25'

  

  see.The admissions office hosted workshops on how to balance academic ... community. Having this time to get to know one of the students on a more ... Bringing STARS to Campus: Reflections on our first STARS@MIT Fly

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • March 20, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  it’s been thirteen days since the Eras Tour began

  

  , to put on my literary critic monocle, starting with ivy!  How's one to ... . Soon enough though, I started to really like Maroon, You’re On Your Own ... . The music video is also very fun to watch. I think the love songs on

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 30, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  play dough

  

  foreign. I was the kind of person that needed to dwell on something before ... freedom of smashing your playdough together. The bravery of painting on a blank canvas without any idea of what stroke you're going to do next. It

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 28, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Post-Thanksgiving Post-stuff and Foodstuffs In which I'm reminded I have a life, and am thus eligible to give a…

  

  'm sorry, but you're wrong. At other times, it's quite a lot to handle, and I almost don't know how to get started with things. That same ... , seizing on an opportunity to get me into the kitchen, asked me to come up

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Swag … I mean, Career Fair What I did not acquire at the career fair:A job.

  

  : blogging for MIT admissions!) Even though I didn’t get, or even attempt to ... gone to MIT and gotten a job at the career fair! Also in attendance on ... Computer mouse with retractable cord, which doesn’t seem to work Headphones

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 30, 2010
• Blog / Events

  REX at Random Hall ice cream, epic meals, water wars and turing tests!

  

  . We'll show you how to use Zephyr to hang out with friends, get help ... Random instead of having to lie on your back in the Sistine Chapel. Bring ... you don't have to drive to get here. See how much maple syrup you can

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • August 27, 2015