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• Blog / Challenges

  Maiden Voyages First years, welcome to MIT

  

  hung from the rearview mirror. Boston is a very small city, but from ... , which is literally thirty seconds from where I got my ID. So, I turned ... that it is not easy, and it shouldn't be. MIT is a colossal change, and

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  bday burnout no more spiders please

  

  [annotation note="since first east is a cat hall, we have four cats living here ... them rolled out in my blanket, which is really weird because i swear i ... the way my room is set up is that I can't open my window because the

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • March 18, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  That wasn’t skiing, that was falling with style! Guest post by Katy Kem '16

  

  Hello everybody! My name is Katy and I’m a senior studying electrical ... MIT the month of January is not part of the normal school year. Instead ... are pretty good though! (Shoutout to Mikey, whose body my head is subtly

  • by Joel G. '18
  • April 5, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  World’s Best Rib Recipe as advertised

  

  're watching the Logarhythms sing. But wait, is that the bass belting, or my ... . Using a fork or tongs, flip the rack so it is bottom facing up, and spread ... . Repeat this process until the meat is tender and pulling off from the bone

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 27, 2011
• Blog / Events

  “Exactly” the Same We're not being too critical! We're MIT students!

  

  Mystery Hunt that I think all I'll be able to manage is an entertaining ... series of words or pictures. This is the kind of conversation you might overhear while a puzzle is being solved: (The following puzzle is completely

  • by Snively '11
  • January 28, 2008
• Blog / Community Projects

  Bad Ideas events I went to (another late IAP post) i can’t believe ellie beat me to the punch

  

  IAP is one of my favorite times of the year, because it's the best ... . Basically, anything within reason. The default fight is a wrestling match ... , which I think is a pretty good compromise. I stopped by for a few minutes

  • by Anika H. '26
  • March 8, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  How I got recruited to play D3 soccer at MIT the college sports recruiting process

  

  outdated. This is how I went about the college recruiting process for soccer ... camp is where a college (or colleges) hosts a soccer training session ... before showing up to pre-season. The journey is not the same for everyone

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / Summer

  SSP aka summer science program aka summer sleep program aka silly science people aka summer solstice…

  

  The Summer Science Program (SSP), which is co-sponsored by MIT, is a 39 day summer program in astrophysics, biochemistry, genomics, or ... of a lifetime,” but to only focus on education is selling it short. In

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • February 10, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  Things I did instead of thinking (about decisions)

  

  never watched Queen’s Gambit so idk if this is actually accurate). This is ... There is nothing quite like making something soft and purple that you can

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  the Big Rocks are calling and I must go MITOC winter school!!

  

  quickly like rain, but as if it's taking its sweet time. It is beautiful. Walking through soft ice is quite different from walking on normal ground ... , maybe it is that deep. Lifting yourself out of soft ice gets tiring fast

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  A Week in the Life of a Student-Athlete feat. women's soccer & meche

  

  . The season is flying by, and we’ve played a whopping total of 18 games ... because of my fractured and sprained foot, which is such a bummer because I ... , who is a grad student from Boston University and works with us for the

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 31, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  they want to see you fail managing others' envy

  

  —it’s like I’m claiming there’s something about me or what I have that is so ... , to be clear, is a vanity metric and not indicative of much, but it ... ’s why my favorite non-single song from Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour album is

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  sk8 jebby on a skateboard

  

  mental struggle. Rationally, you know that the board is going to move when ... skateboarding probably is that anywhere (that isn't explicitly prohibiting ... a place is; as long as it's relatively smooth ground, it works. The

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 29, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  what happened yesterday? "what's the name of the mushroom shop?"

  

  ; fairly mundane stuff. But mundane is nice. I often feel like I have to ... note="yesterday here is referring to last last Saturday. you know how ... ="the harvard bridge is probably more well known, but the longfellow's much cuter

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 20, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  the last twenty days burning out before the semester even starts

  

  party and various [annotation note="Next House is divided into eight wings ... hundred students to new rooms is a fairly difficult process, and takes quite ... generally try to keep on top of things at start of the semester, it is a bad

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  what the f*** am i doing this summer still don't know if i'm going abroad or not lol

  

  a startup and 2. think Israel's start up scene is sick. around ... ...! the coordinators said the State Department warning is still at level 3 ... behind Israel, or if the level will change before July 18th, which is when

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 12, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  how to get to Boston the VERY HARD way

  

  , flying is not looking so hot right now. When I moved back to Cambridge this ... is easy these days. Fact 1: my internship switched to being a Canadian ... weeks. Now it's mid-August, and the situation is the same. hey caragay

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 19, 2020
• Blog / Summer

  Diving In transforming myself into a cs bro

  

  . For me, the hardest part is figuring out where to start. I started ... my mind and thoughts is incredibly convenient and something I didn ... my confidence is what most likely will hold me back from pursuing what

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 23, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  What We Did In High School pls don't be as stressed as we were

  

  is important to make. So, just like Michelle, we will write about what ... 've mentioned in a couple blogs already). Describing this relationship is on our to-blog list, because it is truly special. But for the purposes of this

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • July 11, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  hey kids you should apply there's still time!

  

  . After all, MIT is one of those schools that you strategize to get into ... ’s why I think you should apply. 1. Applying to MIT is how you get into ... aid is pretty generous compared to other schools. It was actually

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 4, 2017