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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Alpha Delta Phi To Be The Best of Men

  

  , right? And it mostly is. While navigating the crowd at the Kresge Kickoff ... illegal intensity. “Geez,” I mumbled to myself. “Is this even going to work ... securing the library books. The added responsibility is not really something

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 20, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  mask on, mask off my used-to-be-virtual, and now post-virtual-but-still-neurodivergent life at MIT

  

  turn in a pset or three, but that’s what P/NR is for, and I stopped ... that the biggest barrier to getting a good grade is their failure to turn ... is to dislike noise. Instead of awkward small talk, people were willing

  • by Alice L. '24
  • December 22, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Chris inspired me to do dumb things I went to Disney World. It was fun, I guess.

  

  minutes, which is what I used for my proof of time for Disney. Next was a ... the day after putting in 45k steps. This is the part where I say to ... exists is because Disney needed to eat up some miles (the course was too

  • by Snively '11
  • July 20, 2016
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  My First Few Weeks at MIT … one year ago

  

  . First, the “important” stuff: MITES Summer is an on-campus summer program ... ? Terrifying. According to thousands of Reddit posts, MITES is insanely hard to ... MITES’ symbol is the delta - the Greek letter for change. And while I did

  • by Hala K. '29
  • September 22, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Rats ! Foiled Again !

  

  admitted I loved. All of this is a dangerous rabbit hole. For most of my ... . The reality is that I’m defined by my mistakes as much as I am defined ... enjoy this reality, which is undeniably pretty wonderful. It’s different

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • April 3, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  on a stage in black and red Performing in the MIT Monologues

  

  The MIT Monologues performed last weekend. MITMo is an offshoot of ... , meaningless encounters, where the only relationship that deepens is the one ... is someone you love (many people said their friends or siblings, though

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 9, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Making the Pi Day Video the experiment, part 2

  

  Director and the other member of the project, asked me where Angela is from ... mind: enter Emily ’22. Emily is a part of the not-so-secret team and she ... soon as they mentioned music, my next thought was Karthik. Karthik is a

  • by kellen manning
  • March 12, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Gap Year, Week 1 my plans for a year away from MIT during COVID-19

  

  unexpected twists of the last year, taking a gap year is one of the rare few I ... at night, and how much bigger the sky is when you can see it touch the ... . Since she normally goes to school at Harvard, this is a rare chance to be

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 31, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Harvard Friends, Part 2 finding my quarantine dream team

  

  This is the second part of a two-part series about being an MIT ... Zoom call is just so much lower than that of a meal together or a weekend ... of this. Planning fall living arrangements: Living at home is a mixed

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 29, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A recipe for disaster Behind the scenes of the "giant pie" video

  

  so we couldn’t use them Kristen is an actual course 2 and made the ... , which is too much of anything probably. We made the peach filling the night ... big brain idea of siphoning out the liquid using pvc tubing (this is how

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • March 11, 2019
• Blog / Events

  In Prison Literally

  

  got to Framingham, we noticed a sign reading, “Beaver Street”. “This is ... scrutiny is intense, 24-7. I was glad at the opportunity to take classes. I ... was just amazing. “This is really powerful,” said Madison. We all

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 5, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My first music festival It was muddy.

  

  a tractor? (For reference, this is what I mean by muddy: ) It ... , dear. Me: ... Woman: Be careful. Me: ... Man: This is the road right here ... Feat Of Heroism. With a "hey, this is also 12 volts," he pulled out the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 5, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  I get by with a lot of help from my friends Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song! You just might walk out…

  

  . College, on the other hand, is all about change. I have to laugh at myself a ... ’ll remember Steven, who is terrible at drawing but still leaves notes of ... ." Asking for help (or advice) is one bitter pill for an MIT student to

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • June 1, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  What I want to be when I grow up Did I go with the baseball announcer idea? Or the Daily Show script writer? Read…

  

  . Which is great and all, but doesn't necessarily indicate lifelong interest ... is getting ridiculous. I apparently hate engineering so much I can ... that it is possible to combine science and humanities...everything came

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  A Day at the Races Read this entry. It will rock you. I promise!

  

  Miracle (although "I Want It All" is definitely one of my top 3 Queen songs ... off-campus, even in Boston, is generally considered pretty difficult, so ... . No, only with a pass. Please, this is the only thing I want to do in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vast Oral Tradition Bela Bartok, a fluorescent rabbit, and Helen Keller walk into a bar. Stop me if…

  

  Okay, I haven't blogged all week... the last week of term here is ... the next morning. Wednesday: 10.302 exam. That is all ye on earth know ... variations. This is the full three minutes and twenty seconds of what I came up

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] Take Me *Home* to the Ballgame By Claire S. '25

  

  that’s a conversation for another time). But whatever it is that connects

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • July 31, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  small changes feeling big my winter in Armenia

  

  Every IAP, I travel. I can't help it. There's this wanderlust gremlin in me that's always eager to experience new places. Access to global experiences is one of the reasons I chose this MIT, especially because I didn

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 17, 2025
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT EA Decisions to be Posted Tuesday, 12/17/24, at 6:28 PM ET exactly what it says on the tin

  

  something that makes you stop and think "wow, the world we live in is freakin

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 10, 2024
• Blog / Blog Projects

  24 Pumpkins a journey through the streets of Boston

  

  variety of fall-themed Trader Joe’s snacks (the maple syrup fudge is

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 9, 2024