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• Blog / Events

  Halloween, Part 2 Sometimes it's fun to be somebody you're not.

  

  more fun to be debating political issues with the other nobles when you're ... by the 2011 Class Council. What's your favorite costume out of this ... 's Sandman) in the background, which is one of my favorites, out of all the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 8, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  I Feel *a* Last or at least, I'm trying to

  

  to be told. And that scared me. Now the semester is ending, *I look up ... to leave a part of myself behind me, and move onto what's next. Is the word for this closure? I think it is. The semester started, it went by

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 22, 2022
• 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…

  

  come to me" the way that language does. And to be perfectly honest, I was ... job at the time. During primary school, I remember wanting to be a ... the time were really cool. I also wanted to be a novelist. One year the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I auditioned for a musical Oh my goodness, oh my goodness

  

  's a wimp. When situations get rough, she jumps on her bed to get as far ... audience as possible. Don't get me wrong: I love to sing. I'm no good at it ... in the evening, I walk back to French House along the back of the dorm

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 2, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  NACAC Conference Wrap-up from the national admissions conference.

  

  is very concerned about the stress placed on students and families by ... a blog is, and 2) how blogs can be used to demystify the admissions ... is greeted with generous aid packages. It was also nice to get to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Silent Dance Party If we had the chance, we'd ask the world to dance.

  

  is deeper than the Atlantic Ocean and is only a few decibels louder than a sledgehammer, its collective love of the song "The Way I Are" by ... It's been a while! I fully apologize for not writing since getting to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  IHTFP Warning: Bitterness Ahead! (And why IHTFP can mean so many different things.)

  

  . No, really. To all of the recently admitted, and any other hopefuls who ... you get to choose where you live and stay with something like a family for years, and you will love the way that grades are flexible and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist We have admitted 20 waitlisted students.

  

  will lose your deposit at the other school, but it is a standard practice ... to introduce yourself to the rest of your class. And for those of you ... For the second consecutive year, we have been able to admit students

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Antietam? I hardly knew him. A Fourth of July fable, while I'm stuck in Germany.

  

  to turn in your permission slips!), you're going to see the High Water ... greatly helped. Actually, Lee was on his way to Harrisburg, which, as the ... saw, despite its colorful, name couldn't really get you all the way

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Milk, Cookies and Dangerous Secrets Somewhere at the cloying helm of exponential senselessness (weird post incoming)

  

  stomach is not rumbling, but there’s enough flatness in it to proclaim the ... moment he gets to his destination. He makes a turn to the left, his back ... an MIT student, he bought the milk carton and made his way to his floor

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 29, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  61 Photos from my Time at MIT from freshman to senior year

  

  wonderful way to say goodbye for the summer. Speaking of friends, my best friend and neighbor (the one with green hair) is a pet mom to two bearded ... of the sample songs to learn about sound was performed by the MIT

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 3, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  glassblowing & me a series of memories

  

  responsibility is to myself. Not myself, but the person that I am, the way that I ... luckiest sophomore in the world when my piece of paper is pulled and I get ... since."]the world is ending.[/annotation]I go to glassblowing anyway

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 18, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The School of Architecture + Planning What happened to "science"? "Engineering"? "Technology"?!

  

  the entire School of Architecture+Planning is pretty small. The school ... leading to the Bachelor of Science in Art and Design degree: Architectural Design. The overwhelmingly popular concentration; this is what

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • December 28, 2008
• Blog / CPW

  the two sides of CPW CPW as told by a prefrosh and an upperclassman

  

  has been a blur). Our job is to basically coordinate all of the events ... . The East Campus courtyard is a great place to come hang out and chill ... exhausted and not ready to do it all again in the morning, but such is the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 24, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Re-Froshening A Story of Cynicism and Optimism

  

  are. I resisted becoming bitter to the best I could, but in that last ... (in which I get to play with the internet!), that zealous nature started ... somehow started to come easily. I feel invigorated by the work I do and what

  • by Piper '13
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  [Joint Post] Chatting with Hank Green, the MIT Commencement Speaker interviewing Hank + sharing student stories!

  

  and I fight every month over who gets the socks. They’re designed by ... a huge fan of things. Like, I tend to consume content in a way that is ... here on Earth is WAY more interesting and important  than the average

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 24, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  As we hurtle towards Pi Day… A post of posts.

  

  is by no means an exhaustive list): Me, March 16, 2011: Bleary-eyed David duKor-Jackson, March 13, 2012: To whom much is given... Lydia K ... questions, probably best not to ask them here, as I probably won't be able to

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 12, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Burchard Scholars Program (old time stamp: 11-21-09) - this entry is five months late >___

  

  is that the lectures are so eclectic and wide-ranging that you're bound ... arranged by Professor Lindgren of the Music Faculty for us to all attend a Yo ... there was a massive photo flurry. I didn't get to be in the pictures since

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 18, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  When You Yourself Are Far Away Donuts, used books, and some wonderful/terrible recipes you need not try.

  

  Career Fair is a magical time: in addition to the opportunity and the stuff, the jobful and the seeking return to MIT and I get to see some of ... they run out of donuts. That day we got to get a lot of donuts to share

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cancel all operations Tell your friends to cool it, my cover's blown.

  

  , awesome entry. I heard that Random is very selective (hard to get into) how true is that? It's the very smallest dorm, so it is more difficult to get ... , it is a significant investment of time to do the problem sets. Another

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 16, 2006