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• Blog / MIT Life

  Finally, a free minute

  

  Well, the last week and a half has been busy, to say the least. I ... the lab, participating in cheerleading recruitment and tryouts, and ... everything done, and we got a great group of freshmen in the entry, as well as

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 5, 2005
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  on the waitlist. If you would like to be considered for the waitlist ... —if you look beyond the thing you’re waiting for—it can also be full of ... , take a breath, and remember that we can only do the best we can. https

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2026
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  There were many incredible applicants to the MIT Class of 2030, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down some wonderful students. The ... civilly and with the best of intentions, even though this may be a difficult

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2026
• Blog / MIT Life

  post-blizzard pics except idk how to use photoshop

  

  during the snowstorm Sunday/Monday, MIT campus was closed Monday and Tuesday. After the brunt of the blizzard passed through on Monday evening, I strolled around to take some photos of the snow while it was still fresh. I

  • by Victor D. '27
  • February 28, 2026
• Blog / How to Food

  SUCH a fruity guy in which I prevent scurvy

  

  of renovations, the current population is a mix of seniors who lived in EC during their freshman year, and then everyone else who never had the opportunity to live here prior. Floorpi is unique in that it is the only floor

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 20, 2026
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  ’s okay, too. For now, remember that you're in the middle of the ride, and we’ll see you back here in March. So you're stuck in the middle of a moment No clear path, no shining star Just a step away, the world's okay So

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  doctor worm not a real doctor but i am a real worm

  

  the 17th to saturday the 29th i went into lab every single day. i justified it with the fact that i didn't have any classes to take my time away ... , with classes resuming, my average time leaving the lab was around 9 or 10

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • April 8, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  be able to offer them admission to the Class of 2029. The comments on ... want to talk to us in the comments below, we’re here for you. We ask that you converse civilly and with the best of intentions, even though this

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  welding 1000 digits of pi nom nom buzz buzz

  

  social. The pies were oh-so delicious. I want to share with you some pictures and videos from one of the events. [annotation note="ive been ... !"]Project Manus,[/annotation] the easiest way into the MIT makersystem, hosted an

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 23, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  We Really Aren’t Kids Anymore avoiding the part where it all has to end

  

  , but without the FPOPs and orientation. I felt angsty because I felt like we (the class of '24s) were supposed to just get it. Like we were supposed to just know where the lounge for our newly declared majors was, and

  • by Paige B. '24
  • July 9, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  how i feel about ai-generated art from an artist's perspective

  

  learning about the craft of writing, I certainly understand the frustration—if my goal was to produce well-written sentences, then perhaps the advent ... the same (and a quick glimpse at Twitter would prove that they

  • by Rona W. '23
  • June 11, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  classes are over!!!! i feel so free

  

  Today was the last day of classes for the spring semester—and, as a senior, the last day of classes for my undergraduate career. So, after my ... [annotation note="a wonderful Next House subcommunity where I live called 4W, or the

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • May 16, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Things I Know to Be True Introductions and peanut butter Oreos

  

  uncertain when you hold them too close. Still, I add to the list. Markers of ... and uncontrollable, I return to the list. I remind myself of what I know to be true. Some truths are easy. For example, the addition of peanut

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • September 29, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  i am overwhelmed. what happens when a pandemic, recession, racial reckoning and recruitment season join forces?

  

  -or-break moment- the last chance you have to make use of your CPT before you ... .031 as much as I do, even though it’s slowly draining the life out of me ... the World), where I got to present a piece from my current most favorite

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 29, 2020
• Blog / How to Food

  sourdough start & restart & starter this is and is not a metaphor

  

  perhaps to come from the verb alo, to feed, nourish, and develop. This is ... nourished by the university."]Aulus.[/annotation] (Me: "Mom, if you were my ... tricky. For the first week, I was just feeding him the regular flour we

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 19, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  nothing & everything what i did this IAP!

  

  . But the break felt so short, and once I was back at MIT, I was in an awkward middle spot: life wasn't quite full enough to feel that the semester ... between the kerning of those letters, everything is hiding.) I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 3, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  A Mentor to Remember – Patrick Winston (1943-2019) Celebrating Professor Winston

  

  highlight his legacy through our collective memories.   The official ... I will no longer see Professor Winston, one of the few professors who ... prioritize and humanize people the way Professor Winston did. I took this

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 24, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2018-19 Application Essay Questions

  

  We've gotten some questions about our essay prompts for the ... planning ahead of time, which I respect and value (maybe the most ... short-answer essay questions (I've blogged about the philosophy behind

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2018
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Proposed: MITAdmissions Labs a wonderful, terrible, awful idea

  

  meeting most of the goals we set in the bullet points at the bottom of that ... understanding MIT. So I fired up the old email client and sent the following email ... , and I am overseeing the projects. We are working with Upstatement, who

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 10, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  Thanksgiving Nostalgia if MIT == home

  

  itself), it felt foreign, nothing like walking through the familiarity of the infinite. Maybe it seems silly, but even grabbing something out of the fridge felt like I was a guest in my own home. Even more than that

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • December 1, 2017