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• Blog / Admissions

  Five Years of Admitted Student Gatherings MIT community is getting bigger

  

  branded balloons are tied to the mailbox. There is a poster of the Dome on the front door. Inside, we are welcomed into the MIT community by alums ... about high school, potential majors, and what we wanted to be in our

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 29, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  ICIC A journey to deliciousness

  

  hope about the ice cream half-expected the ice cream to be at the top of ... decided it was time to bring my casual bike ride form of training to the next level by joining the MIT Cycling Club for one of the Best Ideas Ever

  • by Karen F. '11
  • May 30, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  gratitude happy thanksgiving

  

  say “thank you” to the bus driver, so how can “thank you” also be enough ... be grateful for every moment of existence. That’s the philosophy of the ... ’t expend much energy on pondering the concept of gratitude. In that sense

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 24, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Froshmore oh to exist in a state of ~liminality~

  

  Hi I’m Audrey, a new face in this bloggerverse! As the illustration ... experiment with illustrated formats on the blogs. On the other hand, writing is ... for fun more often, maybe I can be cool too.” Writing for fun usually

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 2, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life slows down a bit – if you let it Fire and hacking has been replaced by housework and skydiving

  

  The blogs turn 10 and all the bloggers get e-mails saying "Write something fun for the 10-year blog birthday!" so, of course, I say yes.  It ... ! ACTIVITY! LECTURE! WITTY! WOO!" Now?  "mow the lawn. go to work. clean stuff

  • by Snively '11
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Last Look Back 201920192019

  

  , when the future (the one where you have to be a responsible adult and ... of way. I'm back home, surrounded by the interminable expanse of flat ... have been savoring all the delicious home-cooked meals. Most importantly

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 31, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Reasons I haven’t blagged… hint: "I'm Busy" isn't one of them

  

  doesn’t usually happen lol). But the reason I call being “actually busy ... posting--or for a more dramatic flair, The 7 Capital Vices I Have Oft ... , Professor Hazel Sive had an inspirational quote as her first slide up at the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 29, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Is MIT too hard? warning: metaphors ahead

  

  -six back to back 4:45 miles.  How do they do it? The answer is that they ... feels that way in the middle of a hell week - what's the point of having midterms, psets, and essays clustered in the same few days, anyway? And you

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 18, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Nibble of Music

  

  . When reading, I'm most likely to be listening to a specific album -- the ... course, a big reason for the it being named that, aside from the popularity ... . But instead of the first 10 (decimal is so ordinary!), I decided to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 22, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Something to chalk about “These murals are f*cking rad” – Petey

  

  reasons I will not get into"]many were erased over the past summer ... MIT is a 168-acre playground for the world’s brightest undergrads ... , spongey dorm. We have cats! A ball pit! And we can even draw on the walls

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 24, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Noise and time chaos and peace in a silver package

  

  . MIT is a very exciting place. For most of the things you'll be ... back to the idea of me time to be alone that Gloria is talking about ... from more silent moments and especially being in nature. I love the

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • October 15, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Person Who Inspired Me to Start this Blog The girls of Sri Lanka have in Alia an incredible beacon of hope and defender…

  

  . Enough about me, though. The point is that I’d grown to be quite ... ; this year (as was the amazing Melis Anahtar, who I’ll be profiling ... My cousin was involved in the Free Tibet campaign when he attended

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • December 9, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Tunes of the All-Night Tool Just a little night music from me.

  

  weekend can be lonely. Fortunately, music can help. Which is why I'm taking ... a few of the top hits on my playlist right now. Some of these are old ... [/embed] Dragonforce: Through the Fire and the Flames Mokoma: Takatalvi (Liz '11

  • by Paul B. '11
  • September 29, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  in the pursuit of knowledge want to see a MacArthur Genius dancing to gangnam style?

  

  the above sentence of a college essay that thankfully never made it into ... travesty of a sentence last year.  I still make lame over-the-top metaphors ... (The Problem With Wikipedia is basically my life). But Wikipedia

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 19, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Some Useful Things Things that greatly enhanced my chance of survival quality of life at MIT, and lots…

  

  At the start of the semester a close friend of mine gave me her loft ... -averse but also terrified of heights, but it turned out to be a fantastic idea ... , the height of a loft—evaporated within hours. When I moved my head, my

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / How to Food

  Adventures with Miracle Fruit The lemons had a meaty flavor that should not have been there.

  

  The berry of the West African Synsepalum dulcificum (miracle fruit) bush has been popular in the United States since the 70s for its temporary effect on taste. The berry’s miraculin glycoprotein (3

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First day of classes What some MIT freshman schedules look like.

  

  Yesterday was the first day of classes at MIT. I remember the ... go through it all again! You might be wondering, what would I take as ... best suit their needs. And even within the courses that are required

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  print “Hello, World!\n”; Everything you ever needed to know about me

  

  me to be for the three or four hours when school was over and work wasn ... Hello! I don’t think we’ve met. I’m the girl who rollerblades everywhere. You might have seen me if you walk down the Infinite at the right

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  sophomore accumulations because i miss show and tell

  

  be the year when things 'get real', at least as a Mech-e, and I found ... This week, as classes began to die down, I told a friend: "the only ... to your second year than the "sophomore slump", and certainly much more

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • May 6, 2025
• 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. '25
  • March 23, 2024