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• Blog / How to Human

  Three things I didn’t learn from class behold, the listicle

  

  checking if it’s the right bandsaw for the material you’re cutting, you turn ... never thought I would be coming to MIT to chop stuff. But during REX, for ... and a circular saw. I found it fun enough that I signed up for Maker

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 26, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  quiz: what halloween candy are you? based on your college applicant personality

  

  just for fun! What colleges are you applying to? I have like ... school to apply to early when’s Halloween? I’m too old for trick ... admissions interviews because it’s the truth. I genuinely want to go, for

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 22, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Nothing Gold Can Stay some reminders

  

  the time in the world for me to sit, staring at the ceiling, letting my ... drive from campus). In the midst of observing Ramadan and searching for a ... what you can do today for tomorrow Go out more, embrace the beauty of the

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 28, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  yeeting classes bye

  

  four a.m. psets would be for naught . . . plus, I felt uncomfortable with ... psetting for a subject I didn't care about. so I [annotation note ... challenged, but not miserable. but for now, all I can say is: yeet.

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 12, 2019
• Blog / People & Identities

  On Reconnecting spending winter break in India

  

  sunshine. And where hot street-side pakoras were perfect for a rainy day. A ... back in Boston for a week now. Roosters replaced with phone clocks. Kites ... and culture. But for the most part, being away from family and home, I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 13, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  A Complicated Synthesis Question starting materials include hard decisions and uncertain paths

  

  For most of the semester, I've lived and breathed in the ever ... 've been blessed. Can't remember the reagents for the reaction you have in ... " is unfavorable for a few reasons: 1) it's as cringe as it is cheesy,  2

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 7, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Making of Embrace the backstory to a gender-bending concept dance video, written by Ayomide F. '18

  

  mother’s shoe closet and beelined for these crimson-colored wonders that I’d been eyeing for a while. I strutted around for a bit before my ankles ... . The first and last place we looked for costumes was my closet.  

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 11, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: When in South Africa guest post by a fellow '21

  

  post series* For as long as I can remember I have wanted to travel the ... where I would be staying I slept for 11 hours (Jetlag is no joke). I woke ... the country I was seeing for the first time; the history became all too

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 31, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  MIT Regular Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2022 are now ... blog post to concentrate conversation in the open threads for admitted ... for waitlisted students can be found here, with more information about

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Why Leadership? (guest post) Inclusive leadership and vision-building at LeaderShape 2018.

  

  Wonderland Camp and Conference Center in Sharon, MA for the MIT Leader ... from my face. Overwhelmed at my desire for his dream to be the world ... this speech. Because I might have sat back and waited for an opportunity

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 21, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Blogger Fam Takes the MFA Photodump of semi-artsy pictures ahead

  

  the Boston Museum of Fine Arts for us. It happened to be somewhat early ... day. I can't remember for the life of me if this painting was by ... and the blogger fam for the great study break, and here's to many more!

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 13, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HackMIT 2017: Friends ❤, Food, and Flying Deloreans (Guest Post) Or maybe not quite that last one

  

  APIs, i.e. VR headsets, fitness bands, IoT devices, APIs for delivery ... : some cool examples are headphone-assisted navigation for the blind, blood sample diagnoses using an app and attachable lens, and even an app for

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • July 11, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  MIT Regular Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2021 are now ... blog post to concentrate conversation in the open threads for admitted ... for waitlisted students can be found here, with more information about

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Fighting Indifference MIT and MLK day

  

  go to work and found that the lab was closed for the holiday, and ... became even more confused in college; for example, I became much less ... quite literally been working toward MIT specifically for about six years

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 16, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  here’s your reminder to follow @tinycarebot automated reminders to care for yourself

  

  waiting patiently for something, and even harder, arguably, to distract ... D student Jonathan Sun, a/k/a @jonnysun, created as a unit project for CMS.614 ... @tinycarebot to remind him and his Twitter followers to do nice things for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 4, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Kevin’s Room Portrait of an MIT Student

  

  MIT campus is defined and elevated by its people, and for this blogpost ... -controlled planes for fun, often building them from scratch (some of which he featured ... freshman-year jolt MIT is known for. He admits to feeling like hot stuff

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 26, 2016
• Blog / How to Food

  making dumplings jiaozi / guotie / gyoza /

  

  a wet towel and let sit for a few hours FILLING (VEGETARIAN ... (try this or this for guidance, but it doesn't really matter as long as ... visited last weekend) (and margie and lauren for their photography)

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 19, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2016-17 Application Essay Questions For those of you rarin' to go.

  

  this year. Although our application does not go live for another few ... are required of you. Tell us about something you do simply for the ... -250 words) Describe the world you come from; for example, your family, clubs

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • July 26, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Warmth, Happiness, and Baked Goods (guest post) The best way to spend your time off.

  

  are reading this post. If you are in high school, you may be looking for ... why? To get into MIT? The truth is that the algorithm for college ... your health and literally sucks the life out of you. Now, for once, you

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 25, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chang Ning District, Shanghai 上海，长宁区

  

  Shout out to the MIT VPN for helping me climb the Great Firewall. Facebook and google are banned, but for some reason Facebook Messenger still ... summer--researching at the Media Lab and going to Ethiopia for the water

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 4, 2016