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• Blog / Admissions

  My Application Story Modified (but mostly plagiarized) from my personal blog. Enjoy the copy pasta.

  

  pretty much tied in terms of campus culture and workload. I want to major ... the Chicago and St Louis schools. Nothing really stood out to me until ... , and hopefully attending, the institution. To me, at that point, there

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 17, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  summertime! and the livin's easy?

  

  awhile and feel bad about it. There’s much I want to share, but words are ... work 9-5, hit the gym, eat dinner, and have the rest of the evening to ... morning is really fun. I’ve been so healthy, and have recognized how much

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 15, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Happenings What's been going on? Recent events at le MIT.

  

  guide on "How to Do CPW", and I heard it was "amusing" though I was really ... , Cara L. and I woke up at 6:30 am on a Saturday to get in line for 10 am sales: we were the 6th and 7th people in line! Turns out we didn’t need to

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 4, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Three Weeks a short summary of this crazy place

  

  currently being introduced to MIT. Professors are quirky and funny and ... 're willing to invest. Building numbers weave in and out like needle and thread ... neighborhood. In regards to the latter, it is the exact opposite here at MIT

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 12, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Dorms: MacGregor House Because really, sometimes you just need your own space.

  

  and a nice chunk of money to do with it what they wish. My entry, for ... ridiculous remote control known to man, and a pool table with our entry funds ... stall, and a urinal. (MacG used to be all-male back in the day.) It's up

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 20, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: A Smile Worth 1,550 Words guest post by Mariam D. '20

  

  instead asked me to come with her and brought me to a much younger girl, who ... recited a part of it to us with a voice uniquely both delicate and strong ... out supplies, building bathrooms, and helping to treat people on this

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  No more school, no more books Professors are people, too. Importantly, they're people who give free food.

  

  'll ever attend. I am trying really hard to scrounge up some sad, much as I ... four years here and I love MIT to death. On the other hand, no school ... asked Professor Housman to talk a little about his career and the things

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Ended Up Working for a Reality TV Show

  

  Convention. I donated  $20 and didn't think much of it. Fast forward to last ... people. But most "reality" TV is fake nowadays and so we want to do something different. We want to take over the medium of reality TV and use it

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 5, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Alpha Phi Omega Leadership, FRIENDSHIP, Service

  

  to much around me, when suddenly someone said, "Hey, Kim! Want a roll ... participating in meetings and social gatherings. So now he's been elevated to ... fine reason to join. There are all sorts of projects, and if they aren

  • by Kim D. '09
  • September 24, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  a text convo on failure and other stuff i guess

  

  morning, and failure came up. I thought to share some excerpts with you ... one of those people  ​👍​ to “ I mean and I mostly do it because I know ... classes and stuff Man I cried over those  ​👍​ to “ Man I cried over those

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 12, 2024
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Not Farewell After All Hello again!

  

  -bye to life at MIT and in particular, to the MIT blogs (direct quote ... MIT blogs and also to offer an update on my life post-MIT. I graduated about a year ago (June 2013) and - because I wasn’t ready to be a Real

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Blending In (Guest Entry) Of singing, eating, and shopping (sorta)

  

  fun to see all the random students and faculty pass by and stop to ... the arts were not underappreciated. There was so much to do that I ... to dorm dinners. My friend and I had wandered to Bexsley on our first

  • by Snively '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  what’s the word for

  

  much” to “what’s up” or “i’m good” to “how are you” knowing how to use ... it expecting someone to be somewhere and then they’re not. like ... lighter and lighter topics being lonely despite talking to lots of people

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 5, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  the lying lives of adults by elena ferrante

  

  and too kind to be bound by such fleshly desires, but eventually it is ... constructs of funerals and legal proceedings as superficial ways to maintain a ... critiquing our deceptions, to our own selves and also to others; at the end of

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  actual conversations i definitely had last night happy new year i guess

  

  work A: yeah and i bet they're saying to themselves A: look at these ... : do this, do that B: get used to it B: and we complain at first but ... A: i think i just have so much hate and resentment for myself A: that

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 1, 2022
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] STARS@MIT: A Year in Review By Claire S. '25

  

  ?” “What does MIT do as part of it?” and “How can it help me?” Well, the ... STARS (Small-Town and Rural Student) Ambassadors, to give you a quick ... -town and rural areas—have been doing to support rural high schoolers

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • April 23, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When I Grow Up In which I contemplate growing up and what I am going to do with my…

  

  POLYMERS and CATS." Really. All I want to do is have my cat (and maybe ... have to make hard decisions about polymers and cats and work or graduate ... you want to be when you grow up. Eventually, you'll get there. And it

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 8, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Happy 375, Boston! Turning 375 years old is no easy task.

  

  such seasonal favorites as Cucumber Ice Cream (yes, and it actually DOES taste like cucumber) and Pumpkin Ice Cream. There's one not to far from ... birthday, and I hope to check many of them out such as Harborfest 2005. One

  • by Bryan
  • July 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Firehose Warning: insomniac blogger on the loose.

  

  't matter very much in the long run) - but rather because if you come to MIT, you too will suddenly become exposed to vastly more technical and ... 's enough time for me to assure each and every one of you, right now, of this

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Color by Numbers

  

  fairly reasonable restrictions, and my roommate and I decided to take full ... off to 3 feet, and then used the shelf like a super-ruler. No, I ... long and harsh journey down to Economy Hardware (how did we know about

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 15, 2005