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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

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

  

  . Dear Hank & John and Hank’s TikToks taught me to think more critically and broadened my perspective on the world. I look forward to ... shares it. He cares deeply about the world and takes action to help make it

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • May 24, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  Life Lessons From Pistol Class But they don't buy pajamas / For pistol packin' mamas!

  

  Technically, there isn't much to shooting a pistol. Load rounds into ... no reason to panic about what to do next, and my heartbeat slows down ... period and couldn't bear the thought of going to class. So, unable to face

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 7, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  The Aftershock In memory of Kate Hunter ‘20 (1997-2017), who will always be remembered for her big…

  

  much already, but I’m thankful to have met and been friends with someone ... remembered for her big heart, bright mind, and beautiful smile. According to ... , confusing everyone, making weird sounds, and refusing to be consoled until it

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 18, 2018
• Blog / Advice

  You only got in because you’re a… how to cope when good news unexpectedly gives you the blues

  

  good at dealing with it, and so my typical strategy was to pretend that ... fact that I got to go home and rant to my parents every night. But I know ... full confidence in every kid they admitted to kick hella butt. And that

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 16, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Blogger Wrapped 2020 blogger wrapped, wrapped

  

  about it. This year, I'm going to be extra and do a bloggers wrapped ... "] powers wins, i didn't even know one could listen to that much bon iver ... listening to this playlist for the past few days, and tbh, the bloggers have

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 12, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  -eyed David duKor-Jackson, March 13, 2012: To whom much is given... Lydia K ... go relax and have some fun while you wait! Feel free to comment and ... respond to much of anything in the next 42 hours or so as we wrap everything

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 12, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  batteries recharging because that's what IAP is for

  

  get away, but my research called to me and i decided to forego a bunch ... :45 for fencing, and then sometimes go back at night to squeeze some more ... 's work i want to be doing, and not another soul-sucking pset that i have to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 22, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  On Greek history, and this strange end-of-semester sprint  tl;dr nerding out over a final essay

  

  don't have time to care this much, and I forget how good it feels. In ... really fun to dive into; and I'm a frosh on [annotation note ="pass ... have a focus on writing and speaking, and we've got to take one each year

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 11, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Being an Upperclassman Less than two years left

  

  . Transportation planning is a mix of civil engineering and urban planning, much to ... needing to eventually find a real job and about knowing what I want to do. I ... summer of my undergraduate career, and I want to make it count. I enjoyed

  • by Becca H. '12
  • October 21, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Satisfaction New year= New opportunities/classes = Happy Kirsten

  

  to calculate internal forces and deformations. It's a neat class ... Chemistry: Some of you might be confused as to why I'm taking this class, and ... meant that I haven't done much fun stuff other than spend an obsene amount

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 13, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  some IAP adventures as told by my camera roll

  

  't required to be on meal plans during IAP, and Next House has a fairly large ... way to socialize, and it doesn't hurt that you have to do less prep ... also exhausting, and we got to chat about [annotation note

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 4, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist post Some Q & A about the waitlist.

  

  tricky. It is hard to know who will choose to come and who will go ... waitlist or not, and if so, how many students they need to admit. At this ... financial aid package and you'll have time to consider your decision before

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Soldering Things pronounced "soddering"

  

  to develop and test these sorts of things in an environment where if ... learning how to read circuit board schematics and getting firehosed about ... led me to two extracurriculars: my UROP, which we've discussed, and the

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 25, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cellular neurobiology The more syllables it has, the cooler it is

  

  microscope again, and I was going to take pictures of the lab and our equipment ... camera. Hey, I'm not a morning person, and I can't remember to do ... talk to one another via chemical signals. One neuron gets excited, and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures of a Morning Person rise and shine

  

  out, doing laundry, and parking my bike are also much easier when almost ... Chancellor. Each respondent reported the approximate times they go to sleep and ... dorms, and some Greek houses are all directly next to the Charles

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • January 14, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cream Tea with the MIT Club of Great Britain Meeting MIT alumni in the UK

  

  anyone who has any connection with MIT and want to stay in touch with other ... trips to fun places. While this sounds like a lot of fun and something ... and I got to talk to some people who I haven't seen for more than a

  • by Cambridge
  • April 27, 2008
• Blog / Events

  December Events

  

  Rajasthan, India, to attempt an understanding of the complex and multi ... fresh style, intricate background, and amazing solos, Resonance plans to ... ----------- European Union Speaker Panel Integration and International Policy Featuring

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  I Wrote an MIT Application Essay on Getting a B in Calculus College Search 2KChel, how I found MIT, and how I turned the B around

  

  advisor. Much idyllic, such hipster, wow. To play to stereotype, I even ... transfer to my most recent laptop and could only be found in my old Hotmail ... me, but MIT is a reach school for everyone and it’s difficult to

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • October 12, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Don’t worry, the king lives…

  

  've been cataloging and evaluating these tactics and I've come to a ... love University of Oregon Football, and I can cook pretty much anything ... Hi Everyone, As you've now heard, Mr. Peterson is going offline to

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • August 7, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Blog Action Day Did you ever get the feeling that the Internet is full of nonsense?

  

  : Wow, great examples, Cristen and Laura, thanks so much for posting those ... help, and the great insight you provide to those of us looking in from ... perspective on this question, we can turn to the one and only Matt Mc

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 14, 2008