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• Blog / How to Human

  Is this the real life? Guest writer for Sam's Blog, Ruth '07 goes home to Georgia, gets ditched by most…

  

  to me. You'd think by the number of "Protect Families: Ban Homosexual ... adventure down memory lane. And for those of you who I haven't told a billion ... , Georgia, but the Dukes of Hazzard TV show was filmed in my hometown of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Long-Overdue Responses Questions answered.

  

  - on both sides of the equation. I apologize to those of you who think ... " will get something out of it. Others won't, no matter what I say here. That makes me sad, but I can live with it, thanks to the rest of you

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2004
• Blog / Challenges

  then and now a reflection on the very bad

  

  lot of questions about the application process. I answered as best as an ... didn't know how to respond. My mom pulled me out of school after that, even though we had a couple of days before spring break. "Useless fucking

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 5, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  happy to introduce you to MacGregor, MIT's only dorm composed of all ... TechCash. By which I mean your parents can pay for it. MacGregor also ... out of pasta. Or Mountain Dew. MacGregor is divided into nine "entries

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

  Advice from Graduating Seniors to incoming freshmen

  

  among the many resources MIT offers to get the little bit of extra help on ... the Class of 2021 will gather and President Reif will give a welcoming address. At that time, the Class of 2021 will officially be freshmen.  

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 28, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  the perfect choice doesn’t exist not the same river, not the same you

  

  zero. once again you can determine how busy i am by the rate of my ... process of internship app season feels like a rehash of college admissions ... college admissions process. it feels like such a brief period of time

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 22, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Anticipation of Pi Day 2017 bloggers past and present try to make you feel better right now

  

  worth, since you likely qualified just by applying. You are a part of the ... of pi day by Yuliya K. '18 Second Semester Senior by Selam G. ‘18 A Penny for Your Thoughts by Erick P. '17 Although of course you end up

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 13, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Flu shots optimizing literally everything

  

  the past. A bunch of people in our hall told me to get the shot. It ... shot clinic was one of the coolest things I’ve seen since I got here, and ... . One of my friends on the floor I live in stuck his sticker on his door

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 8, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  sometimes when it rains I feel seventeen and seventy all at once

  

  My first impression of MIT was through Math Prize for Girls, and it ... by “I have never seen anywhere as crowded as Flour is, and also these ... latte,”  and then I did a Lot of Math that weekend,  and took a picture

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 28, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  mit: it’s complicated confliCTING FEELINGS

  

  hopes of making good impressions but i realize at this point it will all ... simultaneously i feel like i've been wandering without really processing anything ... relationship with mit like on one of those public facebook post thingies it

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 6, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding My Way Around MIT (Guest Entry) CPW was so hugely difficult to take in all at once that it's hard to…

  

  by Rena Katz CPW was so hugely difficult to take in all at once that ... . Amy Smith gave an excellent presentation about some of the challenges of ... a method of producing charcoal bricks out of natural waste materials

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Class Projects

  What I made in my documentary class three videos and many, many lessons

  

  , taught by Professor Vivek Bald. Learning to make videos was a goal of mine ... , maybe fear of failure or struggle, was ripped off during the process. Just ... of visuals and storytelling. But, once the summer came along, and I was

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • January 5, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  taking care in all forms

  

  , but they do make me feel better by virtue of being something familiar ... of us tried to process the situation--the employee was trying to figure ... i've been thinking, recently: in times of need, who takes care of me

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 22, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ for Maker Portfolios You have questions - I have answers!

  

  This post has been updated as of October 2018 to reflect new ... teaching myself the language Processing, adding to Matlab, Python, VB ... lot of questions about the new Maker Portfolio supplement on the MIT

  • by Dr. Dawn '04, MS '06, PhD '11
  • October 1, 2013
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Guest Post] Because Racecar, Friendships, and Family By Monica C. '25: "What I’ve learned about being an engineer, friend, and teammate by…

  

  teach me any step by step processes. They instead gave me projects and the ... of our competition. It was so surreal to be surrounded by so much rural ... This is a blog by Monica C. ‘25 about her experience on the MIT

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • July 31, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breadsticks and Business Just remember, undergrads are like puppies in the eyes of an alum

  

  Bertuccis Brick Oven Pizzeria is the Breadsticks of Cambridge, MA. This is ... order pizza, but then ask for a bag of those famous pizza dough rolls to ... dinner a few months ago, Bertucci’s was the obvious choice of venue. It

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 24, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  climbing and becoming a perspective on moving to the US for MIT and the slow journey towards adulthood

  

  'm frustrated by is that learning this lesson of commitment to your path is ... that's okay, because I'm (aren't we all?) in this process of finding the ... objective: "Get to the top of this wall, in any way possible". This flavor of

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • September 16, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Followup

  

  school by what type of kids go there, of what academic abilities and ... accomplishements in life may be measured by the size of one's stock market portfolio ... untethered by any limitations of intellect. This is a reality and if someone

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 30, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Memory Quilt insert many sobbing emojis here

  

  haven't processed the sadness of being robbed of a year of my college ... At MIT, one inevitably collects a lot of shirts. Like...a lot. There ... , and of course, Career Fair. These shirts pile up in your wardrobe slowly

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 27, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Time to Enroll You have doubts, I have gifs

  

  ’ decision processes. Members of the Student Financial Services staff are ... It's May 1st. Most of your friends have decided where they are going ... well at MIT.     First of all, please   and let

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • May 1, 2014