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• Blog / Advice

  Taking the L: Part ✌️ My goal was Heaven anyways.

  

  of 2.007. This class is like the origin of everything engineering that ... munchkin land, a train that goes to Oz, and a giant Oz head in the middle of ... assignments a week to keep up with. I did not do a very good job of keeping up

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 13, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  Guest Blog: Operation Overgourd A different kind of pumpkin drop (by Lauren H. '16!)

  

  have the dangerous dual combination of both being full of awesome project ideas and being really, astoundingly good at the whole art thing. She's got a blog of her own, The Fullerene Incident, where she documents her

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • November 16, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Story of Tim Tebow My friend Steve '11 wrote a blog for the not admitted.

  

  life-both good and bad-are the products of factors that you cannot ... Hey all - On the night admissions came out (two nights ago), my good friend Steve '11 (freshman ex-roommate) was reminded of the story of Tim

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2010 Apply...if you dare!

  

  regularly address tens of thousands of prospective MIT students and millions of other people around the world, and Be comfortable with, or willing ... /Writing Experience This is your "portfolio", and is the single most important part of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 7, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  IAP? No.. YOU’RE AP Possibly the worst title EVER. (Also, answers to your questions, but under the worst title…

  

  (we only have to pay for the cost of our book this year, while EMT ... . Yesterday I saw Monet's water lilies up close at the Museum of Fine Arts in ... is kind of hard, especially in high school, because a lot of the time

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  51 Things I Want to Say to 2022s one senior's autumn thoughts

  

  Dear Members of the Class of 2022, It's been an absolute pleasure to ... around 4am, I sat down to finally write down all the thoughts and pieces of ... by the Class of 2021's struggles to adjust to the Institute. This post

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Most Importantly, No Reddit This is actually how people lived.

  

  computer the whole weekend, I was ready to take advantage of this weekend off ... was far from the most productive weekend of the term. I tried to work ... time, I came to the alarming realization that my first set of graduate

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 19, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cultura MIT students use online collaboration with their French counterparts to learn about each other's cultures.

  

  Gilberte Furstenberg (teacher of French III, a class we're both taking). The ... staples of daily life. The French students do the same in their own language ... in the other country. It's interesting to see the different sorts of

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fun things I’ve done lately! life isn't all being hosed

  

  fishing food out of the fire...) [carousel image1="82505" image2 ... of them so far. I'm just now starting to get to the point where I know ... of my body, it feels more like the focused intentions in my mind

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 8, 2022
• Blog / Events

  The Tale of a Frosh once upon a cold November

  

  ’s sparkle with a curtain of grey. The life of the Frosh shifts. Dulled is the thrill of the first impossible PSet. On sleepy breakfast runs, the Dome is ... MIT, unsure whether the prospect of returning home for the holidays

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 30, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Food, glorious food In which I learn that Simmons Dining is not, in fact, the best that Boston's…

  

  name of the restaurant does not help at all..."]almost like a drug den ... "] Map of restaurants I visited over the week.[/caption] Day 1 (Saturday ... custard" (from the drinks menu, which turned out to be just a bowl of corn

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 6, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  i’m back .gif not an undergrad, not a grad student, but a secret third thing

  

  in the in-betweenness of young adulthood. As we drove away, I felt closure around what I was mentally calling "the Boston Chapter" of my life ... ']Monstress[/annotation] I love found family stories and the intimacy of close friendships I

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 7, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Perks of Being a Humanities Major and downsides, too

  

  does not make me the life of the party. One other class I’m taking is ... Read Read Read Read Read Read Write Such is the life of a HASS major ... incomprehensible names, like “Intersectionality and the Ethics of Transnational

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pie No, not pi.

  

  now it's time to start getting ready for the class of 2013. I've created ... of mine include but aren't limited to: 1) CPW 2) The MIT ID Card 3 ... a giant party that you get to be the guest of honor at. Soak it in

  • by Snively '11
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Dreams How MIT has helped me keep a life long promise

  

  For many people, the idea of "what do I want to be when I grow up" is ... you want to do for, potentially, the rest of your life. Even here at MIT ... suffer from cancer the way she did. That day, I began a binder full of

  • by Ben O. '19
  • August 22, 2016
• Blog / How to MIT

  Boys like cars and money $1 billion is not enough for thefacebook, but $9 an hour is good enough for…

  

  going to the end of this block." MAN: "It's actually free!" ME: "No ... with strangers. But as the man sped off in search of another victim, I ... had now somehow come out of my computer and invaded the real, physical

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  From East to West: An American’s Cross-Atlantic Voyage The start of my MISTI UK experience

  

  I’m currently in the exotic land of England. Over a week ago, I flew ... place) The Journey to Heathrow, Fortress of the Skies The few days ... two hours, where I finished the rest of [annotation note="One of my

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 10, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  snapshot diary 2.0 an image a day keeps the psets (and workday) away

  

  quality of this concert was pretty good.   6/25/23At the Seattle ... marinated, and considering the usual prices of poke bowls, it was a very good ... to this one, in which I recounted the days of the semester through

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 14, 2024
• Blog / Blog Projects

  where is south dakota again? and other fun questions for your south dakotan friends

  

  particularly notable. On the other hand, knowing all of the South Dakotans who ... ="63598" image2="63599" image3="63600" /] Undeterred by the comments of the ... responses from all of them. Here is the cast of characters we have: Natalie

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 3, 2021
• Blog / Class Projects

  The Year of the HASS thoughts on single-tasking, cheese slicers, and the tyranny of the mind

  

  class, it’s the first time that the number of hours my classes are supposed to take is less than the actual number of units, although it’s a bit ... then for the remainder of the semester, you and your team build a fully

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 23, 2019