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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Ambulance! Ambulance! So I'm in this serious long-term relationship.

  

  've really been home that I'm on the verge of emailing housing and telling them ... that?? is that even REAL??). All of our student EMTs are certified in the state of Massachusetts, many via the class which is offered every IAP

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What MIT students do on Friday nights Who needs clothing, when you have duct tape?

  

  decided to go with the good old standby: duct tape. Of course, once I ... grocery shopping before. My roommate April wasted a good amount of money the ... , which was sort of interesting.) I showed the outfit to Adelaide, and she

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  Belated Guest Entry by Carin '13 - a little late perhaps but incredible nonetheless

  

  communities. Between the four villages, we got a pretty good idea of the needs of the urban and rural villages. When we weren’t working with GK, we ... to post a long long time ago, regarding the epic IAP 2010 travels of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 2, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Complementary Post Canvas, balance, lanterns.

  

  the first session of the oil painting class I'm taking this semester, and sat by the Charles River with a group of forty-odd students for a ... doesn't really count. Wednesday marked a year since the death of an MIT

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT salutes Harry Potter ...the best way we know how, with hacks!

  

  many, this is the end of an era that started with the release of the ... celebrated the series a number of times in the way we celebrate: with hacks ... Deathly Hallows, was being delivered to the doorsteps of muggles, the Dark

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  A Year at MIT, by the Numbers quantifying my MIT experience

  

  were as a member of my living community, the Burton Third Bombers. I had ... "]REX[/annotation] events in my Google Calendar. I actually went to 4 of these; the rest were ... submitted a pset within five minutes of the deadline twice. Only twice, I

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 6, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  dear past me stay kind

  

  there's ever been a good DJ at a school dance in the history of school ... One of the events for the class of 2024's [annotation note ... Me, to be delivered at the start of the fall semester. That reminded me of

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Applying While Transgender #InHonorOfMarshaP

  World Pride in New York City and celebrate the 50th anniversary of the ... transgender students in the college application process. One of the biggest ... admittedly do not know all of the answers. Thus, I thought I’d be transparent

  • by DJ Rock
  • July 17, 2019
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory?

  The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT focuses the talents of a diverse array of brain scientists on a single mission: unraveling the mechanisms that drive the quintessentially human capacity to
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  that time of year… ...when every day feels like 48 hours instead of 24. When's summer?

  

  it's that time of year folks, the time of year that I don't even have ... proper grammar standardized english). It's the time of year (midterms ... on a loop:   You are in the front yard of your aunt's house

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 20, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Skipping Class and Failing Bio A practical guide to poor life choices

  

  grades were actually quite good, and I walked out of the 3-hour exam after ... . Hahahahaha. That plan worked for a while. But by the second week of classes, a ... ) lecture fell prey, and, by the third week of classes, I just stopped

  • by Joel G. '18
  • December 29, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Welcome MIT Class of 2009!

  

  about the Class of 2009. I'm very excited to see who the class will be! In the meantime, all of you '09s should check out the Firstyear site ... ... yes, we're now thinking about the MIT Class of 2010 (and beyond!). I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 2, 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

  

  was Good at Math and Got A’s in Math and I thought that was the kind of ... scenes for ThesisNovel before I sent the first fifth of it off to my ... preservation.)   The protagonist of ThesisNovel is a high school senior

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • October 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Accidentally Double Majored How I managed to accidentally get a second major at MIT (hopefully)

  

  enjoying the writing classes and my job outside of class working with ... quickly. We met and the next thing I know I'm handing in a sheet of paper ... had to apply to them with all the terms of getting a second major. So

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Personal Travel

  More from Ahia I even manage to do MIT-related stuff when I'm 750 miles away.

  

  night was the annual MIT Club of Central Ohio holiday get-together, where ... -cheerleader-dense part of the country (except maybe Miami, FL?). So to all the people I ... who has one of these get-togethers in their area in the next few days

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 28, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  How Are You? because it's not just a simple question

  

  Life is busy at MIT. Most of the time, our schedules and motivation ... weeks, as the semester has built up, the value of checking up on people ... . And amidst all of this constant work and running around, we see people

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 19, 2017
• Blog / Classes

  Kekka dake da! "Only the results remain!"

  

  had enough of the structure of the class and ditched it. That's ok ... 've never done proof-based math before, plus all of the open and closed sets ... . To go back to the angeriest, reddest of bois KC, the reason I thought

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • March 7, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  [Guest Post] A day in my life! by Callie T. '26

  

  since the second term of freshman year. Of course, I have by now missed my ... while watching the turtles at the pond where I’m working. I am jealous of ... focus on physics tonight. 6:15 — Dinner begins with the ringing of the

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • April 1, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Week 1 ...of Year 2.

  

  free pizza, and I’ve spent three of the past seven evenings at Harvard ... blogger; this post is an introduction. I’m coming off the levity of the best ... ; I compared the impact on US peanut butter sales of two Salmonella

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 14, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  girls just wanna have fun when u gonna live ur life right?

  

  . After a hard week of advocating for myself and my class and begging the 6 ... son of the president of the United States falling in love with the prince of Wales. I devoured the book in two days, and after I finished, I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 24, 2021