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• Blog / Admissions

  a fun bet spicing up the admissions process

  

  f*ck up bro, what are you even talking about?” my sister said to that ... in your wallet?” “I’m not telling you.” For some reason, I didn’t want ... . I set up the bet so that if I fell short, I’d get a consolation prize

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 3, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  just vibing tough times out here

  

  that). Instead, it's trying to keep up with friends and care for family ... ="The Toast once said 'For the first time I genuinely comprehend that there is ... 't be surprised to hear that writing an essay or studying for a midterm

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 30, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  quarantine throwback i present to you my early april 4 am thoughts

  

  - I wake up- I code- I meme- I video call with my brother or parents or ... under a rock for the past few months and only just came out to read my ... up when I’m fading out and who turn the little windy thing in my back

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 6, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  end of semester reflections in conclusion, online school Ain't It

  

  worried about it and have been studying hard to make up for slacking on it ... paper for my [annotation note="21G.038(China in the News)"]CI-H class ... actually a lot of fun since, for one, I was interested in my thesis, and also

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 15, 2020
• Blog / Personal Projects

  summer side projects a nonzero amount of them are final fantasy related

  

  before it gave up for the day. my original plan had been to work on my ... gestating for a while and learn some new things along the way. learning ... 's not free though"]assets for a game![/annotation]. it's been on my list

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 12, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  8 / Fresh start A month of eating and sleeping and other fun things

  

  temporary exhibits.     ...letter-pressed, I signed up for a 4 ... back to Zürich I went. I signed up for a two-day Schnupperlehre (aka ... .   ...arranged flowers, I got off the waitlist for an Ikebana

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • March 3, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  On IAP A time for P E R S O N A L P R O J…

  

  few days before the project was due, I restarted using Lua. I ended up ... very sad, but I talked about what I wanted it to be and I ended up ... hang out. Here is a full outline of all of my plans for IAP. Physics

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • December 27, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Getting Through a Difficult Month Study, Study, Study

  

  have less “free-time”, but I made up for a lot of the busy time during ... arrived, I feel ready for the next two months of school before the summer ... March, a presentation that accounted for 30% of my grade, and what felt

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • April 1, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  Thanksgiving Nostalgia if MIT == home

  

  waking up at 4 a.m. to stumble into the boathouse for morning rowing ... or unopened textbooks for GIR classes like biology or physics. I’ve also found that I like switching up where I work, sometimes a corner desk

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • December 1, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  seattle (again) home and away

  

  bakes often and leaves the cake, or brownies, or cornbread, up for grabs ... time for a summer update. i'm in seattle! again! this time i ... 's a time for new friends and new experiences and new places. at the same

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 15, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Short Thoughts Girlhood, editing, iPhone notes.

  

  struggling with bouts of illness for the past month or so. I'm not sure what's wrong. I keep thinking I've recovered only to wake up with a sore throat ... a headache and wake up still with a headache. It's the first time in

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 13, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let’s All Work Together Easier Said Than Done

  

  international automotive company, Gelota, we worked for was facing reports of failures of the AC unit for the car leading to a few occurrences of smoke and ... 's success in avoiding a major recall. We had 70 minutes to come up with a

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • March 16, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Home Sweet College Surviving first semester.

  

  there for me. But the idea of growing up and changing and moving out ... out and growing up and being on your own. Academically, first semester ... , talks, and interesting things here that have a very real potential for

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 29, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summertime Happenings A summer of research and relaxation in Boston

  

  all day to make up for the noticeable absence of air conditioning. Our ... is so conveniently located more than makes up for the little quirks and ... Finals ended over a month ago, so quite frankly, I have no excuse for

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • July 4, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After: A Collage living the MIT dream

  

  change up your living situation, even if you just do it for a summer, and ... interns for the summer, I was all like, “yay! I will not be the least ... Roy pulled up the app I made*, went to some detergent brand’s page, and

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 3, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My advisor won $3 million Unraveling the mysteries of the universe, and helping Anna make life choices

  

  physicists worldwide just won $3 million each for outstanding contributions to ... a fancy title for A More Complete Version Of Big Bang Theory ... been my advisor for about a year. He told me to call him Alan. During

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 10, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  ’s power adapter was dead. A long time coming, it had been on the fritz for ... were all I needed. I now feel moderately prepared for tomorrow’s exam ... on them, of course, but the three people whom I would like to ask for

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

  Art Imitating Art well, at least blogs.

  

  Happy Labor Day Weekend y'all! I'm up north in my ancestral woods of ... , cranking up every dial. I put on my headphones, ready to unleash percussive ... drumming a nuisance... So why am I bringing this back up? Because my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 5, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Writing Science Fiction [by Susan Shepherd '11] Writing takes time, but fortunately MIT gives you good excuses to…

  

  writing takes time and time is something which you give to MIT for ... friends will take up a large amount of your time, and it is very tempting to ... it "work," and it also forces you to set writing deadlines for yourself

  • by ARTalk
  • March 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  In which I am only slightly less boring than usual The title says it all, no?

  

  keys on my computer's keyboard have been acting up since January, making it nearly impossible for me to type anything at all ever. Getting ... or that one key up top with the incomprehensible symbol on it? Oh, wait

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 12, 2008