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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SONIC JUBILANCE A day at the new Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building at MIT

  

  excited for the opportunity to observe FaMLE set up their rig in the new ... have secured a room in the Institute for holding their rehearsals this ... architects as a studio for water-color sketching and life class, and as a

  • by Jeremy W.
  • February 22, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  insanity tldr some of my habits make no sense

  

  -of-work. it took a while to come up with all these reasons for making my life ... that a glass wall in my head shattered, because up until then i hadn ... was ever mine. for example, a rather common one is i will only say

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 24, 2021
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Filling an Empty Nest my parents tried to replace me with literal birds

  

  In April of 2018, I left home for a few days to attend [annotation ... [annotation note="And I came anyway. I figured college is for personal growth as much as it is for academic growth and fun."]my sheltered high school self

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 10, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In Which I Sound Like an Old Man I'm really not that old...according to CVS cashiers, I apparently look 17 =p

  

  failed for 21 times (...I succeeded on the 22nd try) I guess I don't have ... freezing cold) - and how scared I was at beginning this class for the last ... - where bio majors do a research project for the semester right before

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pictures from a Month into Classes and I'm thrivi... surviving?

  

  seems to be the number-one catered item for all events on campus and ... the title, this part of my orientation period was my favorite and for good reason. During the summer before move-in, MIT opens applications for

  • by Richard O. '28
  • October 14, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  Misconceptions initial thoughts from a first-gen college student

  

  asleep for what was meant to be an hour-long nap before 8.01, but I woke up ... more serious about college, I tried searching for answers on my own. My ... college life, particularly here at MIT. I’ve only been on campus for a a

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 30, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on the question “where are you from?” and the answer: neither here nor there. alternatively, about being a missourian.

  

  [/annotation] in something else I dunno — and preemptively held it up to anyone I ... seconds ago and recognizing people I follow on Instagram only for them to ... , peculiarly, where I went to high school. For whatever reason, the inquiry of

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • September 30, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  choosing where to go for my younger brother

  

  sandy mountain ledge, a lesbian with hot dogs for fingers.  My younger ... ago, Kyler came to Cambridge for Visitas, Harvard’s visiting weekend for admitted high school seniors. He stayed with me for one night before crashing

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 1, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  oh, the places you’ll go

  

  a textbook we're all forced to read for class, were in fact monumentous and grand and large. All it took for us to understand that was a ... understanding. In that class, every time I looked up at that quote, I felt my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 9, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Physics in the MIT No bacon apple pies here.

  

  evidence shows that more women tend to wake up in time for lecture. (At least ... -sounding idiom), I no longer have an excuse for putting off this blog entry until T ... ? How do students make time for research during the academic year, or do

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 1, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Burton-Conner Floor Rush and Rooming How does it work?

  

  different dorms. After visiting and getting a feel for the dorms you get to ... information you need to get you started, including instructions to set up your e ... 're not done yet! When you get to campus for orientation you'll stay in your

  • by Snively '11
  • August 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Long Overdue Q&A Post Sorry for the delay!

  

  . :-) ------------------------------------- If I would like to play for an athletic team, should I contact the coach before I apply to MIT or just (if i get in) show up for tryouts? And ... It's been a long time since my last Q&A post - sorry for the delay

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  MIT Dining Halls my controversial ranking

  

  've waited 30 minutes for a quesadilla that they ended up putting chicken in (I ... it, I do want these "superficial" things for comfort and vibe ... anything here. Quantity: ⭐ - This is the reason McCormick is so low for me

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • March 19, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Social Engineering no no wait not like that–

  

  we’d wake up for something, we did not 😭. Finally, proposing ... "]right now![/annotation] As this post goes up, prefrosh are jumping right into ... good fit for yourself can feel high-stakes. I was super nervous about

  • by Allison E. '27
  • August 24, 2024
• Blog / Summer

  this summer a recap of sorts

  

  caught up with that. I know people who have been on campus for years and ... entirely, I'm taking this time to recap what I did for the past several ... (Alysse didn't mind, since she worked in a lab on campus). I would wake up

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 14, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  Always Moving Forward: An entry by Prof. Patrick Henry Winston MIT has the nation's leading running back in Division III football?!? And he's a Computer…

  

  Amazon and is also interested in working for a start-up, perhaps designing ... our football team is a true Division III team, and the players play for ... —rushing for 170 yards per game, attracting national attention—I just have to go

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 8, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Ninth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 2PM on 02/14/06.

  

  it would make up for a lower CR score but I guess not. There is at ... certainly won't hurt you, but unfortunately it will not make up for a lower CR ... doesn't even offer AP courses. Are APs valued higher than IB courses for

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How Hard is MIT? A quantitative analysis

  

  measurements backing up these results, how could I trust their accuracy, let ... ="aligncenter" width="768"] Figure 1 – Mohs hardness scale for some common materials [2 ... ” opening in July) to measure their Vickers hardnesses. To correct for human

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 26, 2023
• Blog / Summer

  MNL → BOS → SFO we live in a so(ci)e(ty)

  

  for housing in the Bay for my internship this summer. I rang up some ... I love cities, and I've lived in cities all my life. I grew up in ... destination isn't in downtown someplace, you'd probably have to walk for half an

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 1, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  trust how do you decide who to trust when there are lots of untrustworthy people?

  

  every time an adult passed me i’d tense up and brace for the possibility ... . for instance, i remember when i was in elementary school, my parents ... you to great outcomes that you otherwise would never experience. for

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 11, 2022