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• Blog / Academics & Research

  decisions, decisions why are there so many of them

  

  order a bed from Amazon, IKEA, or Wayfair; I ended up deciding to get an ... that I brought from home until it came. However, Southwest ended up ... ?) meant that I ended up sleeping on as many blankets as I could find. This

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 9, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  August, Airplanes, and why not throw in Spring Break, too? My traveling styles. And, I don't even know, maybe a catch-up thing?

  

  station pondering about them, I went up to the counter and asked for "ANY ... about it some more once I hear the jet engines whirlin'. :) But for now ... bubble. How and when did I 'grow up' ? I once saw a toddler at an airport

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 31, 2013
• Blog / People & Identities

  BLÅHAJ: the Internet meme, the trans icon, the world’s favorite plush media analysis on the Swedish shark’s rise to prominence

  

  of the content and a deeper appreciation for the creators. But even if ... form of media studies content. Unfortunately I hate video editing, so for now enjoy this Blahaj blog :).  Blahaj, Swedish for “blue shark,” is

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 19, 2023
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Culture Clash Spain doesn't do sarcasm, and my soul is slowly dying. But then I took some…

  

  friends have taught me may not exactly be appropriate for posting here ... horse or something? Well it turns out that the Spanish expression for this ... , but you do it anyway, for that great moment when you say, "aha! That was

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 9, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  OMG OMG OMG! TODAY'S THE DAY DAY DAY!

  

  In case you forget when decisions come out: For Some: For Others: And Then Some:

  • by Snively '11
  • March 14, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 2 Many more of your questions and my answers.

  

  II make up for that?" First, know that you don't have to do "extremely ... ? What kind of extra cource work we have to do considering for admission ... , activities, and essays section of the application, I needed more room for a few

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life Tokens the currency of joy

  

  importantly, though, when you land on these squares, you also get to pick up a ... WRONG NAME for the last YEAR. apparently it’s actually called a life TILE ... cash out at the end of the game in exchange for money–$10,000, $20

  • by Allison E. '27
  • July 6, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Repainting the Smoots A Wacky MIT Tradition

  

  inside joke turned into a source of pride for not only the fraternity and MIT, but for all of Boston, and it was soon commemorated as a public ... , fast forward all the way from 1958 to 2023. How did I end up here on this

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 27, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Every song I’ve referenced in my admissions blog posts

  

  motivation for that post was so I could up my count of "songs I've mentioned in ... as I wrote a blog post named fun., with 6 distinct songs. The runners-up ... Lansangan songs, but it's suitable for a lot of holiday season happenings. 4

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 15, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  SnowDays while you're waiting for decisions

  

  . Even if you don't close up the cut, SnowDays will close it for you. If you have a closed curve, you can find the winding number for each point ... it does that. For example, try making these sequences of cuts and see

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 8, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meeting our new president! my very brief foray into professional journalism

  

  presidency? I was extremely excited to find out. I showed up at the Welcome Center this morning at 9.45 am sharp, the arrival time for "press planning ... my hand shot up first. I asked about students, of course (I almost felt

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 20, 2022
• Blog / People & Identities

  in wonderland hello from the number side

  

  opening for a conversation. Alice replied, rather shyly, “I—I hardly know, Sir, just at present—at least I know who I was when I got up this ... makes my tendency for already-nebulous statements even more nebulous to

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 16, 2021
• Blog / Residential Life

  back in east campus, the sequel jiggity jig (again)

  

  just to be an extra pair of hands. i kinda initially regretted signing up to be a build lead for a project, and honestly i didn't contribute much ... appreciation for mit's collective coolness has grown deeper.) i recently beat

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 18, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Parks and Relocation a finale and a premiere

  

  could start a new season of my life. I packed up about half of my worldly ... studying topics that weren't offered in school were perfect catalysts for ... the soundtrack for the ending scenes. These songs have come to

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 21, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  Remembering Gisel and honoring twenty years of service and friendship

  

  stationed at the front desk in room 3-108 for the last 20 years. If you called the office, she probably picked up the phone and connected you to the ... school teacher who wrote asking for a poster of MIT to hang in your

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 28, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Centimeters to Inches A Guest Post by the talented Antonella Masini '21

  

  but got used to the imperial inches and screwed up a recipe or two ... now you are the invisible daughter for your mom.   Distance is to ... App, The one million “I miss you” through texts, And the longing for that

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • May 4, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  One Month of Baby Steps my feet hurt

  

  to visit improv shows and eat hot pot. For our second to last day, we took long walks between campus, the Museum of Science (free for MIT ... campus, but it’s perfect for me. No other dorm gives every resident their

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • September 26, 2018
• Blog / People & Identities

  Fortin’ with Mimi Let’s. Talk. About. Queer stuff.

  

  rare for me since I am an EXTREMELY shy person. He also pushed me to be ... thankful for all my friends. They've made my time here all the better and ... clinic hosts a gender support group every week where we just meet up and

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • September 18, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  We Saw a Sea Turtle !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  

  This summer, we saw (and observed for two hours!) a real live SEA ... ’d walk along the beach for a stroll, hoping to find one. We did this for ... her shell lift up and down. During this time, we tried to walk around

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • August 14, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Young Guru & the Metropolitan Opera The Arts at MIT

  

  Arts Center, and read the sign for an upcoming exhibition, and vow to one ... to make time. The rest I'm hoping I can store away for future use and ... Growth: Tactical Urbanisms for Expanding Megacities, and the Urban Studies

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 15, 2015