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• Blog / IAP

  WE BUILT AN IGLOO! ❄️☃️ a long-lost McCormick Tradition

  

  This past weekend, the US underwent one of the biggest snowstorms of ... denier). I see lots of snow every year and Boston has felt WARM for most of this winter - how bad could it really be? 20 INCHES OF SNOW. THAT IS HOW

  • by Hala K. '29
  • January 30, 2026
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Robots, Space, and the Stories In-Between Using Sci-Fi to Procrastinate

  

  -fi is part of where I get my inspiration for wanting to be a part of the ... catching up on a lot of science fiction shows that I've been saving up during ... share a few of my many, many favorites: Foundation Richie Rating: 10⁹

  • by Richard O. '28
  • July 30, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  That rings a bell Made of brass?

  

  long alumni typically wear it – I’ve spotted it on the fingers of a few others my age – but it has been present in all aspects of my life ever since leaving MIT. And it's a constant reminder to me (and others) of my

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  How I lost aura points i confess my sins

  

  . I unfortunately lost a handful of aura points in the past several days ... MIT and experience an assortment of campus life and events ... circadian rhythm out of whack. A few months ago, I was easily putting in

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 14, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  “what if I get rejected” for everyone nervous about admissions decisions

  

  I'll cut to the chase: it's November, which means that a lot of the people stumbling across the blogs are among the tens of thousands of ... to MIT, or they already have and now must wait a grueling amount of

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • November 13, 2024
• Blog / Blog Projects

  24 Pumpkins a journey through the streets of Boston

  

  As a person who hails from a land devoid of seasons, I consider it my utmost duty to take advantage of any fall-related activities that come my way. Amongst other things, I’ve been taking pictures of the changing

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 9, 2024
• Blog / Blog Projects

  hello, after six years

  

  i have been here and there, the last six years. i think a lot of people have felt this way, because of the way that many people got very ... -flying) animals. the ones that can't fly are still this type of animal. this is a

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 17, 2024
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2023!

  

  of you who might want to be bloggers to share your garbage with the world https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_AfLEXdUMI livestream of Ceri and I posting the blogger app and prospective bloggers coming out of the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2023
• Blog / Community Projects

  Crafts for Ukraine~ Among other fundraising projects

  

  This is, admittedly, a kind of quickly written post, but I wanted to ... seeing happening on campus as a result of it. As we already know, nearly ... don’t have a lot of family or friends in Ukraine or Russia, so I won

  • by ana~
  • March 11, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  There’s a Story in Which My Eyes Shut Am I changed enough?

  

  understand? Don't you know that the view from the bottom of the Lobby Ten steps ... ? Don't you know the sky is the same here? Don't you see it? The base of ... now. I thought I would've been hardened entering the doors of Lobby

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 25, 2021
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2021!

  

  list of summer activities. Like last year, things are still a bit ... on that later this summer it is time for those of you who might want ... ://youtu.be/Ofp26_oc4CA livestream of me posting the blogger app and prospective

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  regression and imposter syndrome let's talk about computer science!!

  

  of late and it has me feeling really guilty. Blogging used to be ... , but as of recent it feels more like a chore. Every week that passes by where I remain silent adds another weight of guilt onto my back and I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 11, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  There is still no magic formula ...but there are a few key ingredients

  

  and/or college counselor) I have always tried to provide the type of ... application portals open, and deadlines fast approaching, I am reminded of the bulk of conversations that I have had about essays, right around this

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  in an effort to be whole again recovery

  

  This past semester, I haven't been taking much care of myself. Lately ... ="6.009 is Fundamentals of Python. It's usually the second or third ... about 10 hours to complete. If you are on the better end of the CS scale

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 23, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  hot chocolate as a panacea navigating through a chaotic first week

  

  view out of my kitchen window every day, featuring the moon, the Charles ... some sort of [annotation note="i watched lady bird (2017) a few days ... . highly recommend."]cliche coming of age movie.[/annotation] It really is

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 7, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2020!

  

  of summer Cambridge activities. Now, like everything else, these have ... that they can shout dinosaur facts at me with the help of some CADding ... weightlifting (more on this later) it is time for those of you who might want to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  on being seen ...and why that might be important

  

  I have been absent from the blogs for the better part of eight years ... of lessons and takeaways from my time on “the other side of the desk,” and I suspect that I will share some of them in due time.  However, as I

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 31, 2020
• Blog / Events

  APPLE BAKE channeling midterm stress into baking, sculpting, and completely destroying apples for decades

  

  of Burton-Conner compete to create the best apple dishes and apple art ... the event, providing each floor of the dorm with staple ingredients such as flour, sugar, eggs, cinnamon, butter, and, of course, apples. This

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 5, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  what’s the word for

  

  span of moments in which you’re not quite ready to accept the fact that ... friend that you’ve just met understanding only half of what someone just ... was in your calendar the scent of rain the act of looking for

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 5, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  I Met John Waters This beautiful mobile home you see before you is the current hideout of the notorious…

  

  On Monday night, instead of studying for finals, I went to church ... for Weird Culture, so of course I had to go. blurry and far away He was full of great one-liners and aphorisms, but one that stuck out

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 22, 2019