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• Blog / Challenges

  Rats ! Foiled Again !

  

  , staring at the soft eggshell paint of my ceiling and pondering my exam ... selection. Frankly, any number of different actions at any number of junctures ... beginning of college, and I think I’ve gotten pretty good at it, but I regret

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • April 3, 2025
• Blog / How to Food

  food consumed this week, mostly free or: how to get away with rarely cooking

  

  I'm happy to chip away at outside of the blogs, however. This blog is ... lot of things,” to “Uhh… I mean… I certainly did. I actually have no idea what.” At one point I turned to a friend and said, bro, what did I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 24, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  major uncertainty switch 2 A 6-2?

  

  was super excited to take 2.007, which is one of the robotics classes at ... before I even declared Course 2. I was kind of downright horrible at ... ’t dislike physics at all (outside of doing badly on tests, I would say), so I

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 2, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  长大 on family, thanksgiving, and growing up

  

  lot of what I believe reflected back at me. It counts to put in the ... at home. I remember being completely out of place, and wondering why ... to visit my friends at Harvard, I felt even more out of place there. To

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 28, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Spoofy Spooky Stories MIT is ~haunted~

  

  floor of the Infinite. You glance at your phone, to see a 4am Slack ... schedules fall into utter disarray at MIT. While some of my friends never ... starts foaming at the endless piles of t-shirts, water bottles, and fidget

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 31, 2021
• Blog / Personal Travel

  a most beautiful camping trip it's always good to get back to nature <3

  

  It's pretty common at MIT for living groups to take advantage of the ... packed full of sleeping bags, tents, and food. We were headed about 2 ... it kept us warm), and then woke up at 7 am on Saturday to go hiking all

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 17, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to my home Feel free to chill in here

  

  fulfilled. Basically, my room is one of my favorite places at MIT, welcome to ... subject at a time. After taking tests, I normally go back to my room to ... the last exam was (just kidding, it's not always bad...just...a lot of

  • by Celena C. '12
  • October 4, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring Break! *frantically waves arms in the air*

  

  middle of April, but here it's at the end of March. Most other colleges ... of our high school friends when we go home. :( But, this is because ... a UROP! I never thought I'd be joining the ~85% of the MIT population

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • March 20, 2009
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if my application is disrupted by a major event beyond my control?

  : Focus on taking care of yourself, your family, your community, and your safety. You will not be penalized in the application process because of delays caused by major disruptions outside of your control. We try to be
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Sorting of the Frosh (MacGregor Style) We don't have a Sorting Hat, but this is how MacGregor does In-House Rush

  

  there are tens of other resources out there for the general process ... , you receive another wave of information including the i3 videos made by ... , when the last of the freshmen are moving onto campus for orientation into

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 24, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  leaving season blue blue blue

  

  , what to expect of it, how i was failing at expecting and on the other ... And we leave it all behindCan't you see we need some time? at a camp ... in tents outdoors. at meals, we would gather around the heater and melt

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • August 21, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  it’s thanksgiving or something and other things happening in my life

  

  at mit mental health, whom have been a really helpful part of my past ... today, of all days, i feel it's appropriate to begin with a land ... 'm writing this post right now is the traditional, unceded territory of the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 26, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Magic Of fluorescent cells and robots

  

  . At the start, you might not know a lot of things but I guarantee after ... nightmare of most pre-meds. Well.. at the beginning, it was somewhat enjoyable ... tired by the end of the day! But I am really happy though since I am doing

  • by Linh V. '13
  • August 20, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Seamless And A Seamless Transition [by Sadie Scheffer '10] I present to you "Seamless: Computational Couture," a smart-fashion show and…

  

  charge in sun and give off ambient light displays at night. And speaking of ... [by Sadie Scheffer '10] I've seen a plethora of Project Runway ... vague wishes of becoming fashionistas, there has been little visible

  • by ARTalk
  • February 27, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  what your favorite study spot says about you badly stereotyping places to work on campus

  

  of indecisive. you're really good at focusing your energy on your work ... . you're a charcuterie board devotee and have at least one weird niche ... . you might procrastinate at times, but you definitely know how to get

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In which I “get a life” again reclaiming my childhood hobbies

  

  stop. At the beginning of sleepovers we’d build a blanket fort, and then ... no psets at all to do, I picked up a pair of needles and a ball of yarn ... report that college has not squeezed the life out of my life (at least… it

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 12, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  socializing over zoom it's been rough

  

  actual lottery keeps getting delayed, but the actual process of ranking dorms was an experience in and of itself. In trying to figure out who [annotation note="we were allowed to staple with a group of up to eight people

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 24, 2020
• Blog / Events

  How I Spent My Sophomore Spring Break I didn't go to Florida or Cancun, but I still had a lot of fun!

  

  Two weeks ago was our Spring Break at MIT, and the halls of Tetazoo ... .  We chose to present on the issue of dorm security here at MIT, and ... building needed to pass a "tilt test" with a water bottle at the top of it to

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 6, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  born again freshman too junior for this

  

  i'm in the class of 2023. this means that i spent only six full ... campus better than them? when i've experienced zero semesters at MIT with ... the sophomores who spent their COVID spring semester at MIT. i'm really

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 4, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  8,726,400 SOS: The Conscious Subconscious guest post by a fellow '21

  

  path of UROPing on campus this summer. I lived at home (about 35 minutes ... *written by a '21 as a part of the 8,726,400 Seconds of Summer guest ... survivor I am today. My UROP was in one of the biotech labs and this

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 13, 2018