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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  2009: Let There Be Bloggers!

  

  Blogger application? That's a silly question, isn't it. In the annals of ... something a bit less piratical) then show us what you've got. I'm not saying ... ... the coveted 50 pixel avatar of an Admissions Blogger. Sure you won't be

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 4, 2009
• Blog / Uncategorized

  albums i like and why i like them pov: i ramble about music and won't shut up

  

  target audience– teenagers in high school. Just look at me: I’m a guy that ... love that song so much, because I know that I don’t relate to it! It’s a ... I like music. A lot. And I like telling other people about the music

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • September 8, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Falling in Love with a Language at MIT interviews with two of my inspirations

  

  “culture shock” and see how fast of a learner I was. I'm sort of a ... is a life-long process, and I'm confident in my ability to sustain my ... language. I'm currently enrolled in a teaching credential program at USC and

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 10, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  My Rejection Resume working up the courage to look failure in the eye

  

  sophomore year, and I had a job offer in hand by mid-November. I didn't really struggle with the jobs process at all as a sophomore, and didn't really ... that wasn't Cambridge because I did [annotation note="and had a great

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words Therefore, this is a REALLY long entry.

  

  Who: Chris M and Snively What: A picture Where: My room When: Last year at the end of CPW Why: We needed a picture together How: How did we end up looking like this? 4 hours of sleep-ish each over about 4 days.

  • by Snively '11
  • November 6, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  All The World’s A Stage On theatre and artsy stuff

  

  not directly involved in. Yay theatre!) I won’t write a comprehensive ... became friends with a bunch of theatre kids and was thrown into their world as a set designer for my sophomore fall production of The Crucible, and

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 22, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  January in the Studio 4.11A: Architecture and Environmental Design Intensive

  

  , comprehension, good craftsmanship. I'm not an architect, and this class didn't ... I’m perched on the top step of the super-architected Stata amphitheater, a little blinded by the brightness of sun and snow. In searching

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I will, I will set this schedule on fire This has been a long time coming. Text- and picture-heavy! Link- and acronym-happy! Take it…

  

  AM chem lab on time. Meanwhile, you don't have a definite housing plan ... 'll simply give you a link here. 4) Humanities and the FEE. There isn't much ... same as the FEE with 9 general elective credits. Taking a CI-H isn't

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 10, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Flu shots optimizing literally everything

  

  fast as possible? I’m no expert, but I feel like their success was a ... , it’s missing a lot of details, but it’s already too complicated so I’m ... Last Thursday, MIT Medical had a walk-in clinic at Walker, where MIT

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 8, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  On Essay Writing A guide to essay writing for the express purpose of obtaining admittance to an institute…

  

  (although there are a few that don't participate). July-August between junior ... wouldn’t have to keep a daily journal of your life (although that would not ... brainstorming, I’m partial to lying on the carpet in my living room floor with a

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • July 22, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Unlikely Candidate Finding the unexpected “right fit”

  

  , I thought, Wow, this is a sign I don't belong here...   But the info ... - was I what the admission officers call a "right fit"? It didn't appear ... My childhood best friend changed schools in 8th grade, so I didn’t

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 9, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  COPENHELL a giant metal fest in Denmark 🤘🏽

  

  ; “You don’t fucking touch people without permission,” I told a thirty year ... be safe; and trying to have a good time anyway.  That isn’t a new ... ’s shoulders"]experience.[/annotation] I was feeling a sort of fury that I don’t

  • by Amber V. '24
  • June 28, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Study Break To sleep or not to sleep?

  

  So I'm trying to figure out a matrix issue while studying 18.03 and ... into one week, and again, just like any other place, there isn't a lot of ... (fortunately?) before I got a chance to comprehend the next problem I saw the

  • by Snively '11
  • May 21, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  dealing with loss it ain't easy

  

  call before he passed. I'm sure my host family didn't inform me for a ... hosting a few events, so I couldn't afford to miss anything. leaving my home ... every member of my family. losing a pet is never easy, but I'm fortunate

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 5, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  The Fringe that Stole Christmas hair @ MIT, and several hair-raising puns

  

  life when I felt like there wasn’t a lot I could control, personally and ... --which is where I wrap my hair in a T-shirt and just let the T-shirt absorb ... case that is greatly preferred actually). I typically use a T

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 25, 2018
• Blog / Uncategorized

  wednesday at wai & aina (liveblog) and leaving the mit bubble

  

  , Courtney M. ʻ26, and I pulled off a lightning operation with moving the 10 ... semesters in which students are encouraged to explore, take a break, do as ... were essentially entirely up in the air at that point, he sent me a

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • January 21, 2026
• Blog / Advice

  it is okay to not know a note for hs seniors (and others, too <3)

  

  . But blogs are primarily a [annotation note="they don’t have to be though ... culmination of a thought that I’ve had for a number of months but hadn’t ... out when I was a high school senior. (I still don’t feel like I do, to

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  A Year at MIT, by the Numbers quantifying my MIT experience

  

  community's first event on a whim, I wouldn't have joined the floor and met ... swear! I went to [REDACTED] lectures. (lmaooooo jk i'm a great student ... were as a member of my living community, the Burton Third Bombers. I had

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 6, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why I do too much stuff at MIT 1)My mom doesn't have a problem with it.

  

  it would be a really good idea to write a post. My dentist doesn't ... important thing, though: I'm happy this way. There are a ton of opportunities ... pleather chair in my dentist's office waiting for a cleaning while reading

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 13, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  4 / Just *breathe* Everything is going to be all right

  

  up with M I T. Seems like no one can truly escape the firehose, no ... what I did, but it wasn't much. I didn't get much of a head's start on ... of summer vacation, we're still riding on a high, fueled with

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 2, 2018