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• Blog / IAP

  Bad Ideas Month word of the day is oops!!

  

  I’m no cook when it comes to normal food, but if stupid ideas were ... ’d like to think so). Unfortunately, at MIT, most of my computational power has been devoted to “psets” and “midterms” and not Silly Girl Time, but

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 3, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  when the world gets too heavy put it on my back

  

  this blogpost was meant to be something else since i've been frankly living in my thoughts a lot and i'm not sure how to write about it in a ... and then since i think it's healthy to share latest fixations, so i

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 11, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Homecoming some musings on memory

  

  You learn how to navigate MIT. It’s inevitable. After you stay here for a couple days, the bulletin boards begin to look familiar. You ... MIT for you to explore. You’ll eventually know where each path will go

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 13, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Onto the next world! a stupidly long metaphor

  

  describe how much happier I've been since I've come to college. I learned so ... so much...only to return to a house that does not feel like a home ... moment I came back to California for winter break. It's strange to think

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 24, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  I’m Graduating Early??? [NOT CLICKBAIT] also: the unification of course 7

  

  MIT is going through changes right now in addition to the new phase ... to occur around the first week of June. The '18s graduated on June 8 ... pretty cool for a few reasons: IAP feels longer since we don't have to

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 1, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  love or lust

  

  which finding and committing yourself to work you love is like romantic ... lingering doubts about going to grad school dissipated. there was a moment ... enough to stay in the department, but i never felt totally sure about it. i

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 18, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An MIT Week general structure and personal experience

  

  to 34 hours (source). In this post, I’ll describe my (also wildly ... to Proofs, the materials for which are available here). Now, these ... students, 12 unit-hours may mean anywhere between 6 to 20 life-hours. For

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 30, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Trick or Treating Halloween Shenanigans

  

  that was as close to a celebration as I had come in quite a few years. A ... headed back to my room to bum around for a few hours before 6pm, which was when the tennis team had planned to meet to go trick-or-treating. To be

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • November 1, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  IAP in China through MIT’s China Development Initiative A week-long mentorship program in Xiamen, Fujian

  

  adventure. I broke my big toe into a bunch of pieces, then flew home to London for winter break, then flew back to Boston and got an x-ray at MIT ... for over twenty minutes...) so the doctor left and I wasn't able to get

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 17, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Waterfall Camping in Shenandoah National Park Snakes and fireflies.

  

  't about to settle for an official camping site. We parked outside the first ... reminded us to string up our food away from our tents, in case it drew ... when it's to protect their young. Right on cue, shortly after we hopped

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 11, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  The last few days of summer I think I spent them well.

  

  day of classes. I therefore had eighteen days' worth of summer to spend ... . That's not to say that I didn't absolutely love every second of the ... . During the school year, my calendar looks, to quote my friend: "like a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 6, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Adonde? Excuse me sir, I seem to have misplaced my pants.

  

  during lunch when a friend of mine ran over and said "You have to watch ... ." Not wanting to check at school I simply ignored them and put them out of ... . . ." Since getting to MIT I've been a part of several riots and a flash mob

  • by Snively '11
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  As if course numbers weren’t enough: Learning your A, B, Cs, and OEs Different majors at MIT, and why I chose mine

  

  admissions process. I’ve had the opportunity to visit Baltimore, New Haven, New ... in a future entry.) I’m ashamed to say that I had received an email ... able to respond. Better late than never, no? Background Info: As you

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 11, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  here i go again i have watched Mamma Mia! seven times this year

  

  , Jonathan H. '25, wanted to replicate Austin Weber's legendary video, aptly titled "THIS MAN FLEW TO JAPAN TO SING ABBA IN A BIG COLD RIVER." The story, [annotation note="to be honest the story seems a little too convenient for me

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 9, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Nisha’s Video Game Review cloud is judging me for this

  

  rigorous for my burned out summer brain. I guess what I'm trying to say is I ... I don't feel like trying for this post. lol I tried to do this style ... as we all know, that didn't really pan out. I always try to use

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 29, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  [Live Writing] MARC 2024 A big meeting about small things

  

  Meeting about Amazingly-small Rocks and Computers), and I get to be there ... computers, better ways to power those computers, and even new ways to save ... get to hang out with these people who are much brighter than me and

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 23, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  I Miss College Application Season The Good, The Bad, and the Casey Jones

  

  while reading this blog, this isn't entirely true, and I just want to make ... research. I miss going to college websites and reading through all of their pages and thinking about going to school there. I miss the potential

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 31, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  dress your wounds and stay in bed self care!

  

    I learned some valuable life skills in Denmark, from how to turn on an induction stove to how to balance on a bicycle in unfavorable ... of the other skills I practiced was self-care. I learned to let myself

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 18, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Coffee in the Pagi-nation [joint post] breaking cruel rituals

  

  months of SAT subject tests and trying to figure out how to apply for ... them. I had turned in what I needed to. My essays were some semblance of ... them in even if I wanted to. [annotation note="arguably much shorter

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 11, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Womanhood

  

  to my identity as a woman. There’s a common theme here, though; it ... don’t have anything coherent to say on the topic as a whole. This is a ... as I attempt to navigate the world. I wish I had some hope to impart

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • October 28, 2022