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• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkeys and babies But no baby turkeys.

  

  . Nothing says epic like "ESTA - ES - SPARTAAA!") I suppose you can be ... 'undeclared' at some point in the middle of the semester (which just means I ... lately is going to make some monumental difference upon where I end up in

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 25, 2007
• Blog / Advice

  Lies in MIT, lies about MIT these are the lies that i tell myself at night

  

  you've handled this many classes in the past, so I'm going to approve ... these are really lies. When I find MIT academically intense, in some ways ... parties, that I happened to find things to study that I enjoyed so much. In

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 27, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Global Languages Freshman Learning Community engaging frosh done right

  

  I'm the undergraduate assistant for a Freshman Learning Community ... semester, is designed to offer freshman community and expose them to new ... can be. Check out this interactive visualization of the course here

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 6, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  On Genshin Impact and a better introduction to me

  

  can get new ones through in-game activities or, more commonly, wishing ... time in my life. I never had gaming consoles when I was younger, so this ... exactly is Genshin? / How do you play Genshin? I’m glad you asked! Genshin

  • by ana~
  • October 7, 2021
• Blog / Events

  2024 ring premiere! amogus??

  

  back row and settled in. I saw people wearing matching bucket hats ... the class photo, I don't think my mind ever conceptualized how many ... Ring Delivery. But in the meantime, it's crazy to think that I'm almost

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 13, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  remember me on family

  

  Know that I'm with you The only way that I can be Until you're in my ... how I was interested in engineering and he thought it was the only ... volume up, even though they can't hear it. I hate how I've hurt them. How

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 1, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Few Words

  

  told her how to log in. And listened to her read the letter. And proceeded to hyperventilate in disbelief and happiness. I've wondered before ... it this far :) I can't wait to meet some of you at CPW! To those of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 14, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The second-to-last first two days of class Having classes 3 days a week rocks.

  

  long time. At least, that's how it was for me in the act of running. Once ... UROP adventures in a separate post, since there's a ton of things that I ... that I can say right now, but there will be more to come! The non

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 6, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Off to Southeast Asia Even Admissions Officers get to take a vacation sometimes.

  

  Today, I leave for three weeks of vacation in Southeast Asia ... MIT in the comments section of their posts. I'm disappointed that I didn ... will be on August 12th. In the meantime, I'll probably be fighting off

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Former MIT Students on TV Two in a flattering way, one in a potentially embarassing way.

  

  interested in catching up on some TV. This month, you can see (at least) three ... where viewers choose which of three new science programs will get picked ... MIT alumna, Aomawa Shields '97. You can watch the pilot episode online

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Repainting the Smoots A Wacky MIT Tradition

  

  , fast forward all the way from 1958 to 2023. How did I end up here on this ... boy enthusiasm. I can’t help but get as hyped as them, and soon enough ... dozen times in several disorienting patterns of color.  As I wander

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 27, 2023
• Blog / Events

  “Where art thou, O Higgs?” *insert shimmering transition into the past here*

  

  exciting time in the world of particle physics. A week or so before, I had ... in a while, you can pull out something (an "event") which could have ... ." I hope that this gives some sense of how much was riding on the LHC

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 7, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  May we offer you a drink of water? Because you're just so thirsty for what I have to say and all.

  

  't know how I had time to bake brownies, but I fit in somehow! They were oh ... , yikes!) I went to an all-girls Catholic high school in the south side of ... was accepted to The Institute. I do often like to speak in analogies

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 25, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  “I’ve Got 99 Problems… Admissions Is Not One” Really 52, but who's counting? I know that you love numbers, stats and checklists, so…

  

  , you want to know the skinny on how to get into MIT. The more I try to ... from Fountainhead or Jugghead. The "Every Important Lesson I Learned in ... same goes with movies. Yes, Cool Hand Luke is steeped in allegory and I

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  First Post A little about myself.

  be smart and I knew how much I liked the people in the admissions ... Hi there, I’m Jenny Rifken and I am the new Director of Recruitment ... terrific universities (including MIT). I never aspired to have a career in

  • by mitblogs
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  rice cooker cooking or, how to cook for yourself with zero skill

  

  , and I have no clue how many minutes it was, I put in three whole ... tired of rice. That's fine. You can cook oatmeal in a rice cooker. I put ... so easy to use. They're actually magic in how they work. You put the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 19, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Stories That Made Me My identity in books

  

  with me. And are, in turn, who I am. For each story, I'll share useful ... forged in injustice as a sword is forged." On Writing is my bible. I ... I am a huge reader. I love hearing stories and telling them. I love

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 19, 2021
• Blog / How to Food

  Food? What? I may weigh approximately two pounds, but I eat as much as everyone else. All…

  

  Before I get to an actual point in my next post, let me say this: I ... 't cook to save my life. I was dead set on living in a dorm with a dining hall solely because I was really just that bad in the kitchen. Well, I

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Bookends and every time / i leave this place / i'm terrified, terrified

  

  Five years ago I wore a barong and sablay. In my high school ... Was Here. It goes: But I love you more than words can say I can't count ... you more than words can say I wrote it because I didn't feel "sad enough

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 2, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  17,707 words writing at night like you're running out of time

  

  [/annotation] how much writing I’ve done in just the past month for classes ... yesterday. In this paper, I analyzed how general relativity progress was both ... , I can always look back at my actions and make arguments for how

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • October 24, 2020