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• Blog / Life after MIT

  Thoughts from the Dungeon One night only

  

  I’ve been stuck in the same dungeon in Metaphor: Refantazio for the ... every time I turn the game on, it’s a new enemy that sends me to my ... would roll, and I could move on with my life. But…no. Mentally, I can

  • by kellen manning
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Application Cycle Your MIT application is just the beginning

  

  rough, and can sometimes leave you feeling as if you’re trapped in a sick ... /PhD program yet, but the general plan is in place. So how did this all happen ... is that I made a decision about what I want my life to be like and how

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 1, 2007
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I send in my transcript?

  information on how to have your counselor submit your transcript. Please note
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Virtual Reality, Startups, and Donuts in a particular order

  

  the new Vice President and Dean for Student Life, Suzy Nelson. I sat ... how big VR@MIT has grown in just the couple of months since they started in February. I knew the people who started it when they started it and

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 15, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  A Three-part IAP sababa* in more than one way

  

  out to be so bad, and I had a good reason: I was in Israel. Going to ... in admissions (‘twas the season) and doing whatever my heart desired. I ... that occurred, as everyone in WILG seemed to start a project over IAP (I

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 17, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Virtual Fall, Real Performances coming soon to a zoom very near you!

  

  MIT for this blog. There is undoubtedly much more happening than I can ... -recorded, they can record in scenes as they go rather than doing it all at the end ... I've mentioned briefly on this blog before that I'm part of a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 4, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  7 Reasons MIT Is Special reflecting on the Institute at the end of four years

  

  me while I was shivering under the frigid water in my new apartment ... ’m visiting my family in Ohio, and it feels like always. Except, I do miss the ... exposed had that effect. But I was in a rush when I moved out. Plus I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 15, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  every day it gets a little easier but you gotta do it every day, that’s the hard part

  

  in lockdown so i never saw any dentists. my gums became weaker and ... how i would have to smash my foot into the ground a thousand times more ... moving quickly, but it was only after meeting more people in person that i

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 20, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  A Protocol for MIT Admissions Essays Chemical SOP: Pen, paper: irritant if digested; Brains: gateway to thinking

  

  Background: I love writing. I love building on thoughts I can’t put ... like I’ve grasped a new emotion. Admissions essays are intimidating. You ... , in the sense that you can build a support network and enjoy things that

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 26, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Food Fights behold the deliciousness that could be yours

  

  was a sophomore in college I once ate for the Internet. I had missed a ... doctor away. Because that's how calories work. I have two younger brothers ... I like eating. I like eating a lot. By which I mean both that I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Don’t Eat the Hot Glass Five things you can’t eat in the MIT Glass Lab for “health and safety” reasons…

  

  course in the MIT Glass Lab, where I spent eight weeks learning about the ... five things that you can’t (or at least shouldn’t) eat in the Glass Lab ... to thousands of degrees in the furnace. Talk about defective! I tried

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 24, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Curseroad MIT class roadmaps that shouldn’t exist but theoretically could

  

  where I test the limits of how one can graduate from MIT. Perfect for ... fall so you can graduate in three semesters with every major? Sure thing ... [/annotation] 24 26.5 (The Course 6 classes are highlighted in bold.) Wait, how

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 6, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  things i have been consuming this summer random bits of media i have eaten

  

  OFF. Their heads aren't in the game, what the fuck?? I know they can do ... pandemic. In an effort to, well, not do this, I've been revisiting some old ... mysterious aspect. I really loved how this show could be funny for both

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 19, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  mask on, mask off my used-to-be-virtual, and now post-virtual-but-still-neurodivergent life at MIT

  

  lot of time worrying about how I’m going to survive in a professional ... start masking as neurotypical again. It’s funny how I can’t seem to put a ... never show up on a resume or in a job interview. I’m trying to learn how

  • by Alice L. '24
  • December 22, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Deciding to Live on Campus a 4 month long emotional rollercoaster

  

  campus, and their explorations in finding new places to live. Today, I ... trying to boot out of the country, nor do I have any in-person graduation ... was going on in this time that I straight up don't remember because it

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 26, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Life, the Universe, and Everything I’m significant! …screamed the dust speck.

  

  once. I had this moment most recently while sitting in my 18 ... rigorous high school math educations!!” Which began to degrade into “… I can ... , the walls of my room and B-Entry in MacGregor have many nice things. I

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 13, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Exploring the newest innovations in dessert technology A trip filled with enough desserts to satisfy anyone's sweet tooth!

  

  How many desserts can one consume in 2 ½ hours? Five MIT students ... consumption of an immeasurable amount of calories. (OK, Dad, I know you hate when I fixate on food, but it’s all in the name of science.) We began at

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 12, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Boston, through the lens of my children Visiting Boston at 37 years of age was ...

  

  currently is, and I'm not totally sure how I feel about that yet. BUT WAIT ... . For the third time in four years I found myself in the greater Boston area. In 2022 I attended CPW and live-streamed a marathon cross stitch

  • by Snively '11
  • October 19, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 2 With guest appearances by NJ Representative Rush Holt and MA Senator Elizabeth Warren

  

  one of his constituents, and the last time I was in New Jersey I was ... I discuss how to get scientists more involved in advocacy, and what a ... him by name when I passed by in the hallway. Now, I’m in a big room

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 5, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  In Defense of Peer Pressure or, why my hair is now purple

  

  act, be your own person and make good choices. I'm here to tell you how ... , come to think of it, I can swim across the Charles... My point is: peer ... freshmen to cook with them, or to be in a food co-op with them. (yes, I

  • by Kate R. '14
  • March 17, 2011