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• Blog / How to Food

  sourdough start & restart & starter this is and is not a metaphor

  

  wrong? In the leadup to bread day, I shifted my nervousness to the bread ... game plan. I revised the game plan, again. The morning of, I paced in my ... I have a sourdough starter! His name is[annotation note="a Roman

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 19, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Learning about the ABCs Apple Bake Competition, At Burton Conner

  

  useless in the context of Apple Bake, so I decided to try my hand at a few ... was a little unfortunate, but I can't really complain when I was ... note="one of the dorms at MIT, also where i live

  • by Janet G. '27
  • October 29, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  The Pink Hair Problem What do you do for your college interview if you have dyed hair and a…

  

  in person from an applicant when I was working as an EC in the San ... just to feel like he had to impress his interviewer.  In fact, I told him ... : "That is an interesting question. "First, I believe in managing

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  World Suicide Prevention Day Write love on your arms to show support

  

  to help students in need of support, but I think it's important to ... you need to get any medicine!! 4) Anyone at MIT In all honestly, if I ... (FUP).  I held in my tears and sadness the entire day, but by the end of

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 10, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Science is Delicious! Zen and the art of hot chocolate

  

  heartbreaking, than I imagined back in July when it was spoken of in distant ... "), but I can already see that I'm not quite the same person I was before ... Just a few hours to go, and I know you're feeling the stress. We

  • by Dave McOwen
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [joint post] Welcoming you to “Here at MIT” student art in the new welcome center

  

  filled with student art. In this post, Kidist and I teamed up to tell you ... why I committed to MIT was because I was in awe of Borderline ... interests and passions at MIT, and I'm so excited for everyone to see it in

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 3, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Even More for Admitted Students: Share Your Story Another open thread for '11s.

  

  means it's exactly one year to the day when I discovered I got in. In ... it since we had turned in our apps. (When I was YOUR age, we didn ... thinking she hadn't gotten in. So I did the same thing - after I came home

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 13, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 1) two trains, twelve states, 540 pictures, one Speaker of the House election, and more!

  

  wooden bench in South Station, just across from the Au Bon Pain. I am about ... . We will have to see exactly how it goes, but I suspect that this trip will probably end up over seventy-eight hours. In the meantime, I

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 11, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  A Blog Entry About Transition This blog entry is about transition. The act of passing from one state or place…

  

  transition. And in one sentence, I've completely ruined your hope of being ... total - so I took as many as I could, as if the only way to succeed in ... . (That part's the gravy!) MIT is a hard place - I can say that with

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 2, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  a recipe for making yourself extremely hosed or, what i'm doing this fall

  

  much of the lab as I can in one sitting. Since I haven't been in a coding ... , so here we are. Well, what are the classes? I'm interested in computer ... pixels with the least 'information' in it, but you can't just add those

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 2, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  This One is for the Families… ...but applicants can read it as well...

  

  smart and when I called them from the airport as I was leaving in ... and tried to keep it in mind at every stop I made. In a few days this ... 'll enjoy the moment. I certainly would were I in your place. Revel in it a

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 12, 2009
• Blog / Events

  beautiful moments i think too much

  

  charles, noticing how the smallest shifts in seating rock the boat, the ... are young, i felt like i regressed a few years that night, in that way ... last weekend and last week when i pay attention i realize how old i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 21, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My Disappointment Is Immeasurable And My Day Is Ruined A story about cream soda

  

  to how prevalent creme soda is as a flavour in South Africa. I grew up ... my favourite drinks back home in South Africa; naturally, I was excited ... has the drink, though, so I lived in blissful ignorance about the

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 15, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Typical Day on the Road Having grown up in NYC, I love coming back.

  

  I am about to head out to do the MIT presentation in Westchester ... . It was a lot of fun. Having grown up in NYC, I love coming back. The ... time I'm in the city. I spent my high school years making bagels at Slims

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / Residential Life

  river and rainwater a rainy walk home

  

  I can across the Harvard Bridge. There's a speedometer halfway across ... rusty old bike is 19 mph; I wonder how fast I'd be able to go on a sleek ... has become such a constant in my life recently, and I fear I'm starting

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 29, 2023
• 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 / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions….. Don't Panic!

  

  know how MIT is. You might think to yourself "oh but I know so much about ... can do the job as well. You're in charge though; it's your life. Make ... with nerds from the future here at MIT). As I'm sure you already know

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 13, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Hayden Christensen Comes to MIT, Looks Pretty Pictures of the top of Hayden Christensen's head inside!

  

  , I give you HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN AT MIT IN 15 MINUTES! (and pictures ... in order to do that, I have to teach you quantum mechanics. It'll just ... . How much effort do you put in trying to stay true to real-world science

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  i’d like to write a happy post a sestina

  

  'd paint you a walk along the river, in this nimbly crafted post; I'd tell you how I love this place, about its gentle paradise, all in prose that ... write. I'm hoping to come back soon, but, in the meantime, please accept

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 6, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Pirates and Pi and Rats and Pie and Rats (except there are no rats) 3.1415926535897932384626433832795… idk the rest.

  

  there has been in a while. I was outside writing this blog in Killian Court, but the sun was causing too much glare so i’m in the library right ... ’t think i ever read…) for weeks about an event in lobby 10. Thursday I saw

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 23, 2024