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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  21W.762 Poetry Workshop some poems from the class!

  

  Barrett. I've always wanted to learn how to write poetry, being too afraid ... they wanted to be featured and I got some poems in response! I absolutely ... , again & again & again   I awaken, enclosed in a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 22, 2022
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I submit a creative/maker portfolio as a QuestBridge applicant?

  required. To learn more about the different kinds of portfolios you can submit, as well as how to submit, please visit our Creative Portfolios page
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2 / Keep Calm and Carry On Getting some much-needed vitamin D on the other coast

  

  — changed."   I ran into a friend who I hadn't seen in over a year or ... semester, and we talked about the MEng. At one point, he mentioned how I seemed *changed*, calmer. I guess going abroad changed me. Later in the

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 30, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Writing an essay using thumb tacks and arousing the suspicions of a snarky Nobel laureate

  

  ." How embarrassing. Anyway, I spent about an hour more taking notes in ... Looking For A Good Fantasy." I stood in that entrance hall for a solid ... ambiance and the kinds of people I saw wandering around (you can recognize

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 5, 2012
• Blog / Hacks

  The Stars Look Very Different Today Planet Earth is blue, and there's nothing we can do

  

  When I was fifteen, in the summer between tenth and eleventh grades ... Earth is blue, and there's nothing I can do." When I was seventeen ... , "Yeah, I have a request?" "We can help you out!" I replied. "Just give us

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hello, Seattle i am a mountaineer...

  

  I'm spending the summer in Seattle, interning at Amazon, and I've decided I'm in love with this place. A few thoughts about Seattle after my ... . Since I could probably talk for far too long about how great Seattle is

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 14, 2014
• Blog / How to Food

  MIT Dining Halls my controversial ranking

  

  , but I do get claustrophobic in an I'm-hot-asf-and-need-you-to-shut-up-so-we-can ... eat at the (in)famous dining halls. I find it fairly obvious which ... nice? Do they look miserable? Vibes/ambiance - Can I eat here without

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • March 19, 2025
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  What MIT Is Like for Non-Technology Majors a quirk of the institvte

  

  expression and liveliness I can impart in something that is dead. Really makes ... a fatal loophole in the founding charter, that you can actually study ... -rollers in their lounge. The Massachusetts Institute of Trolling: I might

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 1, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Profiles in Courage My neighbor could kill you or save your life with her bare hands.

  

  chance to meet over the weekend when I wasn't slaving in lab, passed out on ... research for the past three years in a UROP with Professor Robert "I ... . Alicia and I were sitting in the suite one morning discussing, among other

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Why I haven’t posted in forever In picture form, no less.

  

  list now that I've given you the proof of how completely hosed I am ... I am taking 5 minutes out of my life just to let you all know why I don't exist. I don't exist, because this is my to-do list: No joke

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 13, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Case of the Disappearing Admissions Officers Where have the Admissions Officers been lately?

  

  How long has it been since I last blogged? So long that it took me 9 ... a very challenging year in which to select a class. Nevertheless, I ... MIT Media Lab. You can read more in thousands of articles across the web

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Campus Visits… Bring Em’ On! This entry will focus on the dos and don'ts of a fall visit to a…

  

  If I'm not mistaken this is the time of year when you begin in ... gracious to send you. I know that most of you will put it all in a big box ... can helpful in conveying your experience to you parents, guidance

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 5, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Why So Serious? On Keeping Life in Perspective

  

  feel like I'm in that situation, I keep running. I tell myself it's all worth it. I take it all in and try to just do it. Sometimes I fail ... It's been a while since I've had time to sit down for a long period

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / Community Projects

  dormspam-the-game (Part 1) wits, skill, and the teeniest amount of luck

  

  Field. In the next section, I talk about how this actually worked out for ... pleasure of competing in dormspam-the-game! Run by [annotation note="I plan ... luck than any wit or skill – and I can show this using the data collected

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 13, 2020
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Dive: a cultural app take a look at my team's microsoft project!

  

  to learn how to read and engage younger children in reading. You can ... tech in general, was for me. But as this program concludes, I can say ... you to my team, Team 12. I worked in a team of four other TNTs and two

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 8, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Lea-der! Lea-der! Bat-man! ...I mean, Lea-der!

  

  the reasons I have an interest in journalism today. What’s incredible to ... I needed to apply. Just a little jolt of confidence can really go a ... careers in a time when women just didn’t do that. I decided to attend this

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 13, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Supplemental material How to and when to send in supplemental materials.

  

  and your talents can be considered with your other talents in your ... included. Research papers. I think research papers are best talked about in ... 'll be most interested in your research experience: how you got interested

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 19, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  The End of an Era A no-longer-freshman's reflections on life, the universe, and MIT-specific details

  

  18.02 exams. Sitting in front of my desk at 4:57pm, I realized that ... disconcerting in its unfamiliarity. Upon closer introspection, I concluded, with ... I didn’t know how to feel about it. I think I never truly realized

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 24, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  What I’m doing this IAP i guess i need to be more specific

  

  "]two other people,[/annotation] and I’m really excited to see how it’ll turn ...  did manage to fit it in my schedule. I didn’t really read the description that ... projects in the makerspace, and were [annotation note="“I didn’t know you

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 16, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Admissions Decisions and Mystery Hunt A few thoughts and a lot of puzzles.

  

  the scenes I used to only see in photographs, and I remember how ... got home I brought some luggage in to delay the inevitable, or maybe I ... decision, ran downstairs to tell my parents I got in, ran back upstairs, ran

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 12, 2013