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• Blog / MIT Life

  goodbye after so long and with so much love

  

  -five blogs. Although I can still bring it up in my mind, the MIT that the blogs ... 've changed and how I've stayed the same. When I fell in love with the blogs, I ... have no idea how I stumbled across them as an elementary schooler with

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 1, 2023
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I send in my transcript?

  information on how to have your counselor submit your transcript. Please note
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  AROTC Day in the Life Notes from Cadet O'Brien, MIT '12 / Course III

  

  , and I want to show you how awesome that can be. Once a semester we go ... Hi, I am Cadet O'Brien. I am a Junior at MIT majoring in course 3 ... here at MIT. AROTC allows you to be pretty flexible in how involved you

  • by ROTC
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  I Met John Waters This beautiful mobile home you see before you is the current hideout of the notorious…

  

  or LA to be a star anymore. You can stay in your home town and make it ... something. In this day and age, this is far from the truth. You can go to a ... ! Barriers are breaking down, and suddenly you can find every kind of people in

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 22, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Culture Shock

  

  's weird to realize how easily you can immerse yourself in something, and not ... So I'm back in the US, and it's weird. The first thing I noticed as I ... can hold moisture, I'd totally forgotten about that!" It was quite a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In which brains are awesome Neener neener neener.

  

  figure out how any one man can have that much information in his head ... Science Fiction. Admittedly, I was mainly interested in this class because ... reality game (ARG) in a style influenced by I Love Bees. This is completely

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 2, 2009
• 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 / Art, Literature, Music

  How to Write an Original Song (ex?)-emo kid gone rogue

  

  ="768"] When did you get a sliver of the moon in your eyes/And how'd you ... pink/I want you to see me in a crowd[/caption] 4. And you hate it now ... ’s what your thinking. So yeah, that was how I wrote this song! It took me

  • by Powers '23
  • June 14, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  [guest post] time passes from spirit island a board game that i picked up 3 years ago is now my life

  

  example, cj apparently forgot how resources worked in 7 wonders, so i told ... in this post is kinda uncomfortable lol"]cj.[/annotation] i soon came ... that i liked. time passes. i finally met cj in person in frosh spring

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On How To Approach Your Interview Advice on how to approach your interview.

  

  .    Today I am going to offer my advice on how to approach the ... interviews has changed (though Stu's advice on how to prepare for it remains ... : If we don't have any alumni in your area and your interview is waived

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Adventure’s Out There….. in Boston! Summer shenanigans at MIT

  

  s, you'll see what I mean soon!). On most weekdays, you can find me in ... 've had. How many people can say they've watched fireworks in the rain ... semester was a total blur. In some ways, I did it wrong. 5 classes and a UROP

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • July 20, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas thanksgiving and warm fuzzies all around

  

  in the 3+ months I've been here. Being at MIT has really opened my eyes ... whom I have common interests, people who I now can't imagine not knowing ... indescribable--all I can really say is that we went and it was amazing. For those

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 30, 2013
• 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
• Blog / MIT Life

  what your favorite study spot says about you badly stereotyping places to work on campus

  

  can't get things done when you work in a group. you're addicted to ... about this "hidden gem" even though it's so crowded that you can never get ... and comfort, even if you're lowkey still in your TikTok fake vine phase

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Days in the Life In which I overuse Instagram.

  

  reality when I inevitably run into the door frame. I wake up in the morning ... stuff. I haven't decided how I feel about this. Actually, things have ... who remember back in the day when I used to doodle in my notes. The

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 15, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A New England Spring and what that means for incoming prefrosh (from outside of NE)

  

  live in Cambridge, MA, how do I come to terms with the fact that I will ... In a conversation I was having with my good buddy, Quinton, today ... , but I found that happy medium between breaking into a sweat in my all

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • March 28, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biodiesel@MIT: Turning trash into black gold A student group called Biodiesel@MIT has just won the grand prize of $25,000 in the…

  

  petro-diesel to create a blended fuel that can be used in MIT’s ... sundresses, flip-flops and shorts. Today, we are in the midst of a winter storm ... ,000 in the GE / mtvU Ecocollege Challenge (www

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 16, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  books I read in 2024, ranked and thoughts on the best ones

  

  ’m inexplicably in love with someone I don’t know how to talk to?? What?? 2) Rooney ... This year I read 20 books. Here they are in a tier list, ranked based ... what I thought you could do with literature. I’m in love with the way

  • by Kai V. '25
  • January 13, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  lessons on burnout 2020 made me realize things

  

  ’s all just because of P/NR? How will I be in the spring, when I have to ... right, maybe I don’t quite know how to be productive in a way that is ... even if I tried. It helps that I’m back in NYC now, and can actually wake

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • January 12, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Mirrors Because reflection is not just that image you see of yourself in the morning, or…

  

  times over winter break, but I wasn’t particularly getting anywhere. In fact, I wasn’t particularly interested in doing a whole lot of anything ... how scholarly my future can be, or looking at internships to apply for

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 8, 2013