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• Blog / Challenges

  Guest Post: Being Trans at MIT

  

  trying to get through it. But now that you're going to college you're going to have more freedom and fewer social pressures. It's a great time to ... are great places to do this! "Right now I identify as a cisgender queer

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Getting a Physics Major – Part I I split this up because i need to start studying for finals.

  

  , learned independently how to program in Matlab, conducted your full set of data analysis in Matlab, learned how to use Latex, written a 4-page ... Juniors in physics tend to complain a lot. The more of them there are

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 14, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  My life in the bush of ghosts The long-awaited chronicles of my life as a vegetarian.

  

  fulfilled without it. My secondary motivation was to learn how to cook better ... into a skillet to brown, and throwing in whatever vegtables I happen to ... chicken gyro in line ahead of me. I'd also get cravings only for the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 19, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  Springtime for Interns in Germany Watch out, Europe: I'm going on tour.

  

  , where I'll learn how to open a bank account in Germany, why not to call ... really needed to get started with before Friday and almost no time to do it ... music, in any case. I get chills--no pun intended--in "Denn Alles Fleisch

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 27, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  church gardens some paintings!

  

  North Wales. Unfortunately getting to South Wales would be 8 hours ... lonely towards the end of the month. But I did appreciate getting to see ... killing time in London until my flight back to Boston. Text for

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 3, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What I’m Up To distractions

  

  TikTok - I'm so sorry. Spotify - to get my good music in! Lots of ... really appreciate how so many from the community talked to me and reached ... draw and the rest of the people must guess what it is; fastest to get it

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 28, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  My IAP Mugs, polymers, cats, and pineapples.

  

  excited to spend my Monday nights making mugs with a great friend ... students/affiliates/alumni how to create fancy cocktails the correct way, and ... wrong. But there are so many great things to look forward to, and I am

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 3, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Memory of a Greatly Beloved Establishment rip the stud subway

  

  My fellow readers of the MIT Admissions blogs, a great tragedy has ... has been closed down. Yes, that's right: the Subway in the Student Center is no more. This past weekend, Subway closed abruptly due to issues

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 3, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  the sun sets on another summer only one left yikes

  

  actually getting any exercise this summer. i don't think i'd want to live in ... flight to boston. this summer went by weirdly fast but in a way that i can ... code to work. i won't miss my long morning commute and getting around LA

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 17, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You Guys Are Used To Getting No Sleep, But I Am Old To those of you who have siblings: what's the one piece of sibling-related parenting advice…

  

  when I can find time. Hope you guys are having a great start to your ... -related parenting advice you'd give to your own parents if you could go back in time? [Edit: in other words, I want my kids to be as close as possible as they

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An IAP in Texas, chapter two Week two of school away from school as I learn about and work on transportation…

  

  's been very friendly and generous, going out of their way to include me in ... context to lend. The hardest part about this work is getting up around 7AM ... , so basically, applying technology to the analysis and optimization of

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  How I got recruited to play D3 soccer at MIT the college sports recruiting process

  

  , and I was lucky enough to get in!! I officially committed the spring ... play soccer) to get recruited, so I definitely have advice for other ... , and how I eventually committed to MIT. I’m not entirely sure how other

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / Events

  I went outside! *inhales, belts 'for the first time in forever' at the top of lungs*

  

  . It's a great way to escape the MIT bubble and get some (literal) fresh ... to realize that its students need to get out more, so we actually have ... records for the world's shortest camping trip, but we did get to go on a

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 9, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW is for Parents too…really!! ...a helpful guide for parents (I hope

  

  Class of 2015. We're getting ready to welcome lots of their parents too ... tough decisions and the best way to do that, we think, is to take part in ... logical choice to talk about what the weekend has in store for you if you

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 1, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  for change in (expected + unexpected): print(change.get_thoughts())

  

  'm going to school in Boston remark on how cold it is, but the most jarring ... . And in a stroke of great luck, this past year I even got to move in with ... decide how many layers to wear, whether to bring an umbrella, etc. For

  • by Allison E. '27
  • June 19, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  The Role You Play in the Admissions Process by Jenny Rifken, Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions @ MIT.

  't know if I would get in or not) and I applied to some places where I was ... to apply (I'll explain this in a minute) and honest with yourself in ... important to me? What did a school need to have in order for me to be happy

  • by mitblogs
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advanced Standing Exams: know your stuff, get out of a semester-long class! You should really consider taking them.

  

  class. If you take the ASE, the grade you get on the test stands in for a ... willy-nilly, because it is important to have a firm background in the core subjects to succeed in later classes. That’s true, but I wanted to give the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • May 24, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  had i known how to save a life on self-care

  

  has been trying to get back up on my feet. i like to think i’ve been ... alone. i couldn’t find the motivation to get out of bed that morning ... , which i planned to go to, because i was too tired. i spent the time in bed

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 17, 2019
• 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 ... lack the ability to cook food in small amounts and nearly all of my ... 't cook to save my life. I was dead set on living in a dorm with a dining

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

  July 4th in Boston MIT has the best seat for Boston's July 4th celebrations.

  

  Delta. The houses in the Back Bay have incredible views and great parties ... only, you can't get much closer to the fireworks barge. The nice folks at ... Boston has arguably the best 4th of July festivities in the country

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2005