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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Drawing from Life "is that the boldest stroke you can make?"

  

  during the session. I often think about what my life would be like if I ... exactly where I want it to be. I peek at Deelia's sketchbook and notice how ... piles up and I get hosed. I know how to make bold strokes; I just need to

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 28, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Tchau! Labs vai para a praia! And the King of the Internet returns.

  

  I would have expected that this room would have been filled with old ... * This is a Goodbye Post * I've always liked the 4th of July. I like fireworks. (Although a couple years ago I had a friend that kind of

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • June 26, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My 7 Favorite Places to P-Set! Eat, Work, Repeat.

  

  work on my stuff. I thought this would be helpful in both showing you a ... Without a doubt, I think every student here can agree that problem ... is my normal setup: I always carry my single notebook that randomly

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • November 10, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  at a distance staying in contact with friends from home

  

  think about just how disconnected I am from people at home—some of the ... realized "Wait, I don't think I believe that anymore. That's not how I feel ... I would run/scooter to on weekend mornings when I was a kid. Ariana

  • by Victor D. '27
  • November 20, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Thanks Guys A thank you from a blogger to the best audience ever.

  

  This past weekend I was somewhere between flying and drowning. Finals were...... Finals. On the other hand I was about to be able to go home and see my family, and there was nobody I wanted to see more after a

  • by Ben O. '19
  • December 27, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  diversions from what is otherwise a never ending trello of things to do

  

  put any thought into them, which should give you an idea of how hosed i ... i have no less than three different drafts for blog posts stewing ... semesters, there would always be work to do, and during some weeks work piled

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 1, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Should I include my ethnicity on the MIT Application? As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment about someone of…

  

  As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment about someone of color getting into college because of their race? The ... talk a lot about FIT & MATCH. Think of your application as you would

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  SCIENCE! I'm bad at it, sometimes

  

  Signs that I would someday Do Science can be traced to when I was 6 ... out. I thought that my friend Eric would find this amusing, so I took a ... , for fear that this exchange would repeat itself. I wanted to follow

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 12, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Two households, totally unalike in dignity…” On picking majors and following your dreams, Romeo and Juliet, Twitter, Sherlock, and the future…

  

  real life factors would have kept them from ever even meeting. L: I think ... !” Something that I would recommend to everyone is to pursue something that you ... Hannibal, and how Hannibal’s Tumblr is just so on point. It’s exciting. I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 21, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What is an Incomplete Grade? ABCDF....I? How to use MIT's grading system in dire situations

  

    ABCDF....I? How to use MIT's grading system in dire situations   You may be wondering how, with all students being varying ... . Had I not, I would have been disappointed in the final outcome of

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 7, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Etiquette Workshop: The Keys to Painless Networking Jodi Smith taught the UPOPers the keys to painless networking!

  

  I thought I would share: 1. At a networking event, always wear a ... program which teaches sophomores about leadership and work-place dynamics, I ... say "My name is Joe, and I have three dogs," while that line might be

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Making the Pi Day Video the experiment, part 2

  

  ’s Blinding Lights for us on IG Live last year, and I figured he would be great ... in October, I was scrolling through the @mitadmissions feed when I came across an animated short of a lady making bread. I probably watched the

  • by kellen manning
  • March 12, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  my MIT admissions essays a retrospective

  

  what I was doing during high school and contextualizing how I'd benefit ... , video games... but I wasn't sure how to express those topics uniquely. I ... admissions officers." I don't know how much of this min-maxing was really

  • by Victor D. '27
  • October 14, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cancel all operations Tell your friends to cool it, my cover's blown.

  

  stupid story about how I gave blood or ate at a foodtruck or stepped on a ... is usually the kind of thing I would be crazily pedantic about too, so ... , awesome entry. I heard that Random is very selective (hard to get into) how

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Musings on Colorful Balls (CPW Guest Blog!) from Ramya '14!

  

  Wesomeness that is MIT...As I would do right now if I had the chance to - high ... to make contact with the balls represents how much I was overwhelmed by ... approach and know how to have a good time. It's worth it." I finally realized

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 13, 2010
• Blog / How to MIT

  Schedules and expectations The do's and dont's of freshman scheduling, and what to brace yourself for.

  

  's home than your own. The point of this diatribe is that I would not try ... Class of '10: getting super ready and excited for school? I hope you ... -frosh had asked about class schedules (don't worry, Minh, I haven't forgotten

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Making house calls "Uhh, someone from MIT wants to talk to you."

  

  waters. I would rather labor over advanced biology or mechanics, it’s all ... (*gasp*) doing your own laundry. (On another note, I would highly recommend ... As part of the 2011 Early Action Telethon, today I had the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  branches was it easy to let go?

  

  's disturbing to me how painless it feels to be saying goodbye. two games i have ... yourself. how can i believe that, and at the same time believe that, as ... I would choose. I wanted each and every one of them, but choosing one

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 12, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My Final Blogpost With a heavy heart, I say goodbye to the MIT blogosphere. The journey was all…

  

  tends to meander in all directions I’m clueless on how to summarize it. I ... about. I used to care about how good my stories were, how real my ... discussed it, I wasn’t entirely struck by how many hopefully heartfelt

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 1, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Almost a Real Engineer my foray into the world of professional conferences

  

  year, but I figured I would at least ask, and now here I am. The grant I ... I am currently in Washington, D.C., to attend my first Transportation ... ), that was supposed to bring a quarter inch of ice. But I made it here

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 22, 2012