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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fall term is already a nightmare Today I went to my second day of classes.

  

  picked out of a hat to stay in his class. If I'd known it would come to ... would have made me laugh in astonishment if it did not make me cry. I was ... structure in constant, intermittently blinding dust storms. I'd look up and

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP of Coding time to catch up

  

  weeks. I couldn't begin to fathom how many other people are going through ... ,000 views in four days. It's funny, I had thought that to garner views, my ... where I photoshopped things in creative ways, i.e. "My Two Cents". However

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 5, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A Great Hunger an artisanal take on my quarter life crisis

  

  more. In hindsight, I would say I struggled to balance (or even identify ... stop thinking about it.  In reality I think we all have a little bit of ... they graduated. With 7 years post-grad, I’m still in the midst of

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  infinite corridors can’t believe there are no posts with this title yet

  

  is the picture i have in mind: i was so preoccupied during undergrad ... set in stone as i imagined: i’ve already switched jobs and roles, signed ... brutal. i was reeling from moving to a new city and living in a house with

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels More on the evolution of the MIT class ring.

  

  , for the unveiling of the class ring. The design process begins in ... lucrative ring contract: 90% of all students will purchase the ring in a ... each year of prime MIT ring-buying. Using imagery representing events

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Years of the Rat More about MIT's famous class ring: the "Brass Rat."

  

  the unveiling of the class ring. The design process begins in freshman ... contract: 90% of all students will purchase the ring in a typical year; one ... prime MIT ring-buying. Using imagery representing events from their first

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 21, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  senioritis i wish i had no work today

  

  events i'm interested in. there's talks and outings i would've liked to go ... schoolwork. but now i know how different not being in mit feels like. from the ... enough to enjoy. now that i'm back in school i can feel how different it

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 31, 2022
• Blog / Events

  [joint post] we can’t hear you, you’re on mute another mystery hunt post

  

  ,[/annotation][annotation note='Alan: I promised CJ that I would link the TikTok that he was in ... puzzles in the first round, and then I headed to Kendall/MIT to catch a Red ... puzzles and fixed problems in earlier rounds, we would unlock more of the

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Do you have jobs? Can I have one?

  

  After I finish my M.Eng (Master's of Engineering) thesis in the ... that I am not a match for, some which would be alright, and only one (so far) that I would love. I think my interview with them went well, but

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Jigsaw Puzzle of Opinions Ramblings Of A Spring Semester Senior

  

  A year back I developed a deep interest in understanding what made me ... understanding of how my Ethiopian and American roots played a part. For example, I ... their food that it’s become deeply engrained in who I am. The other side

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • March 25, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  hello, again it me

  

  in past years I would take on lots of scheduled tasks even over IAP and ... 'd check in again--I keep meaning to blog, but each time I think about it I ... the anxieties I mentioned in my last few posts, I think I've made (some

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 23, 2017
• FAQ / First-year application

  How can I explain my special circumstances?

  ’t possibly cover every “what if” in an FAQ section. The MIT application allows ... feel may be helpful to us in evaluating your application. Every application is read in a holistic manner, within its proper context.
• Blog / Community Projects

  Affirmations not unnecessary

  

  would be like. I didn’t know if I was prepared for how hard MIT would be ... , I try to be.” - my blogger bio, circa summer 2023 In one of the ... there are people who are immensely better than I am at math in every

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  It’s Nice to Meet You Finding my confidence through inline skating.

  

  When I introduce myself in new groups, a lot of times I bring that up how I inline skate, or rollerblade. Even after three years of being in ... make any progress. In those moments, I would forget that sometimes the

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • March 29, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Finding my place at MIT It's an ongoing process

  

  assumptions about how social connections work are wrong. I never assumed I would ... up the friend circle I never had in high school. What I didn't realize ... high school community. As a result, I didn't fit in with the other people

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 2, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Reek Week Updated 8/3 to include pictures of Gilroy garlic ice cream.

  

  for free. The happiest (and stinkiest) I've been in years. Eating ... . The Crest bus has stations for you to brush your teeth. I say, "When in ... each year, and that it is the largest food festival in the country. On

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Touring an IS&T Datacenter, and How My Dad Crashed the Internet I promise they're related.

  

  . It connects back, I promise. How My Dad Crashed the Internet In ... story of how my father became one of the few people in the world who has ... more energy efficient. I did theater tech in high school, and

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • November 2, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  What I want to be when I grow up Did I go with the baseball announcer idea? Or the Daily Show script writer? Read…

  

  things I was interested in. Well, that would have been a bit of a stretch ... When I was in preschool, we had to make a crayon drawing of what we ... exists, in some scrapbook in the back of the kitchen closet. I don

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Don’t Read This if you Already Go to MIT My life is good and I get plenty of sleep. Please don't hate me.

  

  be going my way. Case in point number 1: As I was returning to Boston ... whatnot. Nonetheless, what are the odds? Case in point number 2: I was ... me yet. If I kept going, I would beat him to class but he would see me

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 22, 2009
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  What is engineering, anyways? i promise it's more than just math

  

  to MIT certain of one thing: I would never be an engineer. In eighth ... and parts from three different angles – and I would always turn in my ... studying something cool would make me happy. I spent that next summer in

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • March 10, 2025