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• Blog / MIT Life

  What are French House residents doing this summer? Round 2 Microsoft, brains, British accents, hiking in the Alps, weightlifting, HIMYM

  

  ; knit a scarf I wish I knew how to knit. Anything else you want to say or ... ? I am doing an internship at Institut Néel, learning how to simulate ... is my second summer doing an internship in France, and so far I am

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 30, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One weekend in New York, two (very different) operas And I didn't pay a cent.

  

  slipped through the narrative cracks. - In mid-February, I boarded a bus ... my trumpet with the orchestra. Ten years later, I prayed that I would ... ' various affairs. In principle, I don't have anything against putting two

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dear prefrosh, a letter to you

  

  on Discord would one day come in handy for something as important as ... questions in my DMs and asked publicly and on the IG live that I really wanted ... read and understand. I would give you all a big, big hug if I could. Dear

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 25, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  crazy party weekend from 2019 to now

  

  when i attended cpw as a senior in high school, my favorite events ... perform for around ten minutes each in high school i watched the ohms sing ... i’d ever heard, and the chords in the climax of permanent some three

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 18, 2023
• Blog / People & Identities

  Never Have I Ever…reflected on my identity "too indian" or "not indian enough"?

  

  Essay, I wrote about my homestay experience in Japan and how I feel more ... . In my essay, I describe how I came to embrace Japanese culture after a ... cost?? For the record, I had no social life in high school—I took a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 4, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  new york without i*stagram who are you performing for?

  

  irresponsible spending by writing a blog. i was in new york over the past few ... ’t awful, but considering how much all of my friends raved about this city i ... .  for context, i deactivated my accounts sometime in the fall semester

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 29, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  poem snippets searching for hope amidst darkness

  

  cry or laugh & i would put my hands in mud to make myself last & ... . i hope that you can find solace or hope in some of these words ... ; in the dead of night, the gold i had woven turned out to be dust

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 4, 2025
• Blog / Community Projects

  CPW: ASA Midway, B1 B1athalon, and Cutting Crafts with Contour not to mention meet the bloggers

  

  would you be in Tucson? Who would you be in art school? I didn’t have the ... with! Here's how they went. Contour My team and I held several events to ... I entered MIT, I had no idea I'd get as invested in building things as

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 25, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  hell. handling the hardest semester at MIT, virtually

  

  work. I couldn't help but wonder how I would've fared if the chaos had ... that I haven't yet found a rhythm that works for me in terms of finishing ... . I also haven't yet figured out how to finish all my psets on time; my

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 9, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Follow Me: A Video Tour of Campus in which you get to hang out with my friends and walk around MIT through…

  

  to spend your next 21 minutes, then you're in luck. Boy, oh boy, do I ... I made a video-thing! During the second snow day of the semester, I ... wonderful readers out there. I followed them around campus while they talked

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 23, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  The swing of things MIT happenings.

  

  abroad or take internships in a foreign country. I might be getting an internship in Spain this summer, and I am super psyched. (I still have to send in my resume, and I haven't thought as far ahead as next week, let

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 16, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is This All? how do i live without regret?

  

  ? How much of a role does money really play in my life? I've been ... Scott and Phoebe Waller-Bridge, I feel a discernible ache in my chest ... performing. I loved the idea of entertaining other people in any form or shape

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 3, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Parting Remarks Part II: The Blogger Bio That Was I just graduated!

  

  would write some snappy lines about how my bio no longer captures how I ... The original premise for this blog post was that I would dissect the bio/about section of my blogger profile, which I wrote in either August

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 30, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Robo-CJ writes a college app do neural nets dream of electric essays?

  

  . If I went to MIT, I would have a job in the fall, and I don't. But I ... problem, they wouldnt believe me These all sounds like things I would say. In fact, I had to look at my blog posts to check that I’ve never

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 28, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Wise Words From Mikey A good thing to read as you prepare to arrive on campus and begin your…

  

  I'm going through my in-box today, taking care of some long ... , and I decided to wait until now instead of posting it in June - this ... professors that I have something to offer... when in fact I'm not sure I have

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 15, 2007
• Blog / How to MIT

  THAT’S RIGHT! AP scores and computing at MIT, these are a few of my favorite things...

  

  ...haha) I came home to find the envelope waiting for me in the front hallway ... 'm just excited to see how I did on these tests, even though I know I didn ... absolutely NO IDEA how this happened. I think somebody made a mistake. *grin* I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] Take Me *Home* to the Ballgame By Claire S. '25

  

  Of all the things to happen in college, I never expected baseball to ... I grew up in. But it actually wasn’t until I left Missouri for college ... from home. Thankfully, over time I learned how to manage the homesickness

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • July 31, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  22 Hiatus Adventures stories from my time away and my first semester back!

  

  , privacy, and autonomy than I ever would have had living in a dorm. However ... how they think I’ve changed over the last year and a half. I think I ... . I lived on a Christmas tree farm in Lawrenceville, NJ! For a few

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW-related whatsits Just some things you might want to know before you arrive tomorrow!

  

  decision. I would really encourage all of you to ask lots of questions this ... responses. I would also encourage you to explore all the dormitories and as ... bed. Some students have futons in their rooms you can sleep in. I am in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Let’s Take a Walk until orientation!

  

  ! I'm scared to sit in this house just because I know what's been in ... two things. Thing number one: Prefrosh had been there. How could I tell ... would have been the kind of math that causes a ringing in your ears and

  • by Snively '11
  • August 13, 2008