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• Blog / Admissions

  ‘Just Chillax’ [about your college essays] My little brother is wicked smaht.

  

  get a point across.) The essay is your chance to show that you're not a ... in this ridiculous focus, my obsession to finish a perfect drawing. As ... you get all A’s!!!” Everything I need to know, I haven’t learned from

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 22, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  9 / Headache 68 days to go

  

  've been rushing to finish prototypes for a project to be submitted to the ... 're working on devising a federal bill to regulate smart city transportation ... To set the mood: i'm so tired... by lauv & troye sivan  

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • March 31, 2019
• Blog / People & Identities

  H I C C U P S takeaways from a Bollywood film

  

  and tiring week) to watch a Bollywood film. All I was really looking for ... with me past a good night’s sleep. Hichki (which roughly translates to ... to make uncontrollable noises and movement. For a career as speech

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 15, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  insanity tldr some of my habits make no sense

  

  intelligent things in conversations, which tends to begin as a deliberate choice ... with being productive was a way to simultaneously be happy and satisfy ... and is able to be happy solely through a conscious effort to live in the

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 24, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  when apocalypse strikes… on being preemptively torn from my home, living group, and nearly everything i love at…

  

  floor formal. Formal is something I’ve been looking forward to for a while ... hurt like hell.  So I proceeded to get a tattoo and then party until 3 ... regrets. It’s taken a lot of time for me to process my emotions, but I

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 16, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes from the Road: NorCal, Netherlands, Nick Cannon, and Nerd Camp where I've been, what I've been doing

  

  summer is a key time for us to travel, work on dormant projects, and take ... as I should have liked. I'll have to return at some point to get a ... -generated censorship. It's only a few pages in a truly massive tome but always nice to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 22, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [april fools] interview with james e. tetazoo and isn't discovering part of the fun?

  

  many times we tell them, there’s always a few people who don’t seem to ... staircase in a particular innovation corridor — visitors respond to our ... some reason. for a late-night snack, i’ll often go to the [annotation

  • by Boheng C. '28
  • April 1, 2026
• Blog / Events

  Consilience From college essays to a Medieval Studies @ MIT Colloquium

  

  got to MIT, however, consilience took a spot on my mental shelf, where ... down to 14E-304: a cozy little seminar room with a central table and ... voiceless people": the ones "without the ability to wield a pen." Ancient

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 7, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s driving me nuts Did I tell you about the time when we hijacked a harbor patrol boat?

  

  an accomplished songwriter. However, if you were to use a common ... to take a pirate-themed boating/camping trip to Bumpkin Island in the ... set off on a commuter boat (really!) from Boston Harbor to Hull. Here

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In the Jungle, the Mighty Jungle @NatGeo, pls hire me

  

  During my trip to Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa I spent two days on a Game Reserve. We stayed on the very top of a hill in Hluhluwe , sleeping ... reserve at sunrise and sunset to experience the animals in their natural

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • February 23, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adventure Coming full circle at MIT

  

  spent long hours in lab to finish our products :) It's a great celebration ... , a prosthetic socket that will allow the user to reshape the socket for ... Now that it's break, I finally have time to sit down and actually

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 21, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  One More Look At Our Snow Globe Life with moving parts

  

  mean...) school is open tomorrow, so it's back to a mostly snowballfight ... a lot of snow now -- and the only vehicle is a plower. Nothin' to ... forge on... 3:57 pm -- you got 3 minutes to get off the road cars

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 10, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Inventional YoYo what the what

  

  be for the next few days and weeks. So though I've got a bunch of things to blog about most will have to wait. But this couldn't. John Chow, who was admitted to the class of 2015, is a professional yoyo-ist. Yoyo

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 12, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Desired things a youthful aside.

  

  windows ;), find a scenic route to class. Create things, collect things ... I just had the busiest, craziest summer of my life. I remember a high school teacher who had high hopes for us. She owned not a small

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 12, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Behind the scenes of Glamour: Part 1 Two MIT students were chosen as Glamour's Top 10 College Women

  

  ’s typical to neglect your appearance after working on a problem set until 4 am ... got to spend a fabulous weekend in Manhattan; they got us rooms in a ... . I expected to receive a lot of direction regarding my pose, but she

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 9, 2007
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What kind of things can I do during IAP?

  to organize, sponsor and participate in a wide variety of personal and ... If you think MIT is all work and no play, let us take you for a spin ... spring and fall semesters, the Independent Activities Period is a special
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How many students play sports at MIT?

  program in the nation. About one in four MIT students join a team during their time at MIT. For students who want to stay active but who don't wish to participate in varsity athletics, there are also more than 30
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What are Psets?

  If you're interested in MIT, you have to learn a little bit about ... their best: A love letter to P-sets Michael C, '16 and Psets from hell ... . Faculty vary as to the portion of course credit derived from psets. In some cases
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  know this can be a difficult decision to receive; please trust that we ... . We recognize it's a lot of effort for all of you to apply to MIT. It's an honor and a privilege for us to read your applications

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 13, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Making of Embrace the backstory to a gender-bending concept dance video, written by Ayomide F. '18

  

  A few weeks ago, Ayomide F. 18, better known to longtime blogreaders ... , that I wanted to wear heels and put on a fashion show. Hers was an ... are this really fun way to tell a story through choreography. (Here’s a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 11, 2018