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• Blog / Challenges

  Twenty thousand paper cuts and twenty thousand leaves

  

  space and not really doing anything for a few minutes before getting back ... , Alexandria, and she said she could pick it up for me, and I thanked her ... for its front desk, it was only one of the packages I had ordered, and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 13, 2020
• Blog / Events

  To go home or to stay home Homesickness never hit...but I'm still thankful to be in L.A.

  

  predicted and accepted that I would miss my family miserably for a month or so ... . I’m looking forward to baking with my mom, losing to my dad and ... Los Angeles, and I can’t wait to spend Thanksgiving with my family. At

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 27, 2015
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Sneezes a deep and in-depth analysis of an everyday occurrence

  

  confused with “mid’), and “post” is after). There is a prefix “peri” which is ... am currently sneezing at a rate of around 1.3 billion times more ... sneeze and level of violence the sneeze is are both contributing factors in

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • January 15, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  fictional coping mechanisms learning to love unapologetically

  

  love with this story and everything it means to me." For one, it ... enough material to work with for now, hahahaha...don't want to be a bother ... 's exactly what it sounds like) and becomes a vessel for an ancient demon

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 11, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to train your sticking-together rock I am so happy that "computer" is not a no-no word today

  

  with many doors, and cats walking through the open doors. Each door has a ... ="aligncenter" width="768"] Called a "not and" door[/caption] It turns out that you can use this "not and" door to do... well, a lot of things. Like adding

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 17, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  Rats ! Foiled Again !

  

  biology class I’ve taken at MIT, but I’m a 6-3, and the waning practicality ... terms of my trajectory — my credentials as a 6-3 with a 7 minor are not so different from those of a 6-3 and 7 double major. That given, I’m pretty

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • April 3, 2025
• Blog / Announcements

  We are suspending our SAT/ACT requirement for the 2020–2021 application cycle

  

  preparedness for MIT, and with the knowledge that tests are only one factor among ... the [annotation note="This means both prospective first-year and ... outcome-driven and applicant-oriented: we don't value scores for their own

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • July 13, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  On the Scattering of Senior House or: How I Learned to Start Worrying and Acknowledge the Bomb

  

  more dangerous than a typical frat party, and with much better music ... stranger off a dancefloor to sit down and talk with him after someone ... dorms when I came up here for an overnight visit, and I didn’t know that

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 12, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In Our Bedroom After the Pandemic a bedroom is something that can actually be so personal

  

  : a room furnished with a bed and intended primarily for sleeping ... the walls, and it always felt a little too dark even with all the lights ... and kept it in a tag I’d labeled words, with the other disconnected

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • June 26, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’ve got Mail! And a LAPTOP! Why I can breathe again, and the 10 most recent emails in my inbox.

  

  , and we were walking around campus between rehearsals with a few ... ! Better leave it off for a couple of weeks to let it dry out. 3) The company ... in Chicago at the moment. Aww, a happy ending! (And just in time for

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  frosh thingies i couldn’t decide what to write so i’m writing about everything

  

  a nosedive since then. I can remember names and faces separately, with ... and a cupcake for doing my laundry rappelling cooking an edible meal ... (do not recommend for multiple reasons): Make rice with water and cocoa

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • September 30, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Post-engagement, pre-Bahamas An exciting week!

  

  've been saving pictures of things I like and sticking them in there for ... human-powered plane) and Decavitator (a human-powered boat), which were both powered to world records (Daedalus and Decavitator) by MIT aero

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / People & Identities

  someday fate of friends

  

  making a tall stack of toast with butter for me and the rest of her ... afterwards. During the early pandemic I had lived with J’s family for a few ... ’m a lot better adjusted now than I was in high school, and I might have

  • by Kai V. '25
  • November 10, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  hot chocolate as a panacea navigating through a chaotic first week

  

  before i left for boston, and i cried...a lot. the complex mother ... kept coming up and I was basically playing whack-a-mole with the way I ... sadness by not responding to anyone for a week and playing a LOT of

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 7, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving My deep thoughts on surviving and thriving at MIT, straight from three years ago.

  

  that I'd survived a year with a 4.0(/5.0) GPA -- thank God for pass ... world. 6. Videos and pizza with friends is a perfectly acceptable way to ... just about three years ago this week when I was a freshman and still sort

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 11, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Because Racecar Guest post by Kevin C. '17 on the MIT Formula SAE team!

  

  friends and I traveled to Europe for a different sort of attraction: single ... wheel formula cars. MIT’s team designs and builds an electric car for the ... monocoques, four-wheel drive systems with in-hub motors, and semi

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 2, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  the world is blooming! and so am i?

  

  with the colors of a tree: from green, to orange, to white, to pink, and ... touchpoints of pride and growth–cooking a massive meal with friends, helping run ... ’s orchestra room door had a textbook version of these posters for their concert

  • by Allison E. '27
  • June 17, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  another day of summer ♬ ba-ba-da-ba da-ba-da-ba ♬

  

  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 3:30 PM I have a daily check-in for my Teaching and Learning ... analytics and research for the MIT Center for Information Systems Research, a ... distracted with making a Japanese Spotify playlist for my roommate, who

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 18, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  self-destruction my entirely self-inflicted problems

  

  for a while and - i unlock the door. hopefully that makes falling ... occasional heart palpitation for a while now and they’re supposed to be ... to mine at least, you tense up your abdomen and end up with a lot of

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 27, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Saying Yes (or No) Decision time is upon the Class of 2014. How to choose?

  

  're making the best choice for yourself), or to request a deferral/gap year(s) before enrolling at MIT (for a gap year, military service, or other reason). Let us know when you've decided, and for sure let us know by May 3. An

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2010