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• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m going to be a blogger! The words my family had to hear 635,382 times

  

  -auditioned for an acapella group (a new experience for me!) -participated in ... bags to make our car dip just a little bit. To my left in the line for ... was alone in the house, standing over an empty suitcase with clothes in

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 15, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Flourish and Blogs how to be a professional harry potter fan

  

  MIT as an undergraduate, she did come here for grad school, and now she ... , even though I knew I could be a "fan for a living" by studying fans in ... So in between reading applications I've been sitting in on CMS.790

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 30, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  Springing into Junior Year actually not Springing, just Spring

  

  thought of as a building material in present day, are vitally important for ... soils, it’s nice to learn just for the sake of learning, in a class ... traditional CAD or 3D modeling. It’s sort of an industry standard in a lot of

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • March 4, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Week of Music Eight bands in nine days, and I still missed five performances.

  

  like a baby fresh out of the womb. I stood there in awe for about an hour ... fascists!" Not surprisingly, he urged everyone to pick up fliers for an anti ... to, but still enjoyable. Apple Betty is an all-female trio that looks

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 28, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  loveallurfriends <3

  

  large rock. Bodies of water have an unwritten contract: if you look at ... friendships are even supposed to look like. I’ve been told that my standards for ... with someone is a commitment, in a similar way. I will be there for your

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • March 6, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Homecoming some musings on memory

  

  for a couple days, the bulletin boards begin to look familiar. You ... leads you. One. Don't look: what's the color of the floor in the room you ... which have seen what the campus looks like in full bloom, and the rest of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 13, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Small Things I Like About Autumn A short reflection on a colorful season

  

  side for the argument that you can always layer up more to warm up in the ... course, winter in the northeast takes cold to an extreme, so fall is like ... in Cambridge. As someone who loves scenic views to take pictures, the

  • by Richard O. '28
  • October 31, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Questions and Answers Evan Broder is taking over my job.

  

  So first off, props to Evan for answering all these questions in his ... me look bad. =P I've copy-pasted all his answers into this post, in ... an MIT student so i can't really get a glimpse of how life is in MIT

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 7, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Guest Blog: Operation Overgourd A different kind of pumpkin drop (by Lauren H. '16!)

  

  is an air museum in eastern New York that restores and displays Golden ... dogfighters and barnstormers…and for two weekends in October, they host a Fall ... . From WWI biplanes. There is no fate more worthy or glorious for an

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • November 16, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summerteeth Are you afraid of the dark reaction?

  

  enough. I realized that it was, in fact, a Thursday afternoon and time for group meeting! Since everybody in the lab was late for group meeting every ... shirt, with an evil gleam in his eye. Yeah, so I woke up screaming. I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 2, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Cognitive Processes or: i take a personality test again

  

  'll wholeheartedly admit that I took a lot of pride in being an INFJ just for the sake ... look for universals. Often are gifted in the use of metaphors to bridge ... For those who know me well, you'll know that I'm an absolute sucker

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 2, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties MIT alumni-hosted parties in your area.

  

  host parties in their hometowns for students admitted to the Class of 2010. If there's one in your area, you should check it out -- it's a ... your MyMIT portal for the locations and times for these events, and for a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The HackMIT 2016 Puzzle Just Launched and it'll (probably) take you all across the Internet

  

  undergraduate hackathons in the nation, is opening up its internet doors for ... Allan's post Have you ever wanted to copy-paste the text in an image file ... . Although, that would be an interesting idea for next year...

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 16, 2016
• Blog / Personal Travel

  CMU / Parallel Universe i am not a clown

  

  it for a bit, and I had an answer: Seven In parallel universe Maybe you ... ?" he asked. I thought about it for a bit, and I had an answer: "In ... eduroam, I had an internet connection without even trying. I waited for my

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 31, 2023
• Blog / Residential Life

  Don’t Stop Believing you can take the east camper out of east campus but...

  

  was a little room for sadness to creep in around the edges: as my room ... heard that there was an alumni event happening in the Stata courtyard ... begged for an encore. They clearly hadn't planned on doing one, but after a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 6, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Many Ways To Define “The Best” A long response to a CC thread in which I offer my opinions on AP…

  

  brought nothing else to the table. And that's not who we're looking for at ... the prize; they look at MIT as the logical next step. It's an important ... passionate and likes challenge. Read Anthony's story for an example. When faced

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet The (New) Bloggers! I promised myself I wouldn't cry...

  

  spent his childhood building robots for FIRST Team 1710 in Olathe, KS ... last few years working as a blogger for an organization that helps ... frat boy (Theta Xi) mathlete (Course 18) who has made an appearance in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Is MIT too hard? warning: metaphors ahead

  

  For most people, sprinting a mile in under 5 minutes is physically ... tolerance for discomfort. It sucks in the moment, but lets you do cool things ... ;   For the Course 7s out there looking for a more scientific answer

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 18, 2015
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Applying Sideways (in Chinese) 橫向申請 / 横向申请

  

  that was my [annotation note="Audacious, in retrospect, given that I had been an admissions officer for a single cycle."]attempt[/annotation] to ... of things off my proverbial plate."]Awhile ago,[/annotation] I got an

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 12, 2021
• Blog / How to Food

  IAP Cooking a journey of uncooked pasta and cold pho

  

  I live in Burton-Conner, which is a cook-for-yourself dorms, but I ... pretty much lived off of avocado toast in the morning and Maseeh dining for ... a lot of cooking experience. In an effort to both improve our cooking

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • March 10, 2024