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• Blog / Challenges

  Distance and Displacement "how are you swamped if it's only been a month?"

  

  what may be a world record for the longest five-foot fall in human ... -repaired phone. Now the screen once more resembles reticulate venation in an oak ... chilly night with an ice cream run with other members of F-entry in which

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 26, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  The Public’s Biggest Fear ...is no longer one of mine.

  

  McCormick Observatory in Charlottesville, VA, for their first public ... appealing than humiliating oneself in front of an audience. The question, then ... away and make a home for yourself in a bathroom stall. Dealing with it

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  A salty IAP post Taking a moment to be bitter

  

  Short Stories just for me. I want to write more in the future, and it ... uncomplicated, affectionate relationships with.  Looking for Jobs. Ugh. I always ... time to do something you can tell an employer about).  I’ve had this

  • by Powers '23
  • January 22, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  wednesday at wai & aina (liveblog) and leaving the mit bubble

  

  -Wide Opportunities in Organic Farming. WWOOF is a work exchange program for organic farms in which people will work on a farm for a certain period of time and, for that work, will be provided with food, accomodation, and support in

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • January 21, 2026
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  A Different Voice some words about MIT, by someone who's not me

  

  we’re a strange bunch. the news articles ascribe to us an almost ... articles ourselves. but in between the late night pranks and the casually ... . kids who do research in government labs and kids that expect themselves

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 24, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventure Time at MIT We went on a hiking and camping adventure!

  

  wanted to look for waterfalls. I also love waterfalls, so I followed ... getting there, that's for sure. It was all in good fun! At least there ... our way up a mountain, excited for the adventure. However, in front of

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 22, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Downtown if you could see it then you’d understand

  

  the Chinese fishing village he hasn’t seen in thirty years. “It looks ... horizon. It looks as if someone traced them out with chalk. In the distance ... central park in the middle of the city. We talk. He just came from debate at

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 26, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  CP* restored my faith in the universe i read...My Immortal...with prefrosh

  

  [annotation note="in online gym one time, i was bullshitting an exercise sheet ... --it's over multiple weekends"]CP*,[/annotation] the virtual replacement for ... the most fun I've had in literal weeks. I'm so grateful that I've had

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 18, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Unlikely Candidate Finding the unexpected “right fit”

  

  My childhood best friend changed schools in 8th grade, so I didn’t get to see her much afterwards, except for the occasional "get togethers ... in high school, she invited me to go to a MIT info session with her. At

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 9, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  semester 4, take 2 positivity edition!

  

  look like in a few months. I could, and maybe sometime I will, write ... , all heading in not-quite-the-right direction, trying to converge on an ... escalating unpredictable horrible move-out week in March, and how even just

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 23, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Happy Things Yay!

  

  I've never tried in an earthquake) if my bike hadn't gotten stolen ... Projects for Global Change" and Overcoming Barriers in Project Delivery ... for awhile now. I've learned not to trust Boston weather, it'll probably

  • by Karen F. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  The Infected It's not a zombie outbreak...yet

  

  walked in, and I left really fast, because I probably looked like a weirdo ... razorblades in my throat (that's how it felt, anyway), constantly having to blow ... to MIT Medical, where they tested me for strep (negative. First test

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 22, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Around the world in 30 days ...ok, maybe more like I'm Traveling a Lot this IAP

  

  with my family, before leaving for the next leg in my trip -- a layover ... (GTL) program in Germany. For three weeks, I was assigned to teach 10th ... the US studying abroad for a year at a high school in Missouri. There

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 15, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Freshman Application: Live on Monday The MIT Freshman Application will go live tomorrow (Monday) on MyMIT.

  

  Registration for an overnight visit at MIT and more... Here's this year ... contact your interviewer and set up an interview November 1: Deadline for ... interviewer and set up an interview January 1: Deadline for Regular Action

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 3, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  a spectacle-r weekend exploring the Boston Harbor Islands

  

  are [annotation note="34, in fact"]a ton[/annotation] of beautiful islands located off the harbor. You can kayak between them, as students in ... ferry leaves at 5, so I'm not sure why anyone would want to spend only an

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 5, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I’m Not Normal About Friends (Part 1) i lost six nights of sleep to perform amateur data analysis on a sitcom

  

  script). In other words, the number of lines that a character has. For ... most prominent dynamics in the show. Ross pines for Rachel starting from ... , for every season. Features that I immediately noticed in this

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 25, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Ended Up Working for a Reality TV Show

  

  believes in them. These stories are a collection of the everyman being an ... campaign. I was called up on a random night in October by my friend Sathya ... T. Adams was working on in Iowa called the Young Entrepreneur

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 5, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  residential exploration, but without a residence on burton conner culture continuing to thrive

  

  were given a room in Maseeh as an option, in addition to Saxon Court, a ... submitting nine events for my floor, which was more than we've done in past ... don't have a dorm, we held the event as an opportunity for freshmen to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 8, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  you can’t be everything to everyone you just can't

  

  to work on the hunt. so i was looking forward to it for quite a while now, and it's traditional for people in my living group, floorpi, to ... say, okay, well, i'm going to the party. i'll be there for an hour, max

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 8, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  why do you do what you do do androids dream of electric self-awareness

  

  most everything I do. Taking an example from when I was younger, in the ... complete an assignment in a timely manner. “I should reflect on why I feel ... suspect I’ll spend the rest of my life looking for the answers.

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 23, 2022