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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Four years, four summers The stuff I've been up to every summer at MIT.

  

  last summer, and I'm excited about catching up on House and Monk episodes ... time I reorganized my closet (I'm not even kidding -- I used to have an ... doing it, and I'm glad. It would have been nice to have another HASS

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  DNA-mazing Lots of tidbits about the biology program at MIT.

  

  focused on ecology and organismal biology (but not evolution -- I'm from ... do research next to grad students. (One of the classes I'm taking this ... above, Ben asked Hey Mollie, I'm an int'l student thinking about majoring

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 26, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Airplane boy strikes again Adam writes about his UROP.

  

  currently I'm working at the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory. As many of you ... testing, and it introduced me to a lot of the software that I'm now using in ... . Questions by Mollie 1. I'm glad everybody was reassured by hearing about the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 12, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  Tricky Questions A follow-up entry to answer all of the 50 million comments I got about the…

  

  easiest question: Pete: Where in NJ are you from? I'm from Middletown, New ... I'm not qualified to answer, and some things are just plain secret ... while they did it. I'm sure you can see how many problems that would cause

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Fourth Semi-Annual Q&A Even yet still more answers to your questions.

  

  Preview PDF (I'm applying online). Is it ok for me to write more and and ... high SAT II scores (700-800), along with average SAT I scores (650M 640V ... . ------------------------------------- Saned wrote: "I'm an American living abroad and I don't attend an "English

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Three of a perfect pair Biking! Clothing! Exploding! A day in the life.

  

  benefit concert involving REM, Cake, and the Clash. Okay, maybe I'm ... Boston, anyway. What I'm getting at is that the trip down to Dim Sum was ... mouth, but I sometimes get bizarre cravings for it. I think I'm pregnant

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 4

  

  Lupe (who I'm looking forward to seeing at CPW!) asked, "is it pretty ... important topic. I'm Not Nemo! wrote, "Here's a question about the "Swim Test ... 25 M pool, and only the last length can be done with a backstroke. What

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 1

  

  eastern culture is awesome to discover." Well, I'm picking up a bit of Hindi ... people the benefit of the doubt, as I'm sure we did in your case. hedwig ... chances of getting into MIT?? and if so, then by how much?" I'm sure your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  day in my life except it’s a live blog

  

  books do you like" i realize i'm pretty bad at organizing this kind of ... what i'm consuming and meditating on i think has been really productive ... class i'm not sure how to phrase this in a way that doesn't come off as

  • by Victor D. '27
  • December 7, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  another day of fall when canvas went down and made me think about internet and people and the seasons

  

  them (as in phone cameras). I’m glad I’m not really on social media ... I’ll write about them. But for now, I’m going to go walk by the river

  • by Janet G. '27
  • October 25, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Tour of an MIT student’s notebook my brain is a mess so my pages have everything

  

  , and the white dotted pages are from the current one I’m using right now ... I’m using feels on the page. Especially for technical classes, I like ... I’m using. [carousel image1="116738" image2="116747" image3

  • by Anika H. '26
  • July 8, 2025
• Blog / Community Projects

  Bad Ideas events I went to (another late IAP post) i can’t believe ellie beat me to the punch

  

  pain. I’m extremely glad that I’m not lactose intolerant, because if I ... there because of how bad it was. I’m very very happy I didn’t get soy

  • by Anika H. '26
  • March 8, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Night at da Opera A Jolly Splendid Time!!

  

  This semester, I’m taking a class called 21.01, “Love, Death, and ... Rick and Morty reference, but I’m not quite sure.  [caption id ... come to this realization, but I'm glad that I changed my focus to my self

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 1, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  How I got recruited to play D3 soccer at MIT the college sports recruiting process

  

  . I’m a senior in college now, meaning I did my recruiting process ... , and how I eventually committed to MIT. I’m not entirely sure how other ... I happened to meet the coach at a camp. I’m beyond glad I kept an open

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  Things I did instead of thinking (about decisions)

  

  me. Maybe it could help you too? Minesweeper Okay to be fair I’m not ... devouring airplane videos like my cat devours food when I’m ten minutes late ... .  I swear I’m not being paid by Big Puzzle, but if any of this sounds

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  the Big Rocks are calling and I must go MITOC winter school!!

  

  walking" well, Big Rock walking again, so I might as well... What I'm having ... worries about school, life, and things that I usually think about when I'm ... seconds. But I'm glad to have felt such cold up in the Big Rocks, as the

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My 2023 Libby Wrapped I have a problem with audiobooks

  

  it’s STEM homework—it feels like I’m just using two different halves of my brain. And now that I’m at MIT, I can only occasionally do this ... “The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August,” by Claire North. I’m a massive

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 3, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Mist in the streets of Boston monday wanderings

  

  gathering in Allston. I’m at Life Alive in Cambridge now, writing this, while ... work alone now. Most evenings I’m surrounded by classmates ... me describe the projects I’m working on but some will have a mechanical

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 20, 2023
• Blog / Blog Projects

  17 Ridiculously Useful Tips Every Blogger Should Know i am the entire circus

  

  . It's a great example showing everything I'm talking about! 1. Begin ... , you have way more to undo." He shrugs. "I only fill in things I'm sure ... ' Day, after all, and I'm making light of my style of writing blog posts

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 1, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  making art for fun what a crazy concept!

  

  and design, which is what i'm planning on majoring in."]Course 4 ... Technology” is a delicate one, not an impossible one. I’m still holding on to that burst of motivation to create, and I’m excited to see where that

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • March 28, 2023