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• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring break Q&A: Part 2 where I FINALLY answer the rest of your questions :'D

  

  Thanks to everyone who left questions in my Q&A! I haven't gotten ... 're that ambitious. Work on a project that you've always wanted to work on ... while you're a student, and a class that you planned to take in sophomore

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 15, 2026
• Blog / Personal Projects

  How to Build an LED Acrylic Sign Your Complete Beginners Guide

  

  reference, the previous sign was a printed banner which to me felt pretty old ... sheets.   Afterwards, it was time to turn the letters into a format ... to my friend Ty who is a senior in the house that was more experienced

  • by Richard O. '28
  • November 30, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Toilet @ MIT The Ben Schreck Shits 2015 Calendar.

  

  decided to clean up the toilet, which was also a photoshoot on its own, with ... wanted to expand the idea and manufacture a bunch of calendars to sell. Is ... a fresh one from Home Depot. We upgraded from trash toilet to lowest

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 16, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Bicycle Diaries Like the motorcycle ones, except far less artsy and with a serious lack of Gael…

  

  locked it up for me, after which we took the bus to Harvard to see a comedy ... was press a button to lock your car and you were good to go? Parking a ... like I am stealing, since I'm only unlocking a lock that is locked to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Comics and Role Models I interviewed one of my favorite professors because she’s amazing

  

  , what information to include and focus on, and how to write for a comic ... assignments grew in length (from a 1-page comic to a 20-page full issue with a ... , we read and discussed a new webcomic or graphic novel to see all the

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 18, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  A New Year’s Resolution, MyMIT-Style Thoughts on my proposal to make MyMIT more community-based.

  

  vacation outlining a lot of changes I'd like to make to MyMIT to make it a ... functionality a bit to make sure you're seeing new stuff all the time. The major part of my proposal was an outline to turn the portal into more of a

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 7, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  had i known how to save a life on self-care

  

  ,[/annotation] which went fine; i did a little better than i expected to do. saturday ... . sunday night, i had enough energy to go to a holiday party our floor had ... the hallway leading to the mental health and counseling wing. there is a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 17, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Navigating MIT is like flying a spacecraft* the most important things I've learned here so far

  

  've had to learn at MIT is: hitting a wall is okay!  Actually, it's great ... , find themselves in a place they never expected to be: the back of the ... , something that matters to them. They remind me of a dog chasing a tennis ball

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 16, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MARC 2025 (not a live blog) Featuring Andi '25!

  

  slowing him down a whole lot. Skate skis are a lot easier to learn since ... happening afterwards, I went back to my room to take a fat nap, having only ... resonance for an hour straight took a lot out of me, but I was free to look at

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • January 16, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  grad school vs. undergrad should you MEng?

  

  . I’m a teaching assistant. To get funding, most MEngs have to TA or RA ... fellowship. In particular, we have the 6-A program, which allows you to intern ... market was difficult and they struggled to land a job. Totally

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 9, 2023
• Blog / Events

  In pursuit of freedom MIT might not be free, but plenty of things are.

  

  tickets to a performance of Carl Maria von Weber's opera Der Freisch ... class burst into flames of the warring variety, and I was treated to a ... -needed arguments were raised in the early stages of the battle, not to mention a few

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  A Protocol for MIT Admissions Essays Chemical SOP: Pen, paper: irritant if digested; Brains: gateway to thinking

  

  's mission to make the world a better place Collaborative and cooperative ... . I find it helpful to take a shower. I also like to read something short by a writer I admire to warm up my voice. If you can’t think of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 26, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Three things I didn’t learn from class behold, the listicle

  

  classes. How to use a bandsaw A bandsaw is this machine with a thin metal ... it into the saw in order to make a cut. To use a bandsaw, after ... a knob to raise the handguard, turn the machine on, and push

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 26, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Thirteen Things To Do Over IAP: #6-13 Concerning the half I spent in Cambridge

  

  IAP I took the MIT EMS class to become a certified emergency medical ... weeks of IAP was to take as many shifts as I could while a lot of people ... ’ve been spending a lot of time in the bunk room this IAP, trying my best to

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 16, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  [Guest Post] A Note to the Class of ‘28 by Andre H. ‘24

  

  wrote a lovely blog post to document all the behind-the-scenes work that ... invite a student leader to help set the tone for the weekend and welcome everyone to campus. Andre H. '24 gave a great speech that was equal parts fun

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • May 21, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  how to succeed in business without really trying on leadership, being bad at things, and musicals

  

  my acapella group to serving as the president of a dorm, or the vice ... positions. I've always put my election to these roles up to a couple of very ... "a leader," i.e., someone who has the people skills to make sure

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 18, 2024
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining, Dig-Ins and Dives Lady Afeefah travels across campus in search of the best eateries

  

  Disclaimer: This post was supposed to be written a whole 6 months ago ... completely forgot to snap a picture. But just imagine a beautiful, incredibly ... . Partially, because it's the closest to me, but mainly because it ALWAYS has a

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 7, 2019
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  life lessons from my internship career choices moving forward

  

  position where they can't care about compensation. And to be honest, a large ... mean is, if I weigh compensation as a heavy factor in choosing what to do ... experience at a company that claimed to use AI for drug discovery, but seemed

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 1, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2011! how to be a blogger

  

  right now. Not only did my bike handles melt a bit when I got on to ride ... demonstrate your (in)ability to do this. We would prefer it to be a blog ... accustomed to keeping a blog make the transition to blogging for MITAdmissions

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 22, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  things that went well reflections on my first semester

  

  outside world, so I’d like to take a moment and reconnect myself with what ... list-based posts this fall as I would have liked, I present to you a list ... order is overrated. I went to St Petersburg This is definitely a big

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 25, 2020