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• Blog / Challenges

  Misery Loves Company: Part 1 You might fit in at MIT if...

  

  time to buy groceries so you haven't had a meal in a week and you've been ... of bacon of comparable value to your kidneys in the living room with a ... things I want to and need to get done than one in a day -- when there are

  • by Cam T. '13
  • September 19, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  On MIT and Humanities I promise I will stop philosophizing (aka. sounding like an old man) in my entries…

  

  too nerdy. I question whether I would even be able to find a balanced ... 're ready to move on - Again, I hate doing the "been there-done that" talk ... self-study and proceeded to get 5's in all three subjects. For a long

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 19, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Joy of Building a chronicle of my failed attempts to create things that work

  

  learned to shove facts into my head, regurgitate it on a test a week later ... rolled around, and this time, I was much more ready to take on challenges ... .178 Introduction to Java, I’d built a full-fledged* battleship game!** *semi

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 3, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  i feel completely fine and maybe that's okay

  

  sparing a thought for all the woes which continue to sit in the back of my ... , you have to write a first draft before you realize what you were even ... if I had left behind a messy room and come back only to realize that

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 12, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist FAQ Some answers for students offered a place on the waitlist.

  

  admitted from the waitlist, we'll have a financial aid package ready to ... admitted from the waitlist? First: there is a link to the waitlist ... , 2012. Next, be sure to enroll in a college/university by May 1. You

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  cookies life lessons through six scrumptious sayings

  

  ="The icing on the cake, the cake is a lie, to take the cake, and cakewalk ... sociocultural factors and your willingness to be quiet as a child and not your ... believe it just a little. Eventually you do have to start making a choice

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 13, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Lessons Learned from (Watching) D&D thank you brennan lee mulligan

  

  sitting around a table, roleplaying to a significant extent, and rolling a bunch of dice to make decisions in their made up world. As a kid, I ... character creation. In fact, I used a lot of D&D resources to write a lot

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  FAQ: Waitlist If you have questions about being on the waitlist, read this first.

  

  waitlist, we'll have a financial aid package ready to go. Our waitlist ... . Please don't try to draw a trend line from 3 points - it's ... admitted from the waitlist? First: there is a link to the waitlist

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Value of Creativity Sí, se puede.

  

  't need to buy a book of collected college essays. You don't need to read ... to seek extra help?" are a few of the common questions that are running ... child?" "Does she need a test prep course?" "Do we need to hire a college

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 6, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Thursday liveblog Updated whenever I get a chance.

  

  'm tired from 90 straight minutes of talking, but it was great to talk to a ... time for a quick break, then go talk to prospective members of the ... voice! I'm now getting ready for the Abroad Panel. It's always a fun panel

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 12, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Today A Trader Joe's monologue

  

  what to buy, and where things are located. I inspect a bag of clementines ... a particularly long time, so I opted to walk down eight flights of ... . One bag of tortilla chips. The clerks at Trader Joe's love to chat. A

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • April 23, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Somebody Else Seven undergrad blogs not enough for you? Now some of them have multiple authors.

  

  '07) to write a guest blog entry. It might not make for the best guest ... details on what it's like living next to Sam Maurer for a summer, as told by ... conditions" combination leads to a plesant work environment, high competition

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 22, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Contraception and Safe Sex at MIT! sexual!! health!! is!! important!!

  

  consensual safe sex". They have a lot of information about kinks and how to ... extra to be on a whole other insurance plan, so you have the option to ... active at all, then this is a great thing to go to! I went with a group of

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 2, 2018
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining Hall Alchemy The art of turning cereal and chicken tenders into slightly tastier cereal and chicken tenders

  

  a rush, I find it helpful to do a quick scan of the entire dining hall ... immediately with a side of fresh strawberries (assuming you're early enough to ... half. Serve with a drizzle of Sriracha to taste. But if that's too

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 11, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  moving on, as shown through free t-shirts some spring cleaning

  

  that way for four years. This led to a bad habit of me pushing all the ... so large that even a .5x wasn't zoomed out enough for me to get it all ... think I drew a piece of cake). Then, we were supposed to come in on a

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • March 10, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  What pretty hair… This entry is about my dorm, hair dye, pork dumplings, and, of course, Alain Boublil.

  

  asleep on a kitchen table and woke up to find my entire body wrapped in ... either. Darn. I'll try to have a more detailed entry up tomorrow featuring ... 'd take this rare opportunity to famewhore a little and mention that I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 7, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Colin Webb’s Commencement Speech "We learned, as graduating MIT engineers, that our job is to build bridges."

  

  [Hindi: going to India we can create such a medicine, that everyone can buy ... ). It was a remarkable speech that really brought everyone to their ... that the world is a very big place, and in order to change the world, we

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 17, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Stay Tuned Liveblog, coming your way

  

  discuss a broad, general aspect of admissions that is relevant to each ... schools, but make sure you like ALL OF THEM. You don't want to get into a ... . If you choose to apply early you need to decide if you are ready. The

  • by Snively '11
  • July 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In Which I Sound Like an Old Man I'm really not that old...according to CVS cashiers, I apparently look 17 =p

  

  much to say in this entry other than to give a brief update of how my ... , with medical school acceptances in hand, ready to begin the next chapter ... friends to make. MIT is like a giant summer camp, filled with teenagers

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Home Sweet College Surviving first semester.

  

  inherently means giving up a little of that, and being ready to support ... to look back on all that happened and express to you a bigger picture ... would go to the gym, come home, shower, cook breakfast, and have a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 29, 2015