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• Blog / How to Human

  proof of life hmm :thinking-face:

  

  preface: this blog is comprised of various snippets I wrote in May ... of staring at Jira, VS Code, C++ docs, and the free snack selection in ... vestiges of 1900s industrial Cambridge. The image is vivid: a placid fall

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • August 16, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Home on the range Dorm choice timeline and advice.

  

  would need with a double major in math and physics, how would they see how ... , and send in the form to be run in the housing lottery. The form is ... runs. Freshmen are assigned a temporary room The room is almost always

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 15, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  it is okay to not know a note for hs seniors (and others, too <3)

  

  learned so much about how to college by just being a college student and ... -college-application mindset. But it really, really, is okay to relax a little bit. Have trust in ... a fulfilling life is often to just live in the moment and do the

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Things to Do in Cambridge and Somerville places and events, illustrated

  

  is located) and Somerville (which is a subway stop past Harvard). The ... children is so rare on a college campus that it's refreshing to see them ... most nights, and is a hugely popular location for frequent concert goers

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 15, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  choosing where to go for my younger brother

  

  will be free. The deeper consideration, I think, is about how a school ... -carpet photoshoots and limousine rides. In another universe, she is a sign-spinner on a ... ’ve appeared had she made a different decision somewhere in her life. In one

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 1, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  Yet Another Blog Entry My expenses for the semester in pie form, topped with a scoop of IAP.

  

  MIT is still on break. January here is a free-for-all of independent ... a practical art, colloquially known as an Alternative Free Period ... Grandma used to make (where Grandma is a spontaneous euphemism for Microsoft

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 13, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vaccine Externalities Health economics applied to the decreased odds of my getting the flu, courtesy of my…

  

  vaccine for free. My bad. You may be wondering how governments (or, in this ... So in my previous entry, I talked about how the Medlinks were providing free flu shots in the student center. WELL it turns out my suitemate

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Purgatory My 2023 IAP

  

  fully realized how dominated the city is by MIT until a large fraction of ... the way I feel about my major. I love my major in a way that is less ... . Each suite in MacGregor is equipped with a small kitchenette that cannot

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Social Engineering no no wait not like that–

  

  confirm that Person A is free on Saturday at 12:00. In the meantime, though ... time. People talk a lot about how important your living group is to your ... )"]finding the friends[/annotation]. What I’m more interested in is how that

  • by Allison E. '27
  • August 24, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  My How Times Change… ...and yet, they are much the same.

  

  our fate, in fact, everyone got a letter and you pretty much knew if you ... challenge in the weeks ahead is to ultimately select a school from the list of ... In June I'll be celebrating, along with my MIT classmates, a pretty

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  my hottest STEM takes actively starting internet wars

  

  to no explanation. Feel free to argue in the comments...I'm ready to ... 'm five. 90% of things I'm learning very much can be explained in simple ... . Organic Chemistry is a great class Loved it. 4. Pie Charts are good It is

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • July 28, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  spring! semester! so apparently i'm doing a lot of random shit

  

  in our dance, but seeing how much everyone is enjoying it makes me ... unit was about reframing Mao Zedong, who is illustrated in a very ... being a functioning human in the workplace, which is lit. A lot of it is

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 3, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  “I’ve Got 99 Problems… Admissions Is Not One” Really 52, but who's counting? I know that you love numbers, stats and checklists, so…

  

  that do not exist... irregardless of how much you orientate the direction ... you want to "keep it real" get an "A" in Calculus. That's hot! Never ... giggles. Do not quote Holden Caufield in your essay. (It's a good way to

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  A half semester told through paper grownup show and tell

  

  free admission to a lot of nearby museums, which is really cool. ... .022 Physics II pset, which was due yesterday. On the right is a scale for ... semester, and the first one I ever participated in. A lot of time I spent

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 19, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Joint Post] DesignPlus A super cool and awesome first-year learning community ft. Gloria and Teresa (we're not biased)

  

  while we ate. Afterwards, I’d spend a free hour relaxing in the lounge ... much more confident in my identity as a designer, builder, and maker ... how to use a machine, and they also put in the underappreciated work of

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 26, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  How to jump out of an airplane and live We have football, pistol, fencing, and TKD. . . but did you know we also…

  

  it take, how much does it cost, is it self-paced, etc etc) and ... in a classroom with 4 other guys learning the finer points of how to ... redundancy built in to the skydiving gear you wear.  Not only is there a

  • by Snively '11
  • July 31, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is wondrous strange. Why didn't the ostrich cross the road? Because a girl had no pants on.

  

  , warm, and breezy 9 months a year in Boston, just like in Southern ... , then whom can you trust? Turns out that there's a zoo in Dorchester. I ... in a city for about ten miles and then suddenly there's an ostrich

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 25, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Living Like A Native Or living like a boss. Your choice.

  

  way from Hynes, even though Kenmore Station is a much closer stop. Hey ... (read: I got buried in p-sets for about a month), let me take a few ... in Cambridge. Since hitching a ride on a pachyderm isn't always a

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 15, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A for the Waitlisted Some (hopefully) helpful questions and answers for waitlisted students.

  

  uncertainties, we also keep a waitlist of students. Is the waitlist ranked? No ... reconsider all of the waitlisted students again in May, when we know how many ... waitlist. How many people will you admit from the waitlist this year? It is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  Reflections from the STARS@MIT Fly-In a 15-author guest blog, featuring the small town/rural students that visited us this october!

  

  small town in Tennessee. There’s not much here, so the community is tight ... .” – Priscilla P., Idaho “My hometown is a little place in the middle of a bunch of ... .” – Carter A.   Was this your first time in Boston? How did you feel

  • by Sara N. '28
  • November 11, 2025