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• Blog / IAP

  Thanksgiving Reflections Be thankful.

  

  quickly here at MIT is no matter what you think, you still get 24 hours in a ... :( ) In the meantime, I wish you all a very happy Thanksgiving ... I was looking at the calendar a few days ago and thought to myself

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 24, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Learning how to be a human being, not a human doing After 6 years of adulting post MIT, these are the things I value now

  

  sophomore. I’m crashing in Tokyo with a friend I made through inline skating ... strapped on top.   I’m 25 and in a rice roll (cheongfun) restaurant in ... nurses ask sympathetically if I was in a car accident and warn that I may

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / CPW

  the two sides of CPW CPW as told by a prefrosh and an upperclassman

  

  food itself (I admit to eating chocolate-dipped Oreos alone in a corner ... the workshop confirmed that I have a lot to look forward to in fall ... that I've had in a very, very long time - it was great to see all of East

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 24, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Pre-Orientation Begins Pre-Orientation and a mini-contest!

  

  great opportunity to get to know a few dozen classmates well, before ... Pre-Orientation and a mini-contest! This week, the MIT Class of 2010 ... know their classmates and MIT. Thre are more than a dozen different

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Guest Post] Designing the 2025 East Campus Rollercoaster by Zack I. ‘27

  

  before renovations, I was living in a former frat house across the river in Boston, and as a result I didn’t have a ton of room in my living space to ... throughput and meeting what I anticipated would be a high demand for rides. The

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • June 18, 2026
• Blog / IAP

  A truly independent activities period A glimpse at some MIT students' IAP plans.

  

  things in the Hobby Shop, and checking things off of my “101 Things to Do Before Graduating From MIT” list. I e-mailed my sorority and asked to hear about their plans. Here’s what they said: “This IAP I was selected to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 7, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Springtime I actually had no time to write this entry, which is why I cannot explain…

  

  changes that have changed my life recently: 1.I declared a major in Physics ... majors in Physics. Mere hours after my advisor received the “Put-a-check ... were irresistible at 5 pm in the afternoon, though I've never been a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 6, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m sitting on my bed right now so sleepy

  

  ballgown is dangling from a ceiling pipe. It doesn't fit in my wardrobe; if I ... . I found a dress I loved about half an hour before our deadline to leave the store. Celebration ensued: I'm in the red. Not sure what

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes! Classes! Classes! Classes!

  

  't too long ago that I was in your spot and- Wait a second. It actually ... before then, but if I'm going to tell you about my classes, I should seize ... because I'd rather take classes I'm interested in rather than a whole bunch

  • by Karen F. '11
  • November 1, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  bumpers a revelation i had while bowling

  

  what it is about yet. In a Harvard class I took years ago, the lecturer ... I'm in Washington, D.C. today for a work trip, so I write this blog ... the D.C. area. In retrospect, I should have just flown in last night and

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 2, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  I read the news today Oh boy! I hope that you're as excited as I am.

  

  should apply to MIT. I came across an article on Google news about a ... before coming across it in my blog, then you should definitely apply to MIT ... a few lectures at MIT in the Spring of 2003 before disappearing back

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 23, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining at MIT How to not starve

  

  ’ budget. I live in Burton-Conner, so I have the choice of enrolling in a ... got a full refund. But then I had to face reality: what was I going to ... a group and cooking for yourselves on rotation Free coffee in select

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 29, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [joint post] Welcoming you to “Here at MIT” student art in the new welcome center

  

  really painted anything in a group before. I thought it would be both a ... we hadn't really done before, and to get to leave a "mark" in terms of ... so far learning from it! Layal B. I wanted to make a mural that in

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 3, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  The Coop What's a coop? You'll find out!

  

  sell a ton of shirts hats and socks Oh, um, I should probably ... always a luxury students get to enjoy). I've been known to spend an hour in ... an enigma wrapped in a riddle. For one, it's housed in multiple

  • by Snively '11
  • January 13, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Folding with Flair Adding a third dimension to boring old paper

  

  About a year ago, I wrote about the origami I’d made at my internship in a “draft” blog post when I applied to be a blogger. That draft never ... because of a book I’d found in the school library. It contained a variety of

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • August 4, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Spoiled Milk I wrote an entry so long overdue my milk has spoiled in the process. So…

  

  that the "Sell By" date should be taken in a literal sense - "the milk ... home for spring break is the first breath of air I've had in a while ... Once, when I was younger, I poured the entire contents of a carton of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 24, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2015! Happy New Year

  

  from everything, what with 2015 finally in the horizon, and delve a ... in MIT. This did happen, although I was more of a passive bystander in ... in mind when I wrote this, but one year is a lot of time to hold on to

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Life of a Black Person A followup to the amazing Black Lives Matter Post

  

  you. Here, I want to try my best to share a few moments in my life that ... ?" I am sure these are a question everyone has seen at least once, if not a million times. Vincent's post showed some of the worst of what

  • by Ben O. '19
  • July 11, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  telling the tale some thoughts on acting, change, and meaning

  

  saw before covid. as was briefly mentioned by fatima, i was in a ... [/caption] when i saw hadestown in january 2020, it hit me like a train with ... house, but truly, i was in the mit bubble. this changed a lot my senior

  • by Phi A. '21
  • August 3, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Untitled Pigeon Post 🐦💕

  

  .” Initially, I knew better than to trust a book written by a gas company. I tried holding out, but I was young and wanted to fit in, so peer pressure ... Hi. I’m Andi. I’m twenty years old and already a pigeon addict. It

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 16, 2023