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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Goodbye Free-Body Diagrams Hello free -

  

  simply a dream. One of the most exciting things about partaking in art ... about to take over my life, and it should... I'm beginning to experience ... -squares! The knife with which I will do much damage. :P Sam '12, revelling in

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 18, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fran Sancisco and Spother Oonerisms Racing tays and fighting lires

  

  . Anyway, I've been living in Fran Sancisco this summer with (a sizable crew ... enjoy SF, but in too many ways it's only highlighted what I loved about ... serious companies) while interning at a startup. Interning in SF is a sort

  • by Joel G. '18
  • August 7, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Not About the Name First impressions

  

  About a week and a half ago, I arrived at Logan airport to start this college thing! With two bags in hand (well, ok, one was a backpack), and my level of anxiousness climbing, I stepped into a taxi with a fellow ‘15er

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 3, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  summertime! and the livin's easy?

  

  've been in a bit of writing rut but, as I was reading through an email I ... burning sun will, some day, rise So what am I gonna be doin' for a while ... for a little bit. Watch me eat my words in a few months time. I love

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 15, 2024
• Blog / Events

  MacGyvering Bacon-tine’s Day decathlon brought to you by a paperback, a sledgehammer, and a scooter

  

  entertained. This can be an unproductive quality while alone; I have a terrible ... a positive feedback loop that generates entertainment. While I don ... . A Facebook friend shared the most amazing faux valentines I've ever

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ah, those inspirational Germans! The Magdeburg Bridge in Germany is an engineering marvel and an inspiration to all Beavers!

  

  depressed and start asking yourself "Why am I here? What am I doing with my life?" I was a bit down in the dumps when I got this email from my mom about a recently completed water-channel bridge in Germany. Isn't that

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  An Awesome Autobiography in rage comic form

  

  have learned now in my advanced age. On the same day, in a very different ... a tesseract - an 86 year old man posted his autobiography to reddit in ... a rage comic. Maybe you will too. And if so, you can join me in a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 14, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  As we hurtle towards Pi Day… A post of posts.

  

  I thought I'd take a tiny break to post a little something. I've already had a lot of "bleary eyed" moments in the last few weeks (my eyes ... I wrote a couple years ago (see below). As someone commented on Lydia

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 12, 2013
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  Boston’s Climate Strike youthful activism

  

  - what I - hoped for. I had felt the despair sinking in for months now ... . I managed to squeeze some time in to go into Boston in between picking ... 180. The interviews, the formalities, the waiting in line to talk to a

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 20, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  am i boring or just overstimulated?

  

  health aaaaa aaaaaa trap me in a zero-sum game, as if my disinclination for ... , that I'm just told these things and they echo back in my thoughts as an ... obvious to me, and are just matters of personal taste. Why would I study in

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 5, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Homeschooled applicants Some advice for our homeschooled applicants.

  

  ball rolling a bit, I hope. MIT has a long history of admitting ... our community. Over the past 5-10 years, we have seen a surge in ... some recommended examples in this entry; some programs I have frequently

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  When MIT Gets Tough, CAAAATTTT Everything was terrible, and then I cat

  

  about a test that I ended up not being in the right state of mind (let ... I was feeling particularly stressed out and at a loss for how to deal with MIT. I was stressed, I was upset, and I made a completely rational

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final projects from the fall three coding projects and an alien in disguise

  

  combining two images together in a way that looks seamless and natural as ... the assignments and felt like I improved as a storyteller by the end. Whether I actually improved or not is up for debate. I couldn't decide what

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 16, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Ops Air Force A summer spent with B-1Bs and C-130s.

  

  Force life so that they will become better officers in the future. I spent ... different squadrons to get a broad view of base operations. I was lucky enough ... marshaled and launched a B1 and conducted engine tests. In addition to our

  • by ROTC
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT-vangelion (Pi Day 2023) 3/14/23 at 6:28 PM ET

  

  . We recommend you check now to make sure you can log in smoothly! If ... , March 14, at 6:28 PM ET. To check your decision, visit apply ... .mitadmissions.org/apply, click the link to Log In, then click “Forgot Your Password?” and follow

  • by Tim
  • March 7, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hello, Seattle i am a mountaineer...

  

  I'm spending the summer in Seattle, interning at Amazon, and I've decided I'm in love with this place. A few thoughts about Seattle after my first week here. People are in general really nice and the food, so far

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 14, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Retreat! Retreat! 24 wonderful hours of sister-time in the MIT mansion!

  

  I just returned from a retreat for my sorority, Alpha Chi Omega. We spent the past 24 hours at the Endicott House , an MIT owned mansion in a ... sisters in such a beautiful setting, surrounded by antiques and eating meals

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester Reflections

  

  individuals to us meeting people as twins was a lot higher than in the past. We ... , confused and hesitantly, “would you happen to be a twin?” I replied, also ... teammate was so shocked to find out that I have a twin that she wanted to get

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 5, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkey vs. Spam’s Hair Two parables of personal hygiene.

  

  off my hair. Then I had her sweep it up and put it in a Zip-Loc bag ... a barber in 5 years now. At least, not one where I had to tell them ... really spoken to a barber in the past 8 years, I walked trembling into

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  classes are over!!!! i feel so free

  

  very last class, a seminar-style class on modern drama, I texted[annotation note="a wonderful Next House subcommunity where I live called 4W, or the ... this chapter, but, in this moment, I am just so purely happy

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • May 16, 2023