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• Blog / Athletics

  the fear and delight of fire spinning do not this at home! I am a trained (semi?)professional.

  

  , because it's really really fun. It’s not something I can fully describe in ... was the boldest decision I made in my life, but also one of the best. I ... staff and poi spinners. I chose the route where I try a lot of different

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 21, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21L.011 Are You [film] Experienced?

  

  about Buster Keaton where I had trouble in high school writing about, say ... course name in all of academia.** It's a history class where students ... . I had a hard time selecting my top preferences; I was torn between 24

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 21, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  With Apologies to Dr. Seuss why MIT is amazing, a la buzzfeed

  

  have feet in your shoes You can steer yourself any direction you choose ... can get all hung up in a prickle-ly perch. And your gang will fly on ... ! Do you dare to stay out? Do you dare to go in? How much can you lose

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 4, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Long Overdue Q&A Post Sorry for the delay!

  

  coach before I apply to MIT or just (if i get in) show up for tryouts? And ... heavily, but in some cases yes. / Yes. I am an international student in an area where interviews aren't available. Would I be able to do the

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  My favorite room on MIT’s campus a personal room of requirement

  

  , where I’ve done undergraduate research since spring of sophomore year ... , which I like better in a lot of ways, except it's missing a desk, which ... . ____________________________ This post is the first in what I hope is a series of live one-hour slices

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 24, 2015
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Boston’s college mascots, placed into a Tree of Life a project that nobody asked for

  

  sure that I can claim the title of being the founder of mascot ... an image file, which I did and then polished up in an image ... birds, 2 uncategorized, and 1 bug represented in this tree. I wonder if

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 18, 2023
• 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 ... passionate people here, and I've only been around for two months so I'm not in

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

  Discovering Yourself A bit more mushy than normal. . . deal.

  

  application I had a pretty solid game plan: Stress band, life in the country ... available (I actually think I got Part I in about four hours after it was ... writing for me, I can't force myself to write something within a given

  • by Snively '11
  • June 13, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Aquatarkus Why I turned in a half-finished 10.37 problem set.

  

  , very different from buildings you see elsewhere. That's more than I can ... canoeing. See, creatures really can live in the Charles. See, people at MIT ... entirely man-made. I had originally called this entry "Dirty old river, must

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 17, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MITWE Goes Digital We stan Fred in this household 😤

  

  department in a nutshell[/caption] “But Andi!” I hear you cry, “How could you read sheet music off your tiny loaner iPad?” That’s where Fred comes in ... With all the WiFi problems in [annotation note="One of the big

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 21, 2022
• Blog / Events

  May the Force Be With You Use the "mass times acceleration" wisely my friend.

  

  interesting things I've seen done with butter in a very long time. Yes, that's Darth Vader and Yoda carved out of butter. I wonder where they ... So tonight, I'm going to watch my friend Timmy '06 and the rest of

  • by Bryan
  • November 12, 2005
• Blog / Residential Life

  rush wilg bunnies inside this blog post

  

  know us from my previous blog post where I investigated a fire that occurred at our house. I'm happy to announce that we did not, in fact, burn ... year and thus couldn't get on-campus housing anymore. I used to live in

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 13, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Pimp my sukkah. I really can't think of a better blog entry title than that.

  

  with "M.I.T" written on it in Hebrew. I think I ended up giving that one ... much about it. Then one fine afternoon I was in the middle of Mastering ... defeated again by that same method. I wonder if anyone in Hillel will ever

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2013…The Parent Experience!

  

  Much of Boston and certainly the ladies in the sorority house where I ... should I attend with my child?" In truth, there won't be very many of them ... will. That said, it's important to check in occasionally so I'd suggest

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 10, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  4 / Just *breathe* Everything is going to be all right

  

  breaks, where I can catch up on my life, focus on myself, take a moment to ... up with M I T. Seems like no one can truly escape the firehose, no ... , mindful, intentional. Last Monday for Veterans Day, I slept in, went to

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 2, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Call For A Good Time a weekend of coffee shop networking

  

  : Yeah, I put up a letter addressed to stalkers in my public folder, and ... now because they can never, ever top it. (Actually, I think Sam is just ... 're obligated to blog about it. Me: Definitely! But how can I construe it as

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 2, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Academic Marathon If Mollie's boyfriend can complain, so can I.

  

  on Thursday. Once I handed that in, I had a couple of hours of class ... around 9:30, and started right in on the 18.03 pset that was due Friday. I ... . (Manchester photos to come soon, I promise!) I'll travel home on Sunday in time

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 15, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions & Coca-Cola Check-in Last-minute questions, and Coca-Cola Scholars check-in.

  

  the Coca-Cola Scholars weekend in Atlanta (I hope that MIT '10s who are ... With CPW less than a day away, I'd like to use the comments for this entry for: Asking any last minute CPW questions you have (you can also

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What a Robotics Career Looks Like What does it mean to get paid to work on robots?

  

  will become a series — “What a Career Looks Like” — where I can interview ... still be in high school and interested in robotics. Now that I have ... time on Admissions :)  _________ When I was in grade school, I distinctly

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 14, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  *Independent* Activities Period an IAP apart!

  

  internship I got settled into where I’d be living, ready for my first day of ... -tower-indoor-balcony-thing that you climb up an actual ladder to get to!!! My desk, where I worked most days, was about 10 ft away from this ladder! I lived in a

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2019