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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In Our Bedroom After the Pandemic a bedroom is something that can actually be so personal

  

  child, but at some point I could tape something to my wall or ask for a ... —figure drawings from when I used to attend a nude portraiture club, former final ... these things up to make way for a summer subletter, and I spent a week

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • June 26, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  setting things on fire and playing with flames

  

  I had a funny realization. I found myself setting something on fire 3 different times in the same week—twice for classes, once for a club—and each ignition taught me something new. For the Spinning Arts club, I went to

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 18, 2025
• Blog / How to MIT

  Best Free Software for College Students must haves for productivity, security, and more

  

  by friends and I can share my own great playlists. If you're a student ... inside individual items. I have a folder for each class and then folders ... which I do a lot for my blog. Available for Windows, Mac, and Linux

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Thing I Love About MIT… Is how easy it was to use an assignment to pick up a cool internship.

  

  meeting later, and I was offered an internship for January. If you can ... least for me). I’ll be spending my IAP playing ice hockey for the MIT ... ’s backyard). I'd like to share how I found myself working for this 1.5 year old

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • January 5, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  thoughts on math@MIT! math month post

  

  degree (for example: I took Systems Biology, where a large focus of the ... concepts that you can learn and explore. I also play a lot of video games (or ... learned a ton from the friends I made. Carl: The MIT math department is

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 24, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  grad school vs. undergrad should you MEng?

  

  Real Job. This is a drastic social shift from my time in undergrad, where ... at a company in exchange for that company funding your degree. I TA an ... socializing is much less spontaneous. Since I don’t live in a dorm, I can

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 9, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  42 classes i'm taking this semester

  

  is (seemingly) taking more. I came across a previous blogger's post ... working two UROPs! Am I not doing enough? Maybe I should add a cla—' Stop ... productive." Indeed. MIT is a weird place where people feel inferior to their

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Sorry you didn’t meet me :( I missed Meet-The-Bloggers, and some things on this semester

  

  though, to meet me, that is. You know where I live. Here a special shoutout ... in a while. What have I been up to? For one, I went to West Virginia ... is really cool for me, maybe I'll play a minutely important role in the

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 15, 2007
• Blog / People & Identities

  what is and isn’t me (rush, part 1) and the somewhat methodical unraveling of self

  

  this is a refrain I’ve heard many times from many people at many ... came to MIT, I really didn’t think frat life was for me. And there is a ... easily, who says I can't? I have always been a person who has felt very

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • October 7, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back From Vacation A week of total relaxation didn't stop me from thinking about MIT constantly.

  

  . Here I am, preparing to do an info session for the people on the beach ... it hasn't been almost a month since my last post, I've created some ... near future - it'll take me a few days to remember what it is that I

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  The Bad Week, or How To Lose Sleep and Alienate People I'm giving out life advice today. I know you didn't ask for it, but I'm…

  

  about - I heard from a friend, so I don't know have too much personal ... weeks I will have spent a few trillion hours taking three midterms (two of ... mostly incoherent emails. I will have been in several meetings, broken a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 3, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday vacation An atypical (but more entertaining than average) day in the life

  

  twice a week rather than for an hour three times a week. This term, I only ... with my head cut off for an hour, I went to 5.60 lecture, where we ... different from Ohio. That's actually a whole entry in and of itself... I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 30, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  Invitation to Cross-Register Guest post by Katherine W. '17 :D

  

  take This summer, I scoured Harvard’s course catalog, looking for a ... previous coursework and internship in pharma where I can clearly follow the ... requirements for my major, I decided that this fall semester was the perfect time

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 14, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Public MIT panel on the science behind vaccines, and ending the evolving pandemic

  

  from here – I invite you to be a part of COVID-19: Vaccines and prospects ... shortly thereafter at the same link. Because I know a lot of our readers are ... ’s vaccine planning. I hope you will mark your calendars for this timely

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 4, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  processing in which I visit home and take time to think

  

  just how exhausted I was, from just over a month of being at college. It ... focus. It's just that when I step back for a second, I realize that I ... down and process. So whenever I’m home, I can’t stop my mind from

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  climbing and becoming a perspective on moving to the US for MIT and the slow journey towards adulthood

  

  , waiting for something but not really knowing what. After a bit I thud back ... improvement is part of how you can jump to the next step of adulthood. I think a ... in creativity and fitness originating from a very simply defined

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • September 16, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  school break thoughts

  

  I wake up with a jolt. In middle school, I used to have a recurring nightmare where I’d feel completely conscious, going about a perfectly average day at school only to realize I forgot to do a major assignment. I

  • by Victor D. '27
  • June 21, 2026
• Blog / About Decisions

  For EA Deferred Students Answering questions for those who were deferred to Regular Action.

  

  Report for your updates. Should I send in a whole new version of my ... include MIT as a score recipient and we will consider any new scores. Can I ... call from a deferred applicant, there's nothing that I see to be lacking

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  For EA Deferred Students Answers to some FAQs.

  

  Report for your updates. Should I send in a whole new version of my ... include MIT as a score recipient and we will consider any new scores. Can I ... call from a deferred applicant, there's nothing that I see to be lacking

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 14, 2010
• FAQ / First-year application

  How can I explain my special circumstances?

  We understand that everyone has a unique story and that we can ... plenty of room for you to tell us about any special circumstances regarding ... application is read in a holistic manner, within its proper context.