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• Blog / Admissions

  So who is this Laura person, anyway? Hello and welcome to the single coolest blog on the entire admissions website. My name…

  

  you know where you can have a good laugh if you're having a bad day.) I ... technology. I just graduated from a nerdy tech school and the only reason I ... website. My name is Laura and I am a member of the MIT Class of '09, which

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] STARS@MIT: A Year in Review By Claire S. '25

  

  students. As a STARS Ambassador myself, I can confirm that we’ve been really ... talking about navigating the transition from a small town to a big city for ... . You can read all about it here.  And if you're from a small town and

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • April 23, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nicht Bach, Sondern Maurer The proudest moment of my life since figuring out that "Wok & Roll" was a…

  

  wake up for a 1 PM lunch with some of my marching bandmates from high ... that situation again so I can be like, "Oh yeah? I took a small seminar ... project was due that I sucked at writing for strings, I took a closer look

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  If strangers meet life begins you shall above all things be glad and young

  

  I. Flying back home to MIT from home in South Bend (not a typo), I ... , drawing my eyes like a beacon. And in that moment MIT unfolded for me, as I ... conversation that lasted for a good fifteen minutes, that meandered from my

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 23, 2008
• Blog / Events

  science bowl we ran! a competition! virtually!

  

  hands to answer a question. I helped volunteer for that competition, and ... , my middle school science teacher started a team at my school, and I loved it. Science bowl, for those of you who haven’t heard of it, is a

  • by Phi A. '21
  • November 16, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Boring Friday Night (guest post by Nina L. ‘19) Familiar inbetweens. Taking breaks. Things that aren't (all) sleep and studying.

  

  .004 lab and quiz to study for, a thing for my UROP I don’t know how to code ... study break for the potential GRTs. I can’t wait to play poker and meet ... Last Friday night I came home from lab, took off my jewelry, wondered

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Dreams How MIT has helped me keep a life long promise

  

  suffer from cancer the way she did. That day, I began a binder full of ... choose from to do a research project on. I scrolled up and down the list ... the worst things a person can experience. As a kid I remember thinking

  • by Ben O. '19
  • August 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livin’ la Vida Española (Pt. 1) De Madrid, ¡saludos!

  

  really refreshing break from MIT, and I think this is a really cool way to ... Barcelona, where I just came back from. It's like what, 30 degrees in Boston ... MIT proper, I have been in Spain for more than two weeks! I don't know

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  finding good what i look forward to

  

  opened up, where you can sign up for a slot and you have the gym to ... 2022, where I go to London for a month and study English literature and ... on the quiz -- for reference, I got a 0 on last quiz. I began to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 4, 2020
• Blog / Events

  The Tale of a Frosh once upon a cold November

  

  school), the Frosh can say, “I’m not going to finish this homework,” and not feel bad about it. Success for her is temporarily measured on a Pass ... ’s a lesson the Frosh will carry on from this: “It’s way better to work

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 30, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  The ________ Outdoors What do you think goes in the blank?

  

  been crammed full like my carry-on. In fact, I just returned from a trip ... make a compelling case for themselves. You can look at pictures, but you ... thousand. Falling from the sky. Actually, I should take a moment to clarify

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 10, 2010
• Blog / Hacks

  I feel the need, the need for speed!

  

  into a huge funnel, where the water coming from all directions caused the ... looked at that first drop, I felt genuinely scared of a coaster for the ... name for a 5th East-er, if you couldn't figure that out) because of

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  September Questions Omnibus 2 Questions Omnibus is the place to come for "official" answers!

  

  at a hospital). How do I report this in my application?" For ... go to Belgium to study for a year so I would like to know if I should ... , "Hi, I'm a junior and I'm interested in applying for the MITE'S Program

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 23, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [guest post] on undergrad by laura c. '23

  

  definitions for a math class, I came completely unprepared for the first of ... met, but I hadn’t realized how important this was to hear from a mentor ... to say, I’d like to write more now that I’m transitioning from college

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 16, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Learning Time Because that really is what we are here for

  

  for the classes of 2014 and later). I haven’t taken a literature class ... night-time, among others. HASS classes are a great break from psets, but I ... bloggers reminding us about the so-called “free” blog post, where we can

  • by Becca H. '12
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hometown Heroes The first of articles about awesome MIT '09s.

  

  introducing me to African culture and recognizing where we as a people are from ... have to cure cancer and save a child from a burning orphanage?"). Anyway ... rocket scientist. I can remember playing with this airplane that I had when

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 25, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  butterfly season the very tired caterpillar

  

  out to each other. I still remember her password for a virtual horse ... wanted me to take care of her horses for a while. How do you go from ... . Iowa became a distant memory as I talked to my old friends less and less

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • July 31, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let’s Get Down to Business 'Tis the eve of a new semester.

  

  'm taking the writing class for a couple reasons - first, I have a lot of fun ... concentration, and I want mine to be writing! It'll give me a little break from ... has a UROP in the lab a few doors down from mine - I see this as a

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 1, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Dance at MIT!!! [Collab with Ben O. ’19] hip-hop? contemp? bhangra? lion dance? MIT's got it all

  

  ) How did you start dancing?  I honestly can’t remember a time in my life ... could mimic them.  A few years later, I started learning dances from the ... filming videos of myself for my Instagram. I would learn a few dances a week

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 30, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Live from MYSTERY HUNT Live from Mystery Hunt

  

  Now blogging live from Mystery Hunt: FRIDAY [12:17 PM] Meet in Lobby ... puzzles. If you want to join us: Come to Baker 6th floor for live action ... Midnight Bombers What Bomb at Midnight at 12:31am Sunday in a refridgerator

  • by Bryan
  • January 13, 2006