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• Blog / Challenges

  avatar a weird metaphor for careers

  

  think i’d strongly prefer a world where more people kept an explicit goal ... first i said i wanted a system to decide when to do things for myself ... parts of myself for a while i thought the way to go about this was to

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 10, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  dumb little poems and such emotional support procrastination

  

  material enough i can’t wait for the semester to end this course is too damn ... ;   I'm supposed to be studying for a midterm right now lol ... vanish from my todo-list i’m getting tired of fourier transforms these

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • November 7, 2023
• Blog / Events

  I went to a World Cup Game!!!!⚽⚽ and why I think it's just like Pokemon

  

  trainers from every region competing for the top spot?? SO COOL!! Now I get ... Africa lost, but the experience cemented me as a SA supporter for the cup. Surely that can't go wrong, right? [UNFORTUNATE FORESHASOWING 😔😔😔]  I

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • July 2, 2026
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Concourse, of course or how to make the most of your freshman year at MIT

  

  smart enough to get into MIT for their college years? I've always been a ... is that I can get up from my desk to stretch and travel down the infinite corridor in search of a diet Dr Pepper, and on my way I can look up

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 30, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  Watch this year’s 2.s009 final presentations designing kindness during a time of covid

  

  . You can also see this image gallery for some behind-the-scenes photos as you're waiting for the show to start. I'm too busy reading applications to 'attend,' alas, but I can't wait to watch the archived footage later!

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 7, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Blogger’s Block a hiatus from writing (but not memeing)

  

  I took a long break from blogging. I [annotation note="and will be ... just made me completely incapable of making a single post for so long. I ... did become a priority for me, or I lost sight of that goal, or I lacked

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 23, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  time travel is overrated conversing with my past self

  

  and hold dear? in short, i can’t really pinpoint a single place to call ... then one day i suddenly left for a faraway place called cambridge and ... on the last day of freshman orientation, just a few days before i

  • by Boheng C. '28
  • November 2, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Third Semi-Annual Q&A More answers to your questions.

  

  something entirely different from what they write here. It simply adds a bit ... go for MIT interview?" Eric responded that it would be a good idea to ... wrote: "I think I'll ask the admissions office to consider me for

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorms The closest I'll get to an entry about the different dorms

  

  I know enough to stay away from trying to describe the different dorms because unless you've lived there, you can't describe it. Sure, I ... . Even if I described my own dorm, a lot of people would probably disagree

  • by Snively '11
  • June 24, 2009
• Blog / Events

  2015 Brass Rat finally unveiled!!!

  

  pendulum for brave prefrosh to take a ride in. You can see the double ... for a good half hour. For what purpose was this? ^We lined up with ... to design the class' ring. For such a small piece of jewelry, it has so

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 24, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to Survive a Nor’easter New England hath no flurries like a winter storm

  

  ? I can personally withstand a snow-induced catastrophe for at least ... , making for a reasonably small time commitment. They run the gamut from ... ; I know a few friends who have never seen snow in such amounts, let

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 11, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  Getting MISTI-fied There's a loud boom coming from Lobby 10.

  

  Infinite, I heard a loud boom coming from Lobby 10. Upon closer inspection, I ... " over in Sloan but I won't make it there in time. A later passage down ... Contests, and even a Soccer Tournament I'll try to update this entry as I

  • by Bryan
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Guest Post] Because Racecar, Friendships, and Family By Monica C. '25: "What I’ve learned about being an engineer, friend, and teammate by…

  

  for your own system. The best engineers I’ve met have a common trait ... and Computer Science (6-2), and I wanted to write a blog about MIT ... passenger racecar. Each year we build a new racecar from scratch, starting

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • July 31, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Just Because It’s 2/29 I apologize that this blog has nothing to do with MIT.

  

  : TODAY IS LEAP DAY! Leap Day, I'm sure you already know, comes from the ... life. Going wayy back... (1988) - I was born on a leap year, but I guess ... pretty excited because I can now write the date as "2-0-0-0" rather than "1

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Deferred Applicants Q & A Have a question about your MIT EA deferral? Read on...

  

  from a deferred applicant, there's nothing that I see to be lacking ... ? Should I still be hanging around reading the blogs? At MIT, a deferral ... working hard!) as well as a text box for any other updates you'd like to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 22, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt 2007 A final report from this year's awesome IAP puzzling solving funfest.

  

  I'm finally recovered from the Mystery Hunt... here's the "official ... to Michael Fauntleroy Stopheles (M.F. Stopheles, for short) for a mere ... puzzles therein. This would raise their Evilometers to a level where they

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Notes From The Middle Of Selection What interdisciplinary fields will exist 100 years from now? What will people be able to…

  

  . Though it's been a lot of work, I've been having a lot of fun. Selecting ... . I only wish we had room at MIT for more of the amazing people on the table. So while we're buried in the committee room, here's a topic I

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 21, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I O Europe Help me, blog stalkers, you're my only hope.

  

  it. For any reason. I turned away from the screen in utter disgust like ... 'm not too sure, really. Just think about it for a second. I'm getting ... week has been pretty good. Well, I graduated from MIT. I was the most

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  stupider than ever come with me for a week in 🔥HELL🔥

  

  ’s true for me and probably a vast majority of students, too. Research I ... , I was combing back through code from August and noticed that a ... able to get an A in the class. Shoot me! Sleep I flew overnight from

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 5, 2026
• Blog / MIT Life

  Almost Famous You probably think this entry is about me.

  

  ran, and a tour of Random Hall, where I don't live, and an entry that is ... DID YOU KNOW? "This Jesus Must Die" from Superstar really sounds a ... one... ...and although it's a bit unflattering, I still think it

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 21, 2006