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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Tour of an MIT student’s notebook my brain is a mess so my pages have everything

  

  notes from all my classes, doodles from any TTRPGs I happen to be playing ... favorite part of my notebook. I use CAD (Solidworks, Fusion360, OnShape) for different projects, but because drawing is way faster for me, I like to sketch

  • by Anika H. '26
  • July 8, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  IAP & Snowmageddon Infinite amounts of pancakes, international adventures and poutine, and icy apocalypse preparation

  

  meanings for IAP: 1. Infinite Amounts of Pancakes My friends Jamal E. '14 and Andrea H. '18 have been planning a pancake-eating contest for weeks to ... was there for eggs, toast, and emotional support. We ended up

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 27, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Some a capella A concert by the MIT Chorallaries (7 pictures)

  

  Anthony's latest entry?) Some nice red lighting, for Radiohead... Some solos... I got to sit behind the sound guy! ;) And, for the grand ... busy week for a capella, as there were also concerts by the MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An MIT Week general structure and personal experience

  

  members gather in the kitchen for a fun study break. I will blog more about ... the middle number greater than 0 (for example, 3-2-7). Other options are ... to Proofs, the materials for which are available here). Now, these

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 30, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  quiz: what halloween candy are you? based on your college applicant personality

  

  just for fun! What colleges are you applying to? I have like ... school to apply to early when’s Halloween? I’m too old for trick ... admissions interviews because it’s the truth. I genuinely want to go, for

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 22, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  On the other side of CPW Being an MIT undergrad during CPW is definitely an interesting experience

  

  I wrote a blog post about how excited I was for CPW last week.  Other ... on the green building again!  It was really fun and students had a great time playing again. DNA This Sunday was the 10th anniversary of

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 16, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Leadership @ MIT (from a froshy perspective)

  

  a ton of fun, met my girlfriend and some of my best friends, and was given an outlet for my energy and creativity that my classes didn't always ... year, I joined some clubs, learned a lot, and had fun; sophomore and

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 3, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  [Guest Post] A day in my life! by Callie T. '26

  

  totally lost in that class for weeks. The current plan is to work on it with ... tea for lunch, and then I take a caffeine pill because a large black tea will not cut it for today. It’s a pretty quick meal, and I run into a few

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • April 1, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Scholarships

  

  for the past few months. First, for some students, there are early ... complete. And finally, there's the scrambling to apply for scholarships. Scholarships are nice. They provide you money for college (offsetting your Self

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 1, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  childhood and disney world trips

  

  I've written in the past about my love for Disneyland. Growing up a ... woman, especially Mulan of all women, was catastrophic.) For this spring ... 'lightning lane' for specific rides as opposed to the normal ride. This

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 25, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

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

  

  already? For my next two rooms, I returned to red. The first room was ... For most of my adolescence, my bedroom was painted as close as I ... accent wall in a deep, dark red—colors I chose as a fledgling teenager

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • June 26, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How hard is it, really? Let down

  

  hardest) is best for you. The results of my math diagnostic said that I was ... , nothing that could prepare me for MIT physics. There should have been indicators, MIT does its best to make sure you end up in a physics class that

  • by Snively '11
  • April 9, 2008
• Blog / Summer

  the first day of work lessons i'm learning

  

  are done. say alyssa and ben were estimating how long it'd take for them ... been busy. despite spending hours cramming for 6.033 computer systems engineering, grading the final for 6.036 introduction to machine learning, and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 25, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  d-d-d-d-drop date late is good sometimes

  

  semester which is different and wonderful Oh, boy, I have been awake for ... staying in Cambridge for Thanksgiving, and I understand why now (so much ... paper and do that pset when you have a puppy to play with. Thanksgiving

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 27, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On being at college MIT, specifically.

  

  to this foreign planet called MIT plays out, I’m excited for what ... head for the past 2 weeks that I have been on campus, I still can ... discover. For some background, my high school was tiny. My graduating class

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • September 15, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Halls are Alive with the sounds of students...

  

  the best classes for studying Course 2 or Course 6, and the afternoon ... , we like to talk about MIT Beef and the Lab for Chocolate Science. I ... research opportunities are available? In preparation for a visit program, I

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • September 25, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool Classes

  

  would actually read for pleasure as well as work. The material is ... was a really wonderful class. But seriously, this isn't just for Course ... average)! And Ben Vandiver, my TA for the class, is terrific. 9.02 Brain

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Strands literal and metaphorical >:)

  

  apron and ruminated. Hair salons in particular are very good for this type ... track playing quietly in the background, periodically interrupted by the ... long I had been dying my hair, and I faltered for a moment, realizing

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • September 10, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Pageant and pomp and parade The whippoorwill of freedom zapped me right between the eyes.

  

  festivities. Definitely check those pages out for some awesome pyrotechnic ... to head down to the Hatch Shell and pick up tickets for the concert ... writer for Xena: Warrior Princess and that he could maybe get me that Bruce

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Events

  MIT wins the Putnam ...for the third year in a row!

  

  exam is taken primarily for fun, for the pleasure of solving problems ... place for three consecutive years. This year, the winning team consisted ... of the Putnam--but for those who haven't, it is a six-hour proof

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 1, 2016