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• Blog / Athletics

  Discover Exercise and Wellness FPOP a wholesome college experience

  

  worth trying anyway: best to get comfortable on campus before the orientation stampede. And I didn't want to miss any MIT opportunities (helped ... House warned the frosh after dorm rush to not go at 90 mph from the start

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 21, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP, CES, and other acronyms I spent my MIT IAP with a CEO at CES in LAS, and now I…

  

  January is “supposed” to be an off-month for MIT students - a break between the semesters to relax, recharge, recoup, and reflect*. But somehow I managed to be at least as busy as I was in October or November

  • by Joel G. '18
  • March 9, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Español Foreign Languages at MIT

  

  Spanish IV, my HASS class for this semester. I’ve been attempting to learn ... class here at MIT, because I have always wanted to travel to a Spanish speaking country, perhaps for a MISTI or a GTL over IAP. It’s one thing to

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 23, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Underground An ode to the MIT tunnels

  

  Full disclosure: Regarding the tagline: I have no idea how to write an ode. To be totally honest, I'm not even really sure what an ode is. I googled "how to write an ode" but then got distracted by one of my

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 8, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Milk, Cookies and Dangerous Secrets Somewhere at the cloying helm of exponential senselessness (weird post incoming)

  

  stomach is not rumbling, but there’s enough flatness in it to proclaim the presence of an unimpressed hunger. It’s a hunger he plans to fix soon, the moment he gets to his destination. He makes a turn to the left, his back

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 29, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  The MIT Midyear Report Further information about completing the MYR.

  

  Report is an online form that is required of all students, and is to be completed by you, the applicant. The Report serves two purposes: to provide your updated grades since you have applied, and to mention other updates

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 1, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Feedback Works Warning: analogy ahead

  

  students are assigned to lead activities during the Engineering Leadership ... 's all about feedback. Feedback and self-assessment are effective ways to ... p-sets to test students' understanding of the material. But aren't we

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • November 14, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Recollections of a Stranded Traveler IHTFP: I Have To Find a Plane. In the meantime, I reflect on happier interpretations…

  

  insanity native to jungles clotted around the siren shores of Winter Break ... .” Mystery resolved, the fruitcake was donated to Random Hall and East Campus, to be divided unequally amongst 400 or so residents. 2.The Choir Party

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 23, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkeys and babies But no baby turkeys.

  

  combination of spending quality time with my family/staying up late talking to ... to Earth like Floo powder. The babies are after me, I think, as my ... to school 3,000 miles away means I'm racking up more frequent flyer

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 25, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Friday morning potpourri in lab How MIT's campus makes me happy to be alive. Also stuff from Adam.

  

  I have a couple of unrelated things to relate today, so I'll put ... have no classes on Fridays (except for a 7.28 recitation to which I have ... 's all year and still happily gone off to graduate school in the fall. At

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summerteeth Are you afraid of the dark reaction?

  

  all your responses to the lynn/lonn/line poll. My high school math teacher's name was Lynn, so I guess I've just been indoctrinated to call it ... , although I guess that actually makes a lot more sense than "lynn." I seem to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 2, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The things that can change your life…

  

  panned out. Oops. However, I am finally going to write this entry, which I intended to write a week ago, between now and the party tonight! I don ... : Last weekend I walked out to an apartment in Cambridgeport for the party

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Answer these 13 questions and we’ll reveal the perfect dorm for you! What does your favorite dorm animal say about where you should live?

  

  The Quiz: HEY GUYS UPDATE THE LINK DOESNT WORK ANYMORE ILL TRY TO FIX ... to find interesting patterns and learn more about the people in dorms overall. The plan was to create some questions and disseminate them through

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 22, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

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

  

  Hi everyone! I’m Callie T, and Ellie invited me to share what my day ... , I promised myself that I’d attend all my lectures to avoid a repeat of ... totally lost in that class for weeks. The current plan is to work on it with

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

  So, What Exactly Happens? y'know, over IAP?

  

  I went home for about two weeks before IAP started. I went to all the ... was back on a plane to Massachusetts for the beginning of IAP. People were always shocked I had to head back so early for what they presume is

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 2, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Take Care of Us asking for change

  

  I try my best to be as honest as possible on the blogs, while simultaneously trying to be kind to the institution that gives me the privilege of having such a wide platform to share my ideas on. Which is also why it

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 12, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Sophomore Spring this time, with on-campus features!

  

  I am taking. In fact, this is actually the last GIR I need in order to fulfill all my Science GIR requirements! I'm honestly somewhat lukewarm to this class since it's a class I'm obligated to take rather than one I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 24, 2021
• Blog / How to Food

  “I’m vegetarian now!” Two months, twenty-four days, and goin’ strong

  

  that I would try out vegetarianism, just to see how it went. It wasn ... ’ve never been a sandwich person, so there was nowhere I had to consciously cut out meat.  I expected this vegetarian thing to last maybe a month

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 25, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  “But I’m not cool…” Dr. Suess but shitty? Dr. Suess but angsty?

  

  "] Me on my actual first day of high school! T-minus two months to the ... to my head, blasting My Chemical Romance in-between every single class ...   To the things that other people say to me when they probably meant

  • by Powers '23
  • August 18, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Subtle Art of Being Unhosed what i've learned and what i'm still working on

  

  on a bunch of applications for something that I’m not ready to announce ... my remote internship have kept me HOSED. Compared to past summers, I ... ’m working on now, I’ll eventually get to a point where I have the time to

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 1, 2020