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• Blog / Personal Projects

  An emoji alethiometer to help you make decisions I'm not saying I will use this in committee, but I'm not saying I won't

  

  shaped how I move through the world, as you may have seen in my blog posts ... — have found meaning in these books too. You may be encountering this ... for you. Back in 2018 — before the adaptation was even announced — my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 7, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Night Vision Funny how "photo"graphy throws you into the dark

  

  -- where else can you close your eyes, dream, and still be productive? Here ... -consuming -- I can’t actually think about nothing when i’m trying out specific techniques to make what I see in my head manifest on paper. It’s emotions

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 8, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  30 questions with my roommates! I had writer's block so I forced my roommates to make content for me

  

  Knight where you pick a character and then fight monsters and bosses in ... during a meeting for my UROP 13. Last meme you saw [carousel image1 ... laugh a lot 19. Last person you talked to Fatima> some friends in the

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 16, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dear July illustrated

  

  Inspired by Ceri's Dear July  Dear July,   You are special this time. Not that you weren’t before, but it’s just that this time you are particularly special.  Because you are the last one that

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • July 31, 2019
• Blog / Events

  We Eat At Food Trucks A few may even start their own

  

  trucks to install GPS in them so they can be tracked constantly. 3. How ... or 3 weeks; they butcher it themselves. PORK. 5. “How much can you ... most of their food preparation in a “commissary” (sort of like a shared

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 6, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Blog Action Day Did you ever get the feeling that the Internet is full of nonsense?

  

  help, and the great insight you provide to those of us looking in from ... Did you ever get the feeling that the Internet is full of nonsense? Well, you're not alone. Tomorrow is the second annual Blog Action Day

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 14, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Think About This and maybe it will help you.

  

  . The idea being that if you look up there and see that 28 hasn't hit in ... you do a study correlating home prices and number of faucets in a home ... mistake by saying one CAUSED the other would you? Putting a random faucet in

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • March 21, 2013
• Blog / Advice

  21 i don't know about you but i'm feeling 21...

  

  A 21st birthday has significant significance in the U.S. because you can now drink that special fermented beverage that has basically been ... lactose-intolerant. Although not so much so that I can’t indulge in ice

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 17, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In the Music Cubes, no one can hear you scream…

  

  , two musicians can play in adjacent rehearsal rooms and not hear each other at all. (Even with the door open, the sound you can hear in the ... of you unfamiliar with the Music Cubes, they consist of three cube

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 25, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  i’m catching up a blog about all the things i wanted to blog about but couldn't find the…

  

  finals studying) Stud Five (the one place you can count on finding me at ... Flows) final exam. Virtual learning has been rough you guys. My body has ... over, I can finally blog about all the things I wanted to blog about but

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 20, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Congrats Jenn Lai ‘11, Rhodes Scholar This blog entry does not contain video of Jenn playing "Rhapsody in Blue" with the…

  

  concert So sad. The best I can do is a photo from the concert: 2. Did you ... Jennifer Lai '11 has won the Rhodes Scholarship. This brings MIT's count to 44 Rhodes Scholars, and 7 in the last four years. Below, find Jenn

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do with a bad grade in quantum? What is my life going to be? (Avenue Q, anyone?)

  

  "advice you can give me on how to move forward from here." I thanked them ... yourself think that you can't succeed. You're smart...[and] an enjoyable ... 't underestimate that value in where you end up." He finished by saying "I have

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 4, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 1) I ask my friends and fraternity brothers the immortal question: "What are you doing this…

  

  working at Capital IQ in NYC this summer. We write software that can be used ... everyone, As you may know, I am not-so-secretly a blogger for MIT Admissions ... MIT students (being, ourselves, awesome) do for the summer. So if you

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 22, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Teaching Splash (and Overcoming the Impostor Syndrome) guest post by Haley C. '18

  

  . The emphasis in Splash is on what you’re teaching, or how many classes ... . Especially if you’re now in your second year at MIT and feel like surely you must have learned something, but now you can’t remember a single thing

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 18, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Got any threes? Go fish!

  

  you ever have something that you no longer want, you just set it out in ... Nathan! Hi Susan! Do you like our fish???" "Yeah, it's great!" Some more ... , you know, don't go into the stairwell." In the end we ended up

  • by Snively '11
  • September 12, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Alive and Kicking I kick, therefore I am ~taekwondo~

  

  , though, so you can tell I made it out of all those ordeals alive. In ... , maybe try and improve at one of the many sports you know how to play in a ... exactly made me hurt myself, you may ask? Lo and behold, the iconic: Turning

  • by Waly N. '24
  • August 3, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston Rain With apologies to Tay Zonday.

  

  room, not to mention three (count 'em) umbrellas. In case you're curious ... ended up getting drenched in an unexpected deluge of rain. Yes, you read ... picturesque, and fun to play with (or in), it even can serve as a metaphor for

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  notes on hope despite despite despite

  

  the tip of my tongue, and i can see it in the smiles that come more ... session in freshman fall, he read us wild geese by mary oliver. You do not ... today it is warmer than it has been in a while, and i'm back in the

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 25, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  Remember to Breathe Chicken Soup for the Applicant's Soul

  

  So many of you are starting off with college applications trying to summarize and capture the important things in your college application, and ... million extracurriculars I was involved in. A word of advice: Take a deep

  • by Bryan
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Be a Blogger 2016! how to be a blogger

  

  write about things you do at MIT. Admissions officers can write about ... life at MIT is a perspective only you can provide, so you should feel ... It's summer in Cambridge, which means three things: 1

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 28, 2016