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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Books I did read this semester I am literate if not literary

  

  reading. When I go to bed at three, it’s more of a bleary couple pages, but ... at the grocery store, a shortage of guns. But there are also scenes ... myself in the plight of some new fictional characters, or too mentally

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 21, 2020
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  1 Fish, 2 Fish, a Lot of Fish, and a Snail Putting a Big Box of Water on my Dresser

  

  ...and I think the New House desk workers were a little sick of the pile of ... a 20 gallon fish tank inside of your dorm room"] and more than what MIT policies would allow[/annotation] ). So of course, I realized I

  • by Richard O. '28
  • September 30, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Paul’s Top Ten Common-Sense College Application Tips Patent pending.

  

  . Remember, at the end of the day, you're still the one actually writing the ... committee wants you to be. Admittedly, students at MIT share a lot of common ... the whole history of each school you apply to, I think it helps to at

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  On Genshin Impact and a better introduction to me

  

  was a new experience which led to a lot of frustration and more ... ."]Aether,[/annotation] at one of my friends’ encouragement. Aether is,,, adorable. I love him ... Aether meets a lot of new characters and goes on some [redacted] adventures

  • by ana~
  • October 7, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  walking, walking, walking walking and/as coping

  

  requisite spoons at the end of the day to force myself to go to sleep. If I ... the river On its bridge with wooden piers, Like the odor of brine from the ocean Comes the thought of other years. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 31, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  [guest post] The Random Hall Milk: Gone But Not Forgotten an obitu-dairy for Pecker's oldest resident

  

  Heads of House were roped in. Our new House Manager was alerted, and our ... welcome a new Milk, nothing could possibly replace the wonder of the ... -enjoyer, please take a moment to think of our beloved Milk as you drink your own

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 21, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  my problem list weird brain things

  

  recently for the class of 2024, and i swear all the sophomores were dropping ... they no longer display that data on the covid dashboard. (publicly, at least.) anyway, every day i'd wake up to a new message from someone

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 8, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  work thoughts on productivity and a post-mortem of my spring semester

  

  a bad idea. Most of me viscerally cringes at the idea of doing another ... psychiatrist staring at me in disbelief and telling me to get new priorities as I ... semblance of order instead of confusion-despair-and-fear, and suddenly my

  • by Alice L. '24
  • July 5, 2022
• Blog / Blog Projects

  learning about Things!! cool classes explained in easy words

  

  After three and a half years of being at this school, I've taken ... Better So People Listen More We gave a lot of talks to get better at ... easily repeated. At the end of the class, we had to make five tens of a

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 16, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mini-Guide to the GIRs Now I've been through them - don't make the same mistakes I did.

  

  the rigors of the MIT curriculum, living away from home, and making new ... of them for your PE requirement (yes, there's a PE requirement at MIT ... Classes you should definitely ASE or AP out of (or take at earliest

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Power of suggestion This entry will tell you whether you'll get into MIT or not in two minutes.

  

  think of it, this is totally creepy in a Brave New World kind of way ... Kappa Late Night, a fall talent show for charity sponsored by one of MIT ... awards, one of the sisters announced: "Okay, and the next winner is number

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hilarity with Jeremy "Hi!" *awkward silence*

  

  magic and rabbits out of hats." "Okay. New game. wildebeests. In Africa ... range of people, with a similarly broad array of interests, passions, and ... opinion, this diversity is one of MIT's greatest strengths. Although I could

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Something to chalk about “These murals are f*cking rad” – Petey

  

  we have a whole new batch of murals, thanks to the talented artists ... , and nowhere is that more apparent than at Simmons Hall – my beautiful ... ) or crayons though, but with chalk. I blogged about some of the awesome

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 24, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Roundup Some Links to Summarize this Summer

  

  Santa Fe, New Mexico   What: Working at Surroundings and ... 's Tumblr. Lifting weights, riding bikes, making things out of clay ... ago, when I went up to him humming with nervous energy (a mix of

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • July 3, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Etiquette Workshop: The Keys to Painless Networking Jodi Smith taught the UPOPers the keys to painless networking!

  

  As part of the Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program (UPOP), a ... I thought I would share: 1. At a networking event, always wear a ... . Also during your introduction, give a little snippet of information about

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  My MIT Essay Revisions college essay things

  

  question, just to ensure that all of me, or at least nearly all of me would ... , you chose which one you lived with.  I remember looking at the sea of ... , you chose which one you lived with.  I remember looking at the sea of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 22, 2019
• Blog / MISTI

  misti musings sugar, spice, and everything nice

  

  'd flip if he knew I barely ate any fruit at school. That train of thought ... words of one of my friends, ‘reshuffle my cards’. I feel spoilt- the company I’m interning at put us up at a very posh apartment-style hotel in

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 28, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why I do what I do A few reasons I'm still on this planet.

  

  cheerleader, was pulling some of her belongings out of the closet at the time ... sort of insufferable if I had continued the same activities at which I ... Biology if I could handle it. At the beginning of sophomore year, I realized

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Temp assignments and cautionary tales

  

  percentage of students had picked another dorm at the end of Rush (or "REX", as ... summer, you get to rank the dorms in order of preference, based on ... got one of their top three choices). When you arrive on campus, a period

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What Is This, a Crossover Episode? Jacob Collier and Yo-Yo Ma come to MIT

  

  , Fred Harris (the director of MITWE) was going through the semester ... the middle of the rainforest! But I was also a little suspicious. The ... in the Sonic Jubilance concert in the second week of the semester. You

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 23, 2025