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• Blog / MIT Life

  Pommes et manus Turkeys into oil, apples into beavers... it's all good.

  

  around 4:00pm and eating will commence. $500 in prize money will be ... , and their families. Plan your strategy and test your recipes while you ... for an entire weekend, flooded the field, and won most of the prize

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 24, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  The Classes I’m Taking This Semester [in order from least-to-most edible] 🪀🚑🔥📚♟️

  

  University of Pretoria in South Africa. I was just there, so I hung out and ... five-minute chunks, and if you ever stop, EVERYTHING gets DELETED. :o But don't worry, I'm cool and awesome and never stop writing ッexcept for

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • February 8, 2026
• Blog / IAP

  IAP in China through MIT’s China Development Initiative A week-long mentorship program in Xiamen, Fujian

  

  IAP 2013 was a logistical (and medical) nightmare but a fantastic ... London for winter break, then flew back to Boston and got an x-ray at MIT ... for over twenty minutes...) so the doctor left and I wasn't able to get

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 17, 2014
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Applying While Transgender #InHonorOfMarshaP

  until every transgender student can apply to our institution and not face ... World Pride in New York City and celebrate the 50th anniversary of the ... reminded of Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera – Black and Puerto Rican

  • by DJ Rock
  • July 17, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Hello, Ma Sheng Li Gong A journey of four years begins with a single blog.

  

  ), and we decided to stay in Boston for a couple of nights before heading ... with knew a grad student from MIT and asked us whether we would like to stay over for a night at the Institute. Having heard so many amazing

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobel Prizes in your pocket Computers are so cool omg this is why I’m a course 6

  

  brain of your computer, each engineered and manufactured to near ... )! And don’t even get me started on other things like displays, memory, and ... everyone’s mind and today being National Nanotechnology Day, I wanted to take

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 9, 2023
• Blog / Residential Life

  whimsically signed, yfnhmc (your friendly neighborhood house meeting chair)

  

  a hickey from the universe. And everyone wants to get with the ... ...school. After all, Boston is full of treats, and how could I not indulge in ... artwork, a tight-knit community with traditions, and a meal plan full of new

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 19, 2026
• Blog / Uncategorized

  journey to the end of the world visions

  

  caves, and got a few diamonds. diamonds! i won—and that’s where the story ... underground, mining a good amount of gold and lapus lazuli and a couple more ... , vines, grass, flowers, glow squids and glow berries, and the occasional

  • by Ali C. '26
  • November 16, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Clinging to the Coattails of Identity Who am I now?

  

  background, and your interests (e.g. where are you from, your interests and ... things: where you come from, and what your interests are. So, where am I from? That’s easy, and maybe moderately interesting. I’m from Hawaii

  • by Allison E. '27
  • August 29, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  40 Hours in Cape Cod Take note, I typed this entire post with a broken shift key. Please appreciate the…

  

  -perforated silence of Cape Cod two full months before the season of tourists and ... . Overhead, a countable infinity of little stars twinkled, and I pondered their ... child to the pika alumni trust fund and spending one fine weekend in early

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 27, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wooo Summer The goal as usual is to do ALL the things

  

  institute required classes!! YAYY!!  And learned SO MUCH and I am proud of ... -of-school-year beginning-of-summer post, and it feels like so much has happened since classes ended, but I'd like to sum things up in one post and just get it all out

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • July 15, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  You always have been hi everybody!

  

  some degree I wanted to give a heartfelt and very full thank you. My ... Dear Reader, I'm writing this in the Wordpress portal and this is an ... somewhat raunchy or vulgar and I cried after the meeting because I thought it

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Flu shots optimizing literally everything

  

  community members could walk in and get a flu shot. I was initially a bit reluctant to get the flu shot, because needles and injections terrify me, you ... , and three minutes later, I got my flu shot. And I was awed. The flu

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 8, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Simulating Catastrophe and learning to speak up

  

  United States and the Director of UNICEF to keep them informed of the ... , each of the GEL students evaluated one another based on leadership and ... . I meet with the staff and fellow GEL 2 student officers, and make sure

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • April 17, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  rating underwear colors in my inbox *insert context here*

  

  this state. or perhaps just emphasizing that the color is impending and ... messages from clubs, free boba, and senior sales, any message sent to ... thematically relevant it is), and Creativity.   (Disclaimer: while I have

  • by Victor D. '27
  • February 18, 2026
• Blog / Entrepreneurship & Innovation

  soul searching at CES 2019 a non-journalist's take

  

  (!) by registering as a student. I was there for hours and didn't see even ... , and every open space was packed with people. Some of the exhibitors even ... their building, and they also built a gumball machine that dispensed

  • by Abby H. '20
  • January 15, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Walkin’ Enjoy my expository, mediocre investigative photojournalism!

  

  moral dilemma, a person vs. self conflict which I would both win and lose ... , because I had finally moved on from the stage of denial and accepted their existence. My cereal had become unpleasantly dry and decidedly less palatable

  • by Jackie M. '20
  • September 16, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How the Career Fair saved my summer And forced me to try something new

  

  the first time; I drove over 400 miles across several state lines; I ... , and write exciting papers that would be published in exciting journals ... , and now I was forcing myself to chart a new course. Interestingly, I

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 17, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  More Information on the Waitlist Some answers for those offered a place on MIT's waitlist.

  

  students remain on the waitlist, and how many we wish to take from the ... waitlist, and the year before that we admitted 20 students. However, the four ... . Who do you admit from the waitlist? For example, if someone from state X

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A for the Waitlisted Some (hopefully) helpful questions and answers for waitlisted students.

  

  students remain on the waitlist, and how many we wish to take from the ... students from the waitlist, and the year before we admitted 40 students ... . Who do you admit from the waitlist? For example, if someone from state X

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2008