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• Blog / Advice

  the best thing i did for myself as a pre-frosh the one where i gush about burton one

  

  The cherry blossoms are out and the students are slipping onto Kresge Lawn again, accompanied by instruments to strum and bubble teas to sip and soaking in the Boston sun on one of those early spring days where

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • April 7, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Getting Stronger the never ending cycle of trying and failing and trying again

  

  , my suitemate and I had gotten into the habit of it. We ... "]wake up at 7am,[/annotation]and head down into the cramped gym in the basement of Senior Haus every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Very few of the

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  My “Normal” High School What it was like going to an ordinary high school

  

  , Chinese, Klingon, and Gibberish, get a 3250 on my ACT and still not got in ... like I could control. I could study hard and get grades and I could apply myself to my clubs and obtain a high position; however, the one thing I

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Week in My Life of My Final Week of My Junior Fall i have no finals

  

  , and Social Sciences"]HASS[/annotation] classes this semester ... note="Games and Culture"]CMS.616,[/annotation] and [annotation note ... and I haven't really been stressed whatsoever (subtle flex lol) so I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 15, 2021
• Blog / How to MIT

  71 More Things to Do Before You Graduate the 101 things expansion pack

  

  receives a stack of flyers and documents and charts and posters as soon as ... status and keep that financial aid coming"]minimum number of units ... handed me his camera, and I thought he wanted me to take a picture of him

  • by Abby H. '20
  • January 10, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  It’s Your Future, Charlie Brown! Charlie Brown, Friendsgiving, and the Erosion of Deep Literacy

  

  at historically black colleges and universities across the US. There ... is like 10 pages of blog, and I still have more to say!"]There's a lot ... , entertainment and media as an industry, and the power of a holiday special. I

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • November 20, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  ramen this is a ramen post.

  

  - sapporo cambridge" /] you walk into h-mart and see the paris baguette cafe immediately to your left, and go-go curry straight ahead. all around are tv ... curry and donkatsu fills your nose and you smile. are you going to get

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 15, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  What We Did In High School pls don't be as stressed as we were

  

  audience was mostly high school juniors and sophomores but there were also ... , we went to this panel and met Lauren there, and asked her a question ... on campus, and towards the end of this past semester, she invited us to

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • July 11, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Thirteen Things To Do Over IAP: #6-13 Concerning the half I spent in Cambridge

  

  technician and joined the MIT student volunteer service. There are quite a few ... morning and tennis practice from 5-7pm, I usually end up taking the ... with squishy sofas and bunk beds for sleeping. My plan for the last two

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  I’m leavin’ on a jet plane… and another plane...and another plane...

  

  " edition)! Michigan Sunday, September 7, 2008 9:00am. I wake up, and go ... how it looks, I found it to be very fun and interesting to drive. 10 ... over my presentation for a bit, then stretch my legs and walk around for

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Class size A response to a comment brought up on Ben's blog.

  

  if MIT had to go the way of large state schools and begin having ... down the page at this point) about increasing class size at MIT, and how ... turned into an entry of its own. I am dismayed that this year and next

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what I did this semester in broad strokes!

  

  summer as well and moving into my dorm as soon as I was able. Overall, I ... technicals and two studios. They are as follows: 8.02 - Physics II 2.004 - Dynamics and Control II 6.1210 - Introduction to Algorithms 4

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • January 5, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A blast from the past Looking back at things I wanted to do at MIT

  

  'd go over them in this blog post and see which subset of them I ... , two Final Fantasy 7 novellas, and I Am A Cat by Natsume Souseki. The only problem is that they’re all in Japanese and take me eons to read

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • March 9, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  My Rejection Resume working up the courage to look failure in the eye

  

  University of Cambridge. And yes, none of these were really rejections to be ... , where you're done with the process and don't have to run the gauntlet of ... literally the hardest experience of my MIT career, and how I dealt very poorly

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  fictional coping mechanisms learning to love unapologetically

  

  adapting the story, because the comic universe and the show universe are ... I'm gonna be honest: I've written and deleted and re-written and ... deep of a topic. "Just write about your favorite shows and stuff, Mel," I

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 11, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 4 the finale

  

  wanted to accomplish while at MIT. Some were silly, and some were very ... numbers, I took CJ's Sporcle quiz! And I...didn't do too hot. I totally ... at the [annotation note="and therefore missed my last chance to take

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  walking the marathon… part of a four-day weekend

  

  , such as the institutional memories of clubs and organizations on campus ... moved to October"]run on Patriots' Day,[/annotation] and, in combination with the hubbub of CP✱, this year's iteration of CPW, and my general

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 25, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Monteverdi to Mozart: 1600-1800 An organ, three harpsichords, and lots of learning

  

  traditionalist and as one of the "universal synthesists." Using the French Suite No ... , grew up with a classical music-loving mother, and now live with a classical music-loving group. My neighbors are members of concert choir and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  The Public’s Biggest Fear ...is no longer one of mine.

  

  and present a new kind of medicine. I have no recollection what my ... , with a pencil and markers and tape and scissors - it was a masterpiece. I proudly brought it to school, got up in front of the class, and spent thirty

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  Springing into Junior Year actually not Springing, just Spring

  

  We’re already a month into the semester, and [annotation note ... semester-ly schedules, or really talked about my major at all, and that maybe I should start as the only blogger in [annotation note="civil and

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • March 4, 2020