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• Blog / About Decisions

  For the Not Admitted Students I just wanted to tell you a story. It has a moral, but you don't…

  

  I just wanted to say that please don't give up hope, and I know that ... the next step. (and for those that think I'm too verbose, please just ... I mean good for all of you and I'm not being trite or superficial. I

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I have such cool friends! A guest post by a good friend of mine from my undergrad days.

  

  -founder, Chris '09, and one of my other friends, Scot '08). They founded a start ... -language classrooms. Go to http://www.inc.com/college to check them out and vote! You ... MIT, I wanted to build robots. My heroes were Rodney Brooks and Marvin

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 10, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livescribe’s Pulse Pen AKA, the "Magic Pen"

  

  , I'm not registered for any classes until next week, and I have absolutely no commitments. Last year I was overzealous and did the typical MIT ... semester! AHHHHHH!" No, this IAP I'm very much not busy, and it is wonderful

  • by Snively '11
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The First Four Days of the Next Four Years (Guest Entry) "STUDY. SLEEP. PARTY….pick two"

  

  at CPW, I came to understand the meaning and context of those words. My name is Li, and I am an enthusiastic member of the incoming class. I attend Cambridge Rindge and Latin School (more commonly known as "CRLS" or

  • by Bryan
  • April 17, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Interview with a Mystery Hunt Winner An interview with Kat '10, a member of Palindrome, last year's winning team and this…

  

  This is my friend Kat '10, and she's one of my very favorite people ... good taste in music and also a beautiful singing voice, which I know because we were both in Beauty and the Beast last year and both as Silly

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  A Snively CPW By: Snively' 11

  

  simply a formality. Oh, and sleeping is overrated. Here's just a quick ... and received 2 free Rep CD's from the director, very cool. Then, my last ... Station and we headed over to campus to get all registered. The highlight

  • by Bryan
  • April 17, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Embracing the Penguin Snowboarding Trip ft. Jayden

  

  Thrones and 2. somehow managing to traverse what feels like a tundra of a ... and headed towards Wachusett today. [caption id="attachment_122006 ... the tradition going and brought my CC little, Jayden, this time around

  • by Richard O. '28
  • January 31, 2026
• Blog / Uncategorized

  scuba do or scuba don’t? under the sea

  

  of Wang are like the backrooms, and after taking a few turns, you end up at the pool. The first time I went, I thought I got lost and ended ... worth two points, and it’s a slightly convoluted system.  However, there

  • by Taylor L. '29
  • November 17, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  what to expect when you’re expecting a bad grade, that is

  

  . The content was totally fair and just challenging enough not to be ... made the mistakes and realized what the right answers were as soon as I walked out. In light of this, some serious cheer is in order, and so I

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 29, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  notes on hope despite despite despite

  

  today it is warmer than it has been in a while, and i'm back in the ... the tip of my tongue, and i can see it in the smiles that come more ... that i can bring fresh air into my room and let my cat hop onto the

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 25, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Halls are Alive with the sound of mischief :)

  

  -modern glass and steel, traditional marble, and cracked windows covered with peeling paint (it feels both exciting and homey!), but objectively speaking ... above), and the walls are covered with an eclectic mishmash of posters

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 2, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  italy research in pompeii

  

  to Italy to do some light research and travelling, stayed in a castle, analyzed samples of roman concrete, learned how to mosaic and fresco, visited the colosseum, pantheon, and several archeological sites, did research

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 18, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  No Ceilings next steps

  

  of buildings around campus, MIT would rather have pipes and wires and such along our ceilings than actual ceiling tiles and what not ... for me, regardless of where I ended up. In hindsight this was true, and

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 12, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  happy singles awareness day

  

  ’s Valentine’s Day, and that restaurant has three dollar signs,” one of them said ... interest clear and I would have to turn him down. And didn’t I owe Mike the ... up in person and talk about it,” I messaged him. The next day, we

  • by Rona W. '23
  • February 21, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  papurgatory I am demolishing my print budget and my solitary working habits

  

  floor in despair and baking cookies for my [annotation note="electricity and magnetism"]8.02[/annotation] [annotation note="where I am really ... resets my “send help I am So Lost Right Now and I Know Nothing

  • by Alice L. '24
  • September 17, 2022
• Blog / Residential Life

  Don’t Stop Believing you can take the east camper out of east campus but...

  

  , a nap, more goodbyes, more packing -- and then suddenly I was turning in my key and walking out the door. I knew it was coming, of course, ever since I moved in. And in the last few weeks my mind had been

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 6, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Stories That Made Me My identity in books

  

  I am a huge reader. I love hearing stories and telling them. I love ... to blog. A major obstacle to if and how people read is discovering ... with me. And are, in turn, who I am. For each story, I'll share useful

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 19, 2021
• Blog / Personal Travel

  what I did this summer unoriginal title, original experiences!

  

  weeks. I had a pretty good time, but I was a picky eater and hated the ... ’ve written and deleted this sentence describing it a dozen times. As the semester ended and May faded into June, I was still dealing with everything

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 24, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  just vibing tough times out here

  

  extracurriculars, get my homework done and still sleep at night. And it was true, but ... not enough time to have all the lives I wanted.' and I really felt that."]I cannot do everything I want to.[/annotation] And this teaches you how to

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 30, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Junior Spring From Student to Grader: My Unified Engineering Story

  

  Classes Is this what it’s like to be an upperclassman and only take classes you enjoy?  I'm taking just four (4) classes this semester, and I'm excited for all of them! Today I had two of them, and tomorrow I'll get to

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 3, 2020