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• Blog / Advice

  17,707 words writing at night like you're running out of time

  

  some essay advice from the bloggers of yore and a few words from me ... graduate students in STEM and STEM-adjacent fields. This was a lot of writing ... : reflective, personal, and trying to get people to accept me for something

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • October 24, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  my hottest STEM takes actively starting internet wars

  

  I famously have perfect taste, and with little to do over the summer, I'm left to just sit around and ponder endlessly, refining my taste and opinions indefinitely. I offer you the following takes with limited

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • July 28, 2025
• Blog / Personal Projects

  [liveblog] presenting at the Open Sauce maker expo! built a funky microscope with my friends

  

  Jul 20, 2025 at 11am My friends (Asal V. ‘25 and Isaac L. ‘25) and I built Waterscope, a microscope that uses water instead of glass for ... broke my leg. (don’t worry, I’ll walk again in a few months and be fully

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 20, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  happy LFDOC! my last semester of undergrad :)

  

  it was going to go versus how it actually went when it’s all said and done. Maybe you should also write something like this and reflect when ... exercising without the pressure of pushing myself to be better and better

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 3, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  application anew and without prejudice in Regular Action. Understandably, you ... experiences here, here, here, here, here, here, and most recently here. Some of ... ’s okay, too. For now, just float on, and we’ll see you back here in March

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2024
• Blog / Personal Travel

  chasing the aurora a celestial hunt

  

  because the trip seemed logistically inconvenient, I was tired, and I had ... UROP professor Tonio Buonassisi']UROP professor and grad student ... tonight, and if my tracker is accurate, we should have a chance of seeing

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 13, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  application anew and without prejudice in Regular Action. Many MIT students were ... , here, here, here, and most recently here. Some of you may feel happy to ... hold on, and we'll see you back here in March. We have posted more

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  recently read words absorbed by my brain

  

  .A. Times Festival of Books recently and heard Monica Youn read this poem ...  Normal People, and this short story is a predecessor to the novel, featuring Marianne and Connell. There’s a sentence in this story I keep coming back to

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 3, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  tetacats the furry fish of tetazoo

  

  For context, Tetazoo is the name of the cat friendly hall that I live on, and we currently have four [annotation note="and an unspecified ... and Random that allow cats. It's a story that gets told at every MIT

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 25, 2022
• FAQ / First-year application

  Who will have access to my application information?

  At MIT, we hope to get to know you better through the application process and want you to be able to express yourself authentically. We ... Registrar’s Office and Office of the First Year for example) and with some
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  Our applicant pool for Early Action was really competitive, and ... anew, and without prejudice, in Regular Action.  Also, remember that this ... read some of their experiences here, here, here, and here. Some of you

  • by Decisions
  • December 19, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  , shake it off, and remember that you will survive, even thrive, wherever you go; whatever you do. Stove-cook your oatmeal and never look back. We ... converse in the comments below civilly and with the best of intentions, as

  • by Decisions
  • December 19, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Packing incoherent thoughts from move-out week

  

  off, my friends and I were squished together in the front of a U ... friends and I realized that the few extra dollars spent on getting a PODS ... to a storage facility. And then there was last semester. A pandemic was

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 18, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  staying in touch people are great <3

  

  that's supposed to teach you how to be happier and more productive. i was ... day, meditating, and exercising. this week's set of exercises included social connection, aka reaching out to people and trying to foster new

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 12, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Screaming on a page (kinda) about 6.009 Please excuse what's about to follow

  

  FILLS me with dread. But I went anyways, twice, and I got advice, and it helped! jUsT kIdDiNG it didn’t lololololololololol XD. And then I hit this ... like basically ending and I can just become *one with the nature* here in

  • by Powers '23
  • April 12, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  , and unfortunately we could not accept all of them. If your decision was deferred, then we will reconsider your application anew and without prejudice ... read some of their experiences here, here, and here. Some of you may

  • by Decisions
  • December 14, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  , shake it off, and remember that you will survive, even thrive, wherever you go; whatever you do. Stove-cook your oatmeal and never look back. We ... converse in the comments below civilly and with the best of intentions, as

  • by Decisions
  • December 14, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  what’s the word for

  

  said, and piecing together the other half based on context, or visual ... reply back and wouldn’t think you’re weird because you’re starting a ... of the same page, or opening messenger every two and a half minutes in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 5, 2019
• Blog / Residential Life

  What’s Happening at McCormick? Guest Post by MC^2's REX Chairs

  

  Mccormick represents the culture, sense of community, and overall fun you could have by living here. We’d like to make this blog corny and ... they’re just too fun (and rioting might also occur)!  We also made some

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 27, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  , and unfortunately we could not accept all of them. If your decision was deferred, then we will reconsider your application anew and without prejudice ... read some of their experiences here, here, and here. Some of you may

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2018