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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I Never Thought I Would Join a Sorority ...but here I am?

  

  , the local culture of the school dictates much more than stereotypes do ... To all of you who are wondering how in the world you will navigate the social aspects of college, first of all, chill. I have received so

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Flow: Writing Like Yourself *insert prospective 2021 clickbait tagline*

  

  Not every writer is an artist. Not every piece of writing is a work of art. I realized this last year as a high school senior when I was frantically typing up essays fueled by caffeine and a tinge of desperation. Each

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 19, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi Day Eve A doodle and some old advice

  

  until that fated time, but it will be. I tried to think of what high-school ... tens of other posts written by tens of other bloggers instead of being so ... think of to do for this post is one of those drawings where you smush a

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Teatro ZinZanni Another trip to the circus -- is my boss trying to imply something?!

  

  On Thursday, I attended Teatro ZinZanni, "a bewitching evening of ... live music and a gourmet five-course dinner - set in the nightclub of ... . The "nightclub of [my] dreams" is along the Embarcadero in San Francisco

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 5, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  lord, it is time for a blog post the huge semester has gone halfway by

  

  I disappeared into the battlefield of the semester, not to be heard ... harder, driven by a lack of breaks and the persistence of pandemic ... than both of those already difficult semesters. It is the most difficult

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 13, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  who cares about poetry? lots of feelings

  

  seven and the kids at school pull up the outer corners of their eyes, call ... Mom. My school was in the heart of Portland (one of the least diverse ... Hello! I have some new pandemic-flavored poems published as part of

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 10, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Be Social awkward and anxious

  

  my stupid way of showing myself that I had grown up from high school ... school demons are, in fact, gone because I overcame my fear of living on an ... I like to tell myself that I've escaped my high school demons. That

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 26, 2019
• Blog / Personal Projects

  [Guest Post] How to Write a Chess Variant Website in Six Months protochess.com: the chess website that lets you make custom pieces and boards

  

  standard chess game, but the whole point of protochess is to design your own ... is designed to not be normal chess. We can design custom boards of up ... more context (the "real" story, if you will). One of our close friends

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Somebody Else Seven undergrad blogs not enough for you? Now some of them have multiple authors.

  

  this so I can talk about the MATCH school. It's one of the many Community ... thing is important to explain, too. The school has lots of ways to ... spot of all time, but I did lift the title of an obscure yet underrated

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 22, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Packing incoherent thoughts from move-out week

  

  school he is about to leave, trying to feel some kind of good-bye: “I mean ... left living right next door to some of my closest friends. 84 hours left to stare out at a skyline that looks back at me. 84 hours left of what

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 18, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Little Snails SciFi movie marathons rock my socks!

  

  Escargots." One of the things I promised myself is that this year I would try ... a whooping $6 in 26-100 were: Fantastic Planet Courtest of ... Traags' treatment of the Oms is ironically contrasted with their high level

  • by Bryan
  • January 28, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  You know, that intro stuff

  

  Every journal has to start off with some sort of introduction. I ... ridiculously detailed records of my life... I guess you could say I was born for ... rundown of what I considered to be the essential statistics in my life: "My

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  on anger understanding and learning and navigating

  

  that really hammered in this "angry" kind of attitude. In high school, I was a part of my school's Advanced Science and Engineering program ... 't want that fate. For the rest of high school, I realized it was

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 12, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Stealing from the Class of 2016 And you'll have to work to get it back

  

  Good day! One of the many unique and altogether unavoidable aspects of MIT life is the mailing list. Mailing lists are powerful tools that allow people to contact a large number of other people whom all have a

  • by Snively '11
  • September 27, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Some recommendations about recommendations Some things to think about as you look for letters from teachers.

  

  forms for every one of the schools you're applying to at once. This is ... exercise, I made a list of different kinds of classes that high school ... . While much of this advice is universal, YMMV with other schools for the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 24, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Music Scene by a non-musician

  

  exist, I can confirm). It is the one form of art where I am perfectly ... that music is one of the most relaxing things, ever. Whether you’re strumming a guitar wistfully pretending to be in a 90s kids coming-of-age film

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 23, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Brain Dump News and updates for admitted students from the last few weeks, in no particular order...

  

  (i.e. how many admitted students will accept our offer of admission) is ... Marilee perform with my band at ZBT's fifth annual Battle Of The Bands on ... is lots of fun with a variety of interesting threads (this is my

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 28, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Boston’s 4th of July Boston has arguably the best 4th of July festivities in the country, and MIT has…

  

  Boston has arguably the best 4th of July festivities in the country ... middle of the Charles River, across from MIT. See the graphic I made below ... in front of MIT, approximately in front of the Sailing Pavilion and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 3, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to a Package of Dial Soap Substantial entries will come soon!

  

  - before going to high school to a more northern part of the island. Should ... digress, you must pardon me - see I came here to talk not of life and dreams But of soap, and its importance to me There's much more to soap than it

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 6, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Chasing Success idk what that means anymore.

  

  school hallway accosted me with a new bundle of numbers. It was ... Heads up: I'm not sure if any of this makes actual sense. This is ... canopy of grey and I had woken up feeling this odd sense of emptiness. I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 5, 2019