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• Blog / People & Identities

  what is and isn’t me (rush, part 1) and the somewhat methodical unraveling of self

  

  conviction I kind of came into MIT knowing, especially after growing up in Texas, where the concept of a fraternity (especially at a state school ... loooong list of reasons for that, which we can go into some other time, or

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • October 7, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  learning how to drive and other matters of identification

  

  high school and you're still shy about pictures of yourself. Spend half ... group of other people and wait. You chat with the high school kid in front ... STEP 1: FAIL TO LEARN HOW TO DRIVE IN HIGH SCHOOL. This requires

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 12, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  books I read in 2024, ranked and thoughts on the best ones

  

  school. It was part of an anthology assigned in English class. That single ... probably be higher if I felt capable of Actually Understanding Poetry, but I ... letters, and a list of all the books. S: will reread again and again

  • by Kai V. '25
  • January 13, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  emails to self & the long goodbye

  

  have more school ahead of me, but it just will not be the same. although ... to take, so many clubs i was never a part of, so many parts of campus i ... always and recently, i find myself trying and then failing to make sense of

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 27, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  Ciao, Italy! (Part 2) late post due to usual MIT firehosing

  

  number of girls in scientific high schools and boys in classical ones ... day in Bologna, especially after chancing upon a fellow group of ... , accented by sightseeing of seven of the city’s “secrets” from an Argentinian

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 17, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist Questions The waitlist seems to be a hot topic so I'll try to answer the most…

  

  . Schools understand that this scenario is a part of the process, and it is ... the middle of May, after we've received and processed the responses from ... overenrollment of previous years) and thus it is more likely that this year will

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  a quick and dirty guide to MIT jargon what is a 6-3 anyway?

  

  of words we made up and toss at each other — here are a few you may ... assortment of words you may hear majors, minors, and class names further reading a random assortment of words you may hear: cruft: 1. n literally

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 7, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  “But I’m not cool…” Dr. Suess but shitty? Dr. Suess but angsty?

  

  "] Me on my actual first day of high school! T-minus two months to the beginning of my ~emo phase~...[/caption] “I am not cool” said a teenage girl   With her nails painted black and the whole of the world Turning

  • by Powers '23
  • August 18, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Spring Think Some spring break reflections and thoughts

  

  of Logan airport last Friday, including Celebrated Fellow Blogger Joel B. ‘18. I was traveling in a group of five, and we ran into people at least one of us knew left and right--students going to London, Iceland

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 27, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I “less than 3” the Chorallaries My relaxing and enjoyable vaction draws to a close. *sigh*

  

  Well, it's been quite a week of spring break adventures! I basically ... on Tuesday night. I spent the rest of the week showing her how the real ... visited my old high school and was the "guest speaker" in the AP Physics C

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Meeting FAQ The answers to the FAQs at our Central Meetings.

  

  High School Auditorium, 2200 E. Dorothy Lane, Fullerton, CA 92831Los ... : Saturday, October 1, 2:00pm; High Tech High School Auditorium, 2861 Womble Rd ... handful of questions I'm almost always asked. So, what I'm going to do is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’re 18, But You Aren’t Invincible Impressions of my first month at MIT -- both sobering and exciting.

  

  of coming into a tough school and finding your place, and that's why we ... morning, and strolls through rows of dark offices. And there are the "crust" -- graduates of years past that still hang around the hall -- which reveal all

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 1, 2005
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  rural winter, city winter haven't shoveled snow here once

  

  of Cows![/caption] Winter in Wyoming—a symphony of snowflakes and ice ... of rugged beauty, where Carhartts are more a necessity than a fashion statement, and the sharp crack of ice breaking in the horse trough signals the

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • February 26, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  love letter to the ‘tute miss miss miss

  

  for the fall semester. i decided to do this for a lot of different ... for myself because schools in the UK apparently often don't have dining ... about how much i miss MIT. i spent junior fall in a very weird state of

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 21, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Orthostatic Tolerance [by Ken Haggerty '11] It might not be such a bad idea to visit this…

  

  not a byte, more of a museum nerd than your typical MIT student, which ... 's current exhibit of Tavares Strachan's show, Orthostatic Tolerance: It Might Not Be Such a Bad Idea if I Never Went Home, is really one of the best

  • by ARTalk
  • June 23, 2010
• Blog / Advice

  new york without i*stagram who are you performing for?

  

  schools because the prompts spoke to me — come from a place of authenticity ... days (mainly for christmas), and due to a mixture of factors both within ... ’t awful, but considering how much all of my friends raved about this city i

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 29, 2024
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Why Is There No Water? One of the most important things in your life is invisible to you until it…

  

  A lot of people living in the United States don’t understand how complicated water is. I created this post as a sort of quick-guide to water, and the complexity of getting water to places that don’t have it. I was

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 9, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  You’re stressed. So are we; here's how we deal with it.

  

  This is a season of stress. The release of Early Action decisions ... decision applications to college, and, for many of my senior friends, applications to graduate schools and fellowships. My stress falls mainly under

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2011
• Blog / Summer

  this summer a recap of sorts

  

  feeling of being far from school and campus. It felt very adult: the ... It's September, school has started, and I know that before long I'll get sucked into the ridiculous whirlwind that is this school. I'll get

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 14, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  some thoughts i have a few

  

  even extended me an offer to be part of their family. I also think it ... it's about time I tackle some of the more difficult things for me to ... regrets of mine I try not to think about. But I hope I can put that all to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 10, 2021