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• Blog / About Decisions

  the life I could’ve lived it’s like one of those “what if” episodes

  

  For most of high school, I knew exactly which college I wanted to go ... decision. I thought about all of the schools I had once dreamed of and had ... lot of grad schools meaning that as we walked around, I was surrounded

  • by Hala K. '29
  • April 12, 2026
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting always waiting

  

  admissions decisions, grad school admissions decisions, job application ... as simple as the bus or the end of a rainstorm. Right now, I'm waiting ... Unified team's bottle rocket will achieve stable flight of a minimum height

  • by Alex M. '21
  • November 12, 2019
• Blog / Class Projects

  The Year of the HASS thoughts on single-tasking, cheese slicers, and the tyranny of the mind

  

  class, it’s the first time that the number of hours my classes are supposed to take is less than the actual number of units, although it’s a bit underestimated because of my cross-registered class. Why am I taking so many HASS

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 23, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  liquid nitrogen and everything else 🐸

  

  offer a view of Mt. Hood. I was excited to go to Portland for a totally ... last year of Mathcamp. In hindsight, it’s no surprise that I applied to return as a JC a few months later. And when my offer popped up in my inbox

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • October 9, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Years of the Rat More about MIT's famous class ring: the "Brass Rat."

  

  the unveiling of the class ring. The design process begins in freshman ... 's entry to catalog the recent history of Brass Rat designs, focusing on the ... Following up on JKim's entry about excitement for the unveiling of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 21, 2008
• Blog / Events

  This… is… Jeopardy! [UPDATE] Jean '09 knocks off a 6-time champion; watch her defend her winning streak tonight on…

  

  grade, and I was Captain of my high school varsity team.)  I am heavily ... the bottom of this blog entry. You may have caught this news item ... . I.B.M. plans to announce Monday that it is in the final stages of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2009
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  Reflections from the STARS@MIT Fly-In a 15-author guest blog, featuring the small town/rural students that visited us this october!

  

  From October 16-19, MIT hosted twenty juniors in high school for our ... getting a glimpse of life at MIT. Learn more about the program, and the nationwide STARS College Network, here. At the conclusion of the program, we

  • by Sara N. '28
  • November 11, 2025
• Blog / Residential Life

  I Miss You, Random Hall my love letter to the dorm i got kicked out of too soon

  

  'm unsure whether this is a symptom of the pandemic or a symptom of the dorm ... and devoid of art and light. I hate it. Perhaps hate is too strong a word and some of these unfavorable conditions should be attributed to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 9, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Best (Work-Related) All-Nighter Ever Stressfully fun times at the Institvte.

  

  While some of you have spent the last couple nights clutching admission letters to your hearts in a sleepless fervor of joy, I've been ... arrangement ever for my jazz class without being completely sure what two of the

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 18, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST fun And now...the much anticipated (but never duplicated!) photo-filled account of the coolest robotics competition ever!

  

  during my junior year of high school, and it was seriously awesome. But ... of students from several local high schools), but I decided to join ... about engineering and design, exclaiming over the sheer awesomeness of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It Ends My last last day of school

  

  ”. For documentation purposes, my last last day of school will begin with ... changes to the code and aesthetics of our final design and submit all of our ... last last day of school, it ends.

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 21, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hometown Heroes The first of articles about awesome MIT '09s.

  

  high school courses and colleges. McGee said he's happy to offer them any ... 'll highlight it in a future entry! A little background: back in the summer of 2003, the MIT News Office did a series of these articles called "Hometown

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions; I’ve got (some) answers Answers to your questions.

  

  .8-3.9 GPA) during the last three years of high school? -Which school would you ... done this at some point, so if you know of a blogger who already has ... Brendan, MIT students go off to do a lot of different things when they

  • by Bryan
  • October 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  stupider than ever come with me for a week in 🔥HELL🔥

  

  after spring break, and here's a list of things I need atm: nerf gun ... illegal amounts of violence. And from what I've heard, every single person I ... : First: I feel like I give my absolute all to this school. Nearly every

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 5, 2026
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Halls are Alive with the sounds of students...

  

  signal the start of the fall term. But, even more than their sounds, I love to see and hear about all the cool things offered to students or ... asked by prospective students. What kinds of clubs do we have?  Usually

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • September 25, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Orientation and pre-approval In which I relate orientation to getting pre-approved for a credit card in a totally…

  

  name for a last name - essentially, my name consists of three first names - which is fun, but can lead to a lot of confusion. When I first started ... that his is actually not three letters and consists of some combination

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 22, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  making meaning exit right in 0.1 miles

  

  .1220/6.046 (Design and Analysis of Algorithms): This is a notoriously difficult class ... 'm exploring the role of a bacterial communication system called quorum sensing ... according to the concentration of those molecules. Right now, I'm trying to

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • August 30, 2023
• Blog / Community Projects

  Moving Out, Up, and In Expanding, now in three dimensions!

  

  school of my dreams was honestly one of the least exciting things I’ve done ... I have a theory: free food is positively correlated to quality of ... Wallet receipts in my inbox, I’ve spent an average of only $4 per day on

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  tunes of interphase! or, how to leave home and look cool doing it

  

  people here go from being in the top 10% of their high school class to the ... letter in December. I held tight onto the breath of fresh air I took in that day for months, and the effort of it made me blue in the face by

  • by Angie F. '28
  • September 17, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Parks and Relocation a finale and a premiere

  

  studying topics that weren't offered in school were perfect catalysts for ... York, occasionally rewatching my favorite episodes of Parks and ... could start a new season of my life. I packed up about half of my worldly

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 21, 2020