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• Blog / Summer

  The Courage to Change Even Through the [Tough] Mud[der]

  

  Last summer, I got into running. And it was really fun! I enjoyed it a lot! So much so that when my friend offered me her ticket for the ... through Boston and tried to run to the airport [ [annotation note

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 11, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 2 Tempering Iron

  

  things that can and will change at MIT. In fact, that’s what I love about ... . That includes both robots and mental health. There’s been a lot of debate ... page about Imposter Syndrome, I think everyone responded with relief and

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 28, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A Short Dining Guide to Cambridge Where to find food within walking distance of MIT, other than in my fridge.

  

  ugliness. Fulfillment proved to be elusive, expensive, and less compelling ... vegetables ($2.00 per 16 oz.) doused in oyster sauce and Sriracha, digging for leftover cornbread and lentil stew in pika's fridge (too many potatoes per 16

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 23, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesday on 16th Street A Day in the Life

  

  Mall, and exchange my tickets. A man says something to me ... , what’s your name?” We talked for a while. He said he’s from Texas and he’s really excited to go to Metro State (a local community college) in the fall

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 11, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Story of a Lifestyle I'm going to kick you - No, for real

  

  I've always thought about doing crew and Taekwondo (TKD) in college. So at CPW, I visited the crew and TKD info booths, and during ... .E. Taekwondo and loved it. Master Chuang (head Instructor of Sport TKD) brought

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 30, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Senior Survey (Says?) (For the record, I think that being on Family Feud would be totally awesome)

  

  Friday's deadline and surveying everyone and their grandmother for an ... hours? Four? Should I just leave and get a sandwich now?) I still don ... 've been hoarding in my room in case of housing emergency become more and

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 3, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  winter things a sampling of IAP plans around campus

  

  allows undergraduates to work with professors and in research labs to ... really valuable and people find the best ways for them to spend their time ... these ways! Andrew L. ’24: pokemon quiz. nike. just do it.  and

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 5, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Telethon FAQs from a small but enthusiastic sample of prefroshies

  

  This Monday and Tuesday, undergrad volunteers banded together in a roomful of Institvte phones to individually congratulate and chat with each ... longer than we'd planned; my hallmate and I swore we would only stop in for

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 5, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  living having the time of my life

  

  somewhat froshy despite their years at this institute, curious and willing to ... differential equations and op amp PSETs, I’ve learned how to take care of myself, interact with others, how to be independent, and how to lean on others or ask

  • by Anika H. '26
  • May 10, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a semester customary end-of-semester blog post: sophomore spring edition

  

  “school bus” for the working class. And it’s odd to realize that I am part ... MIT for work, wait for a packed train, then bus, and arrive home with ... ’t quite compare to a remote and private location that you have to clean and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  For Newtown

  

  and every one of them. But we offer these things up for them - the only ... director. Quoting Leonard Bernstein, Adam began the impromptu and somewhat ... 've seen in friends and mentors here in response to the tragedy, reflective

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 18, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Kickoff! and away we go...

  

  . This past weekend, I attended the Founder's Reception and Kickoff Event on behalf of MIT Admissions. I'll explain how FIRST and KC are ... for For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) was

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Anticipation of Pi Day 2017 bloggers past and present try to make you feel better right now

  

  “right” for the field. And I would have overlooked the Institute that was ... unknown. And not getting into the “right” college meant that the future was ... field to love, Political Science, and thinking of my thesis experiment now

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 13, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Trp

  

  Street from Stata, the new Broad Institute building has broken ground and ... Building 100000 for you binary fans) and read, among other things, about how ... , and has heated the surrounding sidewalks up to a temperature of 138 deg

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 29, 2004
• Blog / Challenges

  finding meaning at the end of the world i alone determine my destiny

  

  him when he gets deferred. i want to tell him, hey! i struggle, and have ... existential crisis and it seems i have been blogging about these more and more frequently. all in a week's work, right? to wail and complain about how

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 1, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Crab Cave or: i moved to dc with friends

  

  A brief happy post amidst the chaos and confusion of existence: Hi ... going on with me and my life. For those of you who don't know, I just ... our households that may not be the best for studying and working. We

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 20, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  Invitation to Cross-Register Guest post by Katherine W. '17 :D

  

  who is course 20 like me and has aspirations of owning two Australian ... class that both fit into my schedule and piqued my interest. I enlisted ... . I ultimately settled on SCRB 192: Principles of Drug Design and

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 14, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  in the pursuit of knowledge want to see a MacArthur Genius dancing to gangnam style?

  

  "I've always been a knowledge junkie; facts are my hit, and Wikipedia is my dealer." (I was looking through my old computer files and found ... , I still overuse semicolons, and I still browse Wikipedia far too often

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 19, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to the New, Part 1 Seeking adventure.

  

  explored a jungle (my living room) with a cape (a fitted sheet), and ran ... ' bedroom door and tried to hear what they were saying). In second grade, I ... playground every day, and convinced them that if we kept digging, we would find

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 28, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Bathrooms Always look on the bright, side of life

  

  subject. Begged. We're talking knees, clasped hands, tears, and offers of ... hot topic among applying students. I think back and I realize that I've gotten asked about bathrooms before and during most of my dorm tours I end

  • by Snively '11
  • March 2, 2009