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• Blog / Challenges

  how i spend my days where my (melodramatic!) summer thoughts have been

  

  , craving to do something, having nothing satisfying. A dullness in the in ... days in the future. Navy polos, ugly khakis, eight-plus hours on a ... waste the time getting something I know I won’t use? isn’t getting it just-in

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • July 28, 2026
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  dancing at MIT (and beyond) continuity vs. fulfillment and the perils of stagnation

  

  served as Treasurer in my sophomore year and didn't enjoy it since, well ... . many of the people I respected on Mocha graduated in the two years that had passed since I was on the team in person, and the new members we

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Never Calculate without Already Knowing the Answer!” xTalk about the "Art of Insight" by Prof Sanjoy Mahajan

  

  calculator addiction: What if we knew the solution before the calculation? In ... ). Sanjoy Mahajan sees a general trend of pragmatism in the United States ... the material can. In his May 19 xTalk “The Art of Insight

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 1, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Derailment My Gap Year

  

  I mulled the numbers over in my head, I realized that many of the bright, motivated doctors in the world have never taken serious time off ... University, and enjoyed a relaxing senior spring. So did I, but it was

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • September 18, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Money! Money! Money! Life is like monopoly, except you're not a pewter Tophat and it costs WAY more…

  

  Hard to believe July is nearly gone eh? Yup in just a few short ... breakfast? Go for it! Don't want to go to class? You won't get in trouble ... said you love is still a healthy one. Yes in the course of one year at

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 22, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Every song I’ve referenced in my admissions blog posts

  

  Universe From CMU / Parallel Universe. As explained in 17 Ridiculously ... By my count, there are 61 times I've referenced a song in one of my ... . Of the 57 distinct songs, 41 are in English, 14 are in Tagalog, 1 is in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 15, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second Home You're in your room doing a pset. I'm in my lab making science happen.

  

  by working in lab). I have yet to see a university that is so ... yeah, I haven't written a blog in too long anyways, so I owe all of you ... being in lab. You see, I am taking Project Lab, this 30-unit class (normal

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 30, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  9 / Headache 68 days to go

  

  figure out what classes I wanted to take. I was registered in 10 different ... in the HCI Engineering group at CSAIL led by Prof. Stefanie Mueller who ... . Nothing significant had changed in my diet, sleep schedule, or lifestyle

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • March 31, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Distance and Displacement "how are you swamped if it's only been a month?"

  

    Let's review a concept taught in the lowest levels of ... am awake is spent going back and forth from the building in which I ... 's at least one problem, usually in a little low-stakes class called 8

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 26, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  2014 Resolutions January 2nd and still going strong

  

  fail, I will revive them from where I left off INSTANTLY in some way. No ... ." Instead: "I'm going to figure out my weak points in Physics and work my way ... track of my finances In order to save money while at MIT, I pulled

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 2, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW is for Parents too…really!! ...a helpful guide for parents (I hope

  

  discussion covering life in residences, residential support offerings ... tough decisions and the best way to do that, we think, is to take part in ... us in the Admissions Office has a particular group of programs that we

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 1, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Remember? A Blast from the Past

  

  slightly embellished story that is nonetheless true in its essentials. Before ... professional author, and the following was written in about one hour and never ... time in the larger of the two living rooms, in which resided four squishy

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 16, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Livin’ La Vida PRoCa I take my clothes off and go dancing in the rain... with Clay Aiken.

  

  hesitant about seeing good old Clay in concert. I mean, look at this: Now ... may not post offered to make a Clay-themed nametag for me, featuring ... , sam.mitblogs.com is in their browser history and this is my first time

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 30, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Seven Early Evenings it was a good week

  

  't attempted in years. MIT is one of a few universities with its own ice rink ... and humanities magazine. Editor-in-Chief Michelle X. '20 presented the ... . After celebrating, we also planned for an upcoming fundraiser in Lobby 10

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • December 3, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A The ones that passed the "lmgtfy" test

  

  whatever reason, asking questions in the comments section of a blog post ... in Economics, and I'd love to attend a school that is strongly ... your situation in Quantum II class. I hope that things even out for you

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  What My College Essays Were [Not] Unsolicited advice about writing.

  

  During my college application season, the adults around me (in ... —I mean, these tips certainly make a lot of sense in hindsight, but they ... , I love my parents, but this was neither helpful nor encouraging1. In

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  Am I rural or small-town? Read on to learn about what a taco bell index is

  

  consider {insert town name I have never heard of} a small town in their ... the inherent strengths of this experience. So this is where I come in ... U.S. Census, about 60 million Americans live in these rural spaces

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • May 19, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Slump and an unexpected summer

  

  to have things sort of figured out in my mind, so I can say something ... , and in the last few months, I feel like I’ve lost my way more than I ... unusually light—probably because the variety in my classes (algorithms

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • June 2, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts. Future. Kindness

  

  In my blogging folder, I had a draft post that sums up my senior year ... , 2013, I was sitting in the Margaret Cheney Room Women’s lounge on the 3rd ... the only thought in my head was “I thought we would have beautiful

  • by Linh V. '13
  • April 20, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Island Paradise That's where I live. No, seriously.

  

  at it. No, really! Okay, so unlike some people in the dorm who live in the same room forever, I have lived in a different room (and a ... 's miniCooper, and installed it in our room. (I am unfortunately not kidding

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 10, 2008