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• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’ve Done (this summer) or Why I Haven't Blogged in a Month

  

  Working for Veterans Affairs It’s 7am on a Tuesday, and I need to get ... coordinating logistics for a mentorship program for student-veterans, created by ... Freshman Orientation event. We are disastrously unprepared for a world of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 4, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 2

  

  up on. I've been writing this entry for a while now and am less than ... when I can. Kiran also asks, "Is it true MIT is aiming for a class of ... hoping for 100 to enroll??" It is true that we are aiming for a smaller

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Hate the First or at least, I used to

  

  campus boring. I find it just long enough for a good conversation with a ... ? Well for one thing, being a blogger. I’ve applied a few times (three to be exact), but have been writing around campus for a while on a

  • by Paige B. '24
  • September 14, 2022
• Blog / Events

  This is the end I couldn‘t decide whether to put "They‘re beautiful, aren‘t they? The stars" here, or to…

  

  funny"). For better or for worse, I'm a different person now than I was ... The Stage This next bit needs an explanation. MIT sprang for a 750 ... this) Cupcake River A special shout-out to the Hernley family for

  • by Snively '11
  • June 19, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Valentine’s Day Special Featuring calculus, people who hate me, and a picture puzzle

  

  even force the Pulitzer committee to start a new Pulitzer category for ... . Yesterday, after a piano lab class in which I realized for the first time that ... getting a necklace of flowers. As for myself, I'm stuck here until I finish

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / How to Food

  kitchen nightmares bugs and toasters and explosions, oh my!

  

  every meal for the past eighteen years, it's safe to say that I'm a pretty ... . "Just freeze it for a few days to kill off the larvae. It'll be fine." We yeeted that bag into the freezer for like a week, and by the time I

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 5, 2020
• Blog / People & Identities

  Never Have I Ever…reflected on my identity "too indian" or "not indian enough"?

  

  obviously a huge step for Indians in Hollywood, but...yeah, it has a lot of ... cost?? For the record, I had no social life in high school—I took a ... grappling with serious personal issues, to go do a favor for the hot athlete

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 4, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Watching Birdwatchers And getting into summer programs.

  

  birding. More specifically, we were looking for a relatively uncommon bird ... time I saw a cardinal for the rest of the day, my heart fluttered a bit ... enough. There it was: The E-mail I'd Been Waiting For. "I am pleased to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 3, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Religious Discussions Yes, there are non-atheists at MIT. But they still like science jokes.

  

  questions, rather than someone like me, who wasn't actually looking for a ... that there should be a huge price for declaring faith- that'll keep you ... if you grow up in a Christian family, there's a huge price for NOT

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Even Waitresses Under 30 Call Me ‘Sweetheart’… Some thoughts about how classwork and free time intersect at MIT, with a look at…

  

  will do this for you anyway. :-) My advising seminar, 1.A24, has proved to be a worthy contender for most intriguing class this term. We meet for an hour and a half every Monday afternoon to nibble on biscuits and

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  December Questions Omnibus 2 The deadline is coming!

  

  ), Leon, Niyatee, Sarah, and everyone else for doing a little pinch ... %, extracurriculars are worth 20%, etc. I'm not really looking for actual numbers just a ... certifying your financial situation. This will be sufficient for a fee waiver

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Come Together What do you believe in?

  

  beginning. There exists a popular webcomic called xkcd. Its creator: Randall ... hall, and there was a line at the door. I hope you get the idea. He's kind of a big deal around here. Then one day there was this: I had a

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 9, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Inside vs. Outside How MIT changed for me after being admited

  

  ’t think such a word exists. I’d felt that MIT was a place for me. The ... that was a senior at my high school came and visited MIT for the WISE ... 'm working on getting a better camera so apologies  ahed of time)"   I

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 28, 2015
• Blog / IAP

  Thanksgiving Reflections Be thankful.

  

  to fly by for no reason at all - but I also know people that run like a ... cannot leave a bike unlocked for more than 5 minutes (this was during the ... the thief didn't have time to get a new lock for it so I just walked it

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  1st Year at MIT Everything there is to know about my first year here

  

  't feel like you were just retaking AP chem. For me I feel like there were a ... not spend a lot of time studying for that class. However, as usual that ... an autobiography. So we for every class there was a few pages we would

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 28, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Selling Point How to tell the difference between MIT and an infomercial

  

  enjoyed dairy products (I, for one, am a great proponent of cheese ... Growing up, I admit that I watched a decent amount of television. I wasn’t a couch potato by any means; I loved to go fishing with my

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 11, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another take on pass/no-record and some other stuff. Hey look, I haven't pontificated about anything in a while.

  

  embarrass you or for you to wear around your head like a crown, grades are a ... and what doesn't, grow a pair and learn some valuable self-assurance for ... of that change. These people will be your suitemates, roommates, for a

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  fictional coping mechanisms learning to love unapologetically

  

  in Chinese by a Chinese author for a Chinese audience. That was life ... MUCH ace: I MISS ITTTT UWAHSHDLDJDKS I WAS LIKE A DECENT LEVEL FOR ... world. A magical time that I will cherish forever. Thanks for the memories

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 11, 2021
• Blog / Residential Life

  meet the simmons elevators! aka me thinking wayyy too much about elevators

  

  Trinity. Rock, Paper, Scissors. The Plastics. And for Simmons Hall, our three elevators, Alevator, Belevator, and Celevator, each named for the ... . All three elevators have a board full of posters, and the floor

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 12, 2025
• Blog / People & Identities

  an anime fan’s dilemma am I a weeb? please GOD say yes

  

  straight up didn't have time for anime at MIT!!! I didn't watch a single ... Abyss, for example, is a show that will subsume you in a fantastical world ... 's decades-long hunt for a serial killer whom he saved as a child. It has tons

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 15, 2020