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• Blog / Life after MIT

  A ‘Chances’ Thread That Is Actually Worth Reading That's perhaps the best title I've ever come up with.

  

  to consider the factors I would need to put numbers to, in order to ... likely to be born in February than in other months, so given that I'm born ... 's unlikely that we'd be getting married in the same year -- I'm significantly

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 8, 2007
• Blog / MISTI

  Mussels and Brussels Lessons in engineering and culture from a nation of kindness

  

  participate in MISTI. When senior year rolled around, I decided that a 5-month ... -rest-of-my-life opportunity. It was a great idea in my opinion! So there I am, sitting on the ... that I’ve never studied in depth for a company that has never taken

  • by MISTI Program
  • August 6, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Food, glorious food In which I learn that Simmons Dining is not, in fact, the best that Boston's…

  

  drizzling in the afternoon, so I went to Jahunger – a Uyghur restaurant that ... pouring outside. I didn't want to walk in the rain or call an Uber, so I ... in with such high expectations that I was sorely disappointed when I

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 6, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I am finished with my undergraduate career. I am finished with my undergraduate career.

  

  I am finished with my undergraduate career. What's left? I officially stop being a student blogger on... *checks watch* May 31. So, I think it's time we talked about things and I fill you in! But for now

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 20, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  secondhand stories an allegory

  

  reviews, and i ended up falling in love with a few of them. then i found out ... time, i've never actually seen an improv show in person, just read about ... months of waiting, i learned that i got the role. in fact, i was lucky

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 22, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] A Journey to the W I D E by Wide Tim (Margaret Z. ‘23, MEng ‘24)

  

  do you mean  “I could choose to Double major in  Eating and sleeping ... in  IAP?”, “do I also get to Dance in a lion, or a kaleidoscope ... ’ll find an answer in my sleep tonight. Maybe I’ll know it when I go to

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • February 13, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Week 1 Autumn tastes like warm apple pie covered in bacon.

  

  , my interest in comparing mediums had evaporated to the point where I ... , I'm trying to tighten my culinary grasp in order to make new and ... -saturated “Introduction to Undergraduate Women in Physics” event that I hosted for the Class

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 13, 2009
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Does MIT offer a pre-med program?

  prehealth major; rather, students can pursue a variety of majors and take classes in any department. However, students need to fulfill certain subject ... schools. Students interested in a career in medicine or other health
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How did the blogs get started?

  Ben Jones, The Blogfather, started the MIT Blogs in 2004. The idea ... students write their thoughts about life in college in blogs. These honest ... that prospective students can review to help determine if MIT is the
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First Day of Class Sick.

  

  jokes aside, I am actually sick, and I haven't been this sick in a while ... didn't pre-register for it until I figured out my schedule in mid ... "bklbcvb". In desperate response, I emailed the course 9 administrator and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  jetsetting i saw a flying pig.

  

  , but it was true. So I walked around the airport like the bird in the ... really thought I'd lost weight, showing my mom the t-shirt I bought in her ... which pedal the break was (I don't drive in Boston). And now, it

  • by Bryan
  • August 9, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Sentimentality a.k.a. Why I'm So Glad I Picked MIT.

  

  very same Walker Memorial in which I have endured many a painful midterm ... Cormick at about 11:45 pm, naively thinking that I would be in bed by 1 am at ... arrived, my joy at having gotten in was weighted down by uncertainty. Did I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 9, 2010
• FAQ / International applicants

  How do I complete the visa section on the application?

  Only students who currently hold a visa complete this section of the application. The International Students Office assists all admitted students through the visa application process in May.
• Blog / Challenges

  whiteout conditions forget your mission, just get out alive

  

  the passage" and "got so hooked on a feeling, i started dealing / in a ... bad hand". the chorus has been stuck in my head for the last few days, because it's been such a mood. every morning, i wake up, and i have this

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  When it Rains It Pours

  

  Just two and a half weeks and freshman year is over. I'll spare you the "Oh the memories, it went by so fast, if only I had more time" crap ... like: STRESSFUL! Just like in high school, a favorite strategy of

  • by Snively '11
  • May 6, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  learning how to drive and other matters of identification

  

  STEP 1: FAIL TO LEARN HOW TO DRIVE IN HIGH SCHOOL. This requires ... you live in a more suburban or rural area and local bus routes don't pass by your house. However, if you live in a big city or within walking

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 12, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Woot! My t-shirt is funnier than your t-shirt.

  

  One seemingly minor, yet important, change I've noticed between ... parents, birthday wishes from my sisters and grandmother, or even things I ordered for myself online, I really do love getting mail. At this point

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 6, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blogging Scholarship I'm a finalist for a blogging scholarship - now I need your help voting.

  

  college. I happen to fit both of those descriptions, so I (who happened to be in New York with high school friends for the weekend; more on this later) scrambled to borrow a laptop and sent in an application. And - I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 8, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Two short stories My last three weeks in a nutshell.

  

  I've never thought of myself as a sorority girl. In fact, I ... dry. Suffice it to say I was not expected to participate in sorority ... in the vein of bashing sororities indiscriminately, I wanted a valid

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 24, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Remnants of Four Years What happens when you have to start packing

  

  was like looking back through history, in t-shirts.  I've decided to ... choosing: a selection of t-shirts, shot in the ever wonderful medium of the i ... have to pack up your life from the past four years.  No more of this, "I

  • by Becca H. '12
  • June 6, 2012