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• Blog / Challenges

  stepping back on keeping your priorities straight

  

  with a friend." " In my moments of clarity I can ask myself what ... hours of bliss in Photoshop, above. Shameless plug: I'll be selling prints ... it straight. It's easy to forget to check in--I don't call my parents

  • by Connie H. '15
  • November 30, 2012
• Blog / Hacks

  Hack Study Break MIT is home to some very dedicated gamers.

  

  's quite simply one of the best games in the world. Looking the hack over, I ... of my photos have changed in size. I'm not quite sure how this happened, but I have decided to remove the photos until I can fix this problem

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 11, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Night at da Opera A Jolly Splendid Time!!

  

  had no idea what it actually entailed. I just got in the uber and ended up somewhere in Boston with a ticket. When we sat down I asked someone ... thankfully in English and adapted to make more sense in modern times, and I

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 1, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  [Guest Post] The Alleyway by Isabella Y. '24

  

  back side over and over again in a routine that might resemble love. i ... traffic, just the crackle of my wheels on asphalt. And when I go in the ... everything that is usually in shadow; I once saw an old man holding a bouquet

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 11, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Blending In (Guest Entry) Of singing, eating, and shopping (sorta)

  

  little '12 after my Facebook status because I'd been, in truth, intimidated ... -oriented school. Ohohoho, boy was I in for a surprise! The first night was ... community was quite closeknit in many aspects. I was just so glad to see that

  • by Snively '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anatomy of a college student’s life My life consists of library visits and pizza delivery, because I'm totally original and stuff.

  

  America, or something. In other news, this is what I see when I log in to ... residence in Massachusetts. All I had to do was bring a credit card statement ... So the other day, I was totally out of food. Like, completely. I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how the first midterms actually were xoxo gossip girl?

  

  I believed in my abilities so much that I genuinely go around telling ... life"]26-100[/annotation], but I was in[annotation note = "A separate ... because I generally enjoy this class? I did debate in high school so I have

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • October 15, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I would like to find an astronomer to talk to No admissions. Just good writing.

  

  , and take what comfort I can from the knowledge that I was gone but certainly not forgotten. I've got a blog post in the works about how to write ... I just returned from a week's "vacation" with family and friends. I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 15, 2011
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  What MIT Is Like for Non-Technology Majors a quirk of the institvte

  

  expression and liveliness I can impart in something that is dead. Really makes ... a fatal loophole in the founding charter, that you can actually study ... -rollers in their lounge. The Massachusetts Institute of Trolling: I might

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 1, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  The Complexity of Simplicity Not as paradoxical as it sounds

  

  's literally nothing I can't turn into a formula):     Where S is ... final presentation I will be in part presenting on Monday, so that'll be a fun blog). In a nutshell, I've been working with my team to try and

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 8, 2011
• Blog / Events

  I’m embarrassed to be writing this entry. The one where Matt regresses back to being a 12 year old boy.

  

  appropriate moment I yelled "LSC!" and got a reply from somewhere in the large ... ). I hope you don't think less of me for going to a talk about ... . Jim Ross lecture I admit it; growing up, my brother and I watched pro

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 23, 2007
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Denied by MIT, now a PhD student at CSAIL

  

  , then all I can remind you is that success is not always a straight line ... starting startups to revolutionize education. I got to fall deeply in love ... 't solve everything. All in all, I had a transformative experience that has

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 16, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  hike the desert pretend i am a lifestyle blogger

  

  ,[/annotation] I vowed to go hiking. Tucson is gorgeous; and, importantly, in Tucson ... asphalt path. I’ve nearly run over rattlesnakes more times than I can count ... the forge, in coffee shops scattered from Denmark to Arizona. I was good

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 21, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  the fear and delight of fire spinning do not this at home! I am a trained (semi?)professional.

  

  , because it's really really fun. It’s not something I can fully describe in ... was the boldest decision I made in my life, but also one of the best. I ... everything else. Basically, when I’m spinning, I’m in “the zone”. It’s a level

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 21, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Day of Classes Published exactly 4 weeks after the first day of classes. My bad.

  

  penmanship now bear little resemblance to Megan's. And I can write much more ... can let my Day 1 Lecture Notes stand in place of a blog post describing ... keyed in what response. // the Coop is the MIT bookstore. // I didn

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 2, 2013
• Blog / Advice

  Parental advice, revisited… a self-referential throwback, that is somehow, still relevant

  

  variety of summer programs that I can suggest, first I would encourage you ... good list here: https://mitadmissions.org/apply/prepare/summer/ I can ... I often receive requests for advice about the college process. It

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 12, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A grab bag filled with a magical camp and the Big Apple One month of activities in one entry.

  

  Bon Pain in the NIH Clinical Center (which I justify by the total ... mug), hanging out in New York City, and more. I’m really only getting ... , sinking in. Could it really be true that I only have one year left at the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 19, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes from the Road: NorCal, Netherlands, Nick Cannon, and Nerd Camp where I've been, what I've been doing

  

  vigorous vacations. In fact, I'm nominally on vacation right this minute, but ... few days back in Boston, I flew to San Francisco to present about maker ... in the Bay Area, including Danny, Jess, and Rachel, who I got BBQ with

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 22, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Events, Food, and Awesomeness: CPW A story about how CPW is more awesome than lobsters

  

  saying Orange County, California. I was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, but I ... reliable information. I have one memory of me crying in the kitchen while my ... where I spent my days eating Steak n’ Shake and fishing in the lake by our

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  winning embracing positive-sum

  

  because of the academic environment i was raised in - other people doing ... demons. in that moment i realized that i wanted nothing more than for my ... , and i hope they grow in the ways they want to grow in and become the

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 2, 2023