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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  22 Hiatus Adventures stories from my time away and my first semester back!

  

  sharing a story that I felt was still being written. I can’t just pick up ... . I lived on a Christmas tree farm in Lawrenceville, NJ! For a few months in the fall of 2020, I lived with my friend Paige L. (Harvard ‘23

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hometown Heroes The first of articles about awesome MIT '09s.

  

  rocket scientist. I can remember playing with this airplane that I had when ... 's realizing what's important and what has to be done in order to succeed. I mean ... with his African ancestry in his summer visits to Minnesota. "I have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 25, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reflections Some thoughts on the admissions process, both to those who were admitted and those who…

  

  staff, I want to say thank you for your interest in MIT, and for sharing ... your applications brought back some memories for me. When I was in high ... one thing I hope you will keep in mind is that your college experience

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  how to move carts not an athletics post

  

  ’d want to feel each one day in and day out. how can i move my cart towards ... movement in that direction. you tell yourself, if i plan for the cart to move ... yourself, if i push in a direction that looks appealing i will surely end up

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 23, 2022
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I include a portfolio with my application?

  Yes, you’re welcome to include a portfolio. Visual artists, makers, performing artists, and researchers may send portfolios for review by MIT staff or faculty through Slideroom. Detailed instructions for submitting portfolios is…
• Blog / MIT Life

  GTL the secret to a successful summer

  

  Daiso Japan in Berkeley sells these for 1.50. I imagine they work ... and talking and pointing all at the same time... I can't say it's been ... a recipe for my amazing summer, I could only tell you what I

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 4, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  What do you do for fun around here? What,this isn't fun to you?

  

  I can spend 16 hours straight in the shop soldering my PCB boards* and ... A friend of mine ended up studying lit at a nearby college here in ... ^2). She asked if I'd mind showing her around the 'tvte, as it seemed

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 9, 2010
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  Boston’s Climate Strike youthful activism

  

  . I managed to squeeze some time in to go into Boston in between picking ... - what I - hoped for. I had felt the despair sinking in for months now ... began to feel hopeful. For one of the first times in my life, I stopped in

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 20, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life etc “fine,” “nice,” “good," "quiet"

  

  ’s “bad” in a vague or general sense but I guess I trust whomever is ... the world and what I value (versus what I’ve thought I valued in the past cause of what my peer in-groups did, you know?) is what I mean. I

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • December 2, 2015
• Blog / Residential Life

  [guest post] from the vault: hall exchange notes notes from a hall exchange in 2017

  

  i can usually stave this feeling off and it only manifests itself in ... general rituals of the clan in 5W. I am to expect four-legged beasts roaming ... players in the night), but I look forward to exploring more tomorrow

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 20, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  The Infected It's not a zombie outbreak...yet

  

  it gets any "worse." WORSE?! So I guess I'm not used to being in this ... walked in, and I left really fast, because I probably looked like a weirdo ... ... *Athena clusters! I never used to spend time in Athena clusters before this

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Half Harvard, Half MIT My schedule this term is split down the middle. Like the movie Grindhouse. Or Korea.

  

  in a place called "Malinckrodt". (I wasn't an Orientation Leader in ... buddy and lab partner, so you can see why I'm taking Harvard classes - basically, I'm hoping that in time her intrinsic fashion sense may somehow rub

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things you might have wanted to know

  

  curious about and just aren't asking. One of them, I answered in one of my ... . I have only a few days left in Switzerland (I will post pictures at ... of Science off in the distance. When I first got this blog, and was

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Third Semi-Annual Q&A More answers to your questions.

  

  II which are more important than SAT I as SAT I can be replaced by TOEFL." You can definitely submit test scores in January for regular ... . ------------------------ He-Who-Does-Not-Want-To-Be-Named wrote: "I got really bad scores in my

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  excerpts

  

  highest priority in life right now, I haven’t been doing near as much reflecting as I usually do), and so many things have happened in life that I ... more outdoors activities would be so good for me, and yet I still can

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • December 27, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  How to Make Friends Disclaimer: Attempt at your own risk

  

  Starbucks on Boylston St. in Boston. So, the only suggestion I can give in ... can only say it is worth it. I didn’t like many of the people in my ... ’t inherent, in that, it was due to things everyone else can pretty easily do

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 30, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  What pretty hair… This entry is about my dorm, hair dye, pork dumplings, and, of course, Alain Boublil.

  

  blog this!" Well, I can't argue with that. Luckily, I had my camera phone ... engineering ingenuity and wrapped his head in toilet paper. I'm sure they ... Joe mentioned Les Mis in his comment for my last entry, I thought I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 7, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT has a radio station!? [by Shelby Heinecke '13] Yes, it's true!

  

  . Ever since I stepped foot in the station during CPW, I knew that I wanted ... air and sometimes I invite friends to chat on air or just to hang out in ... airtime, an hour of freedom. I can play any songs or pieces I wish, the sky

  • by ARTalk
  • February 22, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  like a freight train a schedule post

  

  . On this note, I love that we can argue in this class. I disagree with ... hanging around and talking. I can see how I might not enjoy that in a ... campus for the first time. The novelty of that comes in waves. I love

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 19, 2021
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can I join the IDEAS Social Innovation Challenge?

  One of the highlights of MIT’s yearly academic challenges and competitions, the IDEAS Social Innovation Challenge, connects students with the passion and talent to improve the world with the experience…