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• Blog / Challenges

  busy, busy, busy screaming into the void

  

  the only way i can convince myself to write anything for the past two ... time i finish homework for one class, i move it down and change it to the ... signed up to do so many things for cp*. and i’m honest, i really am, when i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 12, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Grace Hopper a celebration of women in computing

  

  . It was very easy for me to just stick with people I knew from MIT or ... My employer recently sent me to the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women ... .  It was a great opportunity to see some wonderful speakers, connect with

  • by Piper '13
  • October 29, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Search of Answers Seeking recommendations, rather than providing them...

  

  parents face. For me to weigh in on the merits of an individual applicant ... I need to know typically comes together in a nice, tidy package. For ... will provide the best foundation for admission to how does one actually

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Settled It's good to be back!

  

  Tina Fey and have wanted to see Date Night for such a long time. Tonight ... who don't believe me when I say I'm 19 and instead ask to see parent-signed papers saying that I'm allowed to travel alone, I am finally back at MIT

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 20, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  My First Visit I... got lost on the tour, actually...

  

  very lucky to find out that my high school sponsors college trips for ... 11PM, so just for fun we went back to MIT! At the Student Center we ... I realize that some of my readers may not have had the opportunity to

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music in Springtime and MIT [by Ken Haggerty '11] Music at MIT can be both beautifully melodic and destructive, and…

  

  next to the shattered fragments. We also took a few mementos. (For these ... time for it. I'm going to practice over the summer and audition next fall ... time for it and commit to it. By the end of the concert (sponsored by the

  • by ARTalk
  • April 25, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Sal Khan, Gabriel Abrantes, and the Man in the Shiny Red Satan Suit Yesterday was crazy, or: How to Quit your Job, Learn Everything, and Think about Art

  

  looking all over for you, kid!" booms Satan. "Let's get you back to hell ... , smiling very uncomfortably and waiting for the scene to play out. The man ... choosing to make Khan Academy non-profit: "What's a home run in the for

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • May 10, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Accidentally Double Majored How I managed to accidentally get a second major at MIT (hopefully)

  

  ago to the advisor for the writing department, and she got back to me ... for it being late. Also, I thought it was hilarious that I had to write ... tardiness? I honestly did not think it was possible for me to get a second

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  stepping back on keeping your priorities straight

  

  saltines for a meal, hoping to recreate Chicken in a Biskit to slowly ... room for the things that are important to you. Pay attention to the ... substitute for nutrition more often than not. So how do we remember to step

  • by Connie H. '15
  • November 30, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Time Flies… especially when you are having more fun than you could possibly imagine.

  

  and brought them to the point that made MIT the right college for them ... them to campus for CPW that April. I saw their nerves when they first ... Class of 2012…thanks for letting me be an observer to your lives for the

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • June 6, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Acting, Writing, and Roleplaying: A Match Made in Heaven [by Susan Shepherd '11] Guild members have infiltrated the KGB, made first contact with aliens,…

  

  in order to create something fun and new. For example, painting skills ... his bribe? Or will you go into danger to save it for him? The cameras ... ready for people to play. I'd like to end by congratulating those of my

  • by ARTalk
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Extracurricular Information We discuss life over lunch.

  

  So this morning I went to lunch with three of my friends from high school, Curtis '10, and Adam and Lia, who go to another school in Cambridge ... "shopping period", in which they get to sit in on classes and decide if they

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  for the blog." If you know Ellen, you know the best thing to do is to do ... . Academics come first for MIT-bound scholar Jeremy McGee began to show signs ... take off and land. It's what I love to do, and it's what I want to do for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  friends, and other things memories that come rushing back to me

  

  's no reason for me not to begin, all i can do is stare at it and want to ... sunset, or taking the t to chinatown, or studying for the 18.03 final with ... morning: Although we seem to be interconnected in almost every way

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • May 25, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Holiday Life's not always a picnic in Killian Court.

  

  ridiculous amounts of food for a few hours (I woke up to my friends making a ... to go right now. Are you coming?" "...Sure!" Far be it for me to let ... happens to be an amazing photographer. Unluckily for me, I was wearing

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  From East to West: An American’s Cross-Atlantic Voyage The start of my MISTI UK experience

  

  me for a few seconds longer than before. Walking over to me, he asked ... knights from London to Bristol, where I currently reside in a castle. I ... phases: Flying from Boston to London Taking the train from London to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 10, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Post-Thanksgiving Post-stuff and Foodstuffs In which I'm reminded I have a life, and am thus eligible to give a…

  

  I've had to study for? It wasn't to make my birthday not fun; it was ... membranes invisible for in vivo imaging. Thing is, we've gotten close to ... Thanksgiving Day came and it was time for me to whip up my dishes, I brought my

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2021!

  

  colorful new new MIT welcome center will soon be ready for you to see! more ... For the last six years now, I have started this post with a jaunty ... are people's spirits. So: my banana plant is almost too large to fit

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Bumping Up Against—and Breaking Through—the Glass Ceiling Part 2 of my adventures at the National Conference for College Women Student Leaders

  

  graduation ceremony for the GEL class of 2010 took place. It was encouraging to ... surprised to see Elizabeth named GEL ‘11 class leader for next semester! In ... close over my head—how ironic for it to happen after a few days of

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 20, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pressing Pause Taking a moment before the beginning of spring semester

  

  preparing for all IAP--6.01, Intro to Electrical Engineering and Computer ... everything to shut down for two days, though my roommate and I determinedly ... soft, and just forces you to shut up for a minute. I’ll sometimes just

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 3, 2015