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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wooo Summer The goal as usual is to do ALL the things

  

  out three days later.  Everyone told me that I would be fine in a couple ... ended, but I'd like to sum things up in one post and just get it all out ... get a break from problem sets, and there were weeks when I would have

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • July 15, 2013
• Blog / People & Identities

  [guest blog] 1,694 Miles Away by Favianna C. '26

  

  Growing up, I loved to mock tourists. Precisely, of those who would ... the softest and calmest dusk I had ever seen. I watched it in awe for ... Massachusetts. Similar to the subtle disparity in twilight coloring, I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 1, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cancel all operations Tell your friends to cool it, my cover's blown.

  

  . However, I feel like I've been so delinquent in responding to comments on ... anyone at MIT own a BMX bike? ANYone?" I actually know a few people in the ... Drew: "So I haven't done calc in awhile, and I'm worried that I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Going Social Thinking about MIT Admissions and social media.

  

  would inevitably meet our untimely, grisly demise. I was wrong - that was ... himself over to your house and would let himself in and begin eating your ... thought of MIT because they'd find it fun too? I actually do believe in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 14, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Week of Music Eight bands in nine days, and I still missed five performances.

  

  characters on this famed seedy strip. In my senior year of high school, I ... like a baby fresh out of the womb. I stood there in awe for about an hour ... thought I would be giving all this up by coming to Cambridge. Seriously

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Friendly Neighborhood Dream-Destroyer "How Could You Work There?"

  officer in the month of April, naturally, I was at still at work. I was ... that I would have such a reaction when I informed people about what I do ... to when I was in high school (a much simpler time when Tyra Banks was

  • by DJ Rock
  • May 30, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Room Where It Happens my two year tale of student governance, up until the bitter end

  

  MIT, I always think back to one song. There are a lot of songs in ... . i was either in a powerful enough place where i could slip into that ... led to that very introduction. But, I’ll touch on that in a bit. I was

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • July 13, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Four Friendly Body Pillows body pillows are my love language

  

  If I had a dollar for every body pillow I’ve purchased in the past six months, I would have four dollars. For a net decrease of ... of my friends and I rented an apartment in Central Square, Cambridge

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 1, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Return of the Nance Effect The Summer Update Edition!

  

  in general. I would be remiss if I did not also welcome parents to our ... I say welcome! Come on in, the water is just fine. I hope that you ... group, but I do have this really cool official-like photo: [] In

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Mas33h Hall A quick look at life in the Castle

  

  It’s my 3rd year at MIT. I’ve lived in 3 different dorms. My current ... , but I’ve also spent a year each in Simmons and Baker, so if you have any ... . This wasn't something that I considered when moving in, but being able to

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • April 9, 2018
• Blog / Classes

  Surprisingly enjoyable experiences exactly what it sounds like

  

  being the actor in a movie you don’t know the plot of. I was pretty ... role was looking for items I wanted, which were in packets taped to the ... happened, but it was surprisingly fun, and I’d love to do more in the future

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 15, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Four years, four summers The stuff I've been up to every summer at MIT.

  

  stuff in the back, and we drove home. I was home for a week, during which ... would cook, and I would do the dishes. (Note: If somebody who is an ... stuff back to Ohio. I stayed in Ohio for a week and a half, then my

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  emails to self & the long goodbye

  

  challenged myself in more ways than i would have expected to and i have changed in more ways than i would have expected to. i grew up with this ... strange things that i have collected in the last couple of years. now that i

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 27, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Glassblowing at MIT my IAP excitement

  

  in the place you would like the glass to break (it becomes the weakest ... necklines, as opposed to 3 in a general snowman. Whatever, I thought. I ... make him into a bird-type thing.. It would have made more sense if I

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • March 10, 2017
• Blog / How to MIT

  Invitation to Cross-Register Guest post by Katherine W. '17 :D

  

  to invest time in making the trek over there, I want it to be worth it ... lectures. I am unsure of whether videotaping is common, but my classes in ... previous coursework and internship in pharma where I can clearly follow the

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 14, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Class size A response to a comment brought up on Ben's blog.

  

  , you can major in anything you want. I think it would be very unfortunate ... this would merely require more students to live in uncomfortable living situations. I was originally going to post this in Ben's blog... but it sort of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  beauty is overrated

  

  compel stirrings like that in other people. I never saw what was powerful ... world, and then later I would think, wait, was that sentence actually ... witness a lot of beauty in the world; I spent a year in New Zealand and

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 20, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Second Day of Class Course shopping and such.

  

  I don't make schedules or use planners. In fact, I don't even use ... double the colors of the rainbow. In a class that I was in today, a ... events in 10 different colors) and I realized that if I cross my eyes

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 10, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Guest Blog: From the Life and Times of Cam

  

  was clear. I would get all As in school, continue learning programming ... to make your decision (in favor of MIT). Also, I've added some new ... was -- I thought they were things that the smartest people in the world

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 6, 2009
• Blog / People & Identities

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

  

  cost?? For the record, I had no social life in high school—I took a ... in order to get a chance at kissing him? What??? I'm mad, y'all. Also ... character development. What I wanted to see more of in this show was Devi

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 4, 2020