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• Blog / How to MIT

  Forget your plan for a minute The beauty of collage

  

  now that I went to an art school and spent most of my time in film ... would unfold and that’s ok. Remember, we ask you in the application essays ... This morning at breakfast, I gave my son (the high school junior

  • by Kris Guay
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Food Fights behold the deliciousness that could be yours

  

  I like eating. I like eating a lot. By which I mean both that I greatly enjoy eating, and I also enjoy eating great amounts of food. When I was a sophomore in college I once ate for the Internet. I had missed a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Schools of dreams

  

  As you know, I've been traveling frequently these days, and the trips ... School of Dreams (a case study of Whitney High School in Los Angeles), which I'm currently reading. So, I sit here on Amtrak with the book, and I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2004
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Making of Embrace the backstory to a gender-bending concept dance video, written by Ayomide F. '18

  

  world would not have agreed. I wasn’t thinking about all of this when my ... NIgerian chemical engineer would dance so provocatively in so little clothing ... ieYk It was (and is) incredibly arresting and compelling video, and I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 11, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Way We Live Saunas make me think

  

  once in a while. OK I may be an Internet addict, but I am not alone ... degrees Fahrenheit, which isn't even high in sauna standards; but I was ... escalated in temperature until it was too much to handle. I also clumsily

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 7, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  The Complexity of Simplicity Not as paradoxical as it sounds

  

  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 ... , I think that's something MIT looks for in their admissions decisions

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

  tidbits pieces of advice

  

  thing I've ever encountered in my life and the work and content is ... MIT competitive? As said in my last answer, no. I do not think MIT is ... what I have to be and do in college. In high school, I think you have

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 24, 2021
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, per se a selection of fantastic dishes, part 2

  

  experience that I would rather not talk about. Restaurants took a huge hit due ... creations in my [annotation note="No, I am not working, this is just a jo ... in taste, texture, and salinity. Here I recreated another one of Thomas

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 24, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  2024 in Review the things and stuff of 2024

  

  challenging. In 2024 I developed strength and self reliance. Obviously it ... that I am beyond grateful for. But in some of these lows, I grappled with ... , relationships, etc… and then choose what deserves a place in your life. I think my

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • January 13, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Touring an IS&T Datacenter, and How My Dad Crashed the Internet I promise they're related.

  

  more energy efficient. I did theater tech in high school, and ... . It connects back, I promise. How My Dad Crashed the Internet In ... mindless procrastination something cool from MIT. Also, I'll be telling the

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • November 2, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Where is the banana… ...and why is that man chartreuse?

  

  turns to the camera in the corner comically) Did I just walk into a kid”s cartoon? ARTHUR: (bristling) If I were in a cartoon, I”d probably be named ... passengers to be seen in Mr. Conner”s taxi cab, am I correct? ARTHUR: I guess

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  rand.random Random photos of 2016

  

  from throughout the duration of last year that I would not have any ... . In perhaps the msot culturally aligned experience I have ever had ever ... Story About Muti") in January, I stopped for lunch at a Chinese hot pot

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 16, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  School’s… in Excitement! Passion! ...Class?

  

  holiday in October. To celebrate the year's start (and because I'm lazy), I ... I probably won't be in a few weeks." (Unified is a legendary class at ... Today was the first day of academic year 2005-2006 at old Tech! (I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 7, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision Day Eve Your questions as the May 1 deadline approaches.

  

  decision? What more would you like to know about MIT? What are your lingering concerns? I am available, as are all of the bloggers, to field questions below in the comments, all the way through midnight tomorrow... If you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Class of 2012 Profiles of MIT's new freshmen.

  

  ranked second in my class and I applied at several out ... of the reasons I wanted to go there is because the smartest kids in the ... how some people that are smart look down on others." "I would feel

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biological Engineering at MIT My thoughts, feelings, and opinions (and slight ranting) about biology both at MIT and in…

  

  of group B, I thought I had convinced my parents that grad school would ... biology is a real science (I am the only course 20 in a group of 60ish so I ... problems when it comes to research. I have only been working in labs for

  • by Ben O. '19
  • November 20, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  How to Foil a UFO Abduction 1. Control your thoughts.

  

  . Not really, but yeah, I'm getting paid. BUT in my defense, I blogged all ... was a paid job. I've just always loved doing it and I would definitely ... catechizes: I was wondering if low SAT II scores would hurt me, since none of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 26, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Gotterdammerung and The Barber of Seville [by Xenia '13] Art Scholars go to the Met!

  

  ride, which I shall summarize: In exchanging vows of love, Siegfried, a ... deception ensue, and it all culminates in . . . Well, I won’t reveal the ... subtitles (did I neglect the part where it’s all sung in German?). My

  • by ARTalk
  • March 20, 2012
• Blog / Community Projects

  Food for Thought [guest post] On food and our culinary club, Mince

  

  . My love for food, this desire to cook — I found myself in the middle of ... wrapped in a microfiber cloth. Most of the media I consume explores food in ... asked participants, “what would you study if you could major in anything

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 4, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  Slay the Spire as metaphor i didn't waste 60 hours playing for nothing

  

  these past few months, like Celeste or Night in the Woods. Well, the one I ... consistent draw? Should I trade half my health in this event for some powerful ... amount of block you have. One of the biggest lessons I learned in ESP is

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 21, 2021