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• Blog / Athletics

  Discover Exercise and Wellness FPOP a wholesome college experience

  

  spin class, and I was butthurt, but also determined to take a formal ... tries, and had to swim more—not a great strategy. But the adrenaline only ... to take a walk while other DEW-ers were playing underwater hockey with

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 21, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summerteeth Are you afraid of the dark reaction?

  

  , although I guess that actually makes a lot more sense than "lynn." I seem to ... cosecant of something so I'd have a reason to say "arccsch," which should ... have demonstrated, there are a lot of awesome UROP experiences to be had

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 2, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Junior Fall we're back in person baybee

  

  just needed to take a CS class this year and I heard very good things ... a dentist appointment, and catch the 1 bus and run over to 26-100 for ... able to go into a computer science class for the first time and actually

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 20, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Lessons Learned from (Watching) D&D thank you brennan lee mulligan

  

  sitting around a table, roleplaying to a significant extent, and rolling a bunch of dice to make decisions in their made up world. As a kid, I ... character creation. In fact, I used a lot of D&D resources to write a lot

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Good Will Mystery Hunting 63 hours of puzzle solving: a classic part of the MIT experience

  

  Ginger Rogers instead of actual clues, (4) a PDF that appeared to be blank, (5) a board game given to all the teams . . . without instructions ... ” computers). Somehow, finding this led you to the grocery produce number for a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 21, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Notes From The UK [by Mirat Shah '08] Currently in Cambridge, it is 50 degrees F and not only…

  

  transition temperatures that allow you to burn information onto a CD. In ... . However, I am glad to be getting a taste of both because I do now have a ... questions you for an hour about what steps you are taking to solve a problem

  • by Cambridge
  • March 12, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  dance dance dance! a weekend of trying to try everything

  

  hey! PNR exists for a reason, and now seems like the best time to try ... I love to dance. I’m a Minecraft parrot—put any kind of music near me ... to try tapping again with such talented dancers.  Afterwards, I had a

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 17, 2024
• Blog / People & Identities

  Home is where the Heart is visiting my grandparents

  

  blurry memories of restaurants, relatives, and a zoo. I flew over to ... breath. Between our cousin threatening to toss him off a bridge and ... , people order a bunch of food to taste and share together. The entrees were

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • August 4, 2024
• Blog / IAP

  As the City Slumbers thoughts while walking in a park

  

  graphic novels from a squat library. I gave a wide berth to a mom with her ... Sarah and I always escaped to the park.  One year we made a daily pilgrimage to Eegee’s, which is a Tucson sandwich chain named for its fine

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 21, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Physics professors have a charming sense of humour Excerpts from relativity problem sets

  

  .033, Relativity. Relativity is a great class to teach, if you enjoy designing ... 's what I like to see on a problem set. :) ... into strands of spaghetti. Our professor obviously had a good time

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 23, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Temporary Band Entry Title And we hope we passed the audition.

  

  might also not be so smart, so we decided that a good place to start might ... we had more important business to attend to. A chorus of "Kuwait ... the world, but it actually looks like a really cool place to give a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 1) two trains, twelve states, 540 pictures, one Speaker of the House election, and more!

  

  up to, what was happening around the train, what I was feeling, and a ... to embark on a bit of an adventure, perhaps the biggest journey I ... , excited. True to form, I’ve arrived at South Station perhaps a little

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 11, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Books write our life stories Philosophy, astronomy, religion, neurology - and my plans for the future.

  

  some point, I took a break to refill my mug, pausing on my way out the ... the good life?” and on the very last page I underlined “to such a degree ... will live in my new apartment for a year while I commute to and from the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 30, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  making meaning exit right in 0.1 miles

  

  stuck in a loop, constantly going back and trying to find a better ... on in my life, let alone how to write about it." A lot has changed in ... lot of material relevant to my UROP as well, as a plus. 7

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • August 30, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  No Ceilings next steps

  

  graduate school to being a professor, or from medical school to being a ... would be huge: Go to college. Go to graduate school. ??? Be a ... took a leap of faith and applied to MIT. I took the first steps, and

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 12, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT HSSP and Stanford Splash! Seven fundamental questions, and a field trip to the west coast

  

  12 (the last day of CPW :( ) Chelsea and I boarded a plane to San José ... MIT alums...to the point where most of my dinner table was wearing a ... , then parents. My friends Sameer (a junior at Stanford, who went to middle

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 4, 2013
• Blog / Summer

  SSP aka summer science program aka summer sleep program aka silly science people aka summer solstice…

  

  collaborate to complete a meaningful scientific research project, learning the ... challenges. My SSP application, then, was a plea for connection, a desire to ... ="111012" image3="111039" image4="111058" /] On Saturdays, we’d pile into a bus to

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • February 10, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  my application essays try not to cringe

  

  important thing is to be true to yourself. We know you lead a busy life ... writing about a myriad of other things. I posted to College Confidential ... ’s biggest challenges to being a good friend. Describe one way in which you

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 27, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  synthesis on changing my mind

  

  mind a second time. for example, people at mit sometimes decide to switch ... realize they made a mistake but feel that it is unacceptable to switch back ... -startups. or, for an example not related to career decisions, people often exit a

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 12, 2022
• Blog / Blog Projects

  seven questions with youtubers the mit side of youtube

  

  day to write a long, thoughtful, and very personal email about how much ... hard it is to grow a channel until you start. Then suddenly, you see ... schedule them to publish on their release dates. This ended up being a more

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 14, 2020