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• Blog / Personal Travel

  jetsetting i saw a flying pig.

  

  actually won a game for once. Highlight of the Game: When the mascot did the ... for a bit because I was leaving the next morning for the Lone Star State ... , eating cake, and all that jazz, I took my mom's new car for a joy ride. She

  • by Bryan
  • August 9, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Dream Machine Wooden slabs and oil paintings

  

  a blog you’ve ignored for almost 6 months (!!). So welcome to my sad ... care for a baby, but I think wood slab ownership is the closest I’ve ever ... You know you’re in a sad place when you’re so desperate to

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 21, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Recap (Guest Entry) "a perfect introduction to MIT"

  

  anyways, as a San Diego girl, I reali zed I was sorely unprepared for cold ... ) longboards out for a ride outside, which was somewhat scary as it's hard to ... attempted to go over to PBE for a rooftop party, but the police had came and

  • by Bryan
  • April 19, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Weekend in New York [by Davie Rolnick '11, Guest Blogger] Art Scholars go to see Wagner at the Met!

  

  , and epic-scale lust for the power caught up in a little golden ring ... premiered in a theatre Wagner built specially for it. True to form, the ... . (For instance, having gods slide flaming headfirst down a great slope

  • by ARTalk
  • April 22, 2011
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] Take Me *Home* to the Ballgame By Claire S. '25

  

  overnight camps during my summers for up to three weeks at a time. But ... ="alignnone" width="1000"] My dad visiting Fenway Park for the first time for a very ... that’s a conversation for another time). But whatever it is that connects

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • July 31, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  College Admissions and the Public Interest

  

  to publish it as a free PDF for anyone who wants to read it. Now that ... serve as a force for the betterment of society. The key for Thresher is ... of Admissions at MIT, wrote a short book called College Admissions and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  App Reading In The Western ‘Burbs The little towns west of Cambridge are filled with history and charm, and are surprisingly…

  

  I have been reading applications for 5 days in a row. Well, I took Thursday off (it was a holiday for MIT people). But Weds, Fri, Sat, and now ... . It's also a great place for a date. :-) Sleepy Hollow is a cemetery in

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 14, 2004
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Trashion 2014 are YOU trashionable?

  

  sometimes say that I judge people for a living. While I had no formal ... time now, and it is the task for which I am paid; I am basically a ... student at MIT. The design for my first piece A[R]MOUR, modeled by Divya S

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 8, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Q&A: Round One Q&A, Round One. Keep the questions coming!

  

  different histories. I think for a lot of people there is going to be an ... a freshman. I was also wondering what sporting activities are really ... have a schedule that I stick to. I'm not one to sleep in really, so I

  • by Bryan
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  am I doing this all wrong? thinking thoughts and feeling feelings

  

  to my friends: fyi: I maintain an email list for my friends. It's a ... exist, well, exists. Take for instance, a knife: their essence is that ... . And, wow, What Was I Made For? struck a nerve. Here are some of the

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 4, 2024
• Blog / Community Projects

  Not in Kansas Anymore oh, wait...we actually are. Day 1 with the MIT Design/Build/Fly team.

  

  ." The plane simulates a medical plane for carrying cargo (1-pound 6-inch ... cutter for more finicky foamcutting. DBF has a closet full of rolls of ... ground. Here we are waiting for the subway: The TSA probably had a lot

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Just A Small Town Girl Blogging in an awesome world.

  

  .) On top of that, moving to a big city for college ended up giving me the ... with the idea of a small, hipster liberal-arts college for most of high ... that story for another post). Despite being a science nerd, my life

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

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

  helping coordinate the opening show for our Campus Preview Weekend - a super ... for a living. And yes, turning down applications is a huge part of the ... became a second home for me on-campus. My supervisors, amazing women of

  • by DJ Rock
  • May 30, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Conference Where Everyone Was Younger Than Me I'm talking highschool Thiel Fellows, 30 under 30 winners, and Shark Tank participants

  

  a conference for millennial entrepreneurs. It starts tomorrow and it ... couldn't sleep for more than an hour at a time. But it was all worth it ... UYD Media, a leadership magazine for global nomads. William Zhou

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 30, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  snapshot of the last two weeks picture of my brain

  

  ALBUM: i like it when you sleep for you are so beautiful yet so ... bridge > memorial drive WORK: the mediacloud team @ the center for ... learning is like money laundering for tech - by maciej ceglowski "We should

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 1, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  crazy party weekend from 2019 to now

  

  events i attended four years ago cpwacc cpwacc, short for cpw a ... failing for the most part. it’s been a lot of fun and we’ve had some good ... up for whichever classes you want as a high schooler i liked firehose

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 18, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Seven Early Evenings it was a good week

  

  I once took for granted tasted like a Michelin star meal. On Sunday ... 10, from above[/caption] I went to a meeting for Chroma, MIT's science ... . This is a popular space for student organizations to advertise events

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • December 3, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Expedition New England Travel That is Good for the Soul.

  

  simply enjoy life. For those who don’t l know, I come from a town in ... Amtrak Train ticket, and some extra room for a souvenir shirt for myself ... . I have been geeking out over the leaves changing for over a month now

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  laser-powered happiness 6.UAR showcase, part 1

  

  a few lasers for dinner today, things will be better? No? [annotation ... know if you ever want a job," he told me, "I've been looking for a Super ... project of a reasonable scope for an undergrad to be doing; no, seriously

  • by Alice L. '24
  • December 5, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Leaf in Face I got hit in the face the other day. By a leaf.

  

  a painful metaphor for my life right now. (Sometimes, a leaf isn ... be happy with them. I'd say a good rule of thumb for you to be happy ... goes for SAT IIs), and three times is a pretty safe maximum number of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 15, 2006