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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what I did this semester in broad strokes!

  

  the middle of the night. The class made for a welcome break from my ... up for it, and I always left the Z in a better mood than when I entered ... semester, with the initial target of training for a 5K with my friend. The

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • January 5, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  perception but who *are* you?

  

  have opinions, in the area I decide to research. In A Guide for the Young ... Over the summer, I’ve centered on a fear that I have in graduate ... : “Wow, that was a terrible paper. The writing was bad, the methods made no

  • by Phi A. '21
  • September 18, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The other 2 of the 3 R’s About reading and writing on campus -- forget the 'rithmetic.

  

  "a new magazine" which "spotlights exemplary writing from the first year writing classes," requesting a link from the MIT blogs. After having ... . Boiko: Last year, a senior in one of our courses came up at the end of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Analogies “Fill yourself up with musical lighter fluid and ignite your inner match.”

  

  the Wind Ensemble for 3 reasons: I didn’t want to forget how to play ... rediscovering the meaning of the word “passion”. You see, when you’re playing a ... could go through the motions and “play a mezzo-piano C quarter note after

  • by Ana V. '15
  • April 1, 2012
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I defer my enrollment?

  , you will be asked to submit a formal request for deferment to the Dean ... If you're admitted to MIT, you may defer enrollment for one or two ... encouraged!). Common reasons for deferment include employment, travel, and
• Blog / Admissions

  Musings on Colorful Balls (CPW Guest Blog!) from Ramya '14!

  

  hanging around campus. It'll probably never detach itself from the Pure a ... the present" than viewing MIT from behind a lens (that's my excuse ... from the 14 possible ones I could have picked (one was blurry): As a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 13, 2010
• Blog / How to MIT

  Learn Coding Before School Starts you've got one month left. go!

  

  CourseWare. I did a few lessons before stopping to have time to study for the SAT ... fourth? Took less than a day. Fifth. Sixth. You get the idea.\n") print ... - I got a book on HTML from the library. I made a few HTML pages, but

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 2, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chang Ning District, Shanghai 上海，长宁区

  

  ’s home by myself. A subway is a subway, the hardest part (for me) is simply ... Shout out to the MIT VPN for helping me climb the Great Firewall ... better about being reminded about the inevitable fate of Graduating, a both

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 4, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  My brother is cooler than me The plight of the less-cool older sibling.

  

  the shop owner for a while, who incidentally happens to be one of the ... A couple weekends ago, the average age on campus suspiciously ... flooded the Student Center and Infinite. I'd almost forgotten what a pre

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 23, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  who cares about poetry? lots of feelings

  

  an exhibit for the Singapore Writers Festival. So I wanted to write ... from the smell of newly cut grass Tangy, sweet, like a fresh Saturday ... ’t have much exposure to poetry. The poems I’d read (mostly a few

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 10, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thinking Positive Sophomore year was kind of awful. But there were happy things! I'll focus on the…

  

  be nice to get a break from the institute for a little while. I Wrote ... can be fun, but it is hard to find a way to balance everything. The good ... training coordinator for Medlinks for the upcoming year! I am so excited to

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 17, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  MyMIT is live we're ready for you to begin

  

  for freshman admission to MIT. Many of you may have received a shiny ... MIT site, you will find the contact information for your MIT interviewer, or ... . Remember, if you are applying for the November 1 Early Action (EA) deadline

  • by Kris Guay
  • September 4, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Senior Spring a little life update

  

  ’m taking a fourth for fun and knowledge and hopefully preparing for grad ... the TA a lot, and I hope I keep liking them.  I think econ is ... .03 it is. 17.315: Health Policy This is the last HASS I need for my public

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 23, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Scratches On My Mind A brief introduction, so you'll know why I see MIT the way I do.

  

  Yeah, I know. It's a weird title for a first blog entry. But bear ... points for anyone who can tell me where I got the phrase). We all see the ... department of defense to pay for my education. I'm sworn in as a midshipman

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • September 20, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  what we mean when we say the people why we like “the people”

  

  their hall bathroom — but above all, it is a haven for the act of making ... -like college here] where everyone's competing for A's all the time and i get to ... for others if you’re struggling in a class, the people who help you out

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 25, 2023
• Blog / Events

  All Hallow’s Eve You're never too old to trick-or-treat...

  

  , and I still have some other work to finish before sleeping. For the ... able to take a break this weekend to watch scary movies or dress up for ... 's ignore that. This is gonna be a quick post mainly because I half

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 1, 2013
• Blog / Community Projects

  [guest blog] y(I)APping nothing crazy just another IAP blog

  

  Delhi and Agra, we headed to the host university, living in dorms for a ... This is a guest post by one of my friends, Heidi Z. '27, one of the ... the blogs and imagining a future in Cambridge—having the opportunity to

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 13, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  8,726,400 SOS: The Conscious Subconscious guest post by a fellow '21

  

  *written by a '21 as a part of the 8,726,400 Seconds of Summer guest ... on a good day) and commuted into Cambridge, resulting in the traffic ... call, why do I do this I have to workout, for the team, for me Hang clean

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 13, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  2020 Resolutions posting so i can be held accountable

  

  much progress I can make if I consistently go to the gym for a year! I ... getting a domain. It'll basically just be a hub for all the stupid things I ... journal consistently I've tried for like the past four years to maintain a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / Events

  freshman blogger, sophomore student a reflection on some new and old things

  

  will share The Gift I’ve had on replay for a couple of weeks: Bigger by ... introduced myself as a freshman one too many times. Now, I take on the task of ... gifts as a way to distinguish the recipient of each gift. Then sometime in

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 21, 2019