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• Blog / Advice

  tick tick tick and the euphoria of it stopping

  

  institute is always churning.  tick There's a constant sound in the back of my ... , instead of what I’m doing right now. tick This is [annotation note='like Las ... quietest moments of the night, you can find someone mulling away over work

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • November 16, 2024
• Blog / IAP

  A salty IAP post Taking a moment to be bitter

  

  SoOoOoOOooooo it’s the most wonderful time of the year: IAP! That time of year where every MIT student can choose to do whatever they ... the crushing guilt that comes with not using every moment of your free

  • by Powers '23
  • January 22, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  One thing every woman’s missed in Massachusetts Bay Sam and Shana have gone to look for America, starting in Philadelphia.

  

  needed to do were to buy a map, enlist the help of a local, and marry Amber ... a quarter pound of fudge to hold us over until dinner. While buying the fudge, the fat young man ahead of us in line noted that it was

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 15, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Highlight Reel Parents! A cappella! Thesis! Superheroes! Film class! And generally hanging in there @ MIT

  

  different mediums offer different experiences A study in the rise of zombie ... little has happened, and I’ve been trying to write blog posts about both of ... extremely quickly. Here is a list of blog posts I meant to finish, to no

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 2 Really, there are a lot of machine shops.

  

  , Part 1 There are a lot of machine shops on campus, so in my massive efforts to document all of them, I split the entry into 2 parts. Unfortunately, I still don't have all of the photos I would like, but honestly, if

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a major road to trouble exploring interests as a baby beaver

  

  ’t think of a good way to write this blog about all the stuff that comes to ... major. I had a pretty clear idea of how I wanted to approach this, but ... make it easy to understand, especially from a non-MIT point of view. In a

  • by Waly N. '24
  • November 23, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  As the City Slumbers thoughts while walking in a park

  

  back in high school had emailed me out of the blue and offered to catch ... kids at the playground, and a trio of middle school boys in neon orange ... it, and a tall, steep slide with no railings, a relic of past building

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 21, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Turning the Tide My thoughts on an important report

  

  Graduate School of Education released a report entitled “Turning the Tide ... 100 of my admissions colleagues at colleges around the country. I think ... have of students – and more important, by clarifying what we do not

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 20, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  lifting heavy objects and the grungy basement gym

  

  , so there was plenty of time to work out. The meal plan offered protein ... . The gym is usually empty when I come down, however, so the lack of ... feeling of getting stronger and lifting big objects. I love the way your

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Ask me anything about portfolios Go ahead—don’t be shy!

  

  supplemental portfolios may feel especially useful. We offer portfolios of the ... ’ve compiled some of my thoughts on the portfolio process and collected some frequently asked portfolio questions. A crumb of context The MIT application is

  • by Jeremy W.
  • October 26, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Onto the next world! a stupidly long metaphor

  

  In this past semester, the definition of "home" changed a lot for me ... we mellowed a lot over the course of college. "I like this Cami," my ... four months. Coming home for the first time after this whirlwind of a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 24, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Great Expectations i've never read the book, but the title seemed to fit

  

  don’t know how long my body can sustain this level of non-activity. I do ... thing being a big part of the change. There are amazing places to eat all around me, and I just have all of this freedom and nobody telling me that I

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 17, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  some thoughts i have a few

  

  even extended me an offer to be part of their family. I also think it ... it's about time I tackle some of the more difficult things for me to ... regrets of mine I try not to think about. But I hope I can put that all to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 10, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MOMENTOS IMPRESIONANTES Because this place is full of them.

  

  on one of those rare cold days, with icy sheets of rain washing the ... the well-practiced, the shouts of people reached my ears. “Come and see ... look at one of them— I have no idea what happened next. The world

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 5, 2013
• Blog / How to Food

  LET ME COOOOOOOK 🍳🍳🍳 I am stupidly excited about learning this Basic Life Skill, and not ashamed to admit…

  

  myself. I had grown up in a family of people who loved to eat. Whenever I ... “ohmygodimgonnagetatummyachetomorrowwhydididothat” kind of thing. [caption id="attachment_103395" align ... particularly tasty bowl of pho.)[/caption] “I’d probably be a nine,” I replied

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • September 16, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Mini-Guide to CPW KAPOW! GET EXCITED!!!

  

  thrilled to meet and host you, Class of 2020! Get excited!!! For the past ... . The excitement of the new Class exploring MIT is extremely contagious ... , many of you may be plagued with logistical travel and planning issues

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Why I stayed up until 6am on Thursday More nerdy cake-baking.

  

  Spoilers: there's a picture of an awesome cake at the end of this ... , because I'm super hosed...so lots of fast typing and zero editing ... a mental list of all the things that had to be accomplished between 7

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 10, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus Okay, so it's not even really half a bus. But I'M not the one asking…

  

  . There are tons of prep courses offered by Princeton, Kaplan, and even ... .112, the next level of chemistry, which meant in order to keep the 18 ... half-week of classes, and my first problem set, which was intense. I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  year anyway b) plenty of people get in from schools that don't even offer ... , the current state of my life and psyche, and the existence of God ... all of your concerns about MIT and thus help me become a better blogger

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 16, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SEEING WAITRESS TWICE (sorry in advance for the obnoxious amount of CAPS)

  

  This is the first half of this post and it was written March 5th ... into the void of the interwebs…also shamelessly quoting ourselves in same post that this quote comes from) Well we held our end of the promise, and

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 9, 2018