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• Blog / How to Human

  Blogger’s Block a hiatus from writing (but not memeing)

  

  the perceived finality of writing. 1. Being hosed I was trapped in a ... made me prioritize my obligations in a messy and unhealthy way. I was ... year. In one of my first ever blog posts I wrote as a freshman – titled

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 23, 2020
• Blog / Class Projects

  The Semester I Played With Chocolate and Ants for a Technical Class Inflatable Chocolate Balloons + Ants as Architects

  

  There is a class here at MIT called How to Design (Almost) Anything ... balloon bowls, where you dip a balloon in melted chocolate and pop the ... , I would provide shelter or food for them, resulting in a symbiotic

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • October 7, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Tour/Hack/Math Three things that happen a lot at MIT

  

  prefrosh (Danny '12) is in town and I decided to go on a campus tour with him ... Yesterday (Tuesday) was a very eventful day. It began with me in lab building toys (for anybody who is unsure, this is a good way to start the day

  • by Snively '11
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  choosing where to go for my younger brother

  

  -carpet photoshoots and limousine rides. In another universe, she is a sign-spinner on a street corner. In other universes, she’s a teppanyaki chef, a rock on a ... ’ve appeared had she made a different decision somewhere in her life. In one

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 1, 2022
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Diarios de Madrid: Semana 1 Cosas de Mi Primera Semana

  

  (cada taco cuesta uno euro)!!! Vimos también [annotation note="This is a ... "The Spanish Incubator". Para esta clase, vamos a Madrid por tres semanas ... después de mi primera semana en Madrid. (De izquiera a derecha) El Prado

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 16, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Al Kwon ‘08: Researching drug delivery Al Kwon, a Junior majoring in Biology, talks about some of his really exciting work…

  

  pending patents and is in the National Inventors Hall of Fame for his ... learn a greater deal in lab than in classes. I think UROP has been an ... in Langer Lab on a bone tissue engineering project in November of my

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 12, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 3) notes from the third day

  

  ="84377" image4="84376" /] I’m still in the lounge car; a girl is sitting across ... in a brief moment, even if that moment is some forty-two hours long ... This is part three of a series, consisting of a lightly

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 13, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  MY college essay 498 words of angst.

  

  but I think she may be feel somewhat intiminated,she is a hs jr in a sci ... * Obviously a college dorm room is not ideal to demonstrate interior design ... going in as a girl,that know has changed, it if I can get her to read your

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 12, 2008
• Blog / People & Identities

  everything i think i’m not (rush, part 2) and what it would take for me to be it

  

  , [annotation note="Dap is actually a practice rooted deeply in Black History ... was trying to prove to myself that I was capable of being in a “men ... emblazoned somewhere visible, staffed by a few brothers in shirts that betrayed

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • November 25, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Flame War A play-by-play of the Class of 2012's first flame war.

  

  expected us to treat a completely unmoderated shared document with respect ... course, this did not happen. I wrote a message in the blank space to the ... with the spreadsheet, there is now a FORM you MUST fill out if you want a

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  AARRRGHHHHH!!!!🏴‍☠️ (Pirate Post) A Review of 21M.299 - Pirate Songs and Whaling Chanteys

  

  I mentioned it in a previous blog, but this semester I took a class ... earliest documentation of the shanty phenomenon is from ~1867, putting the two in completely different eras. A “Historical Chantey” was a work song

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • June 2, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  21: The Movie Afterthought: You probably have to had seen the movie to understand this entry fully. =/

  

  anyway, so I don't think this is such a big error as people make it out to ... fact that they traveled to Vegas and got in trouble with the authorities ... . * The movie is not shot on MIT campus at all. Most of the "in

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 30, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More on the Paris Metro Our final review was Monday - officials from the Paris public transport authority flew in…

  

  system. (I introduced this to you sometime in February.) Our effort is ... so far. Technically it's a grad class, and yeah the class is about half ... to "be mobile," in the sense of exchange of information in a mobile

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 16, 2007
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: And That’s A Wrap! tracing back three months

  

  a few different things in my already congested brain. One, things are ... naturally lined up with that. Summer is a time for MIT students to spend three ... ’s mouth: break the summer down chronologically in a series of themes and

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 7, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  let’s talk about financial aid a different kind of holiday miracle

  

  tuition at a four-year university is 2-3x what my family makes in a year ... MIT a leader in aid. *** Important Note #1: I am not the final say on ... , great! This is a good starting point. But vague, "we have financial aid

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 24, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  Guest Blog: Operation Overgourd A different kind of pumpkin drop (by Lauren H. '16!)

  

  's got a blog of her own, The Fullerene Incident, where she documents her ... .) What follows is a blog post Lauren wrote last month about one of her ... is an air museum in eastern New York that restores and displays Golden

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • November 16, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s been 3 weeks the firehose is still alive and kicking

  

  one is a concourse Friday Seminar, in which we get to have great ... meaning of midterm is fatally lost on MIT). There’s a lot that happens, and ... weeks—that is to say, I’ve been floating around in the bubble built around

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Summer Decisions

  

  school is a job application, and in that sense is fundamentally different ... . Disclaimer that I haven't slept in 22 hours. - Last summer, a life plan took shape: get a master's in Science Writing from MIT and a Ph.D. in astronomy

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 15, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Guest Entry: MIT Cycling Team Training Camp Hundreds of miles of riding and thousands of kilojoules spent.

  

  corner). Video: The ride terminated (as most rides ought to) in a hot tub ... in a 40 mph headwind. As a sprinter, I thought there was nothing worse ... . '14 joined me in my quest for a downhill KoM, but we got stuck behind a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  goodbye goodbye goodbye what's in store for me?

  

  chapter of my life is done and that in order to grow we need to put ourselves in uncomfortable positions and this is a necessary step towards ... application, I wrote a sample blogpost in response to the prompt 'What is your

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 31, 2023