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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  This is a song about being happy. Not a song about a whale. Sorry. But there's haute couture.

  

  Smithson, whom he had never met before--there were quite a few empty seats in ... news is that I might still get to meet a reality show contestant--I was ... sin in a past life. So, I always give some excuse as to why I'm growing

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  in honor of tau the superior circle constant

  

  -page article titled “[latex]\pi[/latex] is wrong!” in a mathematical ... ]E_s[/latex] stored in a spring with a spring constant of [latex]k[/latex] that is ... that is tau, alongside a few anecdotes about tau, MIT, and myself c

  • by Phi A. '21
  • February 20, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  mid semester check-in all about my classes

  

  one of the first classes in algebra so it is a prerequisite for a lot of ... ’t like big class sizes and I did not have a great experience in [annotation ... it is an algorithms class, I would enjoy it more than 6.009.  In the

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • October 22, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  “There is No Place Like Home” ...especially when you are a long way from home

  

  women to belong and live for a time in a value-based organization where ... Dixie, and Jeopardy to name just a few). We have laughed at the antics in ... always someone there for you when you live in a sorority. I sometimes have

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • July 12, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Your credit history is too short and other adult things

  

  A credit card is something I, in theory, knew I needed eventually. Apparently a credit score is a thing that people care about here. The thing is ... credit card, then, is to get something called a credit score, which is a

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

  Talent is everywhere. Opportunity should be, too A conversation with LIVE by Po-Shen Loh

  

  areas. Access to curriculum in rural and small-town communities is ... how much our missions overlap. So this is a joint blog post between LIVE ... by geography, but opportunity often is. That gap can show up in

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • August 3, 2026
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is This All I Ever Will Be? on friendships

  

  been someone that has traveled in a pack. In high school, I had a group ... myself in having the best friends in the world. This semester, I felt a ... up in all of my stories of my college shenanigans. And as a result, I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 20, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  faith in the future

  

  of the future. In a blogpost I wrote not too long ago that is now ... solid in form, more real. The image that forms my head is a little fuzzy ... a lot about (2) in particular. These past couple of days I've been

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 1, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Come in, we’re open

  

  moving is very difficult for me due to a) impatience, b) anal ... in A-Entry for the summer -- actually, strictly speaking, I had been living in A-Entry for my first three years at MIT. But I'm moving to D

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 14, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  How much is the application fee?

  The first-year application fee is $75, payable online with a credit ... application fees presents a hardship for some families. Fee waivers are ... one in the Fee Waiver Request section of the application. MIT practices
• Blog / Hacks

  IAP=Watermelon in January I honestly can't think of a better analogy.

  

  2 classes for credit. I took 8.01L, which is a version of physics you ... end of IAP, each team gives a presentation in front of a panel of judges ... messing up a prototype more times than I expected, and that engineering is

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  in transit where do i go from here?

  

  . There is no pressure. I am simply in transit, going to and from but not ... 've always liked just sitting in whatever vehicle it may be. I loved being in ... needed to be. I've always very much been a more

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 6, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Google Maps is NOT the best. But everything else seems to be right.

  

  only 18%. Sam's Mom has informed me that I have a then/than error in one ... grandmothers' house in the middle of the night. In the words of a great man, I ... visit. It was, in fact, being renovated, but the ride was open minus a few

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  10 (more) reasons why MIT is beautiful part tvte?

  

  ) Because sometimes it’s Christmas in April: A photo posted by Michael ... ’re neck deep in a 2.006 thermal-fluids pset, there’s light at the end of the ... machine finally kicks in, there’s nothing like it: A photo posted by

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 8, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures in Camberville

  

  (For those who don't know/can't figure out, "Camberville" is a ... in Pasadena. I felt dumb, but I hung out at Rax's house for a few hours ... got there. I spent a while standing in the station and cursing. If I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Love is Blinds A short, fairly irrelevent entry, as told from the perspective of the 7+ people who…

  

  Ave VARIOUS FRAT BOYS: (thinking) I wonder if that kid is a freshman ... last night, in the hallway ANGELA MONSTER: Allin and I are going to ... bought blinds the other day at your store and they're the wrong size.. is

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 31, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  What is the value of college? Food for thought in your college search

  

  I spent the beginning of this week in the company of a select group ... country and around the world. Spending time in settings like these is ... in the 21st century. The Institute is committed to generating

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 21, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  My freshman year is almost over honest thoughts on it

  

  try my best to be forgiving towards myself, but I still slip once in a ... anxiety nearly left me incapacitated during a severe case of burnout in ... myself, and I managed to catch myself up in my classes. I made a huge

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • May 16, 2022
• Blog / MISTI

  My Summer in Japan Tokyo, Spaceships, and Lots of Ramen

  

  , Mission 1, may have unfortunately [annotation note="This is a very nice word ... went to work in a clean room. Another MIT student, a graduate from the ... equipment in the lander. Every once in a while it hit me that: Woah. I

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 1, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  “That is NOT an ice cream flavor.” wasabi + ginger + ice cream = disaster

  

  The Patriot which is a movie I have yet to see in it's entirety ... documentaries in 10-250 with a group of friends as we prepare to make our own ... I think FUN would be a good way to describe this weekend. THURSDAY

  • by Bryan
  • July 5, 2005