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• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Woman and Her Lute An epic tale across three centuries. (includes poor fanfic-style prose)

  

  epic Journey. I spent two hours in front of that painting, jotting ... University there that I hope to stay for a bit in LA and visit her before ... school classmate who I haven't seen in a year). That night, she told me

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m laughing out loud cheek. muscles. cramping.

  

  Sherlock Season 3 is really bad. 3) This blog post, which I re-read in order to answer an e-mail. Hysterical: - the line "I can't type endless text ... due, one of my friends slept for one hour last night, I have to submit a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 11, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Mid-May Update Q&A: Athena tips and hints

  

  any questions (I can explain things further or in far less technical ... -- you can do so by going to these links, in this order: http ... can also enter your Emergency Contact (parents) details in there as well

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Why does my kid have to move again?”

  

  , but I was wondering. What's the policy on non-MIT-students being in ... times. Personally, I can't recall having heard of anyone being hassled ... my 10th in ICSE with 90.4%.but my 12th was not upto the mark.(i have

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 2, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Thanks Guys A thank you from a blogger to the best audience ever.

  

  kids, where does the illuminati stay on campus, can someone major in a ... can honestly say that I do not believe there is not a better position to ... This past weekend I was somewhere between flying and drowning. Finals

  • by Ben O. '19
  • December 27, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  College Fair Season

  

  night, I took a Zipcar up to a college fair in New Hampshire. I'd say the ... /MArch program, which student can apply to in their junior year. In the junior year ... to support students. I considered majoring in Architecture when I was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 3, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  setting things on fire and playing with flames

  

  . I've learned that fear is often rooted in the unknown. Fire spinning ... I've learned (you can even hear Petey SM'13 saying "woo!" at 0 ... developing countries). They can be used instead of modern fuel sources in

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • May 18, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  4 / Just *breathe* Everything is going to be all right

  

  up with M I T. Seems like no one can truly escape the firehose, no ... breaks, where I can catch up on my life, focus on myself, take a moment to ... , mindful, intentional. Last Monday for Veterans Day, I slept in, went to

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 2, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anyone else OCD about saving space?? This blog is about things on my computer.

  

  digital age that I can't take an architecture class without having to ... partition my macbook to install Windows, so that I can then install Auto ... (Preface: I am also sorry for disappearing. D:) -- So anyone who

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 4, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Mikey Yang ‘05 Name: Mikey Yang; Job title: Admissions Counselor; Hometown: Troy, MI

  

  : The people. Hands down. The people at MIT are not what I expected them ... side, and we embrace and accept that. Someone can tell a nerdy joke and ... community here is so open, friendly, and accessible. I love being able to stay

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 19, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Sacred Space and why it matters to unplug once in awhile

  

  these tools in better ways in the future. The message was: how can we even ... teens hadn”t seen me for four days in a row and I knew that they would ... transformative things can happen during these moments of being present in a space

  • by Kris Guay
  • April 11, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  a fun bet spicing up the admissions process

  

  When I was once a high school senior drowning in college applications ... represent everything about who I am as a person in 250 words? I couldn’t, so I ... research , or swing from a giant rope in the trees, I held it with such high

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 3, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pass No Record, Oh How I Loved Thee. A quick look at first semester!

  

  I enjoy them all,  I learned a metric ton of material in a ... When it comes to MIT you can put everything you do into one of two categories "for classes" or "in the spirit of having fun". While the two aren

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • February 27, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Coolest Thing I Bet You Didn’t Know Was Math (guest post by YQ L. ‘16) Clickbait title by me, not by YQ, because I really, really, really want you to…

  

  pictures can you fit in a blog post?” The answer, it turns out, is a lot! I ... origami pleated designs I folded in my freshman year. These pieces only ... “crumpling” techniques taught by Vincent Floderer in his workshop. I feel

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 7, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  hey kids you should apply there's still time!

  

  painless in retrospect but I was a little stressed about it. On the ninth, I ... and I still got in. (Note: This isn’t me bragging about myself being t ... great, not the other way around—you have it in you already (I wrote this

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 4, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Call For A Good Time a weekend of coffee shop networking

  

  : Yeah, I put up a letter addressed to stalkers in my public folder, and ... now because they can never, ever top it. (Actually, I think Sam is just ... 're obligated to blog about it. Me: Definitely! But how can I construe it as

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 2, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’ve Been Up To No, not back around finals week - still not thinking about it... DURING IAP! When…

  

  Hey all! I haven't been around this site in months, and rather than ... , I'm going to go right in and cover everything interesting I've seen ... class called the "Nuts and Bolts of Engineering" in case I, y'know, decide

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • February 9, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Playing Doctor… Are people REALLY impressed by big words? You be the judge.

  

  Almost forgot... In all the laziness surrounding my vacation, I ... some from the Conner 2 holiday dinner. Unfortunately, I can't find the ... Thursday for all of IAP in a classroom. As long as I pass all of the tests

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Forget that Or, "Why I won't be posting next week"

  

  page has your MIT username in the top corner, so you can quickly and easily find your printouts in the massive pile of stuff that has been ... another test, which was just in major scales but still hard because I suck

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Supplemental Materials Answering questions about extras beyond the formal application.

  

  process and your talents can be considered with your other talents in your ... pursuit or it requires further explanation than what you can fit in the ... , one or two of these extras can help you in providing us with greater

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 29, 2007