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• Blog / Challenges

  A Texan’s Guide to Surviving a Boston Winter it's possible

  

  ’m smiling in this picture or squinting because i can’t see through my foggy ... , I’m also wearing Merino wool socks in this picture. Merino wool comes ... thing that gets cold in the winter are your phalanges (i always loved that

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 9, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s the terror of knowing Ten dollars for my thoughts on grad school.

  

  figure that can wait a few days. Because I got to thinking this afternoon ... of 2007, I'm getting a little tired of being in school right now. Not ... our own research projects in grad school. But I'm going to take it

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 20, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  The Stars Look Very Different Today Planet Earth is blue, and there's nothing we can do

  

  When I was fifteen, in the summer between tenth and eleventh grades ... Earth is blue, and there's nothing I can do." When I was seventeen ... , "Yeah, I have a request?" "We can help you out!" I replied. "Just give us

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  perception but who *are* you?

  

  confident enough in them to defend them to the world. I can’t go on forever ... Over the summer, I’ve centered on a fear that I have in graduate ... happen. I’ll write some paper, it (hopefully) gets published in some

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 18, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Day 1: Going North Leaving the light pollution bubble to go to class?

  

  , though I could write an entire post in Japanese if I wanted to. Maybe I ... picture. For a person who grew up in very arid parts of the west coast, I ... more convenient in a classroom on campus? Well sometimes I have to leave

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 31, 2014
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I submit my official transcript to MIT as a QuestBridge applicant?

  an official transcript with your QB application, you can request an ... (located in the MIT application portal) after you submit your MIT Quest
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  THE FINAL FANTASY 7 REMAKE IS OUT since 6/15/15, i have literally lived for this moment

  

  since I first played it in 8th grade, and the characters and the story have stayed with me through rougher periods in my life. I can't really ... just know me in person - might know that I have one true love, and its

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 16, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  Liminal Activities Period IAP is a mindset and you can keep it forever

  

  accessible in the liminal space between semesters. I remember starting every ... the fall semester, barely able to believe that I passed and do not in ... I make that with materials I have here in the house? Dumb ideas start

  • by Joel G. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  How to Make a Flashlight MIT-style that is.

  

  After 8 months, I was finally in. In the Edgerton Center Student Shop ... means I'll have to swing by the shop to make something awesome so I can ... light! I didn't take picture of the whole process, but I can walk you

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • August 2, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Summer Reading List The exciting hobby that I never have time for during the school year...

  

  ’ve been trying to diversify my reading, in every sense of the word I can ... or if I was just ignoring them. I would get so engrossed in books that ... summer I was back home in Colorado, and also traveled a bit, which meant I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 5, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  ADMIT ME PLZ? filling out the app. for some reason it's a lot easier this time

  

  use the restroom and I ended up falling asleep in the seat. I can ... is Chris - I graduated MIT in 2011, and now I'm a 4th year (!) med ... years, Kathy and I have traveled to some pretty cool places in the last 3

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  AIDS Walk San Francisco Shameless solicitation -- join the fun

  

  fundraising goal. I want to do as much as I can to make a difference in the ... This Sunday, I am participating in the 2006 AIDS Walk San Francisco ... '06 will be walking with us as well. If you're in the Bay Area this

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions

  

  In yesterday's entry, I wrote, "With 5 days [now 4 days] until the ... academics like I am. thus, i don't really think I will fit in to a 'nerd ... concerns, at least as I saw them back in the spring of 1996: Will I have a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  On Greatness

  

  can I fit in?" It's a question that's been on the forefront of my mind ... best you can be at it. Why? Because if you do this, greatness in some ... they loved it so much. So that's what I think in a nutshell: try new

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 11, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spring Break and Study of Cities Abroad Students in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning enjoy a subsidized spring break abroad…

  

  As an Urban Studies and Planning major, you can fulfill some of your ... , highlighting differences in city design and planning between the two locales. While in Scandinavia last spring break, a few of us met up with the 11

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The rest of my life is a black hole. But not the fascinating kind that's the topic of extensive astrophysical…

  

  be in the form of a blog, I thought, "well how can I not?" 1 ... plenty interested. I've even managed to get myself tangled up in potential ... 'm going to graduate. And then I have to be an adult. I'm not sure you can

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 24, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Lea-der! Lea-der! Bat-man! ...I mean, Lea-der!

  

  the reasons I have an interest in journalism today. What’s incredible to ... I needed to apply. Just a little jolt of confidence can really go a ... careers in a time when women just didn’t do that. I decided to attend this

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 13, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  Responses to comments! I answered your questions. Like, fast this time.

  

  question...though you kinda took your time but all in all I really appreciate ... question. I believe that some time I received in the mail a postcard asking about varsity athletics. I filled it out and mailed it in on the day of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  No Snow, and on singing badly me? singing? and posting it online?!

  

  : calligraphy. I talked about this in an earlier post, where you can read me ... wrangle with six different tracks in Audacity to make this. But so what? I ... of fun you can have. That's the kind of fun I want to have. So that

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 24, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  contradictions too much, not enough

  

  professor a couple weeks in advance to be like, "hey dude, i don't think i can ... to? good question. right now, i'm sitting on my chair in a weird ... , "please love yourself," and i'm like, "well, i'm in it already and i feel

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • October 8, 2022