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• Blog / Challenges

  Nothing is perfect… and it doesn’t matter a guest post by Tommy A. '21

  

  bother me. I haven't performed in front of a crowd in over a year, and I ... I rolled out of bed at 8:30am last Friday and raced to Pappalardo ... take 2.009 in the fall."][/annotation] The persistent stings of the metal

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • May 6, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST Robotics and Alumna-hood I miss my team.

  

  their way back, I stood and high-fived each of them in turn. My place was ... fantastically. I'm sorry that I can't be there in person to watch the match, but I ... for High School students. I won't describe the program itself in too

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 10, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Beard, The Name, The Response, and EC Why does it say E.Jones on my door when I am B.Jones, and why is…

  

  can officially accept MIT's offer of admission (i.e. let us know they ... explanations... The Beard. As you've probably noticed in the picture above, I ... exponential when we work together. I think that answers all of the pic

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 28, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Becoming a Princess the making of a Halloween costume [+many pictures of ponies]

  

  what I can do. And another thing. Some of my friends decided the outfit ... going to class as a princess. Let me explain. I'm a fan of the TV show ... intended for females. That's actually one of the best definitions I've seen

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  spring! semester! so apparently i'm doing a lot of random shit

  

  credit limit next fall.   I had a bit of a rocky start in the class ... ; and i oop   I took AP Physics I in high school, so I kind of knew ... dance I’m in, it’s a fusion piece that’s being choreographed by a lot of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 3, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 1 Yay, power tools! A look at places to find them around campus.

  

  In response to a request from a current applicant, I'm proud to present to you a virtual tour of some of MIT's machine shops. As you can ... , there is a wide variety of places around campus where you can get your

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Love, organically Mitra and I feel it in our fingers and feel it in our tosylates.

  

  blackboard skills beyond reproach. One of the most popular lecturers in the ... chance to see her again after the end of 5.12: Organic Chemistry. So, in ... I ever saw in my life. You guys are the best students ever, and I will

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 29, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Happenings What's been going on? Recent events at le MIT.

  

  The first speech I ever gave in my life was to the 1000 of you who ... concert. Honestly, freshman year, I wasn't particularly interested in the ... , Cara L. and I woke up at 6:30 am on a Saturday to get in line for 10 am

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 4, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Urinetown I blame my absence on musical theatre.

  

  in March. Shortly after accepting the part of Little Sally, I found out ... . What followed was one of the most mortifying incidents I've had in a ... At the end of January (our Independent Activities Period) I made a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 13, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All About Toys And how they rule my life!

  

  of the toys that I built over the summer, so I can begin telling people ... we are now. ElectroPlushies are in the MIT Museum, I have a bunch of ... it before, here, and I'll probably blog about it again sometime in the

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / Advice

  the best thing i did for myself as a pre-frosh the one where i gush about burton one

  

  and soaking in the Boston sun on one of those early spring days where ... resemble the campus I fell in love with, the one I encountered in this same state as a pre-frosh at Campus Preview Weekend. I was one of those admits

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • April 7, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Food Fights behold the deliciousness that could be yours

  

  greatly enjoy eating, and I also enjoy eating great amounts of food. When I was a sophomore in college I once ate for the Internet. I had missed a ... . At my advanced age my pace of eating has slowed down somewhat (though I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  (Q & A)^(n+1)

  

  material?" I'd say it's best to try to get things in by the beginning of ... that you can always send in any materials you wish regardless of if you ... It's a beautiful day here in northern Virginia, where I'm celebrating

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 31, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  WTHBBQ! Chinese Buffet! Spring 2008 courses, with a really bad analogy, haha. (super long post o___o)

  

  volts - he blogged about it in one of his entries, but I can't find it cuz ... like a blob of equations and manipulations with forces that I can ... , consuming many of them in rapid succession can have very adverse effects (they

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

  Eyes Wide a scandalous, unintentionally-devoid-of-meaning recent history

  

  in full supply. I am sitting in my palatial room in East Campus as I ... open, because that is how you make friends in college. I met with my ... commonly known as the first day of school. I walked into the first lecture of

  • by Jackie M. '20
  • September 8, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Commencement 2017 it's never too early to start reminiscing

  

  MIT folks and wherever else MIT folks. I bet one of you is in space ... startups fail but at MIT that number is more like 50%. I bet another one of ... but you can't reveal it yet. And good luck to those of you starting grad

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 9, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Call For A Good Time a weekend of coffee shop networking

  

  : this weekend reminded me of it. Several weekends ago, I was having ... one of them casually remarked, "Oh, I saw Mitra the other day ... last year of blogging the year I started thinking about applying to MIT

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 2, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  November summary: books, playlist, gratitude

  

  looking forward to it. A few things that happened in November: I spent a ... snippets from the past month. (I've kind of been following my own schedule ... constraints imposed by the rest of my life. Welp.) Sappho At some point in

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 25, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  The ________ Outdoors What do you think goes in the blank?

  

  . Others in our party were less fond of it, and I'm pretty sure thought I was ... wind up staying overnight in a terminal, or sleeping in the trunk of my car trapped on the road in 8 degree weather because there's 4 inches of

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 10, 2010
• Blog / Advice

  Parental advice, revisited… a self-referential throwback, that is somehow, still relevant

  

  variety of summer programs that I can suggest, first I would encourage you to read this blog entry that I wrote a number of years ago sharing some ... , the underlying question is almost always some variation of “How do I

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 12, 2023