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• Blog / Admissions

  What My College Essays Were [Not] Unsolicited advice about writing.

  

  important. In the vein of what I said about not writing an unconventional ... , especially in personal essays. But then again, part of my personality is that I ... mean, these tips certainly make a lot of sense in hindsight, but they

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT students launch Camp Kesem Camp Kesem is a five-day overnight summer camp for children whose parents have had cancer.

  

  University in 2000 as a project of Hillel at Stanford; since then, it has ... . The program is open to all children ages 6-13 in the Boston area. I will be one of many counselors who will supervise campers in August. “Kids

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 1, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  A Year at MIT, by the Numbers quantifying my MIT experience

  

  "]REX[/annotation] events in my Google Calendar. I actually went to 4 of these; the rest were ... had to leave MIT. I spent around 190 days at MIT. 185 of those days were as a member of my living community, the Burton Third Bombers. I had

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 6, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Honse. Nnnyeeeeeeiiiiiigghhhghhhghhhhhh!!!!! 🐎

  

  fluffy manes/tails. But because I am so cool and talented, I can easily ... says she has never seen glass ponies like this before, which I can only ... out and start selling glass ponies in the streets of Venice. [image

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 26, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s Fight against Gender Discrimination in STEM an excerpt from a fall class paper

  

  final research paper. The amount of work took some getting used to, but I can definitely say that I learned a lot and improved in both reading ... conditions of women at MIT. I have personally witnessed a shortage of women in

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 6, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I GOT TWENTY DOLLARS IN MY POCKET (because I got a press pass to SpringFest 2013, of course. photos inside!)

  

  Fest sold more tickets than any in recent memory.  And by "recent memory," I mean the memories of the seniors I was talking to.  Since I'm a freshman ... !  Probably to the chagrin of the cops in charge of security.  But they didn

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 27, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sabar drums, Rwanda, and the C.I.A Can you guess what all this stuff has in common?

  

  here. Unfortunately I can only mention in passing that the president of ... I know what you're thinking, "Whoa, two posts in two days? How can I ... songs in the traditional language of Senegal, such as [translated] "I went

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Trumpeting for Assassins I get to watch each presidential assassination. Live. Over and over again.

  

  , push it all the way in, or pull it most of the way out. *I made that up ... over a couple of times. In my frenzy, I smacked the mouthpiece into my ... that "you better be in the band, dear", and I found that I really don

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 26, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  My How Times Change… ...and yet, they are much the same.

  

  In June I'll be celebrating, along with my MIT classmates, a pretty major reunion and I've been spending much of the time recently, when I ... three schools and in fact when I originally told my guidance counselor I

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / Events

  HT@MIT: Department Lectures and Final Presentations MIT's Best Kept Secret

  

  undergrads that you can't find in most classes. The first opportunity is an ... in. A lot of the research that is being done is years from becoming practical and even longer from being taught in classes. I see it as a glimpse

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • December 28, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Science! at the BAH!Fest The science is a lie. The exclamation points are not.

  

  village to village in order to increase the diversity of its gene pool. I ... one of many things. I’m thinking maybe an alligator with rollerblades ... for the inevitable punch line. In which case I’d happily comply and say

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 8, 2013
• Blog / Announcements

  A New Year, A New President Introducing Dr. Sally Kornbluth, the 18th President of MIT

  

  'll see if I can post a video later if it becomes available."]In a Q ... , now you know why."]in the auditorium of the new Welcome Center ... press passes to attend the announcement, on account of the blogs.']In her

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  [Guest Post] Down the River Sharon L. '21 talks Harvard and life paths

  

  -enrolling in a class, I did have the chance to take a class (D-Lab: Development ... family-owned businesses and trendy food destinations in general. I mean ... honestly in any season.   On top of all that, here are a few more

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 8, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Trip to India ...to the slum children who smiled at me even though it seems that they have…

  

  Anne Liu and I spent January 7th through January 17th in India on a ... took care of me when I got sick. I’m not going to try to do ... trip in Hyderabad, one of India’s renowned IT hubs, and the latter

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2025 i3 videos megapost

  

  traditions of their residence halls. In the '90s and early '00s, these I3 ... (alongside tours!) I’ve embedded all the 2025 i3 videos below in case you ... As a part of MIT’s unconventional housing process, rising first

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 2, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A Part II Why the Media Lab is cool. Bonus: A great "You Know You Go to MIT…

  

  for something I don't understand or do you mean "Techer" as in ... School, and a lot of my friends and I would semi-jokingly refer to us as ... "technology" in the more general sense. "Life of a Tecker" was the title of my

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Choosing a Major I hope this is helpful to you at some point

  

  8-B. I can't believe you do all of this?!?! How do sleep? Do you ... time, I can't even stress that enough), you can develop interests in ... . Sorry there aren't any pictures in this one... I took pictures of junior

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2021 i3 videos megapost your annual Interactive Introduction to the Institute

  

  and culture of their residence halls. In the ’90s and early ’00s, these ... (alongside tours!). I've embedded all the 2021 i3 videos below in case you ... As a part of MIT’s unconventional housing assignment process, rising

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 30, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’ve Done (this summer) or Why I Haven't Blogged in a Month

  

  the Bedford VA, a national leader in supporting the higher education of ... . For now, I’m struggling to coordinate communications between people in ... prepare for—I’ve talked to alums who have been in the bubble for 30 years

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 4, 2017
• Blog / People & Identities

  Never Have I Ever…reflected on my identity "too indian" or "not indian enough"?

  

  character development. What I wanted to see more of in this show was Devi ... hate that I can't understand Malayalam, or feel comfortable in any ... they deserve. I was, of course, hyped to watch it since I've never seen a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 4, 2020