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• Blog / Challenges

  mit: it’s complicated confliCTING FEELINGS

  

  a lot of trial and tribulation to get here. i'm still coming to terms ... the first semester was going to go exactly to plan. i was gonna be a ... ! maybe i'll even be a blogger! and everything is going to go to plan

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 6, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On being a lab rat I flail around trying to explain what I do at work every day.

  

  since the beginning of the summer. I've done a lot of assays to explore ... advisor. On a day-to-day basis, I work independently... after working in the ... ) if one went to MIT for undergrad. My friend Fadam '07, a course 8

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Re-Introduction of Sorts Hi, my name is Bryan.

  

  biomedical engineering, join a fraternity, and try to engineer the human body on a microchip to name a few. So if I were to describe my experience ... years and here I am a senior at MIT. Interesting how that happens

  • by Bryan
  • September 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pressing Pause Taking a moment before the beginning of spring semester

  

  IAP--Independent Activities Period--is soon coming to a close! Spring ... credits to Ayesha B. ‘18 (my fantastic roommate). I do not actually own a ... soft, and just forces you to shut up for a minute. I’ll sometimes just

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 3, 2015
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I Climbed a Mountain Today there's always gonna be another mountain!

  

  ; according to a local, lol). Basically, they're these dual hills on the ... without saying that A- is the best grade to get, since it's the same as ... sleep, eating many yummy things, and completed a 3000 piece puzzle. (sadly

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 28, 2009
• Blog / Residential Life

  meet the simmons elevators! aka me thinking wayyy too much about elevators

  

  hear her whir to life and go straight to you like a personal chauffeur. I ... friendship would be a bit toxic and codependent <3 Needless to say, she’s my ... him to arrive. He breaks down on a regular basis, much like MIT students

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 12, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

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

  

  than intended before coming back to campus, I forget that there’s a world ... is a college campus where events and famous people will often come to ... out to New Hampshire to do this? Wouldn’t it have been a lot warmer and

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 31, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Looking Backwards Sherman, set the WABAC machine to....

  

  into a socialist utopia. But, prior to leaving for home for spring break ... everything I brought with me), I paid a visit to Kim’s office and did some ... : This is what it used to take to get in to MIT-definitely a lot less work

  • by Alina G. '11
  • March 27, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  gratitude happy thanksgiving

  

  I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about gratitude. That’s not to ... summaries at three a.m., since I am much too soft-hearted to watch horror for ... kidney donor; at any awards ceremony where the winner is expected to give a

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 24, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One weekend in New York, two (very different) operas And I didn't pay a cent.

  

  friends for a while (THANK YOU TO XIAOYUE '15 FOR MAKING US ALL BREAKFAST ... felt and continue to feel good about the exam. There was a calculation I ... about. I'm a little rusty on my art history, but I was very excited to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Vol. III Everyone gather 'round the laptop 'cause it's movie time!

  

  've been going on to Facebook, enjoying plenty of potty humor and having ... entries to come involving my research and other jobs, but until then here's a video. Boom. Sorry in advance for the singing. If any of the other

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • July 2, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Physics in the MIT No bacon apple pies here.

  

  Today I neglected to bring a jacket to class. As the afternoon waned ... symptoms of tuberculosis. On the flip side of the burger (to coin a stupid ... started running out of work to do after one semester, so I adopted a second

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 1, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Guest Blog: From the Life and Times of Cam

  

  Tonight's blog entry is brought to you by Cam, a resident of CAMbridge, the owner of a CAMera, and an early action acceptee to the MIT ... , to which I responded with some hesitation (to be exact, a few months of

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 6, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  24 Hours From sleeping in a homeless shelter to waltzing in La Sala

  

  Harvard, we scurried out the sliding doors in a frenzy. We made it to the ... doing a few dishes we went to sleep in the staff room: a room just wide ... ," she said. Startled, I tried to picture her in a doctor's office

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 24, 2013
• FAQ / Transfer

  Am I eligible to apply for transfer admission?

  MIT welcomes a small group of exceptional transfer students every year. Successful transfer students come to MIT from many backgrounds ... non-traditional pathways.  Unfortunately, we are very limited to how
• Blog / Announcements

  welcoming our new bloggers! baby bloggers? baby bloggers!!

  

  scream-sing happy birthday to a dog, lost (and found!) her phone after ... a true connection to "Take Me Home, Country Roads" Kayode D. ’27 of ... applied to be a blogger: thank you. Writing about yourself is never easy

  • by Phi A. '21
  • September 7, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  #funhogging the best thing I did over IAP. also: INFINITE ICE CLIMBING GIF

  

  funhogging: to take more than one's fair share of fun When I was a ... your browser to be the first to sign up for a trip (2) your facebook ... experience becomes." - Steve House Just to give you a taste of what Winter

  • by Michael C. '16
  • February 3, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Latest Innovation at MIT Guest Blog: Social engineering with the Black Student Union's Co-Chair, Rasheed A. '17

  

  approaching the issues no one has dared to approach before.  We can take a hard ... January I wrote a post, “Colors”, detailing the MIT community’s response to ... ”. Chris Welch even offered to take a professional photo outside Killian

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 9, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Solar Eclipses and Bloggers bloggers around the country all watching the eclipse

  

  Earth. To someone standing on Earth, the Moon would cover the Sun. In a ... set up and eclipse glasses to pass around. There was a huge crowd even ... America won't be until April 8, 2024. I hope that as a species we begin to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 22, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Only Answer I Have "Just a couple of sentences."

  

  admitted. I've responded to each email with a slightly different version of ... reducing themselves (and other applicants) to a bunch of numbers and a few ... I think you guys set a record for ben.mitblogs.com - 353 comments in

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 23, 2006