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• Blog / People & Identities

  everything i am, anything i’m not (rush, part 3) and finding out that i'm both

  

  referred to as a ‘bid dinner’ because it is the final moment of rush before ... comfortable with not needing to rush. I was happy to not get a bid, to not have to pursue being a brother of a fraternity. I felt so much more

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • July 15, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Arma virumque cano: a guest post by Quynh N. ‘15 Why you should take Old English at MIT

  

  ’s not about finding the right answer to a problem. My only job is to ... about to leave MIT in less than a month. I want to thank Connie for ... and will continue to be for a long time—I’m about to start an MD-PhD in

  • by Connie H. '15
  • May 11, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  4 Years advice from a freshly minted alum

  

  now... In any case, it's easy to get lost in the details of MIT as a ... a reminder to ask bigger questions--Am I making the most of my time ... have a flexible plan A, B, and C It's hard to get anywhere without some

  • by Ana V. '15
  • June 8, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to CPW: Logistics and Planning packing, housing, strategy, and events

  

  matches visitors to hosts definitely works. Now, for us, CPW is a familiar ... a reasonable fraction of the 700+ events to attend? I was definitely ... be helpful to post a Mini-Guide to CPW for your final hours of prep

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2018
• Blog / MISTI

  The POWER of a Mechanical Engineering

  

  Monterrey in Mexico (to name a select few). In fact, a total of 80 Mech ... plant for the western U.S.; this project led to a future publication at ... , eventually leading to a better SG understanding and life expectancy. The host

  • by MISTI Program
  • December 7, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  IAP trip to the natural history museum! turns out nature's history is pretty cool

  

  was a semi-sullen teenager, who was maybe not exactly thrilled to be on a trip to Boston. I had about thirty seconds of, wow, you can't even ... glass by using a lamp to melt it) who made glass eyes, lab equipment, and

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 27, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer Reading What’s in your beach bag?

  

  about you, but I love to be reading a few books at the same time ... to a friend that I wasn’t able to lose any weight. I think he was sick of my whining, because he shot back a link to this book title and said

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 4, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What an “OX” means on a transcript and why I currently have two of them

  

  online to look at your grades you might see the familiar A ... subject, but the O grade can be converted to a grade of OX” and OX ... must provide the student the opportunity to receive a credit

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • January 25, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  So you want to be a student-athlete? Finding the balance

  

  a leader) of a team entails. From aspiring to be voted captain to ... , all relate to a time crunch. This time crunch presents itself in a number of fashions. First, on a day to day basis, athletes have fewer hours

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 29, 2011
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  MIT-Now in Español!

  

  . And we want everyone to gain a deeper understanding of the friendly and ... college application process or to just find out more about MIT and what ... Hola! I’m delighted to introduce the newest page to the MIT

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • July 16, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Grocery Store Run Run, Geza, run!

  

  line for hours for milk, to enjoy a weekend in the beautiful New England ... decent shape, my whole family decided to visit. We had a great time. My ... . Needless to say, this was not a bad position to be in. She forced me to

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Flood, an Ark, a Third Word I Am Missing Sophomore year starts out a little wet, and what is a community, really?

  

  bit. Structured or unstructured, I realized the best way to find a ... MIT really wanted to, we could find a way to cram people into each ... the other bloggers have been blogging a lot, too!). To returning readers

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 21, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Profile On The Web: Can It Hurt You? Responses to questions on Facebook and other internet profiles and how they can affect college…

  

  privacy - sites like Facebook are designed to be a community, a playground, etc for students - not designed to be a spying tool for Big Brother. To ... use what they find there to hurt them. MIT does not look at Facebook

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  miserable and magical oh, to feel moved

  

  that it is not a big deal. but to pull out of the details of the context ... reason enough. it is weird to say that even sadness is a rich feeling.    i am still a proponent of choosing to feel happy. it helps me deal

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 3, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Coming Soon! In which I briefly account for my I-haven't-been-blogging-so-much-recently shenanigans

  

  forward to bringing this post up soon.   Finding a UROP - A ... we can assume is a constant, akin to death and taxes. Naturally, almost ... other events.I'm not one to spoil a surprise, but I'll be covering about

  • by Emad T. '14
  • April 28, 2011
• Blog / Blog Projects

  I Made the MIT Admissions Blog TCG and YOU can get your own cards at CPW!!🃏🎴💳

  

  to guinea pigs I could find: The Admissions Bloggers. I made a new set ... " of this game to complete a rainbow set by trading cards until you have ... Connections would be more valuable to players than cards that simply complete a

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • April 13, 2026
• Blog / Athletics

  7 / Pressure is a privilege Training for my last hurrah, the US Championships

  

  . Last season was intended to be my last. But a last-minute injury in the ... wasn't how I wanted to end my career. I took a long break away from the ... out to a Swiss skater, who I met at an international competition a few

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 15, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  A salty IAP post Taking a moment to be bitter

  

  coolest. thing. ever. A whole month or more to just do whatever you want ... of MIT to set up. I understand that a lot of people get a lot out of ... you decide to use your IAP to just exist, you feel like a stupid, weak

  • by Powers '23
  • January 22, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  “How to CPW 2012”…a Guide for Parents CPW can be overwheming...a parents' guide to making the most of it.

  

  . A great place to find a parent to talk to would be in the Parent ... those same questions just a year or so ago. They are also easy to locate ... the campus itself and the best way to do that is on foot. Even just a

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 15, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Where We’ve Been And Where We’re Going A brief history of the blogs and MyMIT.

  

  the right path. After a year of trying to find that path, I can't tell ... to be more of a magazine/newspaper type of thing, with "official" News ... 's original vision. I'm a big believer in finding something that works and

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 10, 2005