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• Blog / Life after MIT

  Leaving a Mark Painting a mural and turning my rat

  

  'd always said I wanted to paint a mural on Tetazoo, and I'd had my eye on ... ’s orientation meant (and still means) a lot to me. So, two months ago, sitting on ... than just a knitting mural on a wall. I’d like to think MIT’s mark on me

  • by Kate R. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Letters from the 2023 decisions threads

  

  from the other side of the veil: I applied EA to MIT a few years ago, got ... months allowed me to discard a single vision of my future and evaluate what ... though you were waiting to see whether MIT would give you a chance. It felt

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 25, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  i’ve joined a sorority and what that means to me

  

  the decisions people have to make and weigh when joining a sorority.) Now that that's all said, I think it's also a good time to announce a ... all the ways I've hyped up Random, only to leave it. I got a message

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 21, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Ended Up Working for a Reality TV Show

  

  this summer, I had to find really creative ways - and places - to write ... . It was a journey, but it taught me to be very resourceful. My next goal is to type one up entirely from a Mac at an Apple store.  

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 5, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Study Break To sleep or not to sleep?

  

  ) that although sometimes hard to find, there always is a critical point ... So I'm trying to figure out a matrix issue while studying 18.03 and ... (fortunately?) before I got a chance to comprehend the next problem I saw the

  • by Snively '11
  • May 21, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The middle days of the week

  

  never seen a braille printing press before. I seem to have been unable to ... location forever. You don't really have to be a goth to go to goth night, you ... add my trench coat to that getup. I had a lot of fun. Frequently, when

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Applying Regular Action – Q&A

  

  shape and make a good faith effort to inform us of your circumstances, we ... both Parts One and Two, there is a link that will allow you to preview ... probably important to get some information out there for people regarding the

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • December 20, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Milk, Cookies and Dangerous Secrets Somewhere at the cloying helm of exponential senselessness (weird post incoming)

  

  presence of an unimpressed hunger. It’s a hunger he plans to fix soon, the moment he gets to his destination. He makes a turn to the left, his back to a five-story structure on which three Greek letters are barely

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 29, 2013
• Blog / Advice

  SHE CAMPUS ON MY PREVIEW TIL I WEEKEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my freshman cpw post turned east campus love letter

  

  it was hard not to forget that I had psets for a couple of days. Here ... CPW events to give incoming students a taste of their unique brand of ... . Those who fell below a certain threshold would have to eat a sardine (a

  • by Angie F. '28
  • May 6, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  Surprisingly enjoyable experiences exactly what it sounds like

  

  excited to find out about the Assassin’s Guild, a live action role ... . I mean, you put on a hard hat and wear glasses. To use a power saw ... wood you need. To use a drill, you grab a screw, align it, press a button

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 15, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  When Friends Become Family How MIT has become my home (with some beautiful pics to accompany)

  

  is alright, but being able to find a connection with the guys that will ... never a large number due to the fact that I moved quite often so, I never ... the exact same when I came to MIT. I would have a good amount of friends

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 12, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  the luxury of bad art nothing but the truth

  

  Recently, I’ve been trying to record music. I have a mic setup thanks ... time approaching music as a creative outlet, and to be honest, I’m not ... I don’t have the voice to ever become better than a mediocre singer

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 11, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Life, or Why I’m Afraid Of It 1) Isn't everyone?

  

  when I need to get a solid amount of work done, even though it usually turns into a marathon Futurama-watching session. I'm using my IAP time to ... applied to Teach for America in October, and I received the book as a gift

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 18, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  coronavirus, one year later recounting the craziest ten days of my life

  

  had already signed for next year, so need to find a time to do that ... grieving their senior year to stress-finding a new place to live in a week to ... , as a way to remember all of the things that had happened. Brain dumping

  • by Phi A. '21
  • March 6, 2021
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: When in South Africa guest post by a fellow '21

  

  to until they find a way to redistribute the wealth, land and ... and thought to myself how I, a Texan, was going to survive another ... the legislature that was being put in place to mend a post apartheid

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 31, 2018
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Worms, Revisited a reflection on decisions from here

  

  . I applied to be a blogger for MITAdmissions two times before I was ... I really wanted it to pay off. I put a piece of myself into that ... . And a part of me wanted to stop writing entirely for a month. I thought

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 18, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Meeting Michel Gondry Six MIT students and one Academy-award winning director have dinner in New York, and none…

  

  got picked to be a FAP (Freshman Arts Program) counselor, which is an ... the camera to "night vision" for a evening shot, with the characters ... ! We were told that we would have two and a half hours to make the movie

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 30, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  ambition finding direction

  

  those books you've been meaning to. When you ask what message a city ... then you should move to a city whose message aligns with that ambition ... now i mostly just want to learn a lot and work on meaningful technical

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 10, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Academic Love Poetry The amount of poetry I write is inversely proportional to the amount of sleep I…

  

  need to give you some context: a ridiculously eventful Thursday. A BRIEF ... due to the sleep deprivation. Not only did I have a powerful urge to write some poetry, but I had a powerful urge to write a blog post and not

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Remembrance Another year of old people remembering things

  

  late for my work-study bookbinding job, but managed to get there a little ... feel sick, and a need to be normal somehow. I pulled out my supplies and ... walked to his office flashed through my brain. "My dad is there." A third

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • September 11, 2013