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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what makes fear worth it musical theater and anxiety

  

  , to me, existed as a series of songs someone had compiled in a You ... , requires a commitment to fantasy. Yes, in this world everyone else knows the ... Despite being a brief and shallow fan of Hamilton in middle school, I

  • by Kai V. '25
  • February 27, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  this is fine some thoughts at the end of the semester

  

  it. All I want to do is lie in the sun and read a book, but... finals ... , for having had time to form friendships and find communities in person ... coherent thoughts, yet. But in this moment, I feel a lot of resentment for

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • May 17, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Attack of the Acronyms and the space between the letters

  

  door of the COOP to find— It didn’t budge. There was a man standing ten ... FPOP friend to paint a comet mural in New House, and even tagging along ... , to participate in the Discover Aerospace FPOP! In my overly simplified

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 3, 2023
• Blog / People & Identities

  Quarantine and Social Life trying to maintain some connection

  

  struggled to find a way to categorize them, so the calls are categorized ... face-to-face interactions in the hallways and classrooms. Obviously, this ... socializing a task I had to complete every day. I recognize that phrasing it

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 26, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SEEING WAITRESS TWICE (sorry in advance for the obnoxious amount of CAPS)

  

  (like to get into a school or to get that job offer or, in our case, to ... , respectively) did. In one of the riffs, Betsy Wolfe goes up to a C, which ... ," but Earl managed to find the money. She begins singing this song in her

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 9, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Deadline Q & A Have a question about your MIT application? Read on...

  

  yet. They do not need to be in by midnight. We are processing thousands ... validation errors with their essays, taking more than a couple of minutes to ... of materials in our processing center, and expect to have that backlog

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 22, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  the senior mindset gnothi seauton

  

  this post a lot trying to break it down. In the end, I decided it came ... 's kinda a chonky set of claims, huh? I want to be very clear that this is in ... ="Sort of. I'm probably sticking around a little longer to get a master

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 20, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  I’m Graduating Early??? [NOT CLICKBAIT] also: the unification of course 7

  

  you're in wants you to pay a whole month's rent when you only need it ... to cross out 7A in the primary major spot. If you're interested, you ... MIT is going through changes right now in addition to the new phase

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 1, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT, Medicine, and Success from Any School thirteen years in a thousand words

  

  left or right in response to different noises and then dissected their ... school application cycle in the Fall of 2011. I applied to 27 schools but ... GPA even in Course 9, after turning down the opportunity to "earn

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • January 22, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Conspiracy and intrigue

  

  , was secretly in a plot to kill me and take over the ship! (Or at least ... Before we get to the subject of this entry, we have a question! Xin ... contributor's copy of How to Get Around MIT (frosh should use it, it's a good

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  conversations with friends so many different ways to feel lost

  

  'm going back to i'm just here in nyc for a bit _____ m: since i’ve gotten ... so directionless like i’m in the middle of a field and there used to ... of that m: idk it’s easy to make a story like that, but in practice

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 21, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  we are twins … but ARE OUR AGENDAS?!? (not clickbait)

  

  stress in the form of a sticky note! I had to put it over an already ... like using physical agendas more. For one, it’s fun to buy a new one each ... plastic pocket to put in any design you want. So, I printed out one of my

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 23, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We even learn stuff here! There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium,And hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium...

  

  with a focus on (what else?) genetics. What I really want to talk about ... ? (By the way, here's a general rule to pronouncing MIT numbers: the ... listening to songs composed by Alexander Borodin. Borodin was a chemist by day

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  *john mulaney voice* Cause we’re delta airlines, and life is— My delta flight this IAP, a couple of weeks late oops

  

  I'd have to find another flight in Detroit i suppose Ruth yeah let me ... number in my head. I took off in a sprint to the opposite site of the ... ID and started sprinting away in the direction of Gate A68. I got to

  • by ana~
  • January 18, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW at Random Hall! Plus lots of awesome advice from MIT students!

  

  only covered a pinprick of what was in store for us. And to everyone who ... , and defend the house from the portal to Hell in the basement. All in a ... Build a Dominion in Puerto Rico comprised of Seven Wonders, then Race to

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  My Application Story Modified (but mostly plagiarized) from my personal blog. Enjoy the copy pasta.

  

  to build my list in August of my senior year. We had done the campus ... weird. I liked it a lot because it stood out in its rejection of the ... in, so I decided to apply early action. My dad went to MIT for

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 17, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What Is This, a Crossover Episode? Jacob Collier and Yo-Yo Ma come to MIT

  

  Rainforest over spring break. We got to perform in a bright pink opera house in ... person who led the effort for him to come to MIT! The residency ended in a ... excited to hear this. Two years ago, Fred had also promised a “special

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 23, 2025
• Blog / How to Food

  [guest post] crumbly fruit and the importance of keeping at it by Caleb M. '27

  

  feels like there's a lesson to be found in everything, under every rock ... Science and Engineering, as well as a minor or concentration in Linguistics ... , and is a crazy thrifter (he actually has the craziest finds i've ever

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 13, 2024
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Culture Clash Spain doesn't do sarcasm, and my soul is slowly dying. But then I took some…

  

  talking to is me"). I might be turning into a linguistics nut, but I find ... the gallon. In fact, it's hard to buy it in anything smaller than a ... . Seriously, a couple of weeks ago as we sat in a bar and watched Spain beat

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 9, 2008
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  tunes of interphase! or, how to leave home and look cool doing it

  

  've been stuck in a lift We've been trying to reach you, Thom This is the ... to me in a situation like this-- whether I knew the lyrics or not, my ... , rising in intensity with the song’s melody before they both fell to a lull

  • by Angie F. '28
  • September 17, 2024