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• Blog / Blog Projects

  What’s in an MIT Student’s Bag A sneak peek into what we carry

  

  in ways that are nonverbal, which largely has to deal with the things we wear and the things we use. In high school, I used to joke about how ... as us, and I want to represent them, even if only in small ways. (Note

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 27, 2022
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread talk amongst yourselves

  

  here, but I want to thank you all for using this as a positive space with ... Decisions come out in 36 hours, and I know a lot of you may be feeling stressed out right now. You can use the comments below to blow off

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 13, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  These are the drones you’re looking for Aerospace engineers: what do they do in their free time?

  

  use a commercially available toy to make a flying version of the speeder ... Hi, I’m Mollie! I used to go here. I was one of the OG bloggers ... went to another school in Cambridge and got my Ph.D. in Cell and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 12, 2016
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A recipe for disaster Behind the scenes of the "giant pie" video

  

  . Then we noticed a problem. We had made it in 2 parts to be bolted ... coated in a layer of butter which took fucking forever to clean. I had to ... , where we made a giant oven and cooked a giant pie in it. Kristen and I

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • March 11, 2019
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I access the MIT QuestBridge Supplement?

  about how to access our MIT QuestBridge Supplement. If you are a QuestBridge Finalist that did not rank MIT, you can still use our supplement along with your QuestBridge application to apply for our Regular Action cycle, but
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Snow On working in a winter wonderland.

  

  find yourself here next winter, and in need of some ways to stay warm or ... winter. You have to know how to dress for the cold. A few simple rules ... before it spun off to the sea. A cold, dry air mass from Canada blanketed

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 21, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  One thing every woman’s missed in Massachusetts Bay Sam and Shana have gone to look for America, starting in Philadelphia.

  

  opportunity to spend a day or two in foul, fetid, fuming, foggy, filthy ... noted that it was refreshing to eat a meal in which all noodles had ... War Soldier for an hour watching a small Asian boy try in vain to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In Case You Were Wondering… Here's what I do when I don't do anything

  

  days), I'm back in my room with absolutely nothing to do. I use the term ... tiny window (this one) and one larger window facing east, which let in a ... a short sprint away. Twenty minutes before 8 AM, I wake up to the

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 1, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT IS … reflections of a bright sunday afternoon

  

  , day to day, I find myself in a constant cycle of never-ending work. But ... filled with SO MUCH LIFE. I’ve turned in a total of 15 problem sets. I ... brushless motor. I’ve finally learned how to properly breathe in Yoga. I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • October 22, 2017
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  My First Few Weeks at MIT … one year ago

  

  class wouldn’t change one bit. From learning how to use the machines in ... working with my team to take our design from a sketch in a notebook to a ... Every freshman’s first few weeks at MIT tend to follow a predictable

  • by Hala K. '29
  • September 22, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorms The closest I'll get to an entry about the different dorms

  

  bit in that regard. Allow me to introduce, Beaver Scope! According to ... propitious time for that old data to be put to use. I present Beaver Scope ... . Theoretically, this could be used to generalize the types of people who live there

  • by Snively '11
  • June 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guide to MIT: Academics requirements, resources, and miscellaneous info

  

  , Arts, and Social Sciences, and 3-4 subjects in one department to attain a ... ), which is open to everyone. If you're taking a class in Course 6 ... Resources." This post expands on CLAAASS to discuss MIT Academics in general

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 6, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Rethinking the Paris Metro I'm taking an awesome grad class that includes spring break in Paris. (Yeah, they're paying.)

  

  for newly automated tasks, how can they be put to use in new and ... metropolitan transit authority of Paris. It's a graduate design workshop in the ... turn it into a for-credit UROP as well. RATP has asked us to consider

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 25, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Openness This one's serious, no silly link. Read it.

  

  useful, but every entry has a flavor of MIT to it and, when looked at as a ... learn a little bit more about life at MIT. MIT's blogs have started to ... . The goal is to try to show a bit of everything. To be fair, 12 students

  • by Snively '11
  • October 26, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Essay-M A representative collection of an MIT student's best writing samples.

  

  "Behind the Couch" would be a great place to start--it could just use some ... You know, a while ago, Mitra did an entry on how to write a winning ... applying to MIT this year. In this vein, I thought I'd post some of my old

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 27, 2005
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Self-Discovery Within An Internship guest post by Grace C. '21

  

  packet to a TA and I waltz out of the Z-Center, the sun bathing me in its warmth. "I finished the GIRS, am in a super romantic relationship with ... with a “brilliant” idea. I was going to use those 6.0001 skills to the

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 27, 2018
• Blog / Events

  2015 Brass Rat finally unveiled!!!

  

  pendulum for brave prefrosh to take a ride in. You can see the double ... calls it the Brass Rat). Basically, every class gets to choose a committee to design the class' ring. For such a small piece of jewelry, it has so

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 24, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  what’s the word for

  

  anything about a song, especially after listening to it multiple times in a ... span of moments in which you’re not quite ready to accept the fact that ... of the same page, or opening messenger every two and a half minutes in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 5, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Antics! The title is pretty self-explanatory, isn't it?

  

  close friends on Conner 4, so I used to hang out with them on weekends a ... -packed to make up for it! This will be easy to do, since I had a pretty jam ... decided to go skiing. It had snowed earlier in the week, but most of the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  six MIT students walk into a german bar iap '26 #2

  

  ="123921" /] So I didn't spend a lot of time in my room if I didn't have to! Most ... pushy group just managed to find a group of Germans that were easy enough ... students can take part in a variety of opportunities or take a much

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • March 16, 2026