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• Blog / MIT Life

  Painting and a trip into Boston

  

  Yesterday evening I came back from work to discover my friend Kim, a 5th East alum, primering the room into which I'm supposed to be moving ... badly, the more I found excuses not to paint, because I just didn't want

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  XREG

  

  applications as well as giving a presentation on MIT & admissions to a group ... to do a presentation today; I haven't given a presentation since ... tonight for one question (more soon!) before heading off to my friend Satwik

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  BoA & Restricting

  

  evenings. BoA's "My Name" is down to #10 this week. The #8 video, "Windy" by ... them, DrinkableYogurt). I need to give a shout out to two of my ... to a 500-word limit." Kevin says in his blog that 650 words is okay

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Two households, totally unalike in dignity…” On picking majors and following your dreams, Romeo and Juliet, Twitter, Sherlock, and the future…

  

  Chelsea R. ‘15 to talk about one of her favorite classes, Writing for Social ... to be able to share some of her insights with you. I also hope her ... on more college admissions decisions (and/or maybe happen to like

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 21, 2014
• Blog / Uncategorized

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Sophomore Fall this time, with more zoom u!

  

  ! This semester I'm taking 6 classes, but I like to tell people it's 5 ... to get 100s on the psets and above 80s on the remaining midterms, which ... .011) are classes offered to students who failed or especially struggled with

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 5, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  My Blogger App, five years later i've finally dyed my hair blue

  

  note="i like to think of myself as a Real Adult"]Real Real Adults ... year to year, though the format has changed slightly since my day. Two ... managed to get my hands on it once again. And, because my favorite thing to

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • July 16, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  on happiness and well-being Coursera attempts to cure our depression

  

  since it seemed low-commitment and beneficial, so I decided to join. I used Coursera a lot in high school to take various Data Science ... "rewirements," or wellness activities designed to help you build more healthy

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 11, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Books I did read this semester I am literate if not literary

  

  Previous me wrote in a blogpost that I "did not want to write about ... but even more so now. Sometimes we have to dip into other worlds to make our way through this one. I used to be that kid who read during lunch

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 21, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 3

  

  action would be if you don't meet the criteria to apply as a freshman -- e ... making a decision. random person, "Hrm, not sure if this is the place to ... . AES wrote, "At my school, around 12 females were admitted to MIT and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  [LIVEBLOG 🔴] Making My ENTIRE Comic Portfolio BEFORE THURSDAY AND ALSO EVERY OTHER PROJECT IS ALSO DUE THIS WEEK AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...

  

  comics. I wanted to make a blog where I talked about the class and the ... doing Thermodynamics homework that I have to do for my major, or drawing ... choosing thermo on most days. So to no one's surprise, I find myself with a

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • May 4, 2026
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Boston, through the lens of my children Visiting Boston at 37 years of age was ...

  

  . For those counting at home, that means I was admitted to MIT nearly 20 ... I was when I was admitted to MIT. Ok, we're going to stop this now ... , I cannot believe I chose to backstitch numbers that are only 1 stitch

  • by Snively '11
  • October 19, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  my MIT admissions essays a retrospective

  

  I applied to MIT three years ago (shudders). I was originally ... find it difficult to put myself in that person's shoes, especially since ... . (We'll circle back to this thread eventually...) Anyhow, here are (most

  • by Victor D. '27
  • October 14, 2025
• Blog / Community Projects

  CPW: ASA Midway, B1 B1athalon, and Cutting Crafts with Contour not to mention meet the bloggers

  

  CPW was so much fun! I meant to get this blog up and running ... with! Here's how they went. Contour My team and I held several events to ... out how much of our name to capitalize. We’re digging into market

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 25, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  browser archaeology a non-comprehensive analysis of the 95 tabs I have open on my phone

  

  a few tabs I keep around permanently because I am likely to refer back to them often. Most things, however, are ephemeral, because I can ... hours of inactivity,[/annotation]which tends to keep things pretty clean

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 27, 2023
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  Choosing a Major there are so many

  

  , some have less, but you do kinda have to map out a courseroad if you ... majors here, and it’s hard to choose. # “What course are you?” a tour guide ... anyone who goes to MIT,” a bearded farmer told me when I worked on a farm

  • by Amber V. '24
  • June 20, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  four weeks in the life a google calendar time capsule

  

  something fun to do — go through (approximately) the same week every year that ... commentary about the things that I am (or was) up to. Without further ado ... : we have a weekly meeting on Sundays to help plan our competitions! With

  • by Phi A. '21
  • February 4, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  The Fringe that Stole Christmas hair @ MIT, and several hair-raising puns

  

  stories from anyone willing to share them. Cheers to everyone who collaborated to make this post a reality- hair’s to you! (ha, ha) [intro ... , often compared to a baby duck. Here I am on my first day of school some

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 25, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Unity

  

  simplicity of daily routine, implicit enough to be anything but noteworthy. Grades seven to twelve of my education in Nigeria were spent in a boarding ... . Early morning wakeups led to grumbling sounds and shuffling feet; a

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 30, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Some virtuosos play $4 million violins, and some Trojan heros wear brass rats $4 million violins, not 4 million violins. Joshua Bell isn't *that* intense.

  

  the great fortune to be an MIT Arts Scholar I attended four EXCELLENT ... I cry. When my kids perform in the 2030s/40s they're going to hear ... walked to Killian Hall and was totally astonished when the ticket collector

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 22, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Alpha Delta Phi To Be The Best of Men

  

  -lost enough to tread memory lane, at least two events stand out in my mind ... -generation... If both your parents went to MIT... If you intend to major in the ... to political identities, from cultural backgrounds to academic

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 20, 2013