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• Blog / How to Human

  3 Lessons Learned While Hiking and what they'll teach me here

  

  miserable at times. The journey was hard, and very long. But I recommend it to ... every day. It rained, well, probably just as often as in other parts of ... money do not equal happiness So long as you have a certain amount of each

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • July 26, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  How to build a Tamagotchi and the power of curiosity

  

  figure out what its function was and how it matched to the Nano. I made ... how I wanted it to. I had all of these parts already, but usually there ... fetus version of a full-fledged Tamagotchi—it was capable of walking

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • May 25, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Dreams How MIT has helped me keep a life long promise

  

  . As time goes on, it is no longer just a question of what you want to be, but also how much money will such a career much, does this career require formal education, if so how many years, do you need an MD, do you

  • by Ben O. '19
  • August 22, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  am i boring or just overstimulated?

  

  Gatsby. It turns 100 next week. I think it's interesting how much we deify ... analysis, the thing we take away from The Great Gatsby is how fun it looks ... prepared me for, but a social one. Why does the "endless" amount of resources

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 5, 2025
• Blog / Announcements

  Our 2019-20 Application Essay Questions

  

  sounds like you; if it doesnt, rewrite it until it does (because if your ... simply for the pleasure of it. (100 words or fewer) Although you may not ... , your family, clubs, school, community, city, or town. How has that world

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 16, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2018-19 Application Essay Questions

  

  doesnt, rewrite it until it does (because if your friends can't see you in ... . Tell us about something you do simply for the pleasure of it. (100 words ... , community, city, or town. How has that world shaped your dreams and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Preparing for the real world An alum's perspective!

  

  said that she wanted to write up a little entry about how GEL prepared ... ' take on this program because it's one of those "you get what you give ... ! ================================================= It could have been any number of early mornings my freshman year at MIT

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 18, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  This One is for the Families… ...but applicants can read it as well...

  

  My grandfather used to tell a "story" about how when kids came home ... been gone a long time but I was reminded of this story when I went out on fall travel this year. I long ago realized that both my parents are very

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 12, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do Alums do? Are you exceptionally forward minded? Already thinking about what you'll be doing as an alumni?…

  

  . For those too lazy to google it, LiveScribe is a pen that does something ... 're an MIT student! How was the conference? It was AWESOME! Snively and I ... a discussion about how it probably works, but you should go check it

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2009
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Walking the Kerry Way journal of my fourth day in Ireland

  

  long-haired and mangy, and I wondered if it was aggressive. But it was ... my jacket not long after, for it began to rain. And rain. And rain. But ... It’s cold down here, and dark, so I’ll keep this one brief. I'm in

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  excerpts

  

  do feel rust because of how long it's been, it's been so fun to think ... much more. But I'm very excited to see how it goes c: I really, really ... many new experiences, and memories I will keep for a very long time. Here

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • December 27, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Haiti: Day 1 This week, I'm in Haiti.

  

  I expected - I guess I didn't really think about how bad it would be ... . People everywhere. Concrete rubble and garbage flow in waves down long streets; turn the corner and what was once a house lies in shambles. It

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 25, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Mist in the streets of Boston monday wanderings

  

  against the cold. Two of the group had work or meetings so it was just three ... ="the two weren’t mutually exclusive but it appeared that more people over 25 ... . Eventually we found a Green Line stop, waited about as long as one would expect

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 20, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Teaching at MIT we live and we learn and we teach

  

  reflecting on how I've spent my time outside of class. Of the various activities I have tried here at MIT, teaching has stood out because of how it ... how I was compensated. I've put all the details below! [1] CodeIt

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • May 16, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  sk8 jebby on a skateboard

  

  skateboarding) can turn into a riding spot. It doesn't matter how pretty or fancy a place is; as long as it's relatively smooth ground, it works. The ... Future Part II. I was in seventh grade. It was a week before Halloween, and

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 29, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  We met an alumnus from the Class of 1952 and fixed a window, and went bouldering.

  

  windows, and one of the windows was flapping around on its hinge. The woman ... unsuccessfully to fasten it shut. The climbing wall is run by volunteer staff, who ... the authority to open up the wall whenever he likes. It also means that

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 16, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Holidays with the Huangs a nondenominational celebration of capitalism and duck

  

  't tell you how luxurious it is to wonder what I should be doing right now ... another piece of paper as long as the circumference of the circle you just ... together by wrapping the long piece around the circle, securing the edges

  • by Connie H. '15
  • December 26, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  (another) postcard from GTL spain and an unexpected crossover with the Edgerton Center

  

  ’s anything I’ve learned from being here this long, it’s that when the weather ... celebrate together. “Que causalidad— or how do you say it in English?” “What a ... waitlist and did not make it beyond the first class, so I do not remember his

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • February 1, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an album a day the only new year's resolution i've ever completed

  

  songs, it's interesting to see how similar the two are. I was expecting a ... sanity, I'll save it for another year. I'll be satisfied as long as I spend ... prospect of consuming 365 new albums in a year. what if I found it tedious

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 2, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  lifting heavy objects and the grungy basement gym

  

  for how much I lifted or how long I rested. When bench presses or ... . Navigate how much pain you can take. Decide how much is ‘worth it,’ whatever ... basement gym, but I kinda like it. The paint is peeling off the walls. Thick

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 30, 2021