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• Blog / IAP

  Seen and Not Seen I wonder, twice, if I might have made a similar mistake.

  

  least, but it just goes to show you how much there is to do during IAP ... How To Love Him" is remarkably similar to that of the second movement of ... remarked that it was amazing that two composers could come up with the exact

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Four days of fun! I did so much last long weekend and very little of it was productive.

  

  -masted frigate that played an important role in the war of 1812. It was built in ... military vessel stationed in Boston Harbor (although its runs at this point ... this battle christened it after the wrong hill. Climbing the Bunker Hill

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 17, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Remaking MITadmissions.org we are psychic vampires, please give us your ideas

  

  this site to be, how we want it to work, and what our overall mission and ... how important this community would come to be for me (like it already ... completely redesign our website (as well as the website for SFS). It will be a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 9, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  hello deferred applicants, i, again, don’t know what to say, but i can try

  

  nature of writing in the admissions blogs. it's been two years, so the feelings feel more distant day-by-day, but i faintly remember how painful it ... it feels hypocritical of me to write words to you, because even if i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 20, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  present tense “you've got to let go of the fear”

  

  . "you're in the water and your body tenses up. why? it's because of the fear. it's natural, it's instinctive, it's thinking that tensing up the muscles will help you float. but it doesn't. you've got to let go of the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 23, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Closer Calls and rising unease

  

  ’s capital. I frequent it often for my electronic needs—to replace printer ink ... recently, to get a small phone to use while in Nigeria. It always pulses with its own life. There’s always a crawl of congested traffic at its

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 28, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Photophobic

  

  otherwise utter blackness surrounding me. I recognized it from somewhere, and my mind reeled to remember the name for it. Then all of a sudden I remembered: "Moon milk!" You see, it was my first time caving (what? What did

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 28, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW is for Parents Too… ...enjoy your visit!

  

  the campus before. I quickly realized it was all I had hoped for and ... why I loved it so much here. CPW has been designed with the students in ... more. Come learn about all aspects of UROP at MIT, including how to

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Mid-May Update Q&A: Athena tips and hints

  

  It's a pretty slow week. Classes ended yesterday, I'll be studying ... accounts. Any obscure questions about how to use certain things? Here are ... solutions out there. You can get instructions on how to set one up at http

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  what i ate in a week* living the influencer life (clickbait included)

  

  ="confused? sorry to say that it doesn't really get better from here"]SO NOW YOU GUYS ... "]rpm[/annotation] dinner. the timing of it was lowkey early for me (4:30, considering that ... to say it might have been the best food that i’ve had in a while. we

  • by Janet G. '27
  • November 9, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  The World Has Many Trees climb all of them!!

  

  't scary. But, as we grow older, we learn how good it feels to be the best at something and how scary it can be to fail. Year upon year, as we build upon ... let me watch it. Realizing my obsession wasn't going away, they hid the

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • March 17, 2019
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

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

  

  connotation it takes on when used with people! And second of all, how AWESOME ... up yet. 4. They don't do sarcasm! Oh my God it's awful! How will I ever ... : the famous breakup phrase. In Spanish, "It's not you, it's me," becomes

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 9, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thoughts from Science Bowl 🥣 a story about now-nostalgic times

  

  down the line was at this moment that I realized how badly we wanted it. How badly we all wanted it. “You answered more questions this round ... the palm of your hand.” “Really? I always thought it was faster. It’s

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • March 30, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Set Your Alarm for CPW 2019 i'm entirely serious

  

  excellent time! The one thing her post is missing is a section called "how to ... alarm had gone off, I'm not sure I would have responded to it.) I did set an alarm before going to bed. I even plugged my phone into its charger

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • April 10, 2019
• Blog / Blog Projects

  This blog post was written by a winner my entry for #BlogstonCommons

  

  how fast the molasses were flowing, and apparently it was faster than ... ?? Absolutely nuts! It was somewhere in North End where [annotation note ... molasses exploded and flooded the streets of boston, and it straight up

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 9, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  The Infected It's not a zombie outbreak...yet

  

  razorblades in my throat (that's how it felt, anyway), constantly having to blow ... ! (Come on, how unprepared can you get?) It turns out that three of us ... was.) But it got me thinking. How did I get...you know

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 22, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Don’t forget to check in with yourself On living with intention

  

  When I think about my time at MIT, my first thought is: it still ... — and it all still felt like home.  Okay, all the places I loved to eat ... challenge of growing as a person, but I’ve since learned that it’s a false

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cubes, Tetrahedrons, and Wind Chimes Silly lil musical instruments for a silly lil guy (me)

  

  semester, I’m taking 21M.370 – Digital Instrument Design! It’s a new ... encourages us to go wild with our imaginations, as long as the end product ... emulated an ambulance siren during a rainy day, and he loved it

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 5, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Preparing for Pi Day MIT decisions come out this Friday: what to do between now and then...

  

  morning (Pacific time). During that time, I was scheduled to be at a day-long ... sent me. (It was something short, along the lines of "Congratulations ... me, it might be a good idea to plan this one ahead. But to each their

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 10, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  We Wear Matching Hats Very nearly one year ago, I wore the hat you're all wearing this week.

  

  hat in a Canadian train station, and thinking it'd serve well in keeping my ears warm, I brought it along. It proved popular, promoting similar ... application, I looked over it some more, I made sure I stapled the darned pages

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 6, 2005