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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Belonging Who belongs at MIT?

  

  suggestions as to the application process? How was it when you applied? How is ... into a discussion about the kind of person who's happy at MIT. It ... convinced that spaghetti wrestling has something to do with it -- if you are

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  every class i went to during the first week of fall all *checks notes* twelve of them

  

  how a language environment works. I just think it's so fascinating. This ... is a replacement for Artificial Intelligence, so it would fulfill a ... happening in the background so I was slightly losing my mind. It was very

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 11, 2022
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Joint Post] Build a robot boat with MIT Arcturus! Q&A with Arcturus captain Audrey Chen

  

  ! Pretty vibey, it’s going! Amber: Let’s start with your elevator pitch for Arcturus — how are you introducing it to incoming frosh? Audrey:  Arcturus ... !  Amber: Tell me about the competition! How did you feel about it? Goals for

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Experiencing Psycho in Full G(l)ory Sharon L. '21 joins the blogs to talk about movies and art by and large

  

  Growing up, I wasn’t always a fan of movies. It may have been an ... sophomore year to watch as many of the IMDb Top 100 films that I could. It was crazy how much a few years of perspective could bring to the movie

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 3, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Companion #2: Cat The Boston Globe discusses MIT's four cat-friendly dorms.

  

  scratching post. The 18-year-old from New York's Long Island is starting ... allows cats in four of its 11 undergraduate dorms, a rare amenity that ... guarantee you that someone's hiding one in their dorm room. Before you know it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  end of semester reflections in conclusion, online school Ain't It

  

  really hard. Knowing how difficult it was to get my daily routine in check ... honestly welcomed the onslaught of final projects and exams since it made me ... accomplished after a year of Pass/No Record. It also was refreshing because I

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 15, 2020
• 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 / 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

  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 / 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 / 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 / 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