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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Visit to the Museum of Fine Arts There's nothing like a trip to the Museum of Fine Arts to make you realize…

  

  where I had to leave the arena towards the end. Now, I am not the type to ... video that shows how they got the mosaics from Turkey to Washington, D ... I just checked off #34 on the list of "101 Things To Do Before You

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  what happened yesterday? "what's the name of the mushroom shop?"

  

  just enjoy things as they come. I don’t want to [annotation note="not ... note="yesterday here is referring to last last Saturday. you know how ... When I applied to be a blogger last summer, “what happened yesterday

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 20, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  sophomore spring there will always be regrets

  

  am halfway done with MIT and I still do not know how to MIT very well ... about it. my only threshold was to not be super mega unready for the ... to all the course content but you do not need to do any work for the

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • July 6, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Odds and Ends My brain is too fried to think of any original content. So I'm commenting on…

  

  . And I'm trying not to get skin cancer.) A better picture of me ... 's not how the original philosophy went. But whatever.) It makes me happy ... the consistency of fuzz, and I am going to confine myself to writing

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 22, 2005
• Blog / Events

  This…Is…BLODGEBALL! Everything and anything you ever wanted to know about us.

  

  edu. Not going to lie, folks. Being an admissions blogger is the bomb ... perspective to the site, how we are one diverse group whose members come together thanks to this one, unifying love of MIT, that no matter how

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 9, 2011
• Blog / Events

  The Third Side of Fraternities The way I see it...

  

  's not fair to categorize fraternal life into one big stereotype, whatever ... 21 students (and I'm not planning on moving out anytime soon). Not to ... how much my opinion matters or would apply to future students, but here

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 6, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to survive your first winter: a college student’s guide written by a transplant from sunny Los Angeles

  

  ^ how not to do it.   "Help! I'm from [Los Angeles/Orlando/other perpetually sunny place].  What do I need to survive an East Coast winter?"   I'm glad you asked!  As a lifelong Californian before I went to

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 12, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  how i feel about ai-generated art from an artist's perspective

  

  their own! I’ve spent so much time learning how to write well and then ... a fiction writer that went something like, it’s so upsetting how ... —if my goal was to produce well-written sentences, then perhaps the advent

  • by Rona W. '23
  • June 11, 2023
• Blog / Announcements

  The First-Year Application for the MIT Class of 2026 is now live

  

  's application cycle here. As you consider when and how you want to apply, please ... , and instead to store it safely in your inbox. How you do this will ... more than a job, and we do not expect you to be perfect, we expect you to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 31, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to CPW: Logistics and Planning packing, housing, strategy, and events

  

  you absolutely have to. Space in the bag. Ok, not really something you ... the room going to be steamy or chilly? What NOT to bring: Homework ... to be muddy and messy. A gold chain and black suit will not help

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

  academic struggles zig-zagging in a world of straight lines

  

  obituaries. I don’t really know how to narrativize it, but I imagine many ... -grade teacher told us all to “divide your page in half.” The other students made horizontal or vertical slashes. Feeling rebellious, and wanting to amuse myself

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Week of UROPing in few words

  

  to figure out what makes and how to make cut paper stronger than non ... was how to use a very strong light to cut tiny lines in paper. [carousel ... for the very, very, very, very not thick paper I had to cut. The paper

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  creative lockdown: low points of a virtual fall Part 2 of a fall semester recap

  

  interactions (outside of my home) for a year, I'm not sure I know how to talk to ... wanted to write it anyway, so here I am. I considered just not writing ... to never missing out on schoolwork despite not feeling up for it at

  • by Waly N. '24
  • February 27, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  A Complicated Synthesis Question starting materials include hard decisions and uncertain paths

  

  -life appear to be well, not that different. The last question of an Orgo exam ... running around all day. Tired of not seeing the results I wanted to see. But ... to make a decision. Dropping "The Class That Shall Not Be Named" took

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 7, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  If you’re scared of decision day Here's an exercise

  

  mitadmissions site, and there's probably not a whole lot I can do to encourage you ... you are not all identical to me and what works for me won't necessarily ... make me more embarrassed. All I wanted was for people to NOT SAY ANYTHING

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 13, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Marking time Somewhere between the end of classes and graduation...

  

  you get to campus. I did not follow this advice when I was a freshman, and let me tell you what, it was not fun to move into my permanent room ... myself how to use Photoshop for scientific applications today. Check out

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Sunday Everyone Go read Marilee's post... NOW.

  

  have done so, and have decided not to do a post of my own, because you ... desperately to get my kids to remember who I am, I logged in to publish an "I'm excited for everyone to get their mail this week!" post. In my in-box was

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  feeling grown up walking in adult clothing

  

  myself i'm not tired all the time. offices. having a desk to myself ... hours of work needed to make the difference. how many hours of work, daily, does it take to pay my rent? how many minutes of work does it take to pay

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 17, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  It’s Possible To Have Too Much Nutella Wait, don't go away! Hear me out on this one

  

  I'm a small-time, not very experienced foodie - but I'd like to think ... is "someone who just eats to not starve," and 10 is "Phantom Gourmet ... - though I'll admit to not having invested that much time and energy into

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Guest Blog: A Guide for the Hopeless and Drenched thoughts from mark '15

  

  , and not every path leads to your goal. At times the road will bend and ... their success solely through exams. This is not to degrade the students ... to be applying to MIT, for you will not be judged entirely by the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 29, 2011