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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  i went to the ig nobels! (last year) (there is also a vlog)

  

  adventures I'll have over in Cloud Cuckoo Campus, where psets are fun and get done in a reasonable amount of time and I never have to sacrifice anything, ever. It's falling in love with someone you see once a year

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 4, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  tier-listing all the classes i’ve taken at mit and some other things

  

  I’m about to graduate! In this blog, I want to loosely tier-list all ... bloggers who did this when they graduated too :-). first, the numbers In 8 ... major in 6-2 (electrical engineering and computer science), a major in 4-B

  • by Gloria Z. '26 MEng '27
  • May 24, 2026
• Blog / Blog Projects

  ASK US (the MIT Bloggers) ANYTHING! YES

  

  In the spirit of [annotation note="This weekend, high schoolers who ... person or group of people based on a specific topic. You can go down in the ... . For the most part, we’ll treat your questions like they were written in

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 18, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  writing and faeries reflections on my classes at Harvard

  

  — which has become a common archetype in many fantasy and YA novels — but also witches and fairies in medieval and industrial society. The concept of the Fae was used to grieve loved ones, ie a mother that died in

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 3, 2023
• Blog / People & Identities

  a jaunt to Philadelphia We went to the AWP writing conference!

  

  sitting in a coffee shop in Arizona, finishing this blog many months later, because I got too hosed to finish it in March."]room.[/annotation] It’s late ... loft bed where the wall is white and blue and red, though not in any sort

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 26, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  My “Normal” High School What it was like going to an ordinary high school

  

  organization for lost orphaned baby whales in the middle of Africa, speak Spanish, Chinese, Klingon, and Gibberish, get a 3250 on my ACT and still not got in ... like they came from one of two categories. In group one there were

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Talking to Strangers

  

  , recording—all is spoiled by the fact that I am a girl, a female always in danger of assault and battery. My consuming interest in men and their lives ... can. I want to be able to sleep in an open field, to travel west, to

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 14, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  24 Hours From sleeping in a homeless shelter to waltzing in La Sala

  

  in time. Somewhere between Central Square and Harvard, the train sat still in the tunnel for five minutes. So, when it finally pulled into Harvard, we scurried out the sliding doors in a frenzy. We made it to the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 24, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  V&Q&A Video, Questions, and Answers

  

  chance, which is why I’ve been reaching out to others in the GEL Program lately for these blog posts. So when two friends in the GEL program told ... some video up in this blog. Joe ‘12, Kevin ‘11, and I met up to talk

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 3, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  OCTOBERRR NOVEMBERRR will NOT be my next entry, promise.

  

  was just in love with it. It has developed for itself a spirit, so that ... in the world--it's the center, somehow, of scientific and technological development in the United States, if not the world. It's like a New Yorker

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 31, 2009
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Livin’ la Vida Española (Pt. 2) Where the music is richer.

  

  TEN REASONS Why I Fell in Love With Madrid: 10. I love the Metro system in Madrid. Puts the T to shame. 9. I love the Starbucks employee who ... that wine in Spain is not just an excuse for people to get wasted. 5. I

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 4, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  DOMR My first crazy picture entry from Germany.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? GERMANY EDITION: In Germany, the energy content of foods is listed in kilojoules in addition to in calories. Hallo again. I've been in Germany for a little over a week now and I've already climbed 509

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 8, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to college, Kid. My first week at MIT.

  

  , along the Charles River in a place called Cambridge, a bright-eyed, eighteen-year-old baby boy was born. In his future lies a childhood, with all its requisite promises and challenges; in his past lies a strong

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 2 Many more of your questions and my answers.

  

  care if recommendations come from the subject you wish to major in or not. Emilia wrote, "I live in Ecuador, am about to enter senior year and am very interested in applying to MIT. I have one question about the application

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 1

  

  undergraduate students at MIT actually major in subjects other than math and ... primary major in science or engineering. I (like today's birthday girl) was one of these students, majoring in Management, and I had many friends in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Are you ready for some FOOBAW? the one and only time I talk about football

  

  Super Bowl tomorrow. I've been born and raised in America, I've lived ... last year, and the Katy Perry Shark back in 2015. I grew up in Alabama ... Alabama Crimson Tide. They're located in Tuscaloosa, AL. Their colors are

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 7, 2026
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  Ebony Affair as a Pre-Frosh A Recap of my Experience from the 49th year of the Program

  

  the opportunities, resources, and culture on campus. In particular ... headed back to campus in an Uber while discussing different food places in ... ="113489" /] From there, we set up base camp in the admissions office where we were

  • by Richard O. '28
  • March 25, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  i will meet zendaya even if it’s the death of me a wide-ranging rant written while feverish

  

  taste of death lodged in the back of my hot, sticky throat, I was ... , Challengers, Euphoria). At any point in my life if you asked who my celebrity ... .[/annotation]What's my favorite movie? Zendaya. Well, Zendaya is in Boston on and off

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • October 26, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  you ain’t gonna need it overthinking

  

  this summer. i fall in the same traps when i think about what i want to ... it. if i already know what i want, and believe in it hard enough, is there any point to thinking? putting too much importance in what other

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 6, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  my first spring break!!! 13 MIT students take San Diego

  

  , as some may say). in my freshman year, i was kicked off campus a few ... March 27th, i got to experience spreak in all its glory! it was absolutely incredible. this year, there were a few locations in consideration for my

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 10, 2022