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  Stories from High School you wouldn't want to be caught with MMS

  

  people to wake up filled the stalls, and from them, a queue emerged. We went to the bathroom on our floor, found the guy at the end of the shortest queue, and mumbled to him, “After you”, a way of securing our spot

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • February 5, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Room, A Short Story This story is somewhat weird and slightly dark. Reader's discretion is advised.

  

  I got the urge to write this short story about 2 days ago. Then, I decided to kind of throw most of my writing rules out the window and have ... , shall we? *** Teddy Purdue had much reason to be nervous. The confluence

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 2, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Why didn’t MIT have a logo until 2003? tracing the history of MIT's logo and graphic identity

  

  narrative. So it'll be much messier, but hopefully provide some insight as to ... an MIT history question, I had to look into it. I started with the MIT ... and such. When it came to history, however, all that was offered was a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 22, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The 2011 Brass Rat! Can I turn this in in lieu of my blank lab report for tomorrow?

  

  deal. Look at the application that Snively used to determine which sophomore blogger will get to blog Ring Premiere! So I must admit, I didn ... to MIT Admissions' own, relatively young tradition: blogging Ring

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 9, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Eighth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 5PM on 01/24/06.

  

  Answers to questions received through 5PM on 01/24/06... ------------------------------------- Jon wrote: "Alright, so I have to stay that I have tried to stay silent ... optional interview claims to be the part of the admissions step that can help

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  a penny for your thoughts? and what it is, and could be, worth

  

  sodainly say to them ‘a penny for your thought.’" Sir More was an English lawyer, judge, social philosopher, and author as well as Lord Chancellor to King Henry VIII. After refusing to recognize Henry as the Supreme Head of

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • February 20, 2026
• Blog / Classes

  The Classes I’m Taking This Semester [in order from least-to-most edible] 🪀🚑🔥📚♟️

  

  using the most dangerous writing app, where you are forced to write in ... when I don't post. Whoops. [I'm also too tired to do all of the footnotes. If I get one [1] ONE comment asking me to, I will.] These are the

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • February 8, 2026
• Blog / IAP

  IAP in BRASIL! my summer in january

  

  cities and landscapes by learning to decode what lies beneath the ... and what my life looked like here :). Prior to arriving in Brazil, we were asked to read 2.5 books, several essays and poems, and watched a few

  • by Victor D. '27
  • February 5, 2026
• Blog / How to Human

  friendful life recently

  

  . i've come to peace with a lot of the things that kept me up late at ... to do, and that's something that can only come with time. now, i have more things in my emotional toolbox to pull from when i'm faced with

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 30, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Joint Post] DesignPlus A super cool and awesome first-year learning community ft. Gloria and Teresa (we're not biased)

  

  , Concourse, Experimental Study Group, and DesignPlus. We’re here today to talk ... time to rank my choices for first-year advising, I kept hesitating. What ... knowledge to fit in, I was completely thrilled to join the community. In the

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 26, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  I asked people at MIT what they were doing for Pi Day 2025 something is rising... 3/14/25 at 6:28 PM ET

  

  the "nerd culture" that MIT is known for, but it’s also tradition to ... 't know about. So, I went around campus to get the scoop on how students and ... admissions decisions to applicants, but I was wondering if students on campus

  • by Jebby B. '25
  • March 7, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  the world is blooming! and so am i?

  

  with the colors of a tree: from green, to orange, to white, to pink, and back to green. Even past elementary school, in fact--my high school ... -bordered (cut) and taped together–definitely a lesson in patience and attention to

  • by Allison E. '27
  • June 17, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  classes i’m taking this spring study abroad edition

  

  choice to take one class outside my major but decided to stick to math ... look like problem sets, but we do not have to turn them in every week. instead, there are only one or two courseworks you actually have to submit

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 22, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  existential cubes a daily encounter with Ernő Rubik

  

  scootered over to Walmart with one goal in mind: acquire a Rubik’s cube. We had nothing else planned for the day, and decided to try something new ... hard as we made it out to be in our heads—we just patiently followed the

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 14, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  difficult difficult lemon difficult the end of senior fall

  

  more typical 5.5 to the exceptional 7.5 of sophomore fall. So, once again ... of my life—the SuperUROP corresponding to 6.UAR, a year-long class ... different folks to help make residential life at MIT better; my ongoing and

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 29, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  Caring for the body health, am i right?

  

  Content warning: overt sexual content, reference to suicide. Last ... much I related to many of the topics discussed, like exploring sexuality ... ? But also, I'm not sure how much I actually want to change this. Back

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 19, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  people keep leaving their things in my room and other stories from sophomore fall

  

  back home to New York. I took my last final exam, for [annotation note ... details as to why or how and what lessons I'm taking away from that, but I don't want to write yet another blog about [annotation note="though I

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 17, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  eternal dissatisfaction wish i could write more, care less

  

  , of course, one thing to know and another to believe. it is the ... programs with esp again, i'm on the gph writing team, i'm trying to keep a regular schedule blogging, i'm working on personal projects, i'm trying to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 12, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Celeste the best video game i've played in months

  

  I have run out of things to write about because nothing is happening ... convinced me to play it. I've had a copy for a while now from one of those ... game, and I'm glad that I played it, and now I'm going to shower praise

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 13, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  the classes among us reflections and too many flashbacks on classes ft. ESG

  

  , taking a class surrounded by countless other students. Similar to the ... need some time to get accustomed to a new atmosphere, but over time, I ... , I start the year planning to participate, but those plans go haywire

  • by Waly N. '24
  • October 12, 2020