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• Blog / MIT Life

  My Day Cats cats cats cats cats cats cats....

  

  Lydia K. '14 challenged us bloggers to write about our days, inspired ... what has happened or is on the schedule to happen today. My day started at 6am. My cat decided that sleeping next to me was boring and she

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 19, 2014
• Blog / MISTI

  Another Journey Planned How to go abroad 101

  

  The other day I dropped off my application to the International Honors Program in the mailbox across from WILG. So begins my journey to ... program I am applying to is called “Cities in the 21st Century”, which looks

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 21, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What makes me an MIT student? Some thoughts about blogging and a special question for returning readers.

  

  in more than a month, and the time had come to catch up on MIT ... topic of blogging. I want to reflect on a couple of points -- this commentary is perhaps more relevant to those readers who have followed on the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  14 Questions with a Course 14 Professor 📈📉 An interview with Jon Gruber!

  

  ="economics"]Course 14[/annotation] department through taking 14.01, Intro to ... personally found the real-world analogies and anecdotes in lecture to be far ... to have spent a semester looking at the world through the lens of

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • May 6, 2026
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] Next Haunt 2024: The Haunters what it takes to scare MIT students

  

  Preface from Jebby: In addition to participating in Next Haunt with Andi and Aiden this year, I was also fortunate to have two Next Haunt staff members reply back to my request for a behind-the-scenes guest post

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  The Quest Continues and into the open world i go

  

  MIT. Sometimes when I find myself not believing it, I go to Google ... to convince myself that this hasn’t just been one long extended fever ... ’ll sometimes just get random flashbacks to absolutely random things that have

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 29, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  finding meaning at the end of the world i alone determine my destiny

  

  one. when i was applying to be a blogger i wrote this in my blogger application, under the question "why do you want to be a blogger": i want to be a blogger to write for tenth grade me. i want to show him, the kid

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 1, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Interview Tips from an MIT Educational Counselor Thoughts on how to prepare for your alumni interview

  

  the Educational Council but think it would be helpful for you to hear ... enough to be back on campus it immediately feels like home, and I remember ... interviewing applicants. It’s a unique and amazing way to stay connected to MIT

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Campos on Campus A True Westside Story

  

  officer, I think that I would have had fun trying to be a journalist. I like to think of myself as someone who asks the tough questions and is not afraid to get to the heart of issues. So in the spirit of Charlie Rose

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • June 20, 2009
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Check in on my cross stitch livestream during CPW – link inside!

  

  Here's a link to my livestream here at CPW! I'm stitching a hacker's map I designed. The goal is to complete the entire thing before CPW is over. YouTube Livestream

  • by Snively '11
  • April 16, 2026
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  be able to offer them admission to the Class of 2030. The comments on this post are an open forum for those of you who want to talk with us ... moments of light still to come. Remember that you will survive — and

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2025
• Blog / MISTI

  alone in cologne homesickness, better late than never

  

  said goodbye to my parents ten times. The first time they dropped me off ... tried, the moment refused to hit me. Almost accusingly, I remember, she pivoted towards my dad, “How can you not be upset? Are you not going to miss

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • June 26, 2025
• Blog / Blog Projects

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

  

  just tried to write a blog as fast as possible. this is not very high quality as a result and thus i would like to say that this is not representative of the rest of my blogs =D  not to be cliche, but there is truly no

  • by Janet G. '27
  • November 9, 2024
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Admitted Early

  

  YOU GOT IN! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxiVYEjp0Ww&ab_channel=SaltTech We hope you are happy! Take some time to celebrate with those who are important to you; we'll have more important, cylindrical information for you

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a not-so-cruel summer this one's for the girlies

  

  it is the hot girl summer //   went to The Eras Tour and over ... // dressed in pink to watch Barbie! with my sister // screamed to Speak Now ... production, the music video for ‘I Can See You,’ everything // screamed to

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  We Really Aren’t Kids Anymore avoiding the part where it all has to end

  

  we (the class of '24s) were supposed to just get it. Like we were supposed to just know where the lounge for our newly declared majors was, and like we were supposed to know how to advise actual first years on where

  • by Paige B. '24
  • July 9, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  dance dance revolution lessons from ddr

  

  : there are four pads on the ground, each corresponding to an arrow ... song begins, arrows begin moving from the bottom of the screen to the top, and the player’s job is to step on the pads at the same time that the

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 30, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  why i chose mit the paths not traveled

  

  a trip had to include visits to prestigious college campuses. It ... Tournament and Math Prize for Girls. It would be easy to editorialize, to imbue these experiences with the overbearing hand of hindsight, to claim that

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 21, 2023
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Admitted

  

  YOU GOT IN!!!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKMxRBYQs5k Feel free to drop a note yelling in the comments below, but also, and more importantly, remember to go celebrate and be happy with your loved ones.

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  it’s always day 1 a meticulous account of my last first day

  

  , since I am at least honest enough to acknowledge that it will not receive such thought, I am instead going to erect a shrine to it by documenting ... these, please go to whereis.mit.edu, or read this helpful CJ blog post

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 7, 2023