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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest blog: “Me, Marvel, and MIT” Jade's experience working on a SHASS UROP for me

  

  went into the making of an article like this, and what it's like to do a ... movies and collected lots of Marvel knick-knacks. When I applied to MIT, I ... on the lawn of McCormick Hall [*] saw Shang-Chi and the Legend of the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 2, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  born again freshman too junior for this

  

  i'm in the class of 2023. this means that i spent only six full months on campus before getting kicked off due to the pandemic. now i ... not used to being "older" and "wiser." i took classes with people two or

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 4, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Pictures of what Could Have Been drawings i made for blog posts that i didn't end up posting

  

  . I thought it'd be fun to show some of these! Better Call Tim??? Date ... display this on one of the digital billboards at TD Garden. "More ... ) on the cover. In my dismay, I decided to make a sequel to my

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 8, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  things that are golden, part 2 a zine carved out of pink erasers

  

  experience, messing up is pretty much guaranteed. On the other hand, a 24-pack ... , part 2 (blockprinted ink, 2023): [caption id="attachment_90795" align="aligncenter" width="507"] specifically from the tree in front of Walker Memorial

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 20, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  Things I did instead of thinking (about decisions)

  

  teeth that need to chew on something or you’ll grow wild and mad, and so ... better on a different chew toy, brightly colored perhaps, the kind of treat ... new hobby, or if you miss one you used to love, or if any of the things

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  ‘Til the Net Breaks Championship Szn

  

  championship, which is three games over the span of a week. In the NEWMAC ... badly every single one of us wants to win. The Elite Eight is just one ... for games. Regular season: where we play all of our official games on

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • December 3, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Designing dead ends A look into the "misc." folder on my desktop

  

  like to create a print or poster of some kind that unique to the admitted class—and it is usually centered around some kind of concept or theme ... of dead-end designs is to keep designing.

  • by Jeremy W.
  • September 24, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  SnowDays while you're waiting for decisions

  

  my recent snowflakes, which is so big I had to convert the GIF to a ... regularize cuts, which means it will sometimes try to reverse the direction of ... survived the death of Flash by migrating to HTML5, it hasn't lost any data

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 8, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  You’re doing it wrong Some constructive advice from the Director for filling out the application

  

  2023 is now live. While some have jumped at the chance to scope out the ... doesn’t matter (e.g. has no impact on our decision) when you choose to ... guidance.  While the sheer number of ways that applicants find to not follow

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Letters from the 2023 decisions threads

  

  threads for applicants to celebrate or commiserate about this decisions ... applicants with those who aspired to join the Class of 2027, and to add to our ... from the other side of the veil: I applied EA to MIT a few years ago, got

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 25, 2023
• Blog / MISTI

  go alone or you may never go at all

  

  market scene is just beginning to liven up. Crowds of people are shuffling ... ='a manifestation of the spotlight effect, which is when people tend to believe they ... on others. I think it's important to not let the absence of others

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • January 6, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 1 MITWE (+ FJE and VJE) go to Brazil

  

  tour guides! Next, we went to a market in the middle of the city. Some ... were going on an all-expenses-paid trip to Brazil to learn about their ... to the city’s latitude and the time of year, objects outside cast

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 18, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Lost in other people’s stories My brand of escapism

  

  I listen to a lot of audiobooks. In 2023, I listened to 28.6 days ... ’ve worked so hard to get to. In an audiobook? None of that is up to you. I ... MIT. Why do I listen to so many audiobooks? I think part of the reason

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 28, 2025
• Blog / Announcements

  welcoming our new bloggers! baby bloggers? baby bloggers!!

  

  gone,[/annotation] and MIT is coming back to life. Students are back on ... ,91767,91764,79191" /] Please give an extremely warm welcome to… Ali C. ’26 of Arizona, who is ... starting, with so many cool things to be learned; and as of today, the world

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 7, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Ring Delivery 2021 meet me halfway

  

  On October 10th, the MIT class of 2023 had Ring Delivery. Ring ... represents making it half way, as well as is one of the main symbols to signify ... result of the pandemic, we weren't able to have a ring delivery in the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 19, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  6.5 Years Post-Graduation, I’m a Beading Artist a twisty path

  

  returned to the blogs to let people know: “I did not graduate from MIT on ... ’m going to explain and sprinkle some of my artworks throughout—here’s piece ... incurable diagnosis is terrifying to discover. But what a relief to know that

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  The Marks of a Student or, let's catch up

  

  I have to because one of my goals for this blog in general is to be ... with each other and not inviting me or notifying me of what was going on ... to Boston, I've been able to get a handle on things. Kind of. My mental

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 4, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  greta gerwig’s barbie and insecurity aka moving to college

  

  modern feminist movements is something I cannot comment on nor relate to ... homework at my desk. Somehow, I’ll have to swap the idea of MIT for what is ... ) demoralized at my inability to solve problems with the grace or speed of my

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 19, 2024
• Blog / Events

  dtyd weekend all party, no planning (for once)

  

  about us is comically distilled down to its essence. on a more ... "]DTYD[/annotation] LIV was on Sunday, so the days leading up to it were filled with events ... final act of the CPW closing show, we had a lot to get through to make

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 19, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  emotionally started for me on Wednesday the 16th, which was the night of a Tame ... were staying at a house on Coronado Island, so we had to either ferry or ... , we visited Balboa Park, which is one of the most interesting places I

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