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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Black Lives Matter until they don't.

  

  only way I could bring words to my feelings.  ** I moved to the United States of America three years ago. Packed all my belongings into four luggage bags, rolled into a car with my five siblings and my mom and my dad

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • July 8, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finally Finished (for now) Saying goodbye and good riddance to a few things

  

  came to a close, I packed up all of my belongings in under 3 hrs, and ... colorful checkered blanket in my backyard, diligently flicking ants out of my ... be honing my laying-motionless-on-a-sofa and stuffing-my

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • June 2, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Sixth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 2PM on 12/22/05.

  

  my December score?" I'm almost positive that you have to request that ... have already submitted my RD application, without filling in the "SAT to be taken" date. Who do I need to contact in order to change it so my

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Deadline-time Questions Omnibus Answering all of your questions. See you in 2007!

  

  project I have worked on in my graphic design classes, such as a poster ... several works from my art portfolio." In the optional creation essay, it can ... . ------------------------------------- R.M. wrote, "My daughter was deferred, and we were wondering if there

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  checked off 101 things to do before you graduate...

  

  this one on April 2nd. Of last year. I was looking through my blog drafts ... actually completed during my time here. So, here goes number 1… Learn all ... two ✅ I’ve done two UROPs so far at MIT. Both of these were during my

  • by Waly N. '24
  • May 31, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  September Equinox Appreciation A Cambridge Autumn

  

  spent a lot of time walking and riding my bike, exploring Cambridge and ... now, I have gone to sleep with a gentle tap on my window As the rain ... channels. Which makes for a fun game on my bike, as I dash between puddles

  • by Victor D. '27
  • September 22, 2025
• Blog / Community Projects

  Mystery Hunt mile markers portrait of the blogger as a young puzzler

  

  discovered one of my old draft blog posts turned 10. Ten years ago, almost to ... on the ground particularly often. Here was my view from the ground ... , fine, I'll explain. Once a year, And that's where I stopped my draft, mid

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • January 24, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  No Ceilings next steps

  

  vague sense) that my undergraduate education was going to open many doors ... one step at a time. When I started my freshman year, I simply looked up ... unintuitively, small. Before I really got into blogging, I used to post my "steps

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 12, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  classes are over!!!! i feel so free

  

  Today was the last day of classes for the spring semester—and, as a senior, the last day of classes for my undergraduate career. So, after my ... Shire."]my wing's[/annotation]Discord asking if anybody wanted to take

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • May 16, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  happy singles awareness day

  

  Last week, one of my friends, “Mike”, asked me if I had any Valentine ... . My friends unanimously voted that this was a romantic scenario. “It ... relationship and I really want to focus on my classes this semester. I’m not

  • by Rona W. '23
  • February 21, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Purgatory My 2023 IAP

  

  This past month has been my first IAP spent entirely at MIT. IAP is ... now. During my time at MIT, I've discovered that I love linguistics in ... the way I feel about my major. I love my major in a way that is less

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  i quit an internship on the second day cut your losses early

  

  hiring at the time. After throwing my resume at company after company, I ... . Well, first I lowballed myself. The suggestion I had given was too low for my ... my reservations—I thought it was bad form for them to ask me how much I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 6, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I Should’ve Been Working When I Drew These ✨but i wasn't✨

  

  ="aligncenter" width="356"] in my notes for 18.01a (single-variable calculus ... ="attachment_77409" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] i should've been writing my final ... ="aligncenter" width="432"] oh my god is one of its arms coming OUT of its pecs?? ok well

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • August 11, 2022
• Blog / Class Projects

  in which i blog again four-ish blogs in one

  

  wrote that. This is why for the most part my past blogs aren’t deeply personal though sometimes hints of my life find their way in. And if the past ... authority over my life gave me tearful breakdowns freshman year. Now, though I

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 29, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  amongst the stars a comic

  

  Over spring break, I crashed at my recently graduated friend's place in NYC.  In an attempt to get back part of my soul after what ... my new comic books. Alone in Space by Tillie Walden, whose motifs

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • April 15, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester Two Hosed, feeling, writing, love and hatred and whatever else

  

  Back in my first semester, I wrote a lot. I had spare hours each day ... in journals. I'm approximately four weeks into my second semester, and time has taken on a new form. From the second my head lifts from the

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • February 26, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Cleaning A psychoanalysis of the recently deleted folder in my notes app

  

  how my luggage didn't arrive to Boston for four days. Then, I wrote about my UROP. By the time I finished, I decided to not post them. As is life. Recently, I've been spending my free time during IAP cleaning. So

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • January 20, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  a small moment in time on failing...*very long sigh*

  

  My first truly colossal failure feels like it happened yesterday. I still remember walking away and feeling like my blood had drained out of my body. I felt empty, but I knew it wouldn’t be long before sorrow

  • by kellen manning
  • October 20, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  hello deferred applicants, i, again, don’t know what to say, but i can try

  

  my mind, that many early applicants got deferred. i told myself that i would be prepared to open my decision and see the deferral and it would be ... . to be honest, at the time, i thought my mit application was pretty

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 20, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  first snow it snowed on campus

  

  outside my own dorm window[/caption] It doesn't snow too often in my hometown of Portland, OR. To be honest, my first year at MIT, the heavy New

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 1, 2020