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• Blog / Challenges

  Pursuing CS as a (near) beginner being a prospective CS major with little programming experience

  

  where I feel like a lot of my STEM background amounted to nothing, since it holds little relevance to my prospective major. computer science ... also up there in my interests but I didn't want to work with organic

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 14, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  the art of trying new things exploring new clubs, making new friends, and doing the things i was afraid to do

  

  One of my goals for my sophomore year was to do all the things I was afraid to do in my freshman year. One of the bigger things I wanted to do in my freshman year that I did not do was join clubs, specifically

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 19, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  [Guest Post] Duolingo Champion How to immerse in education while learning nothing

  

  this is a guest blog post from my dear friend aidan chambers '23 who ... some context before I begin my inane rambling. For anyone who doesn ... sponsor me). I’d used the app in the past to learn Italian and to refresh my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 29, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  i rode a train across america it took eighty-five hours

  

  ’t seen most of the United States. My cousin’s getting married on June 30th ... Santa Clara, from June 26th to 29th. Here’s (most of) my planned route, in ... my friends predicted I would ditch the whole idea by Denver and opt to

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 7, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hosed life the last few weeks

  

  a firehose. Here's a quick look at my calendar and a recap of the ... since the end of first semester. After my last final, 18.02/Multivariable ... monuments. I got sick with a sinus infection and decided to cancel my trip to

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 20, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Urinetown I blame my absence on musical theatre.

  

  promise to the rational, logic-based region of my brain: a promise that I ... Tool was REALLY fun, and even though I can't sing to save my life, I ... . So, of course, my friend managed to persuade me to print some sheet

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 13, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Boston’s 3rd of July It's almost a holiday, but not quite.

  

  So my schedule at work is pretty sweet. I work slightly long days all ... was as good a time as any to have my first Boston Pops experience. I, unfortunately, did not take my camera, so you'll have to rely solely on my

  • by Snively '11
  • July 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Senioritis We'd fight for a cure if we weren't so lazy.

  

  possibly a paper between me and graduation. Not to mention that my grad ... to not care at all for one time in my life? In reality, I may very well get my first 5.0 at MIT, because I'm not as good at slacking off as I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 2, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Go, ninja, go. A four hour tour of Boston, with Gilligan, and the Skipper too.

  

  exciting. My parents drove up from Harrisburg to watch me. My friends painted their chests to read GO SAM! I ran it with Mitra, my best friend from college and probably my best friend from MIT to this day. We got our picture

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Airplane boy strikes again Adam writes about his UROP.

  

  write the much anticipated UROP explanation thing. In my three years at ... might have supposed, based on my infatuation with remote controlled (r/c) airplanes, both of my UROPs center around the development of unmanned aerial

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 12, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Dance at MIT!!! [Collab with Ben O. ’19] hip-hop? contemp? bhangra? lion dance? MIT's got it all

  

  ) How did you start dancing?  I honestly can’t remember a time in my life ... my energy and excitement into a cohesive format, so I would pretty much ... ). Learning these dances became my favorite hobby, and eventually, I started

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 30, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus & Fierce Forever More questions answered, with a few words about yesterday's Fierce Forever 6.

  

  one of these entries takes up a good deal of time, so I'm sorry that my ... : Anon1 wrote, "Does MIT accept rush SAT reports, if I rushed my report ... , "my 11th grade grades arent good...however 12th is ok..and no olympiads

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bad Grades and Big Screw-Ups Pulling back the A's, B's, C's, and P's to see what's inside

  

  luckily I’d had my own disaster-semester in the spring, and we compared ... you my grades, and tell you what went down behind the letter. It’s gonna be great. Come and be liberated!   SPRING 2020 My Spring 2020

  • by Powers '23
  • January 14, 2021
• Blog / How to MIT

  Learning to Spend Better This not a budgeting post.

  

  your guesstimate is wrong. Every month up until my last semester, I was given a monthly allowance from my parents that was plenty for groceries ... something to use it on." My internet history was full of amazon doodads, my

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • June 18, 2018
• Blog / IAP

  vienna & prague, in 194 photos iap '26 #1

  

  decided to leave four days early to explore on my own! Here's what happened ... notable happened on the journey, except that it was my first longgg flight ... and dropping off my bags around 5:00 PM, I went out to the downtown area

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 6, 2026
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  clay crash course one month of wheelthrowing later…

  

  scarf wrapped tightly around my ears, listening to an audiobook or music or the whistling of the city. My destination, Brookline Arts Center ... , spinning. After class, I’d change out of my clay-crusted clothes, crack

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • February 10, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  how to succeed in business without really trying on leadership, being bad at things, and musicals

  

  ='this review provided by the father of one of my friends. Incidentally, the phrase "one of my friends’ dads" feels very natural when spoken, but ... my acapella group to serving as the president of a dorm, or the vice

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 18, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  zero bandwidth it’s not burnout if you have to keep going

  

  static which sits inside my head, just behind my eyes. This noise makes it ... every muscle in my body already sore, regardless of how much physical ... me. It is, of course, that same burnout which I felt just as I began my

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 17, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Failing” at MIT for the record, this isn't

  

  ’ve tried my best, through one of my favorite mediums, short stories: I ... the answer somehow appear in my head after the sight of these black ... though I’m taking 4 other classes, I still feel behind compared to my peers

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 2, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 1 My name is Anna Ho, and I'm here representing the American Astronomical Society.

  

  My name is Anna Ho, and I am a student at – No, no. That’s not the point. My name is Anna Ho, and I am a constituent living in Cambridge. I ... so much for taking the time to meet with us. My name is Anna Ho, and I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 24, 2014