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• Blog / IAP

  As the City Slumbers thoughts while walking in a park

  

  I was at the park near my grandparents’ place today, picking up ... surprising, given that I’ve only lived in Tucson half the year. My cousins ... codes. It stood there when my mom was small. I hope the city doesn’t tear

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 21, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  socializing over zoom it's been rough

  

  like, socially. And no matter how I try to frame it in my mind, making ... stare at my phone for an hour to have a conversation with a friend. Beyond ... , and it sucks. In my personal case, I’ve made it even harder on myself

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 24, 2020
• Blog / Community Projects

  dormspam-the-game (Part 1) wits, skill, and the teeniest amount of luck

  

  ,[/annotation] winning a modest but appreciated $15! In my opinion, winning required more ... visualized the data from Game 1: Hide and Seek. My code can be found here. Game ... miss MIT[/caption] My Performance I chose to hide at MIT Medical and

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 13, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Back to back to back maybe i am doing too much

  

  ’ll continue my theme of talking about my problems in public, and I’ll walk you through my mess of overcommitment so far. February has just been a blur for ... schoolers.[/annotation] My day-to-day for February was pretty full. Apart from

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 27, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  [Guest Post] Those Kids in Uniform Everything you didn't ask to know about ROTC

  

  Hi all! My name is Catherine J. ‘22. I’m studying Computer Science ... amazing program and a huge part of my life. However, it’s hard to understand ... , Korean, or Swahili. I think this is one of my favorite things about ROTC

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 7, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  a semester i’m excited for to the tune of "a girl worth fighting for"

  

  At long last, I've finally reached a semester where at least half my ... biggest reasons that I declared my double major in CMS so early (I am ... internship in project management, so this class and my tenure as CPW Chair of

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 7, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  7 Reasons MIT Is Special reflecting on the Institute at the end of four years

  

  adult. For now, my life hasn’t changed. I have a summer job at MIT ... ’m visiting my family in Ohio, and it feels like always. Except, I do miss the ... me while I was shivering under the frigid water in my new apartment

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 15, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Trashion Show from rubbish to runway

  

  . The first set of dresses already blew my mind: (Wired - "Our dress is ... Haase, Stefania Druga, and Alexandra Rieger) (Bain of my Existence ... My Existence presents a visual representation of the role of finance

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • December 6, 2016
• Blog / Events

  This Particular [T-] REX Tuesday (No actual tyrant lizards in this blog post.) Frosh come chill with me!

  

  my day)—but not from the freshman side and not from the other side. A ... of giant cards). Today while my code is running I am continuing to observe and absorb my and your experiences and fun to compile a project that

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 1, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One weekend in New York, two (very different) operas And I didn't pay a cent.

  

  up to get my act together. Showered, dressed, brushed teeth - booked it ... started at 10:05. Whoops. At 10, my friend Eric had texted me saying ... didn't quite have time for at the end, but I'm confident that my method

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Consilience From college essays to a Medieval Studies @ MIT Colloquium

  

  became obsessed with the word consilience. I loved all of my classes ... multiple disciplines.  I talked about consilience on my college applications, in my graduation speech, with strangers I met at conferences. After I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 7, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Blogs ...for the price of one! (a.k.a. robots)

  

  , because of my previous experience with both programming and mechanical engineering. They warned me that maslab would consume all of my time over IAP ... think I mentioned in my bio, I spent three years in high school working on

  • by Cam T. '13
  • January 13, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Music and Mayhem by Jess ‘12 Minus the mayhem. Also features running commentary by Yan. p.s.: Jess, your italics didn't show…

  

  penurious radiators, I can't help but rhapsodize my midsummer memories of ... roofdeck . . . anyway, I digress. **Way to steal my polysyllabic descriptors ... -gasmically grateful that I gave you one of my granola bars from Trader Joe's? Anyway, I

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livescribe’s Pulse Pen AKA, the "Magic Pen"

  

  for so many votes, but in the end it all worked out (I hope!). My prize ... ! $100! One of my charms is that I have absolutely no responsibility when ... it said it could, then it may be the answer to my problems. I wasn

  • by Snively '11
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Alcohol in College: Scotland and the US An MIT student from Scotland compares alcohol culture in the US and the UK in…

  

  new students last September, but while my former school friends enjoyed ... joined Finnie and the drinks industry in wailing disapproval. In my ... disappointed to celebrate my 18th birthday last September with cake and soda. But

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 22, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Take Me Back to Tech (Guest Entry) So hurrah for technology, 'ology, 'ology oh.

  

  is ostensibly a CPW entry, I guess I should talk about my CPW. Overall, my CPW was pretty tame. Keep in mind this is saying tame for CPW - this ... ). In any case, for a trip to my new favorite place, the beginning was

  • by Bryan
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Interview with a Mystery Hunt Winner An interview with Kat '10, a member of Palindrome, last year's winning team and this…

  

  This is my friend Kat '10, and she's one of my very favorite people. My favorite thing about going to a place like MIT is that you tend to ... Hunt winner blogger (my money's on Evan for next year, though). She of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Person Who Inspired Me to Start this Blog The girls of Sri Lanka have in Alia an incredible beacon of hope and defender…

  

  My cousin was involved in the Free Tibet campaign when he attended ... , even anger. During my year off, I read a lot about activists of the 1960s ... walk down the street without seeing someone my age wearing a Che Guevara

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • December 9, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Application Cycle Your MIT application is just the beginning

  

  “crusty’ seniors, my classmates and I are at a point where we have to make a ... decisions will make a profound impact on the rest of our lives. My classmates ... of trepidation that I say that the next 9-10 years of my life are

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 1, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Notes From The UK [by Mirat Shah '08] Currently in Cambridge, it is 50 degrees F and not only…

  

  finish line wins as usual. More on that in my next entry. I promised last entry to comment on academics at Cambridge versus MIT. Note that my account is only applicable to my own department (materials science and

  • by Cambridge
  • March 12, 2007