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• Blog / About Decisions

  what we mean when we say the people why we like “the people”

  

  subsequently answer, "the people" is, "the people whom I consider my friends or ... would answer differently in theory because what i like is my personal ... -harvard pigeon pavlov hack? that one’s my favorite). the mit i now know is a world

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 25, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Robots, Space, and the Stories In-Between Using Sci-Fi to Procrastinate

  

  little about my science fiction obsession in my MIT applications since sci-fi is part of where I get my inspiration for wanting to be a part of the ... the school year in between my work hours this summer and decided to

  • by Richard O. '28
  • July 30, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  a hackathon, a marathon I went to MIT EnergyHack!

  

  survived!   For EnergyHack, I was on a team with my friend Josephine R ... quick meals, but don’t get to start every project that comes to mind. My ... this IAP will give me space to fall into my own hobbies and wonderings

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 28, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  old east campus working through feelings caused by news

  

  renovated next summer, and if that happens as planned, i won’t get to spend my ... ". moments after the email, i opened my courtyard-facing window and listened ... general. this was something that made me sad, given the history of my room

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 7, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Fun in NYC Part 1 Never be afraid to go straight to the top.

  

  MITAdmissions home page or because I just like seeing my own face, it's simply ... Head, and immediately inside we were met by My Little Pony, more Mr ... my coverage of the Hasbro world headquarters ends because we weren

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  [guest post] time passes from spirit island a board game that i picked up 3 years ago is now my life

  

  on floorpi anyways, i interacted with cj's pod a lot, with my ... 's lounge[/annotation] with me standing outside the door and telling them my ... shorter game with my pod, and we passed up spirit island because the box

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  here i go again i have watched Mamma Mia! seven times this year

  

  watched it during a phase in my life where I truly believed that all art had ... island based on the premise that "I will know my father when I see him ... perhaps the most unhinged moments of my undergraduate career thus far

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 9, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A (Not At All) Comprehensive Guide to Your First Year what i've learned as an associate advisor

  

  Since my sophomore year at MIT, I've been an associate advisor, an ... couple of years, I've picked up some advice and tips that my advisees have ... without pigeonholing yourself too deep. [annotation note="I changed my major

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 10, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Two households, totally unalike in dignity…” On picking majors and following your dreams, Romeo and Juliet, Twitter, Sherlock, and the future…

  

  Emily K.-L. ‘16. About a week ago I sat down with one my best friends ... Sherlock). Lydia: Okay. Who are you and what are you doing in my house ... majors where you squish humanities and science disciplines together. My

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 21, 2014
• Blog / How to Food

  [GUEST POST] Cooked Cooking by Joy X. '29

  

  !  … Unfortunately, we can cook.  Every day this past week, I’ve been cooking with my ... East Campus indulges my bad ideas >:) They always have some sort of ... juggling balls in terms of weight distribution (my juggling balls have a

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • February 14, 2026
• Blog / Admissions

  let’s talk about financial aid a different kind of holiday miracle

  

  .[/annotation] But just as much as I remember the little confetti Tim's bedazzling my ... remember another, equally shocking letter upon admission: my financial aid ... tuition at a four-year university is 2-3x what my family makes in a year

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 24, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  2.009 LIVE BLOG 2025 w/ Kayode D. '27 and Veronica P. '27

  

  :41- Hey it's Veronica!!!! We're sitting next to my floor, and we printed out giant cardboard heads of two of my friends! I've watched my floor friends present every year, and it's so crazy to think that next year it'll be my

  • by Taylor L. '29
  • December 8, 2025
• Blog / Residential Life

  four ways to unstrip a screw tΞp work week tales

  

  I've used in my life (finally something hot enough for proper wok ... year. I think a mouse died in my walls the other week. Another resident ... one of my work week tasks has been to patch up holes in the basement

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 3, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 2 Hearing Amazônia

  

  ="alignright" width="225"] A top-down shot of the rainforest. I'd never held onto my ... highlight of my trip because we did so many awesome activities that day. Our ... into several different tour groups; my group started at the main

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 1, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  miserable and magical oh, to feel moved

  

  right now    a lot of the times, i am my first invalidator. it is ... sorrow.    my last words stifle in the knots of my throat, so i ... can stop everything in my life for this great blue and then, when i feel

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 3, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  art and work i really struggled with titling this one

  

  lately i’ve been thinking about my relationship with art ... symphonies. my attention span has gotten worse over the years, to the point ... step of creation all this reminds me of a miyazaki quote my friend

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 27, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  we named 2124 cities of the world fridays with 4W

  

  cities. Against my protests to get to 800, we stopped at 25% as we had ... came back to my room, I ran into Alan and they reminded me of the correct ... ."]down.[/annotation]  Disappointed in myself, I resorted instead to my iPad and started writing down

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 29, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Exercises in Style with apologies to queneau

  

  , but ten times: my top five and my bottom five. Can you guess which is ... my way to the Student Center, I saw several people, and before that I ... my cart were these plastic guns that I or perhaps something else

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 20, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  defense the other bloggers didn’t believe i could write a post about basketball

  

  and my favorite part of the game is seeing very effective defense. there ... individual defense. my favorite one is when one player is successfully able to ... trying your best to solve them. some of my friends have very different

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 20, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on wordle, french toast, and copyright law fun mit storytime

  

  example from the other day, for Semantle #13 (on 2/11), some of my guesses ... Toast isn’t a completely novel idea. People at my high school played "Karl ... lizards what the HELL is that THING on my SHOULDER getitoffgetitoffgetitoff

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 13, 2022