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• Blog / Academics & Research

  I DECLARE BANKRUPTCY!! and also my major and also indecision

  

  planet as I put the sticky stars on my ceiling. Then I took AP Physics C ... upfront helping-others mission in all bio-adjacent fields has always ... little noble and important. I wasn't super sold on the engineering part

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 20, 2025
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Patriots’ Day Rejuvenated by a Reenactment

  

  night, and squeezing in doctor’s appointments wherever they fit. Helpful ... 3:30 on Patriot's Day Morning and rode off into a quiet, misty land ... of people: those standing in front, those perching on ladders

  • by Kim D. '09
  • April 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Time I Underpacked a trip to Istanbul, courtesy of MIT

  

  I'll be honest—I had never really planned on going abroad during ... for two reasons: 1) We would be working on designing an application for ... scheduled for the week before Spring Break. I had never really anticipated on

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 25, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why Apply? Putting your hat in the ring if you're not so sure

  

  . In my bio, I mentioned that MIT wasn't on my radar when I was applying to colleges. Obviously, if you're reading this blog, MIT is on your ... 's my list: 1. Humanities matter. I'm expounding on this point from my

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • September 9, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Beantown, H-Town, Blue Hills, House of Blues With cameos by home, beatboxing, and happiness

  

  color. Many living groups go on retreats during these few weeks. I ... --skipped some, too. This is what I wrote on the night of October 10: What a ... Angeles, Florida, and the Grand Canyon. Based on stereotypes alone, I did

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 5, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  king cake and a run-on sentence busy week

  

  the truth? I was up at 7 today to work on a prelab and then went to a 9 ... cake because I told him to Brandon F. '19 put on a shirt just for this picture Lisa P. '21 was too busy with 18.03 (?) to pose Jamie A. '21, on

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 13, 2018
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How did the blogs get started?

  Ben Jones, The Blogfather, started the MIT Blogs in 2004. The idea behind the blogs was to open a window into the lives of MIT students: what ... that prospective students can review to help determine if MIT is the
• Blog / Uncategorized

  an infinite nine year old and the infinite nineteen year old he became

  

  Raiye and I on a vast array of adventures across the United States and ... , who was at the time 11), hopped on an airplane, and took what I didn ... couple days exploring the city, visiting the common, and doing the regular

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • September 23, 2025
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Haiti Day 2: DINEPA and mosquito bites

  

  radio and sound trucks, and going into the camps and putting on plays on ... promotional material, a lot of which we had seen as posters on/above the streets ... interested in helping us distribute them but needed to call around for us

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 27, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Hate the Last but at least, I'm trying not to

  

  : "why in the hell are admissions coming out at 9:14am on 12/14/19?", as if ... , it's just because they are releasing the decisions on 12/14 at 12:14pm ... Paige, On behalf of the Admissions Committee, it is my pleasure to offer

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 22, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  Choosing Classes: Choice Paralysis [skye from valorant voice] help a girl out would ya!

  

  maybe people can give me their insight and help me with my choice ... culture for students with no prior experience. Focus will be on gaining a ... myself further on Deafness and Deaf culture. Pros: Forces me to continue

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 3, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  Picture Yourself as a Worm if it helps, make it four-dimensional.

  

  dimension, I refer to the number of independent directions on your space. The most clear understanding of this may be through the directions on Earth ... .[/annotation] On the one hand, we can understand our three-dimensions through lower

  • by Paige B. '24
  • October 6, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All-You-Can-Eat Summer I hit food coma at the first paragraph.

  

  up on top of each other like the laundry I forgot to fold on Sunday. And today's Thursday. When did THAT happen? Monday through Wednesday are ... razors with soap in them already. I'm living in a fraternity in Boston

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

  I’m laughing out loud cheek. muscles. cramping.

  

  following e-mail to me: From: UA Committee on Education [se-help ... It's pre-finals week. Today is the last day of classes. Projects are ... , it really doesn't take much to make me laugh hysterically). On the off

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 11, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Extracurricular Information We discuss life over lunch.

  

  "shopping period", in which they get to sit in on classes and decide if they ... about my family...), but on top of an MIT courseload, I'm not sure how ... 've probably heard in every other commercial on television if you don't know it

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  On APs Trying to clarify the role of AP courses in the MIT admissions process.

  

  judgement about admitting them or rejecting them? Hide their AP's on the ... . What makes me sad is when students focus on their studies to the ... student say something like, "Well, I'm cutting back on that to focus on more

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 14, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Too Good To Go fighting food waste with good bargains

  

  "]whenever[/annotation] you want. Plenty of delicious blogs have already been written on this ... usually more than happy to give you advice or help you out ... those circumstances, my favorite food options on or close to campus

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 19, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT: Round 2

  

  always on the move, always trying to figure out where the next place I can ... to explore a new area and took a class simply titled “Urban ... the course of my life and set me on a path to learn more about

  • by Becca H. '12
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Digital Anxieties: A Conversation with Bo Burnham and Jonny Sun i cried for ten minutes after watching eighth grade

  

  's probably one of the most influential and life-changing talks I've ever sat on ... have strong memories of 7th-grade-Cami curling up on the couch, watching ... found the show and I binged what was available on Netflix (seasons 1-4, at

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 28, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Not Farewell After All Hello again!

  

  MIT blogs and also to offer an update on my life post-MIT. I graduated ... ’m over on the West Coast, at Stanford, where I just finished my first year ... exercises in medical school…lots of peer pressure) MIT helped me believe

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 11, 2014