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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Yay for cheap stuff Inexpensive books make me happy.

  

  they're sold for drastically reduced prices. And the "damaged" books are ... with them. I decided to take advantage of this, so after sending my ... notable thing that happened to me this weekend was standing outside for 2

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 17, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  plastic knives spraypainted silver and other poems from 21W.762

  

  it out aloud during class for a round of feedback. And that was it! I ... This fall, I took 21W.762 Poetry Workshop with Ed Barrett, a popular ... I appreciated having a non-judgemental environment to experiment with

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 26, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Talking about a difficult subject Answering an FAQ.

  

  treatment make it possible for more students with such problems to ... today's MIT is a warm and friendly community with many support resources ... suicide. Neither academic rigor nor course of study are among the top risk

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  leaving season blue blue blue

  

  , while trying to find fulfillment for the poet inside of him. i had fun ... i attended junior year, they would play The Woods by Hollow Coves a ... when we were leaving, all with heavy hearts. we didn't know if we would

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • August 21, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Concert / The View

  

  LOT. Just as you would wait at Disneyland for two and a half hours to ride on Space Mountain, I wait for 8-12 hours to get front row at a ... hours Location: 4th row   I went to this concert with my friend

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 23, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  MIT Dining Halls my controversial ranking

  

  specifically for McCormick dining. Staff: N/A - Didn't have any interaction with ... special waffle bar with various fruity and sweet toppings. .5 off though ... vegan section on top of the regular 2-3 hot meals prepared, along with the

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • March 19, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  passionless had a crisis, got a tattoo

  

  because I lack this internal drive for anything I could fill my day with. I ... I'm not typically one for year-end reflections or goals, mostly ... feel overwhelmingly passionless. If anything, my passion is searching for

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 7, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  remember me on family

  

  . They cooked for me. They did my laundry. They helped me with school ... , my grandpa had been talking for weeks with my grandma about coming out ... Know that I'm with you The only way that I can be Until you're in my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 1, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Thoughts On The MIT Interview ...from the perspective of an MIT interviewer.

  

  and interesting people who want to go to MIT. For me, it's a fun and ... opportunity for a more personal admissions process, that, after all, shouldn ... the privilege to interview. OK, you are probably scheduled for an

  • by John DeTore '80
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Everything is different now That's ok, I have a cat now

  

  playing with synthesizers at the Voxel Lab. It’s cute that old Mimi and I ... , and really opened up. I played music in front of people for the first ... now. For better or for worse, everything about me has changed. I want to

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Long Overdue Q&A Post Sorry for the delay!

  

  . :-) ------------------------------------- If I would like to play for an athletic team, should I contact the coach before I apply to MIT or just (if i get in) show up for tryouts? And ... It's been a long time since my last Q&A post - sorry for the delay

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [joint post] give us your words you have words. we want your words.

  

  -Commercial - Share-Alike license. Fatima: Have fun with the words, we will have fun ... Alan: Hi! You have words— Fatima: and we want your words— Alan: for our poetry. Fatima: For the past semester, Alan and I have been reading

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 20, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  10 ft from Hasan Minhaj D R E A M S D O C O M E T R U…

  

  unforgettable words (for best effect, picture him saying this with a contagious ... . Blessing us with 72 minutes of geniously scripted & reflective comedy ... actually do exist! They’re out there! For you and you and you... As the sun

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • October 8, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s in a name? Is “geek” now chic? Are we happy with the word “nerd”?

  

  my grade school boys in the front yard playing with all the ... , find time for art exhibits, and chill with their friends in bars in ... to pop culture references, pop music and the like. If it wasn’t for

  • by Kris Guay
  • July 4, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  my MIT admissions essays a retrospective

  

  innovate and design to advocate for accessible, barrier-free, and sustainable ... thinking about writing a blog post about advice for high school seniors but I ... I approached the prompts and my writing will be useful fodder for your

  • by Victor D. '27
  • October 14, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is why we can’t have nice things harmless things that irritate me

  

  arrives, only for it to go out of service Happened to me too many times ... 2014, someone met up with the MBTA Director David Carney to ask him why ... that time," Carney said. Coming from an area with virtually no public

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 29, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  All the food in my cabinet Like an unboxing, but an uncabineting

  

  I live with three other people. We have a relatively small kitchen, but it's got a pretty good cabinet setup, with plenty of space for all ... there. This post, just for fun, is the unboxing of my cabinet! I'll go

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 24, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  danceAP IAP: wonderful. sore muscles: not

  

  break), i couldn’t register for the class. as a backup, i signed up for ... what you’re doing with your time   i actually had no idea what i ... planning on taking a class to satisfy the culture course requirement for

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 26, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  unicorns big confusion

  

  i. in the business world, a unicorn is a startup with a valuation of ... the company - there are many examples of unicorns with almost zero ... . i don’t have much to show for my time in college other than a

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 18, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Everything I Miss and Don’t Miss About MIT Frolicking in nostalgia

  

  conference room at McCormick for working hard/hardly working with all my lady ... MIT milestones often have something to do with 3.14159... 7 years ago ... traditions. And to celebrate--and mentally prepare for this frenzied weekend

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 22, 2016