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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sewing minus the machine Costume Design: Featuring the best non-stick-figures I've ever drawn!

  

  for and everything else. And yet...or maybe because of that, I'm enjoying it much more than I thought I would. The first or second day of ... . Everyone at MIT is required to take one "HASS-A", or "arts" class as part of

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 21, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Paul’s Top Ten Common-Sense College Application Tips Patent pending.

  

  parent, a counselor, or even just some random blogger like me - really can ... . Remember, at the end of the day, you're still the one actually writing the ... needed suggestions or direction. I didn't always make it easy for them, but

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  talk to people! from the person least qualified to give this advice

  

  another day. Try it out some time! Please. Or don't. ... or cute animal pics. Everyone likes those. A simple "how are you ... interaction made your day? The trick to talking to people (at MIT and in real

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 11, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Jonte ‘13 The fourth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  of Technology (MIT) this fall, where he will major in civil or ... scheduled to graduate in the top one or two percent of their class," said ... school day in high school, and the other half-day at the governor's school

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 30, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interview with Emilienne: The Sophomore who does brain surgery Emilienne has been studying the brain through her UROP in the Fee Lab.

  

  or her research to the class. After nearly every lecture, I stayed late ... , pajamas, or gifts for my sorority sisters, I always like to have a project ... annual tradition of the St. Patrick’s Day feast. This year, my

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 16, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Making friends

  

  specifically how I met or befriended the friend (in many other cases, I either don't remember or it was fairly mundane...or I don't want to share it ... . Matt '00: Back in the day, Matt was Undergraduate Association (UA

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Somebody Else Seven undergrad blogs not enough for you? Now some of them have multiple authors.

  

  't have hazardous conditions or oppressive heat. The "high pay" "good ... days a week, for five weeks, MIT, BU, and Wellesley students tutor ... children in my day. Ok, that's the boy's side of camp, but that cabin

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 22, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I’m sitting on a bus and am SO sleep-deprived.

  

  easier said than done. I woke up (well, my mom woke me up) at around 7am ... or from motion sickness, or both, I don't know. I was certainly ... the tarmac, or…or it's too crowded. I'm sure the pilot will explain to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wearing the apron This was written on an empty stomach

  

  just one?” Or maybe, “I’ve put two years into this soufflé, but I don ... worked out. There were a lot of small occurrences that sort of added up to ... until freshman spring, and you can still switch around for another year or

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • October 8, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  the person you are now oversharing on the internet

  

  to the boy I thought was the love of my life, or goodbye to the boy I thought was the love of my life. I've spent these past few days revisiting ... had come home for Columbus day weekend and everything was fine. In fact

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wooo Summer The goal as usual is to do ALL the things

  

  three tests over a span of 18 hours or less.  This semester, I took two ... freshmen! The other HASS class that I took was 24.06, or Bioethics ... archaelogy or philosophy in the future because of my great experiences with

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • July 15, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline MIT's regular action deadline is January 1.

  

  time on January 1 or before. (I strongly discourage waiting until the ... not accepting emails or answering phone calls (and I am on vacation ... site -- for example, about standardized test requirements or statistics

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2010
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining Hall Alchemy The art of turning cereal and chicken tenders into slightly tastier cereal and chicken tenders

  

  committing to the grill or [annotation note="The station with 'regular' hot ... Yields: 1 bowl of above-average cereal 1/5 bowl Cinnamon Toast Crunch ... at the Dunkin' in the student center 1 plain bagel, sliced in half

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 11, 2025
• Blog / Hacks

  Just a little hack… You never know what you'll see on your way to class

  

  Just a quick little footage of a hack I found this morning in Lobby 7. Sorry for the bad quality, I just took out my Blackberry and shot it!

  • by Celena C. '12
  • September 13, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  what’s in a name mr. sushi - winner of the first annual name bryan's fish contest!

  

  In a close name contest between Groker and Mr. Sushi, Mr. Sushi edged out Groker in a 8 to 7 win, but remember we're all winners here. Katy, congratulations! I'll be in touch so you can redeem your prize.

  • by Bryan
  • July 24, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What do you mean by “MIT Speak”?

  MIT uses numbers for everything. You could be in 10-250 taking 18.03, which is 5-0-7, for 6-2. At MIT, all of your friends would understand exactly what you're saying. (You have to enter "MIT Code" in the ask field
• Blog / Uncategorized

  here’s everything i thought about in 25 minutes an uncurated and somewhat meta discussion on anything and everything

  

  fruit or something inconsequential) asked me the other day when i thought ... or i hate it but my fundamentals are just really poor. i never learned ... things are “trivially true” or casually dropping “o(n) time” into a

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • July 16, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  synthesis on changing my mind

  

  character or setting), it encounters an antithesis (eg. an opposing character or some kind of conflict, external or internal), and through this ... thesis and antithesis (eg. a character grows or their world changes). my

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 12, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  I Don’t Know where am i going to be a year from now?

  

  year into the future, and it’s a crystalline, pure nothing. Or maybe ... my days are filled with quiet days on a lake, inter-planetary battles

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • September 27, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Folding with Flair Adding a third dimension to boring old paper

  

  saw the light of day (mostly because I forgot about it until last ... out of sticky notes. Although not as visually striking or fun to ... summer, but it’s now the last day of my internship, and I’m preparing to

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • August 4, 2023