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• Blog / About Decisions

  the perfect choice doesn’t exist not the same river, not the same you

  

  zero. once again you can determine how busy i am by the rate of my ... doing the internship application grind a few weeks ago. i've been doing the grind since my first year here, of course, and i've talked about

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 22, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Semester of poetry

  

  've been meaning to write about poetry. I'm taking the 21W.771 Advanced ... enjoying the class and like how it kind of naturally allows me to set time ... somewhat crowding the stage. In highschool actually, the professors I liked

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • November 24, 2023
• Blog / MISTI

  quiet moments out in the rural English countryside

  

  this summer, i’m living in a small, cozy house out in the medieval ... (the one in the United Kingdom, not in the United States where MIT is located). in fact, it’s so small that it usually appears on the 2nd page of

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 19, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Every song I’ve referenced in my admissions blog posts

  

  there's an average of one song every 2.8 posts. The song mentioned the ... mentioned 3 times. The other two songs mentioned more than once are The Fray ... . The artist represented most is fun., which again shouldn't be a surprise

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 15, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  i will miss learning and dressing up everyday happy last first week of classes to me and seniors of the world

  

  On the morning of the second day of classes, I got a newsletter email ... tanked my mood for the day. These classes were exactly aligned with my ... the rest of that day complaining to anyone around me.  When I met with

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • February 12, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  is everyone growing up without me? we're only getting older

  

  The other day, my friend sent me photos of herself trying on ... third anniversary. I liked looking at the dresses, which were gorgeous ... the grand scheme of things, it felt odd to see a couple that had met

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 6, 2022
• Blog / Personal Travel

  welcome to new york went to nyc & all i got was this blog post

  

  "Welcome to New York" as the musical version of a peppermint latte. It was ... seduced by the synthesized flourishes, sparkling trills. It has been many ... to name the feeling of cool tenderness on my tongue, my entire mouth

  • by Rona W. '23
  • July 12, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Fangirl Moment kinda silly, kinda wholesome

  

  A bit ago, the larger group my UROP lab is a part of had a free lunch event. I was initially hesitant about going since it seemed like the event ... too tired to cook and just went anyway. The allure of free food is

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 19, 2021
• Blog / Events

  2022 Ring Premiere! ring alert: it SHINY

  

  and effort creating the ring (which has a typical layout, but no specific set design). In February of sophomore year, the design is announced ... our shiny new rings. The ring buying period has just concluded for the

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 3, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  farewell, first semester p/nr-ing just hard enough

  

  for the past few months, Nashua conjures images of flatness and tranquility, of quiet car rides punctuated only by the soft hum of the engine as trees flow endlessly past the window, of loneliness and stagnancy and

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 19, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Is it a video? two assignments from two classes

  

  something on the admissions website about a Maker Portfolio and got nervous ... only admit the people who submit one because those are the people who ... brain because I've had no opportunity refused to create the opportunity to

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 11, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  Hey International Kids! Press 'Submit' already!

  

  I had been reading the admission blogs all through high school purely ... this time I read them imagining myself as one of the students here. I ... had everything ready already, but hitting the 'Submit' button takes a

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 25, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Staying in Touch Family back home or here in Boston!

  

  .6 miles away. That being said, the life I lived off Kismet Parkway where I’d ride down the block on my bike, wave hi to my aunt, and return back to my front door where I’d scream, “MA, IT’S ME! OPEN THE DOOR,” so I could get

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 1, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Test Taking at MIT The beauty of The Cheat Sheet

  

  while I was cleaning things out for the new semester, a gentle reminder of ... ) and 20.310 Biomechanics (the other three pages). For each exam in 20 ... between the size of my handwriting and my grade point average, a fact that

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Sexy MIT Engineers My

  

  , I emailed the women's ultimate frisbee team and showed up to practice ... played quite terribly. If I just remembered which way the field was going and which way we were forcing the other team to throw, that was enough

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blogging My Way to a Passionate Life On writing, during and after MIT.

  

  CityLab — The Atlantic magazine’s website on the urbanized world. Amid ... on a D.C. metro platform to wild architectural proposals and all the maps the Internet could ever want, my first year of post-MIT life flew by

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Life Lessons From Pistol Class But they don't buy pajamas / For pistol packin' mamas!

  

  magazine. Insert magazine. Release the bolt. Grip as in a firm handshake. Inhale, raise arm. Exhale a little, press gently on the trigger until you meet resistance, lower arm to target. Focus on the front sight. Without

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

  Life Update It's been an amazing year!

  

  had to name one aspect of myself that has changed the most in the last year, it has to be the volume of hair on my head. Although I always dreamt of growing out the afro, I never had the opportunity until I moved

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Trains Make Me Think Of Bringing the focus away from miles and minutes - and onto more enriching things

  

  This summer, I'm working part-time at the Division of Student Life ... does add up to a substantial amount of time. The commute starts pretty early. For the first leg of the trip, I hitch a ride with my dad to his

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 12, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Delivery! "Ring delivery" is more like "ring takeout," actually, since they don't bring a brass rat…

  

  'm nearly halfway done.) But let me start with the most important part: I am now the proud owner of a Brass Rat! The ring's design, which I covered previously, was carefully put together by these guys, the Class of 2014 Ring

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 20, 2012