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• Blog / Personal Projects

  Some Art About Other Art it's super meta

  

  my bookshelf, at the perfect vantage point to scornfully watch me. It’s a green house, inspired by the one across the street from my parent’s house. I underpainted it pink. It looks bad, and I don’t have the time to

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • February 21, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  secondhand stories an allegory

  

  here's the thing about improv companies. the thing they do most often ... improv companies online, and i looked at the pictures and read a bunch of ... that none of them had any shows soon. and improv sounded fun. at the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 22, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting always waiting

  

  waiting for a million things all the time, whether it's for undergraduate ... as simple as the bus or the end of a rainstorm. Right now, I'm waiting ... Thanksgiving, and waiting for the weekend, and waiting for spring to come so that

  • by Alex M. '21
  • November 12, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  my application essays try not to cringe

  

  sadly still 5'2". That's 157 cm, for the 95.7% of humans who don't reside in America. Autumn came late this year; the leaves are only now ripening. The sky is full-bellied with sunshine. Still, we're on the verge of

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 27, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Set Your Alarm for CPW 2019 i'm entirely serious

  

   hundreds of student-run events to welcome the class of 2023 and help them figure out if MIT is the right place for them. This amazing blog post by Yuliya K. '18 has (almost) all the logistic info you need to have an

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • April 10, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  4 / Just *breathe* Everything is going to be all right

  

  TO SET THE MOOD: Eyes SHut - nocturne in c minor - Ólafur Arnalds ... ="1000"] Highlights from my schedule for the past 3 weeks.[/caption]   ... excitement and optimism. We're recharged to take on the semester again, excited

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 2, 2018
• Blog / Advice

  Two Years and how it's changed me

  

  backspace on this line for the past twenty minutes, trying to convey this ... the first place, I decided to stay. I lived in East Campus for a year ... were both bloggers, we had the same romanized last name, we were both in

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 28, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: What do those ROTC kids do during summer…? guest post by Karen C. '20

  

  a part of the 8,726,400 Seconds of Summer guest post series* Everyone knows the deal - MIT is a constant whirlwind of PSETs, exams, lectures, and the occasional puppy labs. For several of us, there’s so much more

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 23, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A for EA Deferred and Regular Action students your last minute questions

  

  international students.   Hi everyone, The Office of Admissions is mostly closed for the holidays and not accepting emails or answering phone ... the January 1 deadline may still have a few questions. So let

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 20, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  How To Write A College Essay and other things too

  

  tripping over each other to get onto the page. Sometimes it is hard because ... , make your case, even save lives: Edward Tufte argues that the Challenger disaster could have been prevented if only the case against launching had

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Space Robots Here's how I spent my summer.

  

  ).  Since then, I've been on the ETOOMUCHADVENTURE side of things - the curse ... write about it ;)  But summer's winding down now.  The time has come to ... (Synchronized Position Hold Engage and Reorient Experimental Satellites) in the

  • by Piper '13
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Being an Upperclassman Less than two years left

  

  It’s hard to believe that I am now in the latter half of my college career. I am almost done with school, almost ready to go out into the real ... throughout elementary, middle and even high school. I am now one of them. The

  • by Becca H. '12
  • October 21, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime Things to do with your 100 days in the Summertime

  

  the couch and watch Gossip Girl, Degreassi, and OchoCinco: The Ultimate ... feel like this sometimes too.) But don't fall victim to the TV or FB this ... your time than you realize! One of the things that I have learned about

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • July 22, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to get around MIT hunger pangs [by Sadie Scheffer '10] Culinary art = delicious art.

  

  totally new experience for college freshmen. One of the most important changes for most people is the task of cooking meals. With LaVerde's open ... well on the fly, and will hopefully inspire you to do a little kitchen

  • by ARTalk
  • April 1, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  I O Europe Help me, blog stalkers, you're my only hope.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The drummers for the bands Queen and Duran Duran are ... this week, but I was just never really in the state of mind to finish ... , called... Don't let it control you! about the work/play balance at MIT. I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 16, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus & Fierce Forever More questions answered, with a few words about yesterday's Fierce Forever 6.

  

  questions, I can help others who may have the same or similar questions. If your question is more in-depth, you may wish to call the Admissions ... , here's one of the things I missed on campus: Fierce Forever is MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Round here we stay up very, very late Vignettes on my last day at lab, the Counting Crows, grad school, and pets.

  

  . Unfortunately for me, I am a hopeless sap, so the best I can hope for is not ... near campus, and we talked about the past three years (after working ... -- and he gave me two books to read at the beach next week. By my count, I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advice for the Incoming Froshies You've accepted your offer to MIT! Now what?

  

  Congratulations to the incoming Class of 2018!  Each and every one of ... the institute once again in the fall! So now you've decided to go to MIT, but you haven't paid a dime or picked a class yet. The biggest

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 13, 2014
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Guest Post] Because Racecar, Friendships, and Family By Monica C. '25: "What I’ve learned about being an engineer, friend, and teammate by…

  

  This is a blog by Monica C. ‘25 about her experience on the MIT ... post of his own about his time on the team, so now we’re bringing it full circle 😊. You can learn more about the team at https

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • July 31, 2025
• Blog / MISTI

  alone in cologne homesickness, better late than never

  

  said goodbye to my parents ten times. The first time they dropped me off at MIT, my mom couldn’t contain her tears. Holding my hand, she was the ... tighter, as if enough pressure would coax the misery out, but, for all she

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • June 26, 2025