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• Blog / Uncategorized

  things i have been consuming this summer random bits of media i have eaten

  

  to distract me, so I've been left to aimlessly wander the house, laying ... ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Jn1OeDlNpM[/embed] I really don't want to spoil anything about the show, so I'll just put this here, along with my short pitch for the show

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 19, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  then and now a reflection on the very bad

  

  warnings: suicide ment, depression ment 1. The first time it happened was in fifth grade, right before spring break. I was called into the ... you even know what that means?" she asked me, the condescension blatant

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 5, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Deadline-time Questions Omnibus Answering all of your questions. See you in 2007!

  

  advance of the deadline. 3. Relax. Here goes... ------------------------------------- ola wrote, "I was wondering whether the 'creation' for the optional ... just forgo the optional essay since I plan to send in a CD containing

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  meandering my nonlinear academic path so far

  

  emails with the subject line “help i don’t know what I’m doing with my life ... response to the application essay question “what department or program at MIT appeals to you,” I wrote:  Pursuing Course 6.3 and UROPing at the Media Lab

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 5, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  hot chocolate as a panacea navigating through a chaotic first week

  

  view out of my kitchen window every day, featuring the moon, the Charles, and the Boston skyline: [caption id="attachment_56594" align ... at the kitchen table and I look out at the river, I feel like I’m in

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 7, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Eleven "And the award for 'least creative entry title ever' goes to..."

  

  people who you always think of by both first and last name all the time ... the best way to talk about my life since I last wrote without publishing a novel and I decided a list would be the best way. I keep lists of

  • by Karen F. '11
  • May 20, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  Bad Ideas Month word of the day is oops!!

  

  when the Bad Ideas Weekend email (and subsequent reminder email) hit my ... you look hard enough, and it catches the light, even in the dark ... and take their minds off the constant demands of an MIT education. Bad

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 3, 2025
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] Your Guide to Boston Cafes a letter from chomps

  

  some foodies see themselves as critics or connoisseurs, I prefer the term ... / follow/subscribe/all the usual[/caption] Cafes are my favorite niche ... traditions. Across many cultures, the cherished drink is more than just liquid

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 15, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  it’s getting colder and i’m getting older on fall, friendship, and growing up

  

  has abruptly given way to winter. It’s the cold air stinging my airway, how it’s always dark out after my last class of the day, that tells me ... the chillest thing ever." For the most part, that's a stinking load of

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • November 3, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  why do you do what you do do androids dream of electric self-awareness

  

  's like, they were inputted into the neural network of my brain and the response was No." Obviously, I don't know for sure if this is the true ... 't want to admit. After all, these decisions can be very personal, and the

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 23, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  starting over and over again

  

  Starting anything is hard. In fact, starting is often the hardest ... into a pretty turbulent time, then April and May bringing the usual ramp-up of the firehose. But still. Back when I [annotation note="almost two

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • June 11, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  culture within culture i moved to east campus

  

  experience," so i was willing to sacrifice some personal agency for the sake of ... very little experience with meal plans given that the food is mediocre and (mostly) unhealthy and the dining halls are open at strange hours

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 15, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a brief walk to Caffè Nero alternatively titled: life update since i am comically bad at blogging this semester

  

  my house in Central, and the latte is conveniently free thanks to a ... knocks my glasses off my face. i put on the hood of my sweatshirt and ... [/annotation] and i stapled into an eight-person group (the maximum number for BC

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 27, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  On a week of ups and downs a life update for those who care

  

  This past week was probably the worst I've encountered at my time at MIT so far. I know the future only has a lot more of these in store, but ... (the best High School Musical, obviously.) I slept at 2AM that night

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 9, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Applying While Transgender #InHonorOfMarshaP

  World Pride in New York City and celebrate the 50th anniversary of the ... the modern LGBTQ+ Rights Movement. Throughout Pride Month, we were ... transgender women who started the Stonewall Riots and are the reason why our

  • by DJ Rock
  • July 17, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  things work out following up on confusion

  

  , specifically in terms of a course 6 class we ended up taking last semester, the ... end of semester surveys), students spend 20 hours on 031. So, doing the ... . We anticipated this in the summer, and the angst associated with this

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 9, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2017 FAQ You've got questions, I've got answers

  

  This is a blog entry specifically for finalists in the Quest ... often have at this stage; please read through the FAQ to check if your ... MIT account. Then you should complete the MIT application Part 1 (biographical

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 18, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Consider a Gap Year Deferring enrollment is an option you may want to consider.

  

  details). If you are a member of the Class of 2011 and would like to request ... members of the Class of 2011 are deferring to spend a year in Israel, others ... one of the best, most stimulating and resource-rich universities in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 1, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  The Tech profiled Lydia about resilience @ MIT "I’m building my vocabulary and I’m building my mind and I’m building myself as a…

  

  "Meltdown" about the difficult time she was having at MIT. It was a beautiful ... her story, even as the details were very different from my own. The purpose of the blogs is, and always has been, to give MIT students a place

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 17, 2016
• Blog / How to Food

  concord market is finally here!!!!! feasting at MIT's on-campus grocery store

  

  The day I’ve been waiting for has finally arrived. For over 20 years, the Student Center housed an MIT treasure: LaVerde's, our beloved on-campus grocery store.[annotation note="The earliest mention of LaVerde's I could

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • March 21, 2025