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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why Apply? Putting your hat in the ring if you're not so sure

  

  (Science of Race and Gender), writing, musical theater, or even if you're all ... myself to you. The ghosts of Uncle Labs and Beatriz have haunted me all ... radar (or I've created the perfect search terms to draw you here or one of

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • September 9, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  We are artists & writers extracting creative talent around campus

  

  foster all kinds of creative juice. I wanted to introduce one such example, and that is RUNE, MIT's journal of art and literature. Having partaken ... to continue doing. So what is RUNE as a club like? We are a group of

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 12, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Remember the Fourth Another reason why I'm happy I chose MIT over Stanford.

  

  My most vivid recollection of a July 4 celebration came from a book ... . Basically, the book is about a bunch of strangers coming together to live in ... series of puzzles for the heirs to solve. At the end of the book, after

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Combining the Arts and the Sciences Some of the best science writing is happening at MIT. Find out how to get…

  

  . Most of the fundamental ideas of science are essentially simple, and may ... Ever heard of Alan Lightman? He’s one of the most famous professors at ... have heard of some of his books: Einstein’s Dreams (1993), Good Benito

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 21, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Pre-Orientation Begins Pre-Orientation and a mini-contest!

  

  Pre-Orientation and a mini-contest! This week, the MIT Class of 2010 ... begins on Sunday, but for half of the class, they are already getting to ... meeting the entire 1,000+ person freshman class. Here are a few of the FPOP

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anna Teytelman: Japanese Hip-Hop Extraordinaire! Anna Teytelman studies Japanese hip-hop and culture at MIT's Hyperstudio.

  

  at her and possibly send her to MIT Medical. Anna has every music lover ... . Anna's research is in the area of Japanese popular culture and is focused ... ,"On the one hand, Japanese hip-hop admittedly takes a lot of its roots from

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  More on deferrals

  

  regular action, regardless of when the application was submitted. In each of the past few years, we have admitted hundreds of deferred students ... report. You can download one off of the website if you need one. Your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 15, 2004
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  O’Reilly Primes?

  

  to really like it, for a few reasons. Certainly, it is a swiping of the nomenclature of a certain telecaster's forum. Now I don't care much for that ... stuff. If you haven't read a biography of mathematician Paul Erdos, I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 12, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hosed life the last few weeks

  

  state of business, stress, and exhaustion; swamped and overloaded with ... a firehose. Here's a quick look at my calendar and a recap of the past few weeks.   WINTER BREAK It's been a whirlwind of events

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 20, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I can tell that we are gonna be friends (part 1) I'm talking to you, Alan Guth.

  

  So...remember that time, way back at the end of first semester, when I went to take my 8.012 final exam and had a sort-of-awkward encounter ... the father of the inflationary theory of the universe - and figured, in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 2, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  making art for fun what a crazy concept!

  

  When I was applying to be a blogger in September, one of the first ... feeling a bit of déjà vu and lasting trauma from college application essays ... an “Institute of Technology.”  Having been talking to other class of

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • March 28, 2023
• Blog / Personal Projects

  I painted my door! and it only took 2.5 years

  

  that added another degree of freedom. I tested out some options on the ... knows how many times, and each one has a story, whether it's that of the ... at the start of my sophomore year, the door was not only blank, it was

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 19, 2022
• Blog / Events

  MIT Can Talk! Bon appétit!

  

  round, it was a crystal clear 50 degree (Fahrenheit, of course, for the ... comfortable standing in front of an audience and trying to convince them of ... 4-5 minutes to engage a panel of judges (representing all 5 academic

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 4, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  No time for your stupid question. A posthumous entry about the Ig Nobel awards.

  

  and three degrees of firmness. Though, in his own words, it took him "a ... in heaven. Last Thursday, I had the pleasure of attending the Ig Nobel awards ceremony in H****** Square. The "Igs," sponsored by a bunch of Mensa

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  what your favorite study spot says about you badly stereotyping places to work on campus

  

  have a pretty diverse music taste. you're also the type of person who ... classical music or [annotation note="consistently one of my top 5 artists haha ...   you have a lot of drive and commitment—remind me how many

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Talent Show ua innovation gets lit

  

  -wide digital talent show. It was a huge success and a great means of bringing the community together via Zoom! The categories it included ranged from music and ... span of a month, the committee reached out to as many people as possible

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 30, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Complementary Post Canvas, balance, lanterns.

  

  Music to complement this post Tweet to complement this post Post ... the first session of the oil painting class I'm taking this semester, and sat by the Charles River with a group of forty-odd students for a

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  The November Rule parete legi novembri

  

   Hack Punt Tool, an MIT original musical! This musical is about a lot of ... dying to check that fateful webpage sometime in the middle of December ... 'll say my spiel anyways. Freshman fall is kind of a shitshow. In the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 1, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Recap (Guest Entry) "a perfect introduction to MIT"

  

  work they put into their music. The range of music they perform is vast ... two days prior to the start of CPW to visit family and such. One quick ... registration desk. I got a booklet of the several hundred events going on during

  • by Bryan
  • April 19, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CP* restored my faith in the universe i read...My Immortal...with prefrosh

  

  'm writing this after finishing my third and final CP* event, which was some of ... these chances to meet the Class of '24—they're wonderful and hilarious and ... ! These couple of days have been a testament to how amazing the MIT

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 18, 2020