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• Blog / Academics & Research

  21M.285: The Beatles the most enjoyable class i've taken at MIT

  

  of the eight humanities, arts, social sciences classes students must ... a kid, my dad would play me a few of the classics—Golden Slumbers, Let ... MIT: Regressions, where I saw footage of Timothy Leary, the father of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 3, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Veni, Vidi, Jamba I came, I saw, I conquered a lot of smoothies

  

  Every summer, I tend to get a lot of the same questions about life at ... avid daycationer. When you live within an hour and a half of Lake Tahoe ... grocery store, in July. As for running, I don’t have many pictures of that

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • August 15, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Week Robot and sports and owls, oh my

  

  It’s been a whirlwind of a week. I initially planned for this post to have some sort of structure, but it's become a bit of a brain dump of ... horizon, but the past few days have been when a lot of project classes begin

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • December 9, 2017
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 2: Hiking up a volcano at 15,000 ft (~4.5 km) Altitude sickness and Embarrassing Spanish Attempt #3

  

  recommend attempting to summit a volcano at 15,700 ft with only one day of ... began with a very steep ascent, which involved a lot of huffing and ... platter of Swedish, German, and Austrian accents. The German and Autrian

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2010 Apply...if you dare!

  

  apply. As per usual, we will primarily be looking for incoming freshman ... regularly address tens of thousands of prospective MIT students and millions of other people around the world, and Be comfortable with, or willing

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 7, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  2009: Let There Be Bloggers!

  

  Blogger application? That's a silly question, isn't it. In the annals of ... ... the coveted 50 pixel avatar of an Admissions Blogger. Sure you won't be ... office's own running of the bulls, only with more emoticons and Dr

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 4, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seminar Advising There is nothing funny about this entry...but please read anyway.

  

  one of the few living groups that has Residence Based Advising, or RBA ... . As I understood when applying for housing, traditional is exactly what ... advisor to discuss some subject in a group of around 8 housemates in a

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Unwinding how i destress

  

  Recently on @mitadmissions I asked what kind of blogs people wanted to see and one of them suggested that I talk about how I personally ... little bit of high school, I was an avid YouTube and Twitch enthusiast. I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 20, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Reflecting on the great memories of my freshman year ☀️ When life gives you lemons, share them with others >:) ☀️

  

  fellow [annotation note="gonna represent that 10% of the student body ... the world regardless of their financial situation. MIT is need ... at your application and make a decision regardless of your household

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 21, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  existential cubes a daily encounter with Ernő Rubik

  

  I apply it after a shower. I love the bittersweet mellowness of matcha ... curiosity got the best of us. On one sweltering day, my oldest brother and I ... puzzles / a morning tendency Solving puzzles like these is one of the few

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 14, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Grades in Context Sometimes, B stands for "baller"

  

  . Is that one of this year's end-of-the-world scenarios? Not exactly ... B+, you might feel robbed. But enough of the preemptive justifications. Let me tell you a story of two Bs. 8.02 8.02 was a second semester

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 15, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Crab Cave or: i moved to dc with friends

  

  A brief happy post amidst the chaos and confusion of existence: Hi ... going on with me and my life. For those of you who don't know, I just ... with all of my family members and spend time with them, as this summer

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 20, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer begins And I get a brief vacation.

  

  're...engineering? Me: Nope. TSA Agent: Computer Science. Me: Nope. TSA Agent: Physics? Me ... year left, as difficult as that is to believe. It's kind of scary to ... enjoy this stage of life while I can - when I really don't know what

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 25, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Being a n00b at MIT Guilty as charged.

  

  .” You may have even uttered a version of it yourself. For me – in high school – I was definitely of the “I’m not technology-oriented enough to go ... Institute of Technology, not the Massachusetts Institute of Totally

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 23, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Shakespeare Ensemble This ain't your AP English class's Shakespeare.

  

  science and "being a badass." Proper care of your weapon is just one of ... he doesn't like the arts - but the truth of the matter is that MIT students have quite a bit of respect for drama, music, poetry, and all the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 23, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  ¿Cómo se dice…? La única cosa que he aprendido en la clase de español.(Blame Google Translator if that…

  

  of the Boston population. A while ago I gave everybody some Boston advice courtesy of Sara Ferry '11. It's time for some more Boston advice courtesy of Sara, and then some MIT advice courtesy of me. Sara Advice When

  • by Snively '11
  • June 11, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sore Subjects state of affairs isn't so good. But here are some telescope pictures!

  

  ) symmetries of the hydrogen atom, using just symmetry and algebra of groups to ... of Sunday-night realization you dont want). I was clearly expected to ... light, is definitely by far the fewest number of units I've stood to

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 14, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  This is a song about being happy. Not a song about a whale. Sorry. But there's haute couture.

  

  fashion show on February 1st at the Museum of Science. I went to the show ... Pennsylvania, is an alumnus of the Tau Epsilon Phi fraternity. I wonder if he ... premiere of Beauty and the Geek 2, which Matt's friend Ankur '03 is on. I don

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT OpenLabWare: an interdisciplinary collaboration A day in the life of MIT research... on the Internet. A story of how…

  

  This is a story of how two MIT students -- one with a fabulous idea ... considerable grant money, and over the course of a year, create something truly unique to open MIT's research to the world. I'm sure most of you have

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 1, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  ★★★★☆ Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2023

  

  [annotation note="courtesy of the valiant desk guardian Ekanem O."]the front ... stacks of packages are reaching NBA-player height, so if you've received an email from BC Desk (that isn't this one) notifying you of a package

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 3, 2023