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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Introduction To ARTalk An introduction to the ARTalk guest author blog by Kerry Powell, Assistant to the Director…

  

  , science, chemistry, and nerds. I myself thought this when I first applied to MIT. A friend's mother told me she thought I was too normal for MIT. And ... what MIT has to offer. Being an artsy person, I signed up for a pre

  • by ARTalk
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s like a bag of sand! I go on a quest to legally obtain music and movies.

  

  I was going to save this post for whenever my summer job had given me ... of some less-than-important recent events, I decided to put up a short post. 1: I got pushed off the MIT Admissions front page. If you

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 29, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nuns, fret not! Like baby alligators in the sewers, you too will grow up fast.

  

  I'm a little nervous right now, because I have my first major exam ... only because my TA is Canadian and says "molar mahss") so I'm less worried about it than I am about my first major paper due the day after both

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do in four years?

  

  key is to try to maximize what you do get out of MIT. For example, I think that I've done an okay, if not great, job taking advantage of IAP ... what I have done during IAP as an MIT student. Freshman year (IAP '04

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House: Where The Sidewalk Ends A tour of Next House!

  

  I should be filling out an absurdly long form so that I can get a pre-med advisor, but instead I'll write my entry about Next House! I've lived for two years in Next House. I like the description on the Next website, so

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dancing Days Nerd love, as the summer evening grows.

  

  , well, do much better than you at dancing. It's great! I know in high school, I would always stand at the way back of the dance floor watching ... teacher. Here, whenever I get the chance to go to a party with dancing, I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A Post For Parents, Part 1 The next entry is for the kids...

  

  Applicants, if you're reading this, I hope that MIT is one of the ... . I am giving you a hall pass for this blog entry. This entry is for the people you call Mom and Dad. (I'm sure that you call them other things when

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  From The Midst Of Selection A recount of EA selection committee.

  

  ... Thursday 12/1: The day I'd set aside to catch up on email, blogging, work, etc. before heading into selection. Instead I read late-arrival apps all ... committee. That night I edit 50 pages of copy for the new viewbook in

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Day in the Life of a MIT Mechanical Engineering UROP Student I built an underwater robot :p

  

  research through UROPs (Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program). I did ... Chuck, I helped design underwater robots for students at a university in ... ="aligncenter" width="1400"] The Final ROV design I was building towards this summer 🤩

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • July 14, 2025
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Washlava! A Sentiment Analysis quantifying laundry feels, based on MIT Confessions

  

  living in MacGregor House, I used to live relatively far from the laundry ... , but it did make it extra inconvenient if I lugged my hamper all the way to the laundry room and then there were no machines available, or I had

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 27, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 2

  

  Manchester United, whatever you like] Today I got back to reading domestic ... , as I write this entry, I'm also half-watching one of my ten favorite films of all time: Sneakers. I've got a week's worth of questions to catch

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Reporting from… Doha! 🐫🐫 ft: the first time I ever rode on a camel

  

  various locations around the world"]GTL[/annotation] in Kazakhstan, I ... year. [annotation note="a correct assumption, as I went around the city ... 't socially acceptable to wear there, so I can only imagine how hard it would be

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • January 18, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  How many MIT students does it take to figure out how to rotate a cube? (More than I’m proud to admit)

  

  make?” I was, for better or worse, all too familiar with this “ultra hand”. You see, I’d spent way too much of my free time last summer holed ... [annotation note="I highly recommend it! Definitely my favourite game from this

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 29, 2023
• Blog / People & Identities

  OUTRAGED. #ican'tbreathe

  

  Every day, I realize more and more that I live in a privileged bubble ... that the freedoms and privileges that I enjoy today were fought for and ... where I am directly affected by the racism in this country but I have very

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • May 31, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  the journey to PLAYsentations or, the conclusion to the best class I've taken at MIT...so far

  

  was there, helping me make whatever I dreamed up.” The only condition was that Jony had to draw by hand what they planned to make. “I always understood the beauty of things made by hand. I came to realize that what was

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 17, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Making Your Dorm Room a Piece of Art! [by Elise '14]...and how MIT'll help you!

  

  , but more on that later.  Before and After! At home, I was ... bedrooms with my brother at one point so I could paint a mural on a larger ... your living space. I was hesitant in taking pictures of my current room

  • by ARTalk
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  DEATH AND THE POWERS: The Robots’ Opera [by Ken Haggerty '11] An * exclusive sneak peak * of Prof. Machover's exciting new…

  

  ? Of data rearranged?” another OperaBot asks. “How can I perceive what I cannot feel?” — Lines from Death and the Powers ... chandelier, in all of its hypar glory, which I had for many years passed by in

  • by ARTalk
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Feedback Works Warning: analogy ahead

  

  So, as I mentioned in my previous entry, my GEL classes don't have p ... I didn't say there wasn't any homework. Every week, several GEL ... requires the "little by little" argument, where I say that with each yellow

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • November 14, 2010
• Blog / Events

  The Stuff of MIT Legend I'm about to tell you a super cool story. It happened two years ago, but…

  

  Okay, so what I am about to recount for you happened like 2 whole ... why, something about it really strikes me as "very MIT," so I think it's worthy of a blog entry, even if I'm 2 years late in posting it. Yesterday

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 23, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Internet Nostalgia Internostalgia!

  

  with 100 dimples hemispherically embedded with radius 3mm, I can help you ... , before LOLcats and chocolate rain. Ladies and Gentleman, I have found such a way. Thanks to the Internet Archives, I've managed to pull up some

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 4, 2008