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• 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
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Happy Birthday to m—-suck. I turn 20 and cry tears of blood

  

  In case you haven't noticed, I'm blogging less frequently now. There ... entries is because I'm no longer a freshman, meaning all of my admissions ... kitchen. In turn, freshmen bloggers, I need your help. Please blog

  • by Snively '11
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Tour/Hack/Math Three things that happen a lot at MIT

  

  ). After working for 3 hours I decided to study for my 18.03 test that I had today. I worked for a little bit but then got distracted because a prefrosh (Danny '12) is in town and I decided to go on a campus tour with him

  • by Snively '11
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  reviewing MIT’s Intro To Deep Learning the highs and lows of the beloved IAP class

  

  , aka undergrad research."]UROP,[/annotation] I took Intro to Deep ... take such a famed class, I decided to give my [annotation note="have I ... each, meaning I ended up leaving around 3:15 each day while the remaining

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • January 12, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  (An Incomplete Guide to) Summer Opportunities for MIT Students Pantsuits, stress, hyperlinks.

  

  , and anxiety. Last year, I went to the career fair with the primary ... interested); I attended company talks primarily for the free meals. I spent my ... , résumés: I was having none of it--my focus was on adjusting to the new

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

  Studying in China on MIT’s Budget: a Guest Post by Saul W. ‘14 Saul double-majored in Math and Asian & Asian Diaspora Studies.

  

  write about China, where I've spent the last two summers and last two IAPs and where I'll be heading off to again sooner or later. The first three ... next year I'll spend at Peking University, funded by the Chinese

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 14, 2014