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• FAQ / Academics and research

  What are GIRs?

  subjects to help you explore your anticipated major. MIT’s GIRs ensure that ... the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. During your first semester, most of your program will involve the GIRs, which will lay the
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Tattoo ideas No, I'm not getting a tattoo. But I do need your tattoo advice.

  

  your ideas? What would you like to see? ... No, I'm not getting a tattoo. But I do need your tattoo advice. As a ... be small -- say, 2 inches square. What I need are your ideas for a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Contest Continues Contest wrapup.

  

  So in response to the death of Pluto as a planet, I am undertaking a campaign to revise the mnemonic and change history books with YOUR HELP Here are the finalists. Cast your vote for your favorite! A. My Very

  • by Bryan
  • September 20, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Dance at MIT!!! [Collab with Ben O. ’19] hip-hop? contemp? bhangra? lion dance? MIT's got it all

  

  move to the beat and the rest is history.   What’s your prior ... audition. Needless to say, I didn’t make the team my freshman fall but it ... can do anything you put your mind to.    [caption id

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 30, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Jack of Some Trades, Master of Absolutely Nothing feeling mediocre at mit

  

  place at MIT. What good is it to be at the best school in the world if you're ... and things that make me happy, I still found myself sobbing my eyes out ... they come up, bile burning in the back of my throat, to painfully remind

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 12, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  All The World’s A Stage On theatre and artsy stuff

  

  had to go see it and make funny faces at her in the booth and show my ... “institvtion” known for its technicality. So if you’re looking for ways to ... my eyes (ears?) were opened to the glory of musical theatre. It

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 22, 2013
• Blog / Events

  MIT International Or how a local Model UN conference broke molds and expectations by going abroad

  

  country, and your job for that weekend is to faithfully represent it while ... Time to state the obvious: the world knows MIT pretty dang well for its contributions to science. That includes the obvious disciplines

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 11, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Juggling Act When you're used to life in Hell...

  

  itself ever could. I round the corner of the hallway and make it to my TA ... as well be on fire. When you're used to life in Hell, sometimes a ... , you actually expect MIT kids to remember things that aren't numbered

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Into the Sunset [by Cadet Paul Estrada, '09] My fascination with color guard, and participation in a colonel's…

  

  there? Make sure you show him your full respect, he's the top Senior NCO ... [by Cadet Paul Estrada, '09] As he walked up to us and stretched out ... available to me that I wouldn't have anywhere else. The world's best

  • by ROTC
  • October 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Don’t feed the squirrels In which I work with gifted children.

  

  Two or three Thursdays before finals, Peach '09 and I went to Au Bon ... complained about something or other, I began to enter the Summer Jobless stage ... was a counselor at this one camp and I was supposed to do it again this

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 5, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  by bike, by train, by wind, by rain getting around different cities

  

  doesn’t seem to happen often, and the freedom of being able to leave your ... you want to make a big shopping trip. You enjoy bringing all the ... exposed to other ways of getting around, I'm thinking about what I want to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An End A whirlwind.

  

  the dashboard and said something that you're really too young to read. I ... was wearing a nice dress and make-up and practicing my talk in the ... research mentor to see if he was smiling or frowning. He was usually smiling

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 20, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One Year After Michael Jackson An out-of-place tribute to the King of Pop

  

  them, eager to make it home. To a fellow punk: "Doesn't even look at us ... revealing about our culture that these events stand out in tandem to me, but ... remember exactly where I was and how I reacted. I don't mean to compare

  • by Cam T. '13
  • June 30, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a few new things is it too late to talk about the spring semester?

  

  be able to make music together in the middle of your living group, just ... I have a confession to make, which is that I've started this post at ... 's interests. How do we make sure people are excited to learn their music? How do

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 25, 2022
• Blog / Personal Projects

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

  

  to make one anyway to roughly highlight what people were saying: iii ... ... rubs hands v. Making a control group In order to make comparisons ... . In this blog you'll find two things: (1) my introduction to Washlava

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

  my shattered laptop in the midst of pre-finals season

  

  funny... During lecture for MAS.863 How To Make (Almost) Anything at the ... sending this email! the end yours, kano In addition to the swift move ... , backpack to the side, and laptop on the ground. I didn't expect anyone to sit

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 7, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  On IAP A time for P E R S O N A L P R O J…

  

  . Does it make me scared and nervous? Of course! Am I going to stop ... . "A novel way to write songs", I described it as! Then I started writing ... not finishing it. I had nothing. When I went to give my presentation in

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • December 27, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  What is weather? ...and what is rain?

  

  amazing as the icon makes it out to be. Last Tuesday the high was 84 ... weather works when you’re not in California? Every morning I've resorted to obsessively checking the weather app to make sure what I’m wearing will be

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 9, 2015
• Blog / Classes

  The Art of Trying New Things V.2

  

  wrote about all the clubs and classes I was doing. I've decided to revisit ... perspectives to analyze texts emanating from these debates, and present their ... typically get out of the way your freshman and sophomore year. Then there are

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 2, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Putz and Tetazoo are friends!! field notes from a faraway land

  

  satisfaction! I have a confession to make. After trying the Putz microwave, it ... STATE OF MIND! THIS IS NOT YOUR PLACE TO SPEAK!" Alas, my contribution was ... involves many a prank and snark. During their stays, each resident is to

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • November 21, 2022