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• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s snowing, and “It’s Raining” K-Pop and Prof. Henry Jenkins.

  

  It's snowing here tonight, so when I got home I decided to curl up on ... my favorite read of the week. The front page article in the Arts ... -like ability to leap through puddles while performing his hit song, "It's Raining

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Take 1.618: Film at MIT [by Danbee Kim '09] There are very few things for which I would get up…

  

  , I've been making serious efforts to look into film schools and take as ... training really forces you to get to know the world of film-making. For the ... great idea by trying to explain it too much. "Film can be a way of life

  • by ARTalk
  • April 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how ARe you today? Do you Nintendo? On an unrelated note, part of me thinks this and this might…

  

  Alright, a quick peak out of blogger retirement today to share some ... 's very similar to Nintendo's other handheld DS systems but includes some ... . Basically, in a ploy to get people carry around their new 3DS systems

  • by Snively '11
  • April 4, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 1 MITWE (+ FJE and VJE) go to Brazil

  

  to pass the time by singing the songs in our upcoming concert. Before ... rehearsal, “We’re going to Brazil!” Suddenly, samba music began blasting from ... works for several years. In fact, the trip to Brazil would likely have

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 18, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  A blog post about blog posts Superstar blogger emeritus Mollie gives us some of her favorite entries [now its own post!].

  

  're making your college decision. A bunch of them are mine, which has less to ... written by an MIT blogger, by all means link to it below. Academics Mind ... cannot afford the costs of the travel [...] Since I cannot make it, what

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 9, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What’s cool about Nick’s room artsy people, walls, and East Side living

  

  person who immediately opted to make something more interesting out of his ... quickly evolving as he adds more layers (and invites friends to do the same ... A few weeks ago, a friend at Princeton traveled up to Cambridge for

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to the New, Part 2 Slowing down time in the Land of Enchantment.

  

  I'm currently on the MedLinks retreat; it feels good to get out of the campus bubble. It's too easy to go from Activity in MIT Building A to Activity in MIT Building B to your dorm room without ever leaving

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 9, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m Shipping Up to Boston and I lost my leg! Whoah oh oh..

  

  mountain, to making s'mores on a bonfire on the beach; from learning to ... Tomorrow morning I fly back to MIT, and I'm writing to you with ... all the feeling there decided to concurrently take a few hours off to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 31, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fantastic Course Numbers and Where to Find Them A List of Ways MIT is like Hogwarts

  

  energized by our diversity, with a meritocratic openness to talent, culture ... every corner of the Earth to make something of themselves and work together to make a better world. That is MIT. Nothing can change that. And

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 30, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Let’s talk about science…and chocolate A day of scientific enlightment followed by one of chocolate consumption.

  

  to your professors while surrounded by burbling chocolate fountains and ... In Ancient Greece, the word “symposium” referred to a gathering of ... at 8 AM, and the morning was spent listening to medical and graduate

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2007
• Blog / Events

  “Freshman Musical Dorms” A question inspires an entire entry about housing. But I threw in some other stuff…

  

  fast. By some deadline, you're required to do one of two things online ... peaceful discussion mediated by rock/paper/scissors) to decide who will live ... means I finally finished my EMT training! Yay! Of course, I still have to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  To our prospective students and their families on taking care of ourselves and the people we love

  

  to help us understand how you might have been impacted by COVID-19 or ... responded — responsibly — by changing or cancelling their activities in the ... moment for many of the students who have been looking forward to visiting

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • May 27, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Experience with Real Analysis epsilons, delta, and the technique

  

  problem set and all the rest by myself, and I found myself going to my first ... nonchalantly if that makes sense. I was used to being able to easily grasp things ... proofs compared to how much they improved by the end. The experience for

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • June 10, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  Tips for a Pleasant Olfactory Experience how to make your room smell good

  

  ="MacGregor House has 312 singles (and 3 doubles assigned by request only). In other dorms, it can be hard for freshmen to get singles, since upperclassmen get ... . I have complete autonomy over my living space and habits, down to the

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 9, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biodiesel@MIT: Turning trash into black gold A student group called Biodiesel@MIT has just won the grand prize of $25,000 in the…

  

  calamities: pretend it’s not happening, accept defeat, or try to make ... purchase a solar-powered biodiesel station to make their dream of turning ... On Wednesday, 70 degree weather spurred MIT students to sport cute

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21L.011 Are You [film] Experienced?

  

  revolution. **Aside II: It was even submitted to reddit.com, and no, not by me ... in his lectures to illustrate the points as he's making them. On ... the first essay, since I had a big decision to make about the direction

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 21, 2008
• Blog / Events

  dtyd weekend all party, no planning (for once)

  

  final act of the CPW closing show, we had a lot to get through to make ... performance. I was exhausted from the night before, but managed to make it ... and the two others going to the event were undressed in mere seconds by

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 19, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 2 The next installment of my saga...

  

  would just be too long but I’ll try to make a start here. There isn’t any ... personally but instead only get to know you by what you and others write about ... information. ECs don’t make decisions about whether or not you are admitted to

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection begins Picking the Class of 2010.

  

  and the difficult decisions we make in selection. This year, we received ... , undoubtedly, make selection even more difficult this year. I can tell already ... , and then have a discussion about that applicant. Things are by consensus

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Back From Vacation Tales of swing sets and answers to the various questions in my inbox.

  

  form by May 1 (postmark date) if you intend to enroll at MIT. How much ... boulders out of the woods to make a 32' x 26' perimeter. On the Monday ... I'm back! Here are the answers to some common questions that have

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 18, 2006