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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  art things #1 illustration, graphic design, ceramics, and photography

  

  a pencil to sketch the design directly on the piece for reference ... ! There are a ton of resources on campus for making and enjoying artwork ... might make it a series). One of my biggest goals this semester was to

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • December 1, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Pluto Flyby and how MIT was involved

  

  went over New Zealand on June 29 to catch the stellar occultation of of ... Close up shot of Pluto. (Image Credit: NASA) On Jan 19, 2006, the New Horizons team at NASA launched a space probe to the Kuiper Belt. Nine and

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 15, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  I like to do the jumble sometimes

  

  'm back in Boston briefly before heading to New Jersey and New York on ... action folks), I've been thinking back a bit to my college interviews. My ... one of my new top choices (that, combined with a major in geography

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 9, 2004
• Blog / IAP

  IAP in Review: Week One IAP should stand for Independent Awesome Period.

  

  on writing!) to compare a bunch of genetic sequences. For three hours ... A couple of days ago, I was working on an entry talking about all the ... , well, IAP. Oops. :) So, here's a quick recap of what I've done so far

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Time I Underpacked a trip to Istanbul, courtesy of MIT

  

  college. Not even for a bit! (I'm starting to think I'm always more homesick ... figured it wouldn't be the worst thing if I stayed a little closer to home ... class works with a different client to learn and apply ideas about

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 25, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  WTHBBQ! Chinese Buffet! Spring 2008 courses, with a really bad analogy, haha. (super long post o___o)

  

  monopoly!)...and so on. It's a nice hodgepodge introduction to a ton of stuff ... was focused on interactive exercises in class where you had to speak a ... Spanish, I haven't skipped a single lecture on Mondays to Thursdays because

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 11, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Deep Breaths Perhaps wisdom, perhaps not. See for yourself.

  

  my application read, I have to press it. 2. I don't own a time machine to go back in time and correct mistakes or retake tests. 3. A little ... I've been reading a lot of the comments about the applications that

  • by Bryan
  • December 31, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  168 Hours and how to spend them

  

  A/N: This post is coming out weeks after I intended for it to; please ... curls and incline sit ups. A few weekends ago, at 1PM on a Saturday (most ... of the week based on how you plan to spend them. Athena and Leo have

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • March 21, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Halloween Preparations First my birthday, then halloween!

  

  a glorious 2 extra hours on the tracks, right outside of New Haven. I ... celebrations in New York City. I returned to Boston last Sunday (which happened ... name of the dorm superimposed on a brick wall (every room in Baker has

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 26, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  My Favorite (Kitchen) Things cue julie andrews singing

  

  primal joy akin to ancient man being taught how to make fire on a cold ... cooking. I was once on a meal plan for about two weeks at the start of my ... placed all my cooking spoons on a paper towel. Our stove’s cleanliness

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • January 7, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  So what makes a successful MIT student, anyway?

  

  look like? This is a challenging question to answer, because the variety ... whole point of going here.  There are 22+ majors, and if you do a quick ... whatever else you're working on. I don't know if GPA is that strong of a

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 21, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Last Minute Rehearsal music in the time of corona

  

  of pressure on herself to succeed. She sings “Breathe” as a way to ... overwhelming. And these types of updates seemed to have become a new normal ... activities very sadly could not come to full fruition. But as a last ditch

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 18, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  summer 2021

  

  dedication to work, especially since I'm working so hard on securing a return ... times we'd go to our favorite pho place, Pho Saigon, a quick 5 minute walk ... just go to 7/11 and get a spam musubi. Any shrimp truck on North Shore

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 5, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  A CPW Challenge I hope Chris Peterson doesn't fire me for too many prefrosh stealing his nametag...

  

  challenge to you: Eat free food. Find a hack somewhere on campus Build ... of my favorite place on earth, and there are so many things to find ... awesome events and have had a chance to collapse and sleep for the first

  • by Kate R. '14
  • April 7, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  A half semester told through paper grownup show and tell

  

  temporary) state of having a lot of work to do at the moment"]Hosed™[/annotation] to put effort into a blog post, so here’s what you get instead. Me going through a stack of paper and talking to you about it. So fun, right

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 19, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet The Admissions Staff It's my pleasure to introduce you to our current team.

  

  I've been trying to think of a good way to kick off the new ... , and set new goals for this cycle. I'm very excited to embark on my ... you know why?), and a flower-pot-decorating competition. To kick off

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 19, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Redesigning a hall logo: 4.500 part 1 4.500 part 1

  

  Rhinoceros, learning how to use AutoCAD took a bit of time. Eventually I ... , but the shift from the 1 to the e seems sudden, as if the 1 was quickly stretched and taped to the e. My final iteration superimposed a script

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • October 27, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Monteverdi to Mozart: 1600-1800 An organ, three harpsichords, and lots of learning

  

  essentially run on a 17th century Stairmaster to keep air flowing through the ... manic arcs from each note up to a note on a higher staff. Very bizarre. If ... go listen to concerts in Boston for free. In other words: I've had a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  [Guest Post] The Southbound Train by Kylee C. '23

  

  all time was a 2-week trip from Boston to Chicago to New Orleans to ... euphoria as a southbound train. There ain’t nothing like slowing down to ride ... used to be all the rage in country music. Purported to be on the first

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 10, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Books I did read this semester I am literate if not literary

  

  -- but then she sits next to a pretty girl with pointed teeth on the bus ... Previous me wrote in a blogpost that I "did not want to write about ... reading. When I go to bed at three, it’s more of a bleary couple pages, but

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 21, 2020