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• Blog / MIT Life

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 1 Zumba and putting pants on in lecture

  

  original story, so I decided to write a post with both stories and hold off ... happened that eclipsed both stories. At this point, a post with all three ... . - Tuesday, February 11 Yesterday, I woke up at 8, poured myself a bowl of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I painted a mural for Borderline! bird-erline mural

  

  . #1) Graduate. #2) Paint a mural for The Borderline @ MIT. I got to finish one of these last night! Borderline is a project that started in ... application. There really is no hidden message other than: "I smashed a bunch of

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • May 5, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  king cake and a run-on sentence busy week

  

  you to have a wholesome Ash Wednesday David S. '21 is only eating the cake because I told him to Brandon F. '19 put on a shirt just for this picture Lisa P. '21 was too busy with 18.03 (?) to pose Jamie A. '21, on

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 13, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anatomy of a Problem, Part 2 and the power of the many

  

  A cornerstone of 6.046, MIT’s infamous algorithms class, is navigating around a variety of limitations (algorithm runtime, computer memory ... workaround. As a simple example, if I gave you a very long list of numbers (2

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 22, 2017
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Heartbreaking Lunch of Staggering Genius I'll write about campus dining some other day.

  

  Three days of Manhattan ended on Monday afternoon beneath a dripping ... waited for the bus from NYC to Boston in a cramped doorway whose grimy ... still, a slathering of MSG. We've skillfully missed two buses already. We

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 30, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels More on the evolution of the MIT class ring.

  

  the ring, here's a bit of history and background. Each class year at ... lucrative ring contract: 90% of all students will purchase the ring in a ... of the entire class, RingComm designs the ring over a six-month period

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In which I “get a life” again reclaiming my childhood hobbies

  

  Over this past summer, I spent a lot of time filling out all of those ... there was a problem with this question. I didn’t have any hobbies. That was kind of sad to think about for a while. Really, Allison? You have no

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 12, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  “So what’s being a blogger like?” i spill the (lukewarm) tea

  

  Being a blogger is a bit of a weird job. Your only task is to write ... that famous.) The process of becoming a blogger starts, of course, with ... of summer. You have to answer a few short questions and write three

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 1, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  [Guest Post] A day in my life! by Callie T. '26

  

  looks like as a junior studying physics! 11:15 — I ignore my alarm. 11 ... , I promised myself that I’d attend all my lectures to avoid a repeat of ... some friends after dinner. 12:00 — I grab a sandwich and a large black

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • April 1, 2025
• Blog / Blog Projects

  what i ate in a week* living the influencer life (clickbait included)

  

  note: i wrote this as a project for #BlogstonCommons, which was a mini-outing-blog-challenge that i did with a few other bloggers where we just tried to write a blog as fast as possible. this is not very high

  • by Janet G. '27
  • November 9, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  how to become a morning person a matter of willpower

  

  . Besides, it gives me a lot of insight into my personal data: when I fall ... me whether I was a morning person or a night owl in high school, I ... 't necessarily the case, though. I spent most of high school in a vicious cycle of

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 12, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  a time capsule of east campus multi-media, community-built

  

  i've been in a funny little writing rut, far away from the keyboard ... tagged as “home” on Google Maps, but also a place that truly felt like one ... brings them peace, objects that capture a memory. one of the greater fears

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 12, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s First Annual Q&A Kidding about the annual part. Catching up with my blog comments... finally!

  

  ... finally! ------------------------ Shikhar wrote: "I am a bit confused regarding my essay to MIT. Basically I want to tell you how being in a small ... application? Is it okay if I send this as a reply to question 14?" Yes, #14

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What an “OX” means on a transcript and why I currently have two of them

  

  online to look at your grades you might see the familiar A ... - “Failed” (⊙︿⊙) and if you’re a freshmen on Pass/No Record you can expect either a P - “Pass” (!) or a DN - D, but not recorded or an FN - F

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • January 25, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blogging My Way to a Passionate Life On writing, during and after MIT.

  

  I’m writing this post after recently finishing a year-long stint at ... covering everything from Kanye’s visit to Harvard’s design school and a birth on a D.C. metro platform to wild architectural proposals and all the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Singing with a Local Filk Group [by Susan Shepherd '11] At MIT, I discovered that my "unusual" hobbies weren't all that…

  

  is the culture. It's hard to describe, but there's a peculiar mix of ... capsaicin to get a really spicy dish?" "Actually…that would work. Okay, let's do it!"), and a lot of creativity from people who enjoy doing very

  • by ARTalk
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  A Parent’s Perspective (Guest Entry) A Parent's Perspective of MIT

  

  by Donald Guy’s Mom Almost exactly one year ago, on a Junior ... pipes hanging from the ceiling, when my son looked over with a smile and ... supportive of my children’s right to choose, so I bought him a “

  • by Bryan
  • April 21, 2008
• FAQ / Academics and research

  How can I get a course catalog?

  MIT has an online course catalog called the Bulletin that provides details about MIT, the campus, and undergraduate programs, including requirements and course descriptions for majors/minors.
• FAQ / Visit

  Where can I find a campus map?

  Behold, whereis.mit.edu. Just search for rooms (“admissions”), services (“public parking”), or whatever else you might need.  
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What Is This, a Crossover Episode? Jacob Collier and Yo-Yo Ma come to MIT

  

  will also be no rehearsal on Wednesday, February 19. There will be a ... excited to hear this. Two years ago, Fred had also promised a “special surprise” that turned out to be a free week-long trip to the Amazon

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 23, 2025