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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In the Music Cubes, no one can hear you scream…

  

  ... which just goes to show what a great job the acoustics engineers ... secrets those mysterious 90%-windowless cubes would hold. (Perhaps a prison for music students who played one too many wrong notes during a

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 25, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  data diaries inspired by Giorgia Lupi & Stefanie Posavec's "Dear Data"

  

  Weirdest conversation overheard: A parent chanted "WE LOVE NEW YORK ... 's hard to overhear more than a phrase or two when you're just going about ... in a crowded coffee shop for a few hours. Conclusion: As expected

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 5, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  quarantine throwback i present to you my early april 4 am thoughts

  

  under a rock for the past few months and only just came out to read my ... normal again. I was lucky enough to get a housing exception from MIT which ... know that we were actually living a countdown to a time when our lives

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 6, 2020
• Blog / People & Identities

  senior appreciation post in which i rant about my idol

  

  specifically my relationship with one mentor who has grown into more of a sister and a friend as years went by. Freshman year was a shitshow. I could ... from everything you have ever known and loved and to settle into a new

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 15, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Visual Arts @ MIT part 3 the people who make it all possible

  

  As a way to tie up our visual arts discussions on the blogs, we want to write a final installment in our Visual Arts @ MIT series. In the ... to wrap up by providing a bigger picture. When we entered MIT in our

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 17, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Lounges: An Interactive Experience It's almost like you were here!

  

  The 3D Lounge Experience For this part, I ask you to settle in a comfortable location, preferably on a couch or bean bag. Turn on "The Last Ship ... ; Ready? Welcome to our lounge! ________________ Ask me what a typical

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 22, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Happy Birthday, ‘Murica! (Even though Boston celebrated Independence Day Eve)

  

  ), the City of Boston is shrouded in fog and a light sprinkle of rain. This is the edge of the Tropical Storm/Hurricane Arthur (now lowered to a ... reschedule all 4th of July festivities for last night as a precautionary

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 4, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  World Suicide Prevention Day Write love on your arms to show support

  

  MIT is a really stressful place.  Class just started less than one week ago, and I already have four problem sets due and a quiz this week.  Still, I love it here.  This weekend, I played with cats, took a trip to

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 10, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Sleep is Overrated (CPW Guest Blog!) from Ann '14!

  

  amazing, and CPW was the first time that I pulled a non-academic, non-Harry-Potter-related all-nighter (whoa that was a lot of hyphens!) Free sodas and coffees ... next four years and what made me disappointed to leave. CPW was a unique

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 14, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  My Application Story Modified (but mostly plagiarized) from my personal blog. Enjoy the copy pasta.

  

  weird. I liked it a lot because it stood out in its rejection of the ... now, ruefully, a bit more Common. My essays were perfect. I knew I would ... , made a checklist. We visited both universities, again. The schools were

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Full Circle Here's to yesterday.

  

  second summer in Cambridge. Two years ago, when I was a rising high ... . Specifically, a class on medieval prayer books. Why? Well, for one thing, I ... something a little more humanities-oriented. And perhaps even more importantly

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Sam Survey I'M HOSED.

  

  I am RIDICULOUSLY hosed this week (three exams, a problem set, a lab report, a t-shirt design, a poster design, a UROP proposal, an EMS elections meeting, an overnight shift, a trip to New York, another exam

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UROP 101 – The Intro Entry Each week, I will explore a different MIT student's unique research project and the insight…

  

  the hologram, artificial intelligence, "pharmacy on a chip," stop ... privilege is mostly a result of the Undergraduate Research Opportunities ... classmates a unique chance to gain valuable research experience and insight

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bruno Recalibration

  

  It was 86 degrees F in Boston on Wednesday! A blooming tree in ... enacted in 1972. It was conceived by a Baker resident, Charles Bruno '74 ... him a new unit of volume was created: the 'Bruno.'" Now the Bruno, like

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Events, Food, and Awesomeness: CPW A story about how CPW is more awesome than lobsters

  

  When people ask me where I grew up, I hesitate for a moment before ... family then relocated to Carmel, Indiana, a city just north of Indianapolis ... to be a professional clown? Absolutely not. But now you can say that

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  how i got my book deal *flailing intensifies*

  

  was so in love with this series as a kid. we are going to pretend this ... any meaning and also if today is a Tuesday or a Sunday signing a book ... years of my life to a novel I didn’t believe in. [annotation note

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 1, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Revolutionary Technologies at TechCrunch DisruptNY breathing office walls and credit-card sized computers

  

  the story. Tickets were a couple thousand dollars. But, my friends and I ... minutes after it was announced. So, I made a script that would text me an alert as soon as the next round of tickets were announced. A week later it

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 19, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s bigger than you, and you are not me. Consider this entry the hint of the century.

  

  "hard coreness," so to 5p3a|<. We've seen it time and time again. Two ... stay up all tonight to start and finish a stupid HASS paper." Evoking ... 'd rather take a HASS test than read a hundred pages on something completely

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes – Fall 04 What I took way back when

  

  .30; 21A.453 In alphabetical order, this term, I am taking: Anthropology ... classes. I'm a genius, I know.) Okay, here go some descriptions: (Note ... saying, “I'm married to a lactose-intolerant person. She's otherwise very

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 23, 2004
• Blog / How to Human

  hike the desert pretend i am a lifestyle blogger

  

  This winter break, inspired by a chaotic night hiking trip ... clambered over boulders until we found the peak, looked out over a wide and ... I have a car. I had some daring plans to go hiking every other day

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 21, 2023