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• Blog / Academics & Research

  First day of classes What some MIT freshman schedules look like.

  

  excitement and anticipation I had on my first day back in 1996; I wish I could ... professors, others with small classes lead by strong teachers; some focus on theory, others on application; and so on. Also, remember that all freshman

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Symphony 9, Op. 95 “From the New Blog” I'll to pay you to hang out with me and watch me type.

  

  . It turns out that on the first typewriters ever invented had a tendency ... letters on the left of the keyboard, ensuring that right-handed typists would be forced to rely on their weaker hand as much as possible. In the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  July 4th in Boston MIT has the best seat for Boston's July 4th celebrations.

  

  , and MIT has a front row seat. Each year on July 4th, a concert by the ... nationwide. The concert occurs at Boston's Hatch Shell, a concert venue on the ... , I've watched the fireworks from many locations on and around campus

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  (Q & A)^(n+1)

  

  grading system it would be unfair on me to compare my grades here to those ... reporting midyear grades (particularly if they aren't getting those grades on their high school transcripts)?" We would appreciate being updated on your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 31, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  To tell the truth

  

  On Tuesday night, I told the audience at my Central Meeting in ... driving back to my hotel, listening to the game on the radio, and they kept ... presentations on MIT each year. And, for the most part, I'm generally discussing

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 15, 2004
• Blog / Challenges

  One Day at a Time or, springing into junior year, part 2: electric boogaloo

  

  everything that’s happened since we last met, mostly focused on the developing ... in when there’s breaking news every few hours), but I went on anyway ... tweets i’ll be missing"]corona[/annotation] on the Twitter account I

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • March 17, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  7 / Pressure is a privilege Training for my last hurrah, the US Championships

  

  energy and attention on training for the US Championships, taking place the ... , pushing training to the side. I didn't even plan on skating this season ... wanted to try it out back on the ice, but on my own terms. I only skated

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 15, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Less Than Perfect Bottle Rockets, Crossword Puzzles, and Half-Marathons

  

  Part One: On the last Friday of April, a stubby little rocket made ... . Unfortunately, I was crouched on the grass for the majority of the 6 seconds (I ... with one person’s perspective on it that might be of use to anyone

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 10, 2016
• Blog / Events

  The one-armed violin player and the Dalai Lama Emad's not the only blogger who got a press pass.

  

  On September 24, MIT admissions blogging and His Holiness the Dalai ... morning was to misunderstand the instruction to line "all equipment" down on ... later in the day. I considered turning to the reporter on my left and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  LSC’s Q&A with Dean Kelley of Pixar’s Coco (he also worked on Avatar: The Last Airbender, Monsters University, and The Incredibles 2)

  

  A couple of Fridays ago I had the opportunity to sit in on an LSC ... scenes of how we kind of attack these stories at Pixar. Some background on ... design work, I got to animate, I got to work on the computers. This was

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 8, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  proof of life hmm :thinking-face:

  

  , very loosely stitched together because I gave up on trying to have a ... timer on a carton of milk and a slab of chicken waiting to be thawed. An ... feeling of always being somewhat agitated, having something on the horizon

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • August 16, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  [Guest Post] An Overthinker’s Guide to Finishing Your Transfer Application by Warren K. ’27

  

  that I had already spent the right amount of time working on it. Since I ... . There is already a bunch of great advice on this blog, but with the ... the drawing board. Even if a story or experience is compelling on its

  • by Jeremy W.
  • March 4, 2025
• Blog / Summer

  SSP aka summer science program aka summer sleep program aka silly science people aka summer solstice…

  

  ="attachment_110967" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] a double rainbow on the first ... as possible. On weekdays, those of us willing to get up for breakfast ... on the board. We’d laugh about the scenarios on our psets or just

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • February 10, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Reporting from… Doha! 🐫🐫 ft: the first time I ever rode on a camel

  

  , where I got the first stamp on my brand new passport! Afterwards, we ... first destination would be Souq Waqif, a Qatari marketplace. On the outskirts, it felt similar to a fancy/quirky mall, but there was a part on the

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • January 18, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  what I’m doing this IAP mostly physics and musical theater

  

  the month of January: some people treat it as a four-week extension on winter break, some people take classes or work on campus, lots of people ... ="The MIT Outing Club runs a winter school every IAP where people go on lots

  • by Kai V. '25
  • January 16, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Sweet summer song

  

  for August. I was continuing my research with the Isola lab on inner ... 't, and it was interesting to be there. It seems on average a bit more ... on my turkish skills again and ate lots of great food. Turkish culture

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • October 19, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  loveallurfriends <3

  

  Memorial Drive on the trip back from the UA Meeting. The weather, for the ... , crossed the street, descended into the foliage by the Charles, and sat on a ... scintillations on the surface of the river.  I was tired. This is unsurprising; it

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • March 6, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] A Journey to the W I D E by Wide Tim (Margaret Z. ‘23, MEng ‘24)

  

  hall to a post somewhere on Instagram. I even have a little sticker of him on my water bottle that travels with me everywhere I go. Today is his 3rd birthday, and he's celebrating some of it right here on the

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 13, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  making art for fun what a crazy concept!

  

  art, but despite taking two design classes and having a UROP focused on ... and design, which is what i'm planning on majoring in."]Course 4 ... working on my projects for my liking. The closest I’ve gotten to drawing for

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • March 28, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  yo-yos, comics, and other adventures my junior spring schedule!

  

  on guiding our design. She's super competent, I loved bouncing ideas ... on any given day. I find this quite stressful as it requires you to ... man (who is also a fridge magnet) activates a magnetic sensor on the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 24, 2023