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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  January Book List Oaks & Poems & Baldwin & Biss

  

  Oregon's Yamhill Valley. More on this later. I had no internet, no cell ... in Central Square and lost it on the plane back home. In between, I ... . On Writing by Stephen King. A birthday gift. This book went down like

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 27, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding Time for you know, things that aren't psets.

  

  . One that I've been working on is lovingly called pybot, a terrible bot ... 't gotten the chance to get involved with it at MIT yet. I'm on the Origa ... that song I'm working on, and release that EP of IDM tracks. Seriously

  • by Joe B. '18
  • October 4, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Makers @ MIT how MIT supports student creativity and craft

  

  they support makers on their campuses. MIT's contribution includes a ... was to canvass everything MIT does to support makers on its campus, from ... , being "surrounded by people working on interesting projects makes me want

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 18, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s Making Me Happy: Week 4 Finishing Exams and The Future!

  

  Interstellar Hello everyone, sorry for the three week delay on the latest list ... of news we have two groups at MIT who are both working on robotic arm ... eye on since the Google Glass, Pebble, Galaxy Gear and Fit Bit all grew

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • June 12, 2014
• Blog / Community Projects

  No Touching one plane, two planes, red plane, Corn Dog

  

  Emirates hung their flags next to each other on the wall.   Meanwhile ... competition is a "tech inspection," where the airplane is inspected on the ... on takeoff. We were nineteenth in line, and as team 17 was called our

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 11, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  10 Lessons #IAP #Italy #LearningByTeaching #wow #Pi(e)DayCountdown

  

  extra classes. On the way back, my flight was delayed again-- but don ... taking on more classes and experiences, and didn't regret a single moment ... 's motto. In this way, it was good that I couldn't entirely rely on English

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • March 11, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  About That Email an error, and an apology

  

  it actually said was this: You are on this list because you are ... something similar on some of you. So, that's what happened. I've fixed the ... . I've been on that side and I know how it feels. And if you've now felt

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 5, 2014
• Blog / Events

  A Couple of Firsts With a picture game

  

  have gone on. Everyone’s so passionate about their posts, and all of us ... ” and wear it around my neck along with a reporter’s hat. Oh well, on to ... things keep on coming.

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 17, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Science! at the BAH!Fest The science is a lie. The exclamation points are not.

  

  an added bonus, I found out that the event would be put on by the ... at the beauty of the message boards on campus? Honestly. There’s just ... the signed poster on my wall right now and it looks pretty lonely. I

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 8, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What is an Incomplete Grade? ABCDF....I? How to use MIT's grading system in dire situations

  

  shades of brilliant, MIT handles grades. On a 0% – 100% scale? Maybe “A ... externally. (Here is a list of all the letters/symbols that may appear on an ... entire grade) and get a final grade based on that, or choose to get an

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 7, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Class of 2017 By The Numbers with apologies to iron maiden

  

  't. It shows you the shape of our decisions, not the basis on which they ... on the wait list 708 Wait list Applicants accepting a place on

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 3, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Disco balls in space From an antique bookstore to Drive-By Truckers, and back

  

  a few other friends, then walked downtown. On the way, we passed a ... character.") The lights were on, music was playing, and a ticket table was set ... continued on our way. I mention all this because we met him again later - stay

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas Weekend From Craigslist searching to meat-MIT building, this certainly is an experience

  

  from across campus joined together to work on the worst possible ideas ... strange object was placed on the facade of lobby 7. I'm not really sure what it is, but it definitely says Bad Ideas on it and it advertises Bad

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 27, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Stressful Times in my opinion, the best advice, ever.

  

  would have sprinkled holy water on it if I had access to some. If someone ... well I needed to do on the next exam to get an A in the class. I thought ... weaknesses, and then make (sometimes difficult) decisions based on that. It

  • by Ana V. '15
  • December 11, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Engineering Poetry we do that.

  

  and criticize/ comment on them. We meet every Tuesday for three hours in ... wrote on a crazy rainy day-- I thought I lost my ID, but it was really ... interwebz. (Also on Reddit.)  

  • by Ana V. '15
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  College Interviews a survival guide for the high school senior

  

  impression on someone, it is unlikely you would immediately launch into a ... of thumb, if you can't talk about something you worked on during high ... traits that might not come through on a resume. If you are curious, don

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Days in the Life In which I overuse Instagram.

  

  -setting even through they're on Pass/No-Record, and I think to myself, "hahahaha ... Langer lab, where I UROP. I work for a post-doc on nanoparticle drug ...  behind putting Colbert on notice (actually, that'd be colossally creepy if you did

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest Post: Rush & Recruitment 2012 Evan and Denzil weigh in on this hectic week

  

  'welcome to MIT' freshmen experience, began on Saturday. Today, Denzil Sikka ... women on campus. Denzil (Panhel): The Greek System is a large part of ... 're missing out on moments like this if you're a freshman at MIT and you're not

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • September 3, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  A FAPulous Start On how I’ve spent 0.0016% of my life at MIT so far.

  

  YOU really want. I went to an art and design high school initially on ... thought. Eventually I made the decision to focus on academics because I knew ... -fulfilling prophesies or even deciding factors. I convinced myself that 11:11pm on 11

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • August 27, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Talk to Strangers you might want to keep what they have to say forever

  

  things are they working on? How far have they come to get here? What do ... radio shows that you'd find on NPR, and before taking this class I thought ... (or not), organize, and eventually air it on WMBR, MIT's radio station

  • by Ana V. '15
  • July 22, 2012