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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to Make a (Short) Movie in 15 Days give or take

  

  This past semester, I took 4.354, Intro to Video and Related Media ... -processing. I got to experiment with Super8 film cameras, which are both extremely cool and [annotation note="i found when after shooting what i thought was

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 24, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Boing! Boing! Maybe not the best writing ever, but the pictures are awesome!

  

  Back during my senior year of high school in 2007, I went to CPW (Campus Preview Weekend) at MIT. While at CPW I figured out which dorm I ... different halves of the dorm. The numbers refer to the floor number. I live on

  • by Snively '11
  • November 24, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Adonde? Excuse me sir, I seem to have misplaced my pants.

  

  About two years ago at school I was sitting in the computer lab ... there. "THAT'S AWESOME!" I told him "I know! And they do all sorts of ... . While he was navigating and showing me these videos I noticed some other

  • by Snively '11
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Unfolding of Language Your high school English teacher may hate it, but "gonna" really is a word.

  

  now my new favorite topic. I read The Unfolding of Language: an ... element- more specifically, an auxiliary verb. For example, the sentence "I ... gonna- "I'm gonna buy that book." But what about another example- "I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 9, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining Hall Alchemy The art of turning cereal and chicken tenders into slightly tastier cereal and chicken tenders

  

  One of the many things I love about MIT's dining halls is that they ... stopping you from getting food from several of them at once. When I'm not in a rush, I find it helpful to do a quick scan of the entire dining hall

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 11, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Rush Course 12 what it’s like to study Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at MIT

  

  “What’s course 12 again?” That’s a question I deal with a lot when ... undergrad lounge is my favorite place on campus. By the way, hi! I’m Juliana and I’m a senior in course 12 with a minor in biology. Within EAPS, I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 6, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Experiencing Psycho in Full G(l)ory Sharon L. '21 joins the blogs to talk about movies and art by and large

  

  Growing up, I wasn’t always a fan of movies. It may have been an aversion to enjoying “mainstream” culture, but I always shied away whenever ... winners. I didn’t quite understand the draw of film buffs to the black and

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 3, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  How To Write A College Essay and other things too

  

  change the way you think about writing. I keep Orwell's rules for writing ... good. When I say they are "not very good", I mean they are either boring ... railed. Orthodoxy runs deep. Last year I was traveling with a colleague

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / How to MIT

  My Freshman Backpack Or: How to bend the fabric of spacetime to your will

  

  I'm not new to the blogs (though we do have some wicked bloggers up ... confused you into thinking that I am. Nope, I'm just a sophomore that's going to MIT and that has been doing this bloggin' business for a while. I

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 24, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  For the Not Admitted Students I just wanted to tell you a story. It has a moral, but you don't…

  

  I just wanted to say that please don't give up hope, and I know that ... you choose to go - even if it's not at MIT. I want to share with you a ... the next step. (and for those that think I'm too verbose, please just

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Not my college essay It's Blog Action Day and the topic is poverty.

  

  heaters and electric blankets for the coming winter. Although I'd love to ... shelter for the southern Californians here at MIT, I think we can agree that ... simplify when it comes to complex world issues. *I speak from first

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 14, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT, You Make Me Wanna Wait! Between high school and MIT, I took two years to travel and work as a…

  

  I bet you’re really eager to come – not just for Campus Preview ... surprising, but I’m willing to bet that in that year off, you’ll learn more ... year of college.) In my case, I took two years off and arrived on campus

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Careers in biology Also known as "why on earth I'm applying to graduate school".

  

  Since all I can think about recently is graduate school, I thought I ... of arrows on that page, so I'll try to clarify. First you finish your ... for them. Actually, they'll pay you! I mean, it's not a huge amount, but

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  More questions

  

  day of Spring Term! I'm a little behind on the questions, so here goes ... to attend, and I wonder if parents are welcome as well? Will there be ... hotline at (617) 258-6085. Nbot1 asked, "Since you like Hindi music, I was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 31, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Social Engineering no no wait not like that–

  

  group of friends, I swear! Alternatively, mansplain manipulate man…ufacture mischief? In which I mansplain how my friends manipulate each other ... to yap has taken hold, and I shall oblige it, because orientation is

  • by Allison E. '27
  • August 24, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Fun in NYC Part 2 Hold on, this is a long one. Tons of pictures though!

  

  . Maddie and I planned on leaving for South Station at about 11:45 PM so at ... , and tie for me while Maddie just packed clothes to put on later. I brought nice shoes but there was no way I was going to wear them all day, so

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The 2009 Brass Rat My highly biased and personal opinions about Ring Premiere.

  

  the class council, I believe). The Ring Committee spends the first half ... called Ring Premiere. I was really excited about Ring Premiere, until the Ring Committee accidentally leaked the design early (oops!) so I heard

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The good advice The many different flavors of advising at MIT.

  

  So in case anybody's unaware, I finished my project at the lab at the end of July so I could spend the month of August working on Ben's couch. True story. I'm going through and tagging all of the bloggers' entries

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  SIMMONS GOT A TRAMPOLINE!!! it's awesome, possum!

  

  table that is now less cool in comparison[/caption] I live in Simmons ... ! I love trampolines. I can’t do flips or anything particularly cool on ... in Indiana that we got from our neighbors and I adored it so…until it

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 6, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  -related things I’ve been enjoying in the past few months (numbered #1 because I ... make more and better artwork; I have mixed opinions on whether or not I ... , here are some things I've been making:   illustration All drawn

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • December 1, 2023