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• Blog / Academics & Research

  21M.285: The Beatles the most enjoyable class i've taken at MIT

  

  week consists of listening to an album, writing a brief (<200 word ... . Over time, though, I gained a lot of nuance and became able to ... ...we went kind of hard since there's so much to say about the song. There

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 3, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Though the Odds A survival story.

  

  blogs, in spite of talking to upperclassmen and alumni, in spite of going to CPW - I really had very little idea of what college life is like ... of, in order to graduate from MIT), most freshmen take some sort of

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 31, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  For Applicants Admitsphere.org, four hens, two ducks, best wishes and high regard from Mac-town, Oregon

  

  near and the pressure is on--but for all of you who are still typing away ... to say, take a look at admitsphere.org. Admitsphere was devised by a floormate of mine, Jacob Cole '14, along with Prabhav Jain '14 and Merry Mou

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 27, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Past Enrollment On A Map [updated as to not freeze your browsers ^_^] My final project for 4.502 (Design Scripting).

  

  of making weird shapes in Rhino, I decided to use Processing to turn ... ). Mouseover a data point to see the number of undergrads from that state. Now ... almost everyone else is kickin it into full gear to ace their own tests and

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • May 17, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Holiday Stories Here's mine. What are some of yours?

  

  of moms, trying to follow instructions from Miss Stacy and Miss April ... My holiday story: At the end of December my son's preschool decided to have an after-work event at which parents would construct

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  [guest post] crumbly fruit and the importance of keeping at it by Caleb M. '27

  

  bit that the crumbles of fruit are going to melt before they emulsify ... some space for it to move... And then, right below where the blade of the ... . All of this to say, even when it seems like your processor is full of

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 13, 2024
• Blog / Blog Projects

  learning about Things!! cool classes explained in easy words

  

  Better So People Listen More We gave a lot of talks to get better at ... Part 2 This class builds off of How to Power Things to Make it Work Part ... thing that we can drive to move! We need to make all of the different

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 16, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  italy research in pompeii

  

  , analyzed samples of roman concrete, learned how to mosaic and fresco, visited ... . It was one of the most interesting classes I’ve ever had, getting to ... me two days of begging Admir for him to promise to open the doors over

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 18, 2024
• Blog / Community Projects

  Food for Thought [guest post] On food and our culinary club, Mince

  

  . Tananya is the current head of MINCE. I started this organization to create ... original intention of this blog was to expose more people to our organization by presenting the goal of MINCE and (attempting to) explain why we care

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 4, 2023
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  There were many incredible applicants to the MIT Class of 2029, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. Sometimes when ... of you who want to talk with us, shake it off, and get back up again

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Take Off Gate '21 Calling for Departure

  

  I’ve already been on three flights. And as I attempt to make sense of ... ! Welcome aboard! On behalf of our pilot and flight crew, I’d like to thank ... also be some of the most interesting people you come across. Getting to

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 6, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Dang Right, We’re Cooler Than You On the eve of Decision Day (D-Day), I bring you three things that adds to…

  

  who happens to drop by! Think of it as a CPW for adults =p - check out ... singer to come to campus and give a concert), and guess who came! :D (no ... of sucked, other than Sara Bareilles :p) ----- (2) I'll let Shaq

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 30, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Circus School Mitra flies like a trapeze artist; fruit flies like a peach.

  

  jump! Wheeeee The goal of our session was to get our legs over the ... tower of Mitra. Hidden talent #73: Having a thigh that appears to be ... I am a very lucky duck, and was treated to an afternoon at the San

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MyMIT Problems – EA Deadline Now 11/4 EA deadline extended to 11/4 - details inside.

  

  decided to make life interesting for us. Fortunately the primary tech folks are still in Cambridge, but needless to say, trying to coordinate all of ... It's been a nightmare of a weekend. We are all down in NYC for the

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Amsterdesk Time is on my side, it's on my side now.

  

  to do except homework. This is especially useful since almost all of my ... ridiculous. Remember to set your clocks back! This blog is actually part of ... ,000 of the floor's money as apple bake chair. Just playin'. Also to be

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 29, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  FYI: Undergraduates with family income below $200,000 can expect to attend MIT tuition-free starting in 2025 what it says on the tin

  

  are the latest in a long history of efforts by the Institute to free up ... inheritance to pay for MIT. The goal of these policies, however, are to help the ... : sorry for not blogging much lately. With my new-ish role —  Director of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 20, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  On Being the “Dumb” Friend and the freedom from comparison

  

  classes, the amount of time they have to spend learning content / doing ... access to, because my friends learned in 9th grade some of the content that ... is simply no feasible amount of studying that I could do to catch up

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 2, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT gave my pod free art supplies!! and despite being hosed, we used them

  

  grants of between $50 and $250 to pods and virtual groups for art supplies. The intention was to support "shared art experiences for learning ... is a painting I created to explore the use of color, light, and shadow

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 7, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  ..and Here We Go Again! [by Ken Haggerty '11] ARTalk is back!

  

  tiring place. There are lots of P-sets and lots of work to do. Which is why it's even more satisfying and exciting to see ARTalk get back up and ... staff from a wide variety of programs on a non-regular basis to keep

  • by ARTalk
  • February 5, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  I’m still reading applications 5 years later...

  

  applications…and I had nothing but time to read them. Scarce hours of daylight ... was something of a blessing. It offered the opportunity to escape the ... lives of others. I’m hardly as efficient as I ought to be; it feels almost

  • by Jeremy W.
  • November 28, 2025