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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Ode to the Institute Better late than never.

  

  In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, I decided to write MIT a poem. It ... through lecture halls’ doors Proclaiming that they have a message of love to ... thanks to Lourdes '15 [who filmed it] Kirsten [my TA] and of course the

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 16, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Semester of poetry

  

  enjoying the class and like how it kind of naturally allows me to set time ... like a lot of people view humanities as something to deal with and sweep ... need to start with some direction of where you're going, whether it be a

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • November 24, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  The Complexity of Simplicity Not as paradoxical as it sounds

  

  , that last half of the sentence was difficult to type given that I ... the superposition of all the little solutions. It's not that hard to ... of applications and engineering, I think the principle applies to life

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 8, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Off to Southeast Asia Even Admissions Officers get to take a vacation sometimes.

  

  Today, I leave for three weeks of vacation in Southeast Asia. Nominally, the purpose of the trip is to be in Malaysia for a (Malay) friend ... -written. Two of the forthcoming entries will introduce you to two new additions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Back to Boston Recommended Orientation events

  

  I am flying back to Boston tonight (why do I always book redeyes?) and can't wait to meet all the new '10s. For the past couple of weeks, I've been getting all sorts of rush/Orientation emails, so I am slightly aware

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Return of QBert Whack-a-mole, a piano player, and a whole lot of fun. All in 24 hours or…

  

  unmarked Toyota Matrix to New Hampshire. All I remember of the drive was ... was able to spend a night away from the noises of the city and spend ... This Sunday, QBert, a long-lost friend of my Nintendo days, and I

  • by Bryan
  • November 6, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Hospital State of Mind The things I hate about being stuck here

  

  of doctors and nurses and I am afraid to talk to them. But there's a ... I hate going to the hospital. Yes, hospitals help people. Most nurses ... Wednesday. It is driving me crazy. I started talking to my squishible monster

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 6, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Engineering Everything I ever wanted to know about making stuff.

  

    Many thanks to the Global Grand Challeneges Summit staff for the photos, and to Ed McCann and Mark Murcko for some of the anecdotes and quotes of the scientists featured here.

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 8, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Schools of dreams

  

  , and could only admit ~1600 students. But most of the students to whom we ... . Often students or parents of students who were not admitted will call to ... need to be open to the, too. A lot of times, they aren't." Behind him

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  The Story of Tonight (more like 730 nights ago)

  

  . The list of internship applications I need to fill out. The morning ... 'm stuck in between the lines of my to-do list. In between my hour ... week since I watched Hamilton on tour. An entire week of attempting to do

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 1, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Back to work

  

  guys got to see some of the nice weather we have hidden around here ... grumbling for part of them because of having to wake up at 7am. ;-) April 21 ... it's just not the path I want to take. A couple of years ago, the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 10, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Want To Play Music @ MIT? (informally, that is.)

  

  to college - I played solo in coffeehouses, as half of an acoustic duo ... look forward to hearing music all over campus, at all hours of the day ... When I got my first guitar at age 3, I immediately began dreaming of

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Moment of Truth

  

  Decisions are in the mail and ready to be viewed online. I'm really excited myself, and I've known my decision for a year and a half. =) Best of luck to everyone!

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ode to PNR First semester in review

  

  semester of MIT. Ode to PNR Pretty please Pass/No Record, how I wish you ... family, and home, Trying to make sense of the mysterious workings of code ... to the great and wonderful institutions that are Princeton and Yale

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 20, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Welcome to the Woodshop Don't forget close-toed shoes and please WEAR GOGGLES.

  

  ! Adjacent to the woodshop and full of machinery for your metalworking needs ... Laura did a pretty great job covering the variety of machine shops ... ... ;) Where architecture comes to life with wood and more.Two afternoons each

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 5, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  “Take care of yourself.” "Can you post something positive please?" - my mom

  

  worried about my decision to go to MIT. Of course they were proud of me, as ... to study at one of the most famous STEM institutions in the world. Yet ... 've been trying my best to emphasize self care. I keep track of my water

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 19, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  The Story Of @MITStudents as told by the person behind it

  

  me an explanation of what DSL is trying to do with it (and, for that ... special programs meant to support and enhance students’ lives outside of the ... opportunities to learn about and experience a multitude of things. To complement

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Narrative of Discovery Most people would be hard pressed to tell a story that has both James Watson…

  

  Most people would be hard pressed to tell a story that has both James ... Hopkins to talk about her work with zebrafish and cancer research that ... mouse person to a fish person" and how a trip to Germany during a

  • by Laurie Everett
  • February 1, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to MIT! blogging guilt eased...

  

  /lounges/libraries/other favorite study spot to ready themselves for the barrage of final projects and ... wonderful (but extremely intense) four years of your life. I was talking to a ... try and picture yourself somewhere else, you won’t be able to. One of

  • by Becca H. '12
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  I wake to sleep An application to a telescope asked me why I learn and where I'm going. It…

  

  building to connect the major cities of Sichuan, but I couldn't have been ... of the purpose, of this rapidly changing landscape, going from green to ... be the proudest of me out of anyone when he learned I was studying to

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 27, 2009