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• Blog / Personal Travel

  [Guest Post] The Southbound Train by Kylee C. '23

  

  ’ve ridden my fair share of intercity trains here in the USA, on the East Coast ... /Miami The City of New Orleans connecting Chicago and New Orleans The ... New Orleans” describing the route of the same name was released in 1971

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 10, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Listen to Admissions: Holly on applications, art, and action team an experiment in the sounds of admissions

  

  minutes later, my friend Holly responded and said that, duh, of course she ... Counselor for Communications, and she basically makes all of our print publications, as well as being the token #millenial on our social media. One

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 4, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] MIT THINK Scholars – A High School Research Program! From one side of it to the other

  

  ="attachment_58237" align="aligncenter" width="300"] For more on the art of EC, Nisha D ... murals, my on-campus life will likely involve a good amount of wall ... ’ word salads took on a chaotic beauty of their own. I was fairly sure that

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 31, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Home(sick) for the Holidays winter break was weird: time capsule 2

  

  Here’s part two of my “I wrote this but procrastinated on editing and ... On Wednesday, December 20th, I took my last final of the semester. I ... habit. Maybe it’s just the comfort of home. Who knows. But let’s fast

  • by Allison E. '27
  • February 24, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection-time Questions Omnibus

  

  write entire entries on many of these topics, and I'll answer more ... hands on it. As for "the ugly" side of life here, I don't know too much ... "Final Grade Report." Sephy wrote, "I called up the office of admissions on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 22, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  present tense “you've got to let go of the fear”

  

  pattern. for the past five nights i have constantly felt on the verge of ... in swim class, our instructor emphasizes the importance of relaxing. "you're in the water and your body tenses up. why? it's because of the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 23, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Physics Prof. Peter Fisher on Conan A freshman physics professor helps the late night talk show host break a record. [with…

  

  of the blue." Nevermind that his principle work is on dark matter, not ... the record, setting a new mark of 51 seconds! This spring, you can see ... You may know Conan O'Brien, host of the popular late night talk show

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  learn by doing things i've done without really knowing how

  

  API, (2) make a robot on Twitter, (3) have it do a bunch of things ... of real-life things. Being on the Design/Build/Fly team gets me access ... game. Working on CAD makes you feel kind of like a certain superhero: 3

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 26, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 2

  

  Technology faculty yesterday approved a new course of study for undergraduates ... , I ate at the brand new Steam Cafe, a very yummy new dining option! I ... paired on the same subcommittee today. In other news, while we were in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 17, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap (again) About deferring admission for a year, also known as a gap year.

  

  's been in newspapers and on websites from Kentucky.com to San ... about the possibility of deferring admission, also known as taking a gap year. In the interests of time, I'm going to reprint an entry (edited

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  It Lives. can i be nostalgic yet?

  

  There's always this hum on campus, some whisper of a noise either ... find myself once again back on the MIT grounds. I'm unsure of when the ... walked on Mass Ave, waves of familiarity and warmth washed over me. These

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 2, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures at Trader Joe’s i think i might have joined a cult

  

  tolerance does fall on the higher end so take that with a grain of salt. I ... Ok so I am very late jumping on the Trader Joe's bandwagon, but I'm finally here to enjoy all of the great things it has to offer! For all of

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 30, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  school projects aka why i havent been writing in the last few weeks

  

  of the projects were interesting and enjoyable to work on   i ... on the last day of class they invite a local string quartet group to ... of hours on composition and i think i’m pretty happy with how it

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 12, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Time Traveling and Teleporting

  

  , three of the media outlets I most respect have covered it -- NPR, The Economist, and, this morning, the New York Times -- on page 1 of the national edition! Also, for those of you wishing for teleportation powers so you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Beauty, xkcd, and my classes The problem with me.

  

                                                Oudenaarden The pre-8.03 reaction: my level of awe and wonder is inversely ... back and forth, which in turn pushed air out in the form of sound waves ... glass to fall apart from each other are the same vibrations of a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 9, 2011
• Blog / Events

  My Kind Of Party Consider this your first frat party.

  

  most delectable desserts on this side of the country including chocolate ... of you who can't imagine what some of the best desserts on this side of ... , a soiree if you will. I think the only crazy part of this party might

  • by Bryan
  • September 27, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Four Weeks of Freedom What I'm doing for my last 4 weeks in the US!

  

  The arrival of September 1st signifies exactly 4 weeks until I board a flight to the U.K and embark on the second half of my college journey. And over the last 3 weeks most of the conversations I've had

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • September 2, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brains and treason and bouncy balls, oh my! A brain dump largely about - what else? - brains.

  

  Nearly two weeks ago, I promised you a Post of Substance™ to be put ... , treason, hang her at dawn, all that. Let's just blame it on the weird dreams ... these aren't quite on the same order as Matt's). This time around, I was

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Just a Yellow Lemon Tree… I wrote a rap song for you.

  

  are curious on a more in-depth treatment of the topic) Since I've been ... passed so fast it's like crazy. -Got tired of working in a biology lab, so ... ago I heard this playing on the background of an advertisement that I

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 11, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Murals of East Campus i live in an art exhibition

  

  passed down to generations of EC residents. It all started on floor 5E ... slightest hint of graffiti on the walls, and facilities would be quick to ... of opinions on the murals in their living spaces, so somewhat similarly

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 26, 2018