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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Music Scene by a non-musician

  

  ’re strumming a guitar wistfully pretending to be in a 90s kids coming-of-age film ... affordable) way to relieve some of the stress MIT can give. And trust me, there ... form characters and worlds and stories in my head that have yet to be

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 23, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fear of Flying Shake the haters off.

  

  This entry is meant to complement the one I wrote prior about being ... like to explain things. No one likes to accept the "it's just the way it ... supposed to be here? Was I going to be the laughing stock of the Institute

  • by Bryan
  • May 28, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  14 years later what I've been up to in the past one-seventh of a century

  

  -arm, to scintillate our understimulated brains by opening emails with ... thought to be two safe backup options: unpaid laborer on an organic farm in ... to, nobody wanted to interview me. Internally, I knew I’d find some way

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 22, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  an essay writing journey one of my MIT essays, as told through revision history

  

  you are probably thinking that it’s way too early to be thinking about ... onto this blog, though. I don’t want to be *that* kind of college blogger ... ’ve faced”: Failing the last competitive math test of my career (to be fair

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 25, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  the luxury of bad art nothing but the truth

  

  time approaching music as a creative outlet, and to be honest, I’m not ... “girly-girl” and a “tomboy”, and how boys got to be multifaceted but girls ... internalized misogyny, by other people’s expectations of who I was “supposed” to

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 11, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 2 Really, there are a lot of machine shops.

  

  this in the most honest, sincere way possible. I'm not trying to be rude ... Computer Aided Manufacturing. The way the whole process works is to design a ... . (By the way, most CNC machines, except for the "super heavy duty" ones I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Parental Advice Sometimes you just need to get out of the way

  

  I have known for some time that my approach to things can be ... being able to share my perspective.  While I frequently have opportunities ... that the most important thing for a fourth grader to do, is to be a

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Perfect Match? because the right CPW host can make a huge difference...

  

  is where they wanted to be, others were less certain. Some may even ... programs have had their own App developed by a participant, just to keep ... sure that you get to eat while at MIT by hanging out with people who have

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 30, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Katharine Hepburn’s Brownies How Kate saved my kitchen cred.

  

  to use the word hate, but I’m going to be a rebel and use it anyway ... track of how much butter I used up, but since this blog is supposed to be ... ’ve had a lot of successes (at least judging by how quickly my cookies

  • by Alina G. '11
  • July 26, 2010
• Blog / Announcements

  Remembering Gisel and honoring twenty years of service and friendship

  

  might have knit you a small beaver to remember MIT by. Her latest ... also because the rest of her team is grieving her loss. To be honest, we ... I am heartbroken to tell you that this morning we learned Gisel, a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 28, 2020
• Blog / Events

  I Survived Week 1 and All I Got Was 10 Lousy T-Shirts a pack rat’s post-orientation reflections on miscellany

  

  life (e.g., walking from main campus to this parking lot, just walking by, quickly walking away from the destruction) were given the opportunity to ... available to be hung in MIT students’ living spaces or offices. Students view

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 13, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Colors! Burton-Conner:12523 kbps1649 kbps140 ms

  

  to be evil. Why? Here's what it looks like. Problem 1/ a -- s Problem ... It seems as though the more work one has, the more time one finds to ... 're reading it correctly, A through S. 19 parts! In addition to the other parts

  • by Snively '11
  • September 15, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Retrospective Wait, what? I'm done with my first year?

  

  to no longer be among the 'babies' of the school, to be replaced by the ... ..." - thanks, Professor! :) To be fair, he wasn't kidding; the midterms were ... that took place outside: And chairs that somehow found their way to

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 25, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  On MIT and Humanities I promise I will stop philosophizing (aka. sounding like an old man) in my entries…

  

  would be able to tackle whatever problems come our way, either through our ... too nerdy. I question whether I would even be able to find a balanced ... like science? 11. Do you want MIT to completely change the way you think

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 19, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Observations of an MIT Sophomore Advice and insight.

  

  for the next four years without having to be (as) afraid of failure ... school. In my humble opinion, xkcd used to be a lot funnier than it ... 't really talked to for a year can be immensely satisfying. At MIT, we have

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  packing for the road looking back on nights that last forever

  

  to be hitting this week. Last night my friends and I wandered from B1 ... ceiling, before the party ended and we had to walk home. I'll be ready to ... spaces at MIT, and that those spaces hold room for me to be and to grow. I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 27, 2024
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Yes, I am still alive My fourth of July in America's hometown

  

  , because to be honest, I am puzzled by the distinctions between all the ... . Suffice to say that majoring in BE at MIT (and taking classes in/doubling in ... on the 4th of July. The look of horror prompted Adam's mom to ask me

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 6, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  I went to a motorcycle festival don’t worry, parents, I didn't see other MIT kids there

  

  was scrambling slightly to finish. On the way, however, I passed people ... [annotation note = "residents of Random Hall, the soon-to-be last bastion of ... -suited to my style. So many people here looked like what I want to be. At the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 23, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  Food We Made! a photo dump of non-aesthetic pictures

  

  . This summer, we've had more time to be in the kitchen, and we've made a ... Kitchen videos regularly! Being the carbivores we are, we knew we had to ... to try to take nice pictures of the process and final result. But

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 29, 2019
• Blog / Hacks

  Yay! A hack! Know what're cool? See title.

  

  seriously and hurried over to get pictures before things were taken down ... . My clever little paragraph up there is just a cute way of saying that a ... on a public on-line publication would be rather rude of me. Hacker

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 14, 2005