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• Blog / Admissions

  I hate the way I don’t hate you

  

  Garden State. Still having jet-lag, I woke up quite early so I wanted to ... came highly recommended, and overall I'd have to say I liked it. After it ... to have some sense of as much of America's cities and towns as I can

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tour of Phonology, Part 1 fənɛtɪks ɪz fʌn!

  

  you're done here, you should be able to make out most of the above text and move on to the next section about phonology. Consonants There are three major categories to describe consonants: their place of articulation

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 12, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Siete Ciudades de España A very busy IAP

  

  is the best opportunity I have to go abroad. College is one of the most convenient times to travel, but being an MIT student can make it pretty hard to spend time in anther country. It’s difficult to justify spending a

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Having Survived Rejection (guest post) About receiving a rejection letter from the 'Tvte.

  

  , but then he was not admitted to the class of 2019. Here's his story ... cousin, and my best friend all made it in, so it was my turn to follow suit ... learned how to write about myself, how to create the froyo flavor that

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 15, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Integration Bee (guest post by Mike W. ‘19) I had a tagline planned out, but I axed it for being too derivative.

  

  , listening to songs about Alexander Hamilton on YouTube, and flipping through ... , confident as you please. I tend to solve problems quickly, so the extreme time ... did too. I did some more integrals leading up to the contest. My

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  disinterprerto! a centennial, a harry potter dream, a made-up spell, a corny metaphor

  

  /Build/Fly team, training all our delightful new members and gearing up to fly (and ... . I got to meet astronauts, hear Elon Musk speak live, and get expert ... fortunately well-positioned to get a picture. That's Michael Collins

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 28, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Not in Kansas anymore A brief look at your third '15 blogger

  

  to introduce myself. And because I'm bad at narrating my life, we'll go ... their lives and we headed over to Kansas. I've since lived in Kansas for ... I'd love to straighten out more semi-false stereotypes. Current

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • September 9, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Checking My Calendar I know I'll eat my words come late September, but I'm looking forward to three…

  

  six-week breaks and a summer vacation lasting from mid June to early ... from late May to early September. I'd estimate about twelve hours of ... many classes we wonder when they get a chance to eat (if you don't have

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • August 17, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Epilogue An open letter about blogging, growing up, and the end of my first year at…

  

  profession? Sorry to those of you who have actual careers like car-washing and ... the latest tides of prefrosh, but nonetheless I do want to totally sound ... experience, gently tugging on the writer's (aka, my) natural tendency to share

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 21, 2009
• Blog / MISTI

  Number Münchners Eaten by a Trogglus Nicoise.

  

  20 euro per night price tag. The second thing we did in Nice was go to ... entire room full of severed mannequin parts, to symbolize man's timeless ... entering. However, it was not quite enough to scare us away, and we

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 28, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  More Odds & Ends Concerts (on & off campus), doors (on campus), and lectures (also on campus).

  

  minno.' I'll leave you guys to figure out what that means ; )" The inscription translation is now an open question to be answered by you, as is the ... . Also, earlier today as I was walking from my office to the subway, I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Rush and Hall Rush

  

  ...hello to David '09, Greg '09, Alex '09, Rachel '09, Libby '09, Jackie '09 ... it was an official event and we weren't allowed to use the moat around ... Campus" in the picture below. I also managed to stab myself in the hand

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  A waffle house is not a waffle home This is actually an entry about modern Chinese cinema.

  

  and she won't admit unrepentant thieves to MIT. So, anyway, we wanted to watch a movie from Mike's massive DVD collection, but there were six ... of the bracket and unanimously lost to it. Sorry, Julie Andrews fans

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  firsts of first year 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1…

  

  skated outdoors Went to [annotation note='during IAP with Concourse, a first-year learning community, to study Greek philosophy. growing up, I always dreamed of traveling to Europe, so I was really excited and couldn

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 31, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summary of the Semester I'm a senior and it's super weird.

  

  to be a real person. Like a real person who pays bills. But then I paid ... Do you want to see a picture of my cat? Of course you do! SHE'S SO ... to count towards my major requirements. Fingers crossed!!! I Got a

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 9, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Halloween Tag In which I do a YouTube thing for a (bonus) Halloween vlog

  

  college life sometimes. My dad decided to send me a surprise Halloween ... the holiday, and before this year I didn't really have enough time to ... to don costumes and wander around to all the MacGregor GRTs to get some

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 1, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Guests on The Colbert Report All the MIT guests Stephen Colbert has had on his show.

  

  ) sent out an email with a link to a retweet by @cmsw_mit of a tweet by @MITListCenter of a link to an article on SPECTRVM which linked to Stephen ... media, on giving laptop computers to the poorest children in the most

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 17, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MITSO Gone Wild! [by Shelby Heinecke '13] MITSO performs with Aardvark Jazz Orchestra!

  

  Department here at MIT. This was the first time I had ever been exposed to a modern piece, and boy, was it fascinating (and at times, difficult to learn ... , led by MIT Music and Arts Lecturer Mark Harvey. They treated us to a

  • by ARTalk
  • March 15, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  IAP in Review: Week One IAP should stand for Independent Awesome Period.

  

  on writing!) to compare a bunch of genetic sequences. For three hours ... -jitsu lessons as a PE class. I'm really quite glad I decided to take jiu-jitsu, as I've been trying to pick up a martial art for quite some time - there

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Spring Concert An annual tradition bringing famous bands to campus.

  

  . Every year, MIT brings to campus a national act to headline a big concert ... the band's most popular song (according to iTunes) and my favorite song ... ("White Rabbit" / "Somebody to Love") 1969: Janis Joplin ("Piece of My Heart

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 23, 2008