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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I’ve Been Staring At The Edge of The {Charles River} 'long as I can remember, never really knowing why

  

  the skyline over the past year. Below is the product: a unique look at ... .... I wish I could be the perfect [beaver] But I come back to the ... ] Every [deadline] I make, [Mass Ave] leads back To the place I know, where

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 26, 2018
• Blog / How to Food

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

  

  , and is a crazy thrifter (he actually has the craziest finds i've ever ... simple it is. I make it every week or so for my family in the evenings and it’s a nice treat for the summer. The thing is, when you put everything

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 13, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Meeting Michel Gondry Six MIT students and one Academy-award winning director have dinner in New York, and none…

  

  , though not necessarily from film) to participate in the Michel Gondry ... causes all the tapes to be erased. Left to their own devices, the pair is ... ", a term coined in the film, implies that the movie is made under a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  An Interview about the Interview Remember: questions of science, science and progress, do not speak as loud as [your] heart.

  

  interviews has changed. A description of the current interview process is ... 's start at the very beginning. (A very good place to start.) 0. Is an ... interviews were waived) is about three times the admit rate for those who didn

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vacation = Relaxation, right? What I do over vacation...

  

  Apparently this is not the case in England. They do things ... exam, there is only 1 final exam. That’s right. One exam that counts for pretty much your whole grade. While this is not such a big deal

  • by Cambridge
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Whirlwind Weekend highlights of the weekend (UPDATED!)

  

  handle him or not. A worldly man, he has been everywhere and is from ... Formal This year it was at the State Room which is on the 33rd floor of an ... stylish if I say so myself. I promised not to reveal the identity of this

  • by Bryan
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Lounges: An Interactive Experience It's almost like you were here!

  

  MIT evening is like, and I will not be able to tell. By “evening” I ... . Occasionally, the midnight lounge is quiet. Some stare at the wall, relaxing ... the debates may end in an unresolved shouting match. Not the angry kind

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 22, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing documents! FAQ: What happens if part of my application isn't showing up yet?

  

  stuff? (Or, "OMG I sent my stuff before the deadline and it's not ... email to inquire about missing documents. The MyMIT tracking is up ... The most popular question in all modes of communication -- blog

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Fifty-Seven Back and Busy for Semester 2

  

  third of the course or so centers around mechanics, which I will admit is not my favorite. I am really looking forward to the electromagnetic ... am not really a fan of the big lecture hall 26-100 (If you go here, you

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • February 9, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  ignorance is a virtue

  

  wake up. the analogy is that when there's something i'm alarmed about ... . or, when the news breaks and i am not in the right state of mind, i don ... work, the weather's good, and my executive control is sharp enough to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 8, 2022
• Blog / Community Projects

  CASE: Identity and Intersectionality and some bunnies if you hate everything else about this post

  

  ? Intersectionality is the idea that a person's identity is made up of the sum of ... . And in the vast majority of cases, identity is non-negotiable. How did ... not to think about their identities." The same person can both benefit

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 30, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing the MIT Application Essays Hurgh. I know.

  

  The secret is... there's not really a secret. Just some tips. 0:18 A ... yourself" means 3:47 The "what do you do for fun?" essay 4:37 The "what do you want to study?" essay 5:17 The "how do you improve the lives of

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 28, 2017
• Blog / MISTI

  Out and about in the fog at the edge of the world

  

  suddenly the void is yours to cut through like a block of stone waiting to be ... to stick the landing. I think being in control is something I value a ... is an eye staring back at you and you feel the miracle of the egg and

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • March 13, 2025
• Blog / People & Identities

  OUTRAGED. #ican'tbreathe

  

  . The underlying white supremacy was one and the same; and it is still the ... Americans. Melanin is melanin, regardless of origin. And we all fight the same ... death on the street, with less dignity than a stray dog. And it’s not just

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • May 31, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  freshman spring in which today is the first day of spring

  

  Is it already the seventh week of the semester? To be honest, I ... although MIT is indubitably hard, much of the difficulty is self-prescribed: it is often the case that students here take on more classes, more

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 20, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Howdy From The Middle Of RA Selection It's Sunday at lunchtime and we have a bit of a break, so I thought…

  

  : ...not a single person, the entire length of the corridor. It was a bit ... people DO sleep! One of the best parts of selection is the massive amount ... . What can I say about selection in general? Not much, really. The

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Hidden Treasures @ MIT: Pistol Think Pistols Are Cool? Wait Till You Meet Mike Conti

  

  First thing I want to do is apologize for not blogging in a while ... treasure is the pistol classes at MIT. Now you may be saying, Nat, everyone ... . To which I'd reply, yes, but it's not the actual class that makes

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 4, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Reading folders A little bit more on evaluating applications.

  

  coursework you've had, and the choices you've made. This part is not a contest ... applications from the office; my stack is fairly random, including applicants ... longer essay? The Part II is a great place for us to get to hear your voice

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  class sketching an adventure in speedrunned pedagogy

  

  whether or not they belong to the language? And the answer is yes. Things ... potentially go on forever if the input is not in the language, and then you can ... +w reversed | w a string of symbols} is the language of palindromes etc

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • December 23, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things you might have wanted to know

  

  actually recognized it). Here's the passage: "This is not a land for gods ... tennis bubble, Kresge, the Student Center, and more. Not to mention, a ... by a friend. How did you come up with the name for your blog? This is

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 13, 2006