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• Blog / Academics & Research

  a semester customary end-of-semester blog post: sophomore spring edition

  

  minutes away. Getting to MIT is a “commute” now. The bus chugs through the ... “school bus” for the working class. And it’s odd to realize that I am part of it, not a mere tourist or spectator of the rush hour crowd. I go to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  How A Blog Became A Community ...in which The Nance waxes philosophic about The Nance Effect.

  

  from The Nance Effect. As hard as it is to believe, even I needed to take ... The Nance Effect has become a true on-line community. What does that ... venture out to spread your wings and go about the often-tumultuous process

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paper Planes You ask, I answer

  

  ...Referring to the application fee:“Full name of the applicant must be on the money ... asked me for one of the publications on my table. He proceeded to fold the ... make sure that YOUR name appears on the money order! Bugs Bunny, Santa

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 18, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  all the classes I took freshman year feeling scholarly, part 1/2

  

  with on psets or even to just talk through the [annotation note ... textbook) to be difficult to follow and hard to focus on, and the lectures to ... to the fall, I spent the spring on campus, surrounded by people

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • June 18, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Unknowns in illustrated list form

  

  -themed puzzle, we were asked if we wanted to build a snowman to move on with the ... 1. When will the snow piles melt? Bragging rights to whoever gets ... because sunlight shines on snow, it melts, and drips down, but by the time

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 10, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Seamless And A Seamless Transition [by Sadie Scheffer '10] I present to you "Seamless: Computational Couture," a smart-fashion show and…

  

  put on by the Museum of Science. Co-produced by Amanda Parkes from the ... clothing that reflected the weather to a five-person dress that turned into a ... hard to see the solar panels as anything but decoration. The pieces

  • by ARTalk
  • February 27, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Commencement Webcast MIT gives me a diploma in T-3 hours...

  

  Well, here it is- the big day. I have to report to the athletics center in about 20 minutes to get ready to line up for the procession into ... the last time, I put my Brass Rat on facing up. In a couple of hours, I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 5, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Navigating Offcampus Housing 101 finding housing is a fucking nightmare

  

  contingent on us walking through the house prior to signing the lease, though ... have to compromise on something if you play your cards right. The ... were being kicked out of our dorms. Due to this, I was under the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 11, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Somewhere in between Trying to find out where I belong at MIT

  

  pushing to do well on the four finals I will have next week. However, The ... to take on the world really makes me appreciate just how far we have ... , my degree will say 2020, and for the most parts my day to day

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 13, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Political Process For the civic-minded

  

  life. This is the first year I've been old enough to actually vote, and ... possibly even to drink cocoa with him. This is the problem with MIT - I ... , Obama was the only one to have a public rally in Boston. I think I shall

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  He Zigs, He Zags MIT's new video podcast.

  

  bits on the Cannon Hack and robotics, among other stories; Episode 2 ... the cellphone ringtone competition and IAP. It's fun to watch Zig ... featuring stories that capture and communicate the richness and diversity of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 6, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A New MIT “Alum” Many fictional characters are MIT alumni; the newest is Jessica Alba's Sue Storm in "Fantastic…

  

  On Friday morning, I was reading the New York Times review of the ... film "Down to You" Tom Collins (expelled), from the musical Rent Please ... my eye: When Jessica Alba first appears on screen, introduced as Sue

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Plot Twist And what MIT Architecture has taught me about design and life.

  

  shifting to the next presenter on my left, I’d started walking right, past ... diagrams I can point to. The panel of jurors judging our architecture studio ... since the inception begins to question, what is there left to salvage? I

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 9, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Mid-year Grade Reports And Other Common Questions Quick answers to a few of the common questions in my blog over the last…

  

  Quick answers to a few of the common questions in my blog over the ... 're sustaining the work that led us to want to admit you in the first place). We ... , but we are still testing. We are hoping to make the official

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nicht Bach, Sondern Maurer The proudest moment of my life since figuring out that "Wok & Roll" was a…

  

  the cantata, the year it was written, the Sunday on which it was to be ... from the living room. "SAM!" she yelled. "The Cornucopia of Doom is on!" Okay, well that's only my favorite episode of Star Trek EVER, next to the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nike+iPod read entry & vote at the end

  

  Apparently opening up the new Apple store on Fifth Avenue was only ... on her shoes. The voice feedback ("Your average pace is..."") is ... on a Likert scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is least awesome and 5 is most

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Is it a video? two assignments from two classes

  

  something on the admissions website about a Maker Portfolio and got nervous ... brain because I've had no opportunity refused to create the opportunity to ... scary, but with the help of [annotation note="the most effective way to

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 11, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  How I got recruited to play D3 soccer at MIT the college sports recruiting process

  

  The college recruiting process can be a confusing world to maneuver ... Recruiting Timeline at MIT I went to several D1 and D3 camps starting at the ... month before COVID shut everything down) and got to really talk with the

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  mid semester check-in all about my classes

  

  to not drop it. I worked on the problem set due that week with some ... of the four technical classes I had picked out or put one of them on ... the class I liked the least but mostly because I wanted to take all of

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • October 22, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  a small moment in time on failing...*very long sigh*

  

  chapter of The Prophet when I first read it. I held on to it for a future ... to pieces, and ironically, this was the year when more people than he ... moment of failure and that I continued to exist after it, because the world

  • by kellen manning
  • October 20, 2021