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• Blog / People & Identities

  Never Have I Ever…reflected on my identity "too indian" or "not indian enough"?

  

  -watched the Netflix show Never Have I Ever. The show, which happens to be the No ... . But in an attempt to eschew the "nerdy girl" stereotype for Devi, the show's creators center the plot development on her trying to get with the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 4, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Complementary Post Canvas, balance, lanterns.

  

  student--that's what the memorial was for. Caroline assembled lanterns to ... the answers, especially this year. I've been dabbling a lot in being ... what if something happens to one of my friends and I can’t be there

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Give Me Liberty . . . Or Give Me a Towel!!!

  

  Revolutionary War recreation, was bound to be one of the more epic moments of my ... enough casualties to warrant a truce. Outnumbered but not outplayed, the ... to provide the chance to participate in random, spontaneous, fun events

  • by Snively '11
  • August 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  For My Fellow Coffee Lovers Out 3 choices will soon be 4.

  

  The Tech announced yesterday that Anna's Taqueria will be getting a ... going to turn into (first) a debate about whether or not DD's coffee is ... Mountain at the Building 4 Cafe (and soon DD). We seem to rotate between them

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Boring Friday Night (guest post by Nina L. ‘19) Familiar inbetweens. Taking breaks. Things that aren't (all) sleep and studying.

  

  what to do with myself, and fell asleep on the couch. There are a lot of ... Harvard Square to get Dominos. We had decided we needed to get away. The semester is starting to heat up and being off P/NR is mildly terrifying. I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  my first spring break!!! 13 MIT students take San Diego

  

  before the dorm was closed down, and it continues to be my primary living ... with the new members of their communities who will be moving in with me ... weeks before spreak due to the pandemic, and i've had no opportunities for

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 10, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Out There kicking off spring break with some Chinese food, some anime, and some media studies

  

  worldwide fan communities. The idea is, people tend to think of media as ... means long meetings with production staff to determine the feel and ... cosplay. From the professional producers all the way down to the fans, there

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 22, 2014
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Infinite] Quarter Mile quarters + packing tape + sore knees == help cure MS

  

  as "MIThenge", a reference to Stonehenge's alignment with the sun ... is also the site of other activities, which, in that MIT way, manage to be serious and silly at the same time. For example, today is the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 4, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670 Wrapup I'm done!

  

  used lathes to turn and tap a plug for the end of our bottle. A tool ... him to go straight, he'll still kind of go wherever he wants. The proof is in the video, I guess, so I present to you what a spastic spider bot

  • by Snively '11
  • January 29, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Things You Won’t Have to Buy (or spend *that* much on) This one's especially for the incoming freshmen.

  

  'll be easy for IST to tell the difference, so no funny business. But what ... hassle, so it might not be worth the trouble. I would, however, highly ... groups or one of MIT's many offices should be enough to get you started

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 18, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Our thoughts go out to Virginia Tech.

  

  in the days to come members of the community will organize additional ... updated regularly. We are fortunate to be able to rely on the ... event of an emergency. Our thoughts will be with the Virginia Tech

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 17, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Fifty Shades of Break or things to do other than pressing F5

  

  on something that you might be able to continue into the next year. 2 ... ending poverty, to having all of the candy that exists in the world and not ... 't regret the fretting -- but if I had the chance to take all the time I spent

  • by Connie H. '15
  • December 12, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Following My Passions At MIT [by Susan Shepherd '11] Can a writer fit in at MIT?

  

  between p-sets last November. In short, a writer may not be the first thing ... [by Susan Shepherd '11] Choosing a set of colleges to apply to can be ... (thanks, Mollie!), MIT rose to the top of my list. Even so, I couldn't help

  • by ARTalk
  • February 12, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Update The Waitlist Committee has finalized decisions and has emailed all waitlisted applicants.

  

  waitlist, the committee has chosen to admit 35, to keep 64 on the waitlist, and to not admit the remaining 530. Unfortunately, the committee was not ... We are writing with a quick followup to Matt's recent entry. The

  • by Decisions
  • May 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seminar Advising There is nothing funny about this entry...but please read anyway.

  

  Singapore, where 5am Eastern time is not an obscene hour to be checking the ... ) I didn't know there was a seminar on masculinity. To be fair, by the ... the test. In addition, Mr Kennedy kindly agreed to be my reference for

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pass No Record, Oh How I Loved Thee. A quick look at first semester!

  

  will complain daily about the work load or the lack of sleep, I've yet to ... surprisingly well" And that's the easiest way to describe classes. Not only did ... . With Pass/No Record in place to make the transition easier, first

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • February 27, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Wrap-Up 2008

  

  that we do not have any more room in the class, and will not admit any additional students from the waitlist this year. The decision not to admit any ... appreciate your having been able to wait with us into the early summer. This

  • by Decisions
  • June 24, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Things that make you go hmmmm……. Obama’s transformative presidency………for geeks????

  

  used to be. I have been trying to help TIM the Beaver get an internship ... concerned about the financial state of Iceland and wanted to lend his expertise to the challenge. TIM has been taking some courses at Sloan and is

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • December 30, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Hawk Flies High Spontaneous jazz improv at 77 Massachusetts Avenue.

  

  night. At first I attributed it to the loudspeakers that blast rock and ... back and looked at the stars, listening to the cars hiss by underneath ... finished the next piece he held his arms wide, as if he were going to bear

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • August 7, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Your friendly neighborhood webcaster ignore if you can time travel within your own lifetime

  

  /password we emailed to you). The video will come down soon after the CPW ... zones in-between). The page will go live ~30 minutes prior to each webcast ... will transition from “the whirlwind adventure with my new classmates into

  • by Dave McOwen
  • March 25, 2010