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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Art Keeps Me Sane At MIT [by Danbee Kim '09] The beautiful irony is that the analytical, obsessive, and perfectionist mindset…

  

  [by Danbee Kim '09] My mother, like any other parent, likes to keep tabs on what I'm learning at this fancy college I go to, which is why she ... year knowing three new ways to juggle and talking about how I was being

  • by ARTalk
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Past, present, and future

  

  TFUEC has been working for two and a half years to redesign MIT's GIRs (the classes that all undergraduates at MIT are required to take), and ... there's going to be a lot of talk about this over the next few months

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Recap; New Bloggers Announced Philly, Jersey, Wilmington. Jess, Keri, Lulu.

  

  , although it's only been a couple of weeks. Lots to tell you about. Fall ... close), I left for the first leg of my fall recruitment travel. As to not ... morning I went to Philly schools, then drove to Delaware... Went to one

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  From The Midst Of Selection A recount of EA selection committee.

  

  Sorry to have been ignoring my poor blog, folks! Here's my excuse... Thursday 12/1: The day I'd set aside to catch up on email, blogging, work ... day with MadMatt and Nance Nance Revolution to make sure we're ready for

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bruno Recalibration

  

  coming in for the festivities. Most of us know each other as we chose to ... /Baker tradition: the piano drop. According to The Tech, "The piano drop was first ... , who wanted to bring back the grand old hacks of the past. In honor of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  The last few days of summer I think I spent them well.

  

  day of classes. I therefore had eighteen days' worth of summer to spend ... . That's not to say that I didn't absolutely love every second of the ... . During the school year, my calendar looks, to quote my friend: "like a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 6, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  My IAP All the snow has melted since I took these pictures.

  

  What am I up to? My Thesis This is probably any grad student’s answer to that question, no matter the time of year. This winter I have ... lab I most wanted to work in and least expected to take me, the lab

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 19, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Sometimes, I am invisible and other female experiences

  

  to several similar events already. A couple friendly vendors had ... in the eyes of the vendors and I become invisible. They talk to the customers around me, but not to me. I can’t help being a 5’3” young

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 18, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Conference Where Everyone Was Younger Than Me I'm talking highschool Thiel Fellows, 30 under 30 winners, and Shark Tank participants

  

  student, you sort of get used to being one of the youngest. Everyone else is ... changed when I went to Next Gen Summit. I'm talking highschool Thiel Fellows ... friends introduced us to Justin Lafazan, founder of Next Gen Summit, over

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 30, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  There’s No “I” in Team There's also no "Tennis" or "Senior Day", but that won't stop me from writing about…

  

  In just four short weeks, my time as a MIT freshman will draw to a ... to try so many new and wildly amazing experiences here, some of which I ... , the internet is forever), and I look forward to the ones I’ll have in

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 1, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Holiday Gifts, MIT Style Some unique products from MIT people.

  

  more often talk about aspects of MIT that are freely offered to the world, I figured the holiday season would be as good a time as any to ... associate at the MIT Media Laboratory in Cambridge. "I've been known to hit

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 27, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Hi, I’m New Here The requisite introduction.

  

  straightforward, actually - play some good music for people to enjoy while they work ... anything to do but yell, "OH MY GOD WE'VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE WHAT NOW ... air - would anyone be convinced if we said it was due to a severe lack

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  back in east campus jiggity jig

  

  i moved back to east campus last weekend, and to continue the kinda ... slightly less smooth than last time, because i had to carry boxes up three ... helped with transportation again, and i had the foresight to distribute the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 13, 2021
• Blog / Personal Projects

  a novel excerpt in honor of the friendly toast

  

  location closest to MIT, is closing permanently :( Like many others, I’ve forged plenty of fantastic memories of the Friendly Toast. It was my go-to brunch place to catch up with friends. My significant other and I have

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 3, 2020
• Blog / Summer

  i visit Cape Cod and discover the most beautiful beach on Earth

  

  boyfriend, my boyfriend, and I all rented a Zipcar and drove down to Cape Cod to spend the day at the beach. it was a goddamn ride start to finish ... sickeningly bright green drink—a matcha frappuccino—and prayed to the stars that

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 24, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Five Years of Admitted Student Gatherings MIT community is getting bigger

  

  branded balloons are tied to the mailbox. There is a poster of the Dome on ... talked about MIT, New Jersey, cool things to do at CPW, what we enjoyed about high school, potential majors, and what we wanted to be in our

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 29, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When September Ends on career fair, life, and other occurrences

  

  : Google, Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, Dropbox, Amazon… They’re all here, ready to talk to you. They might even add your resume to the thick stack on their ... the MIT bubble. You get to preview what’s way ahead. The life beyond and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 7, 2015
• Blog / Events

  HT@MIT: Department Lectures and Final Presentations MIT's Best Kept Secret

  

  FOOD in bright red text. To be fair these posters are targeted to ... into the future and a look at what you might be working on if you go to ... is a whole room of professors to talk to about the subject. This is

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • December 28, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thanksgiving and a Small Hack Quick updates from tropical Boston

  

  genre. Today I’m just going to ramble about minor happenings this week ... to person before Professor Minicozzi arrived: Of course, this hack has been executed before, but it is no less impressive to perform it

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 27, 2014
• Blog / En Español

  Fitting in at MIT as a Latino family weekend 2014, day 2 and what I learned

  

  as a Latino. And a huge part of it is thanks to the ardent strides the MIT community takes to make everyone feel welcomed. There are plenty of ... , dedicated to providing professional and academic opportunities and resources

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 18, 2014