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• Blog / Classes

  Last Lap and hoping to finish strong

  

  (Current Debates in Media): This is the capstone class for the CMS major ... I've consistently done this type of post for [annotation note ... "]almost[/annotation] every semester till now, I figured that I'd do it for old times sake

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 12, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Our nation’s greatest injustice I didn't exactly grow up in poverty, but socioeconomic inequalities have featured heavily in my…

  

  mom couldn't explain the rationale for this discrepancy to me in the 7th ... ramifications on my life path, but I do think it all worked out for the best in ... side of the tracks." In fact, I'm from the wrong side of TWO tracks. In

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Olympians How many MIT graduates have been in the Olympics? No, not the Science Olympiad...

  

  of the 1896 Olympics in a column he wrote for MIT's alumni magazine ... thought I'd take a look back at MIT athletes who have participated in the ... likely to be in the Science Olympiad or the International Math Olympiad

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fixing a hole First figuratively, then literally.

  

  at the time because I had to finish this problem, due in less than four ... stunningly brilliant example of a diatonic descending 5ths progression in A ... in the Fmaj7 and Bhalf-dim7 chords. Every good theorician knows that in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 17, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  albums i like and why i like them pov: i ramble about music and won't shut up

  

  , would sometimes be the only person cheering for the heel, or villain. In ... kid in Texas. The album follows the boy as he grows up watching Chavo, and the path that Chavo had to walk in his life as a wrestler. I went

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • September 8, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 2 Tempering Iron

  

  , debate just wasn’t quite the right environment for me to perform in, but it was the perfect environment for me to train in. I think that, slowly, I ... things that can and will change at MIT. In fact, that’s what I love about

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 28, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living Off Campus I moved off campus last year and rented a house with some friends who were…

  

  and have it here in Boston, so we also looked for places with parking ... Hello, gentle readers! For those of you who don't know me, I've been ... 've faced since the summer ended: living off campus. I lived in the East

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  An MIT Adventure Life at the 'Tute

  

  I have been at MIT for the past year, and it has been nothing short of an adventure. For instance, I came here straight from the country: had never seen a taxi, had never been on a subway (except for the one at

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • August 20, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline With the deadline approaching and the Office of Admissions closed for the holidays, I'll try…

  

  . For questions we haven't yet answered, please leave your query in the ... With the deadline approaching and the Office of Admissions closed for ... that January 1 is the submission deadline for students applying for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Retreat! Retreat! 24 wonderful hours of sister-time in the MIT mansion!

  

  I just returned from a retreat for my sorority, Alpha Chi Omega. We spent the past 24 hours at the Endicott House , an MIT owned mansion in a Boston suburb used for conferences. It was amazing to hang out with my

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Lip Sync & Toons Real singers and fake singers ...sort of like Jessica and Ashleey Simpson. (~17 pictures)

  

  divided the lecture hall in half and told us it was time for audience ... the Association of Student Activities (ASA), and is majoring in Course ... fundraiser for the Cambridge YWCA. You may remember an advertisement for this

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 6, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  More Notes A quick update.

  

  'd" banners, festive for the season. The "uncapped" banner will return after the ... tasks we put off during Selection. For me, this meant lots of returning ... stress in GPA competition At MIT, whether or not your school offers class

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 21, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  No Flip Flops The original title of this entry was "YakTrax."

  

  flops are my shoeware of choice, even I have to give in at some point and start wearing shoes and socks. To get ready for the winter, this week the ... 're getting dressed in the winter. Layering is key, but you don't want to over

  • by Bryan
  • November 30, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  What are my chances of admission?

  a sense of what we look when selecting students for admission. Basically, we're looking for students with broad interests, both academic and ... well. We want to see that students are involved in things because they
• Blog / MIT Life

  quick thoughts to keep up my new years resolution

  

  I've blogged twice in a week so it basically makes up for it. I ... this makes up for the fact I haven't blogged in a bit! I really do miss ... In my New Year's Resolutions post, I wanted to make a promise to blog

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 2, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Music Scene by a non-musician

  

  can happen if you just feel it in your bones. I for one see shapes that ... rhapsody in blue   Even though I’ve only been here for a semester, I ... musicians in a very disconnected way, like how teenagers admire fictional

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 23, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Talking to Strangers

  

  ’m editing his memoir in exchange for the personal training he usually sells ... , recording—all is spoiled by the fact that I am a girl, a female always in danger of assault and battery. My consuming interest in men and their lives

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 14, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  V&Q&A Video, Questions, and Answers

  

  chance, which is why I’ve been reaching out to others in the GEL Program lately for these blog posts. So when two friends in the GEL program told ... some video up in this blog. Joe ‘12, Kevin ‘11, and I met up to talk

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 3, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2011! how to be a blogger

  

  /Writing Experience We are looking for people who can communicate in a compelling ... It's summer in Cambridge, which means three things: 1) It's hot. And I do mean very warm. As you all know we are in a heat wave

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 22, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  [Joint Post] A Jaunt Across Europe (Part 1) vomiting in Venice and other Italian adventures

  

  friends would be in Paris for a semester-long exchange program, and I wanted ... my hostel, settled in, napped, and prepared for a fun evening ... philosophy. This year, they went to Rome, and I joined in for their final

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 31, 2023