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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Singing with a Local Filk Group [by Susan Shepherd '11] At MIT, I discovered that my "unusual" hobbies weren't all that…

  

  is the culture. It's hard to describe, but there's a peculiar mix of ... short. Filk music can be awfully hard to define. Strictly speaking, it is ... " was written to commemorate Jim Henson's work; it is sung from the point

  • by ARTalk
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007: Where even your smallest part matters The 2.007 competition has come to close!

  

  possible, especially because at MIT it is a required class for all mechanical ... teaches design and manufacturing, so the first month or so is dedicated to ... final product. Alas, here is my robot: Its name is Melotaur (both a play

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  my semester in a word: oof or perhaps "oof: the party, the lifestyle"

  

  't have much to show for it, except notably a fat C in 6.006, MIT's intro to ... of interest. i feel like it's good to know what good code looks like ... while and i'm really excited to finally be in it. i was a bit irritated by

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 14, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Out of the lab and into the internet Confession: I actually listen to music from the movie Ice Princess. I'm not even kidding.

  

  'm on at the lab is swearing to me that it's 1 Gbps, but that just sounds ... 't considered for graduate work at MIT, is this true?" In lieu of responding to ... department is allowing MIT biology undergrads to apply to the program (see

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Thirteen Things To Do Over IAP: #6-13 Concerning the half I spent in Cambridge

  

  I am aware that it is no longer IAP, but I figure it’s better late ... members in the service so during the semester, it can be difficult to get ... some sesame oil for good measure. It was barely palatable. Not one to

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor quotes The spurious wisdom and even more spurious wit of MIT professors.

  

  , and that this is going to make me either a good scientist or a raving ... friends said on a daily basis (note: I was going to link to it, but then I realized 1) it is entirely inappropriate for innocent eyes, and 2) I said

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Likelihood

  

  scholarship money to come. The idea is to win their affections by getting them ... Furstenberg is quoted as saying, "We do these letters to try to introduce some ... 't have any early notification is that MIT does its notification pretty

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 19, 2005
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  making things a blog about being a meche major

  

  E. This is why I choose it, every day I come to class and try to pay ... pay the bills. It is a side pursuit for when I am not writing. I used to ... Maybe my favorite part of course 2A is sitting next to my friend in 2

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 20, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Walking in Tim’s Shoes Trust me, those are some pretty big shoes

  

  , naturally, YES YES YES YES YES YES PLEASE!!! ME!!!!!! I managed to tone it ... my list of 101 Things to Do Before You Graduate!   It’s always ... remember to turn on the personal fan installed inside. (It took me and two

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Greetings from MIT Labs! Introducing MIT: The Game

  

  admissions staff, it allows students to experience all the best parts of an MIT ... to unleash the zombie virus release it to the world! To play the game ... ! It probably is. The flash file is packed with so much awesomeness that

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 1, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Deadline November 1 is the Early Action deadline.

  

  , it can take a week or more to complete all of these steps. The mail is ... application piece is mailed to the time that it appears on your tracking system. It is also important to note that we do not need to have your scores in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6-3 not a definitive guide

  

  and running, now you need to know how to use it! Next up is assembly ... programming, and it's How To Software (For Real™️) (Shavina C. '19) 6.031 is ... upped it to I think a 15 unit class which is just slightly more

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 26, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Tracking update All EA application mail has been processed; check your MyMIT Tracking.

  

  for EA applicants. This is a good time for you to check your application ... will not look at your application unfavorably because it is missing an ... a transcript, please fax it to us, but be sure to also mail us another

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  loveallurfriends <3

  

  cool things. It is strange to feel that there is only ever one thing on ... it still goes wrong? How many people is it possible for me to ... something indispensable? It is hard to feel out of your depths. Being looked

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • March 6, 2024
• Blog / How to Food

  Talking About Dining There's been a lot of talk on campus about one thing – dining.

  

  to go out to eat on the weekend, it is extremely rare that one eats at ... add money to a TechCash account and whenever your ID is swiped anywhere ... cannot be allocated to seven dinners and three breakfasts). Further, as is

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • November 21, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Arma virumque cano: a guest post by Quynh N. ‘15 Why you should take Old English at MIT

  

  classes? Aren’t you guys a technical school?” The answer to this is a ... to four of these classes must focus on a specific field—Connie is ... they love and find it’s not so bad after all. I’ve talked to both

  • by Connie H. '15
  • May 11, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving Self-Quarantine 101 tldr; memes (haha jk...unless)

  

  you're diligent and able to prioritize it over hanging out with your ... sophomore year of high school but decided to pick it up again because of the ... this book given that i'm only fifty pages in, but wow, its prose is

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 19, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  infinite corridors can’t believe there are no posts with this title yet

  

  corridor” has taken on new meanings for me. at mit it refers to a long ... strike at a high level my life is not so different from what it was like ... is that progress often appears to be either nonexistent or explosive

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Come Together What do you believe in?

  

  Munroe. Generally the comic is true to its tagline. It's nerdy, it's cute ... coordinates and a date. The coordinates, it turns out, pointed to a park here in ... crippling rule of the military junta, the nation is yet again reeling from its

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 9, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  My IAP Mugs, polymers, cats, and pineapples.

  

  Ahh my IAP is going to be so cool!!! There are quite a few things ... Joan - ALL THE MUGS! IT IS SO EXCITING! We signed up for the class right ... !! Cocktails 101 I'M GOING TO MAKE COCKTAILS! I'm so excited! This is a class

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 3, 2015