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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Enterlude Brought to you by the letter "L", for Late, Lame, and real Life. Or something…

  

  from “decent” to “huh, that’s a little weird, but okay” and “is that even ... tossed it down to me. Tugging it on over my top, I grinned, bounded up the ... , to start, my name is Natanya K. ’14. Er, well, not really. My parents

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • September 18, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  my year in music, volume 2 just another excuse for me to talk about how much i love music tracking software

  

  playlists i should add them to yet. most of it is trash indie that i'm not sure how to classify, but it's a pretty mixed bag of songs overall music ... 's post: All the songs on it have some specific significance to people I

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 26, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool Toys II Using household items to save the world

  

  the impacts of the oil spill to dissipate, he said. "If we do it now ... said. "This is one area where we're able to make an impact." You can ... How are you planning to spend the day? Jeffrey Warren, a Media Arts

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 6, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  Gobble Gobble Geeks with guns

  

  shooting the turkeys, think of it as an opportunity to focus all of your ... name shot out before? After shooting out some letters it was time to ... trying to get them to miss. I see your hand shaking! I SEE IT! DON'T MISS

  • by Snively '11
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  My First Visit I... got lost on the tour, actually...

  

  campus as a freshman. While reading these blogs is a great alternative, it ... . So the story that follows is about my first visit to the Massachusetts ... first door to the right is a men's bathroom. My friends Steven and Brendan

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Spreading yourself too thin At MIT, the saying goes that you can work, sleep, or play, but you have…

  

  it is true to a certain degree. Life is full of opportunity costs ... , you have probably realized that there is an “Activities” portion to the ... play a varsity sport. *sigh* Sometimes they expect you to have it all

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Simply Brothers Finding brothers and brotherhood in MIT's fraternities.

  

  to put it into words, the primary difference is an almost overwhelming ... , really. But at the same time, it goes straight to the heart of what it means to be a member of a fraternity. Because the fact of the matter is

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Read This! All those questions you needed answeredvar gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript…

  

  is FULL of information, bloggers use it all the time to get information ... 't actually have time to do any of it. This is stressful no matter how you slice ... That title is just a lazy excuse for not being able to come up with a

  • by Snively '11
  • June 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Thoughts On The MIT Interview ...from the perspective of an MIT interviewer.

  

  was easier to get into MIT than it is now) and have insights into the ... bit about what it is like to meet you. We hope this creates an ... you appear perfect it is liable just to piss us off.) So relax when you

  • by John DeTore '80
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  My Funny Valentine No kissing on Valentine's Day.

  

  lecture to learn about injection molding. (It would be unfair of me to just ... : And it wouldn't be Valentine's Day without: r = a(1 - cos(theta)) Plot ... infection rendering my voiceless and without a desire to eat. So I think my

  • by Bryan
  • February 14, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  A CPW Challenge I hope Chris Peterson doesn't fire me for too many prefrosh stealing his nametag...

  

  include my oh-so-awesome CPW event? Oh right, I'm a blogger. So here it is ... , see, and do! So, if you're coming to CPW this weekend, this is my ... Wait wait! Stop! Hold the presses! I have one more thing to add to

  • by Kate R. '14
  • April 7, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Listening What's in your stereo?

  

  " by Beirut: This is by far my favorite song that I've been listening to ... song that has a very summery feel to it. Not too many memories associated ... , Antifogmatic, came out last year, my little brother and I listened to it on the

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 12, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Folding with Flair Adding a third dimension to boring old paper

  

  super satisfying to fold once you figure out how it works. Five ... favourite examples of modular origami because it’s both fun to assemble and ... assemble as its cousin (the FIT), this model is actually two models in one

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • August 4, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT writing faculty comment on GPT and other AI assisted writing in education

  

  conversation with students about it. It is appropriate to explain why AI ... part of the future of our world. We need to teach our students if it is ... , should learn to write prose that is clear, organized, and effective, and to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 24, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Going Social Thinking about MIT Admissions and social media.

  

  weren't on Facebook. In retrospect, it was a primitive and dim space to ... have seen it. That's why they call it "social media" - because it is ... where it is isn't wanted like that awkward kid in high school who invited

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 14, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  actual conversations i definitely had last night happy new year i guess

  

  A: well i wanted to say, oh shoot, it's another person, act normal B ... do you want to keep playing or not A: it's december thirty-first B ... of the screen A: eh give it a race or two A: you'll get used to it B

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 1, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I “less than 3” the Chorallaries My relaxing and enjoyable vaction draws to a close. *sigh*

  

  hectic, but I'm still looking forward to it. Also, I now know my CPW ... ), and it's definitely an event that all FIRST nerds should go to ... diamonplate were, "Oh my God that is so hot!" Because it is. Then I remembered

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Day Before Selection Begins "Tell us about something you do for the pleasure of it."

  

  is that I read it immediately following our pre-selection meeting, in ... to become 100% about getting into college, which is wrong, wrong, wrong ... her school, she is pretty much a revolution of one as she tries to push

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics If you want to come to MIT, you'd better learn a thing or two about…

  

  proposed to deal with an epidemic that is threatening 600 lives: one program ... 't have a citation for this, which is sketchy, so feel free not to believe ... 't apply 500 times to MIT in a single year, or even in your lifetime, so it

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 1, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  another day of fall when canvas went down and made me think about internet and people and the seasons

  

  nature’s own canvas, but it is a sad fact that you must accept. To do well ... how it ties everything together. This is a school that pushes you to ... esplanade before I looked across the river that day. But it is also true that

  • by Janet G. '27
  • October 25, 2025