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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an Easter vigil alive at east campus

  

  banner says "Live at EC." EC is short for East Campus. I do not know if ... meant feeling the heat of the sun, hearing Jesus gasping for air and ... is the only food I eat all day. I am asked to emcee for part of the

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 5, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some More Pi Day Facts and Advice You thought all that was over, didn't you?

  

  , no matter where you are going. This is a video for pre-frosh in general, not just for MIT. College is a weird place, so I hope you can gain some

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 23, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Brief History of Cars on Fire at MIT You didn't think I would miss an anniversary, did you?

  

  If you're the kind of person who remembers to look up once in a ... ? Because on April 5, 1936, something profoundly strange was being hauled up ... pulled up the side of the dorm where I lived during my sophomore year. It

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 5, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things Charles Has Made fare thee well, rocket powered roller skates

  

  limits here. For example Massachusetts has some pretty lame rules about ... engineering. But he's probably best known around campus for being the King of ... for things he's made at MITERS. For example, lolriokart:  

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 2, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Painting by number The anti-formula

  

  seek ways to unlock the secret formula to secure admission. For starters, I can not argue with the logic of trying to discover the formula for ... is typically not what we are going for when selecting students for our

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 2, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Classes, by the Group Chats and their potential replacement, Interstellar!

  

  group chats for most of my classes. These group chats are somewhat helpful for: Resolving confusion about class policies. Getting hints about ... inspired by "Stellar," which is MIT's platform for learning management. On

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 27, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Women’s Soccer Talking to the 2009 NEWMAC Champs after they returned from the NCAA National Championship Tournament

  

  lacrosse, water polo and crew competitions for the first time. I joined the ... opportunities available at MIT for students at many levels of mastery. But given that I didn't even know what the rules were for a lot of the sports I was

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 25, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Subtle Black MIT Traits A few things I have experienced as a black person at MIT

  

  . For those of you that don’t know S.A.T is a page for Asian people to ... the same for black people at MIT   It seemed to be something ... person in general. I wouldn’t trade my experience at MIT for anything and I

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Application dreaming

  

  The reading continues, almost non-stop here... for another ... technology, about the possibilities for research to improve society, make the ... at age 17, we don't expect that you've discovered a cure for Alzheimer

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 14, 2004
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Beyond the Stop Light it's been a ride, MIT

  

  twinstagram lol We're bad at goodbye's so, for realsies now, bye!

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 26, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  sibling dynamics at MIT yes lmao Nisha and I are related

  

  ’ve been going to the same school for most of our lives, so I wanted to ... plagued my thoughts for a while, but when I thrust myself into the world of ... ’t have time for high school-esque drama or petty judgments of others

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 20, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what work is bite-sized senior spring

  

  for me, but not in the conventional sense. i'm insanely comfortable ... work that i do not expect to get paid for or graded on; it's work that i ... with joy and curiosity and energy, which, for me, is so much harder than

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Random Ceiling Tiles The ceilings of Random Hall and a friendly message.

  

  love. I came to MIT for the people here. I've had wonderful experiences ... opportunities—for fun, for work, or both—than you have time for, even if you don

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 30, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how to choose your major putting people in boxes, feat. credit for reddit, social science, and lots of yarn.

  

   Credit For Reddit, when Alyssa and I baked a bajillion cookies and enticed ... undergrads and found out that people tended to use certain frameworks for ... -tool-cum-participatory-art-installation for our final project. What you're looking at is a rendering of my

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 6, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Life is like a Game Elaborate metaphors from an amateur comic artist

  

  It's been a pretty rough week, so I took a break and drew out my struggles. For some reason (mostly the fact that I'm a media dork at heart), a ... artists I like, and hoping for the best. So I might try to include a mini

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 7, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Be yourself or create yourself? The biggest question in freshman year.

  

  ” does not succeed in that one goal. For me, MIT was a golden opportunity ... ground for challenging other aspects of myself beyond my name - hobbies ... all the time - for real or under the guise of pset parties - exchanging

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 10, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Masquerading as a Liberal Arts Student The life of an MIT student abroad

  

  counted traffic today!), for the most part our studies are focused on three ... , this semester has given me a much greater appreciation for what it means ... the world works. Nothing can be done without consideration for politics

  • by Becca H. '12
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  No Chance Why "chance" sites like AdmissionSplash are Bad Things.

  

  lists. The app asks students for their basic information: test scores ... customized equations for about 1,500 schools that it developed using the ... ask for complete strangers on the Internet to assess their likelihood of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Let’s Go Fly A Kite Up to decision night!

  

  limbo for an eternity before inevitably executed. Or you’re not accepted ... your dreams for dear life, meet your decision head-on, and emerge with them still intact. Sorry for the “Admittedly” pun back there. I just can

  • by Joel G. '18
  • December 11, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Applying Sideways How to get in to MIT.

  

  may take many forms. What is it that you look for in an applicant?, some ... in and of itself will get you in to MIT. For example: A few years ago ... reactor in his garage. Think about that for a second. Now, most students

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 1, 2010