Search

Search Results

• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Jigsaw Puzzle of Opinions Ramblings Of A Spring Semester Senior

  

  who I am. This all started when moving to Cambridge for a year caused a ... understanding of how my Ethiopian and American roots played a part. For example, I ... come from. Growing up, and up until recently, I was a serial flip

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • March 25, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Disco balls in space From an antique bookstore to Drive-By Truckers, and back

  

  were doing astronomy research for the summer. His face lit up, in the way ... up in the entrance. Curious, I stopped a guy from walking in ... store was empty, except for the owner and his friend, who looked at us

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music Groups at MIT, Pt. 3 [by Jessica Noss '14, Guest Blogger] Techiya and Beyond.

  

  have any professor as a director or musical advisor. Techiya is made up ... some connection to Judaism; they auditioned for Techiya because they ... , then going through all the major composers up to the twentieth century

  • by ARTalk
  • May 22, 2011
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  A New Time, A New Place 2011 and India!

  

  why; according to the anesthesiologist, I curled myself up in the fetal position and had no pulse for a good 40-50 seconds. He said the likely cause ... brought with me to India is already half-full. For a rural-tribal hospital

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 1, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Beard today, gone tomorrow a touching tale of a man and his beard.

  

  November means a lot of things for different people. Thanksgiving and ... worse – the dreaded neckbeard. And for something entirely automatic ... like fixing motorcycles and blowing things up. "No problem, I've got this

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 1, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Katharine Hepburn’s Brownies How Kate saved my kitchen cred.

  

  Achilles heel. It’s not for want of trying. I bake a lot; last summer I kept track of how much butter I used up, but since this blog is supposed to be ... different problems, and although it was a lot of work I ended up doing just

  • by Alina G. '11
  • July 26, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The other 2 of the 3 R’s About reading and writing on campus -- forget the 'rithmetic.

  

  . Boiko: Last year, a senior in one of our courses came up at the end of ... 's a terrific event coming up on campus. Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist ... and A Canticle for Leibowitz. Students consider genre protocols and how

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  a blog from the universe aka me + my tarot cards + finals season procrastination

  

  . Everything was a learning experience; the world had just opened up for me in a ... - whether or not you take it is up to you My Card: The Eight of Cups [caption ... strolled down that path, and I’ve realized what lies there wasn’t for me

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • December 14, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  on happiness and well-being Coursera attempts to cure our depression

  

  /Chinese courses, so revisiting it for such a different purpose was pretty strange, but I ended up enjoying it a lot. The course is a psychological ... habits. I'm a sucker for anything structured that makes me feel productive

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 11, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cubes, Tetrahedrons, and Wind Chimes Silly lil musical instruments for a silly lil guy (me)

  

  fun new interfaces for musical expression. Professor Ian Hattwick ... [annotation note="For our first assignment, I made a synthesizer patch that ... glue would dampen the triangles’ acoustics, Tetrahedron would account for

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 5, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  whiplash feelings from yesterday

  

  for advice on how to make time for personal projects during the semester ... research and learning about niche startups and recruiting for tech roles when ... DISAPPOINTED upon hearing this - you thought for a while that they were going to

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 30, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The seniors are tired but the frosh are fine

  

  pretty lights, and we're building a rollercoaster for it, and I'm not a ... feel guilty for not doing enough, and the Aquarium Puzzle Hunt is ... , and the booths that need to be set up, or hall rush, and I'm no

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 27, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Tales of Two Parallels East Campus History class!

  

  History. It’s a special class, offered for the first time this year, with ... one another back in the 1970’s, now kept in the Archives for future ... classmates for their takeaways, too. Here’s a review by Anhad S. ‘25: This was

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 25, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Cleaning A psychoanalysis of the recently deleted folder in my notes app

  

  how my luggage didn't arrive to Boston for four days. Then, I wrote ... far, I've deep cleaned my dorm room, put in necessary work orders for ... worth noting that I rarely back up my computer. I'm just not that

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • January 20, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Nisha’s Restaurant Review: February this is extra but i'm doing it anyways

  

  "]new[/annotation] restaurants and bars with my friends. This month, I actually managed to rack up ... experience than just sitting somewhere and psetting together for hours on end ... is an Asian fusion place that used to be called Thelonious Monkfish for

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • March 2, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  fun. the band, but also the form

  

  This is a short appreciation post for fun., one of my favorite bands ... different days than they normally would, which messed up the times I allotted ... evening to Sunday afternoon, for an ESP retreat. It’s been a lot these past

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 11, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  batteries recharging because that's what IAP is for

  

  :45 for fencing, and then sometimes go back at night to squeeze some more ... fun. unhealthy amounts of super smash ultimate - i swear i played for ... are also willing to play for five hours straight as well. truly a

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 22, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  Our 2019-20 Application Essay Questions

  

  prompts for the forthcoming cycle, so I'm posting them. I want to be clear ... simply for the pleasure of it. (100 words or fewer) Although you may not ... , etc. (200-250 words) Describe the world you come from; for example

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 16, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Hesitations about Choosing MIT our experience

  

  ’s start with high school. For us, MIT was our dream school. We obsessively ... other schools, and for the first time in high school, we did. When we ... scoured Activities Midway for art-related clubs, and we went to the CMS and

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 28, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2018-19 Application Essay Questions

  

  We've gotten some questions about our essay prompts for the ... . Tell us about something you do simply for the pleasure of it. (100 words ... the world you come from; for example, your family, clubs, school

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2018