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• Blog / Advice

  Parental advice, revisited… a self-referential throwback, that is somehow, still relevant

  

  makes sense, given my role.  Many of those requests, understandably, come ... from the college process.  While the specifics of each situation varies, the underlying question is almost always some variation of “How do I

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 12, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [joint post] give us your words you have words. we want your words.

  

  of six sestets, having the same six end words in each of the stanzas, but in a different order. The poem ends with a tercet which has two of ... have started gradually converting the rest of 4W to the cult of poetry

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 20, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  you can care about things revisiting stoicism

  

  both in the context of writing a blog and in the context of being a ... out of your control, so it doesn’t make sense to put too much weight on their decisions. doing so can be exhausting and bring lots of emotional

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • July 18, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  what we’ve been up to recently a short list about winter break

  

  attempt to not fall off the face of the blogs, here is a list, in no particular order, of things we’ve been up to recently:  Studying for the GRE ... really liked a lot of the songs, and dance numbers. Memory was amazing, and

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • January 12, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tetazoo is not a Hivemind Haha... just kidding... unless?

  

  Campus that I spend a lot of time on. As a honorary frosh there, I ... ), but also personalized lists for each participant. Some of my items ... ) putting on ALL of my beanies, which is a lot of beanies if anyone asks

  • by Powers '23
  • November 24, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  what’s on my desk: messy person edition not sponsored

  

  ever see one of those social media #inspo posts featuring an ... containing a draft of [annotation note = "I meant to revise this throughout the ... [/annotation] printouts of my 18.200A (Discrete Mathematics) lecture notes The

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 19, 2019
• Blog / Hacks

  “futility island” socially conscious hacking? in MY institution?

  

  small strip of grass between Walker Memorial and Building 14. It was called Futurity Island: essentially, a very very tall honeycomb stack of ... that the pipes (a "symbol of the Anthropocene") are drawing our attention

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 25, 2019
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2019!

  

  good people of Boston Spinjam are meeting on Mondays on Killian Court right outside my office for some spinspiration It's time for those of ... of MIT students are MIT students. Admissions officers can write about

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2019
• Blog / Events

  I went outside! *inhales, belts 'for the first time in forever' at the top of lungs*

  

  bunch of really nice pictures and want people to see them, tbh) MIT seems ... something called the MIT Outing Club. Most of what they do is organize trips ... cabins that students can use for a small fee. One of the halls in East

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 9, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  February(ish) Updates and Notes aka my life in photos and haikus

  

  photos that accurately summarize my current state of existence: The ... -students. The top photo is a week in the life of Junior spring. I’m currently in 5 ... transition this year. Plus some of my classes are “frontloading”, which

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • March 1, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Solar Eclipses and Bloggers bloggers around the country all watching the eclipse

  

  out the sun over a path that included the states of Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kentucky, Tennessee, and South Carolina. For the rest of ... Kresge Oval on MIT campus. The MIT Department of Earth, Atmospheric and

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 22, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The HackMIT 2016 Puzzle Just Launched and it'll (probably) take you all across the Internet

  

  It's that time of summer again. HackMIT, one of the largest ... , and realize the projects of your dreams!" Head on over to hackmit ... guaranteed admission, then be one of first to solve this year's HackMIT puzzle

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 16, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  My “Normal” High School What it was like going to an ordinary high school

  

  number of things that they are worried about. Grades, SAT scores, the amount of extracurricular classes taken, etc. etc. etc. At times it seemed ... organization for lost orphaned baby whales in the middle of Africa, speak Spanish

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Admitted Students Welcome Events Your first MIT experience is closer than you think

  

  the class of 2019. If there’s an event in your area, you should ... taste of a few of the events this coming week. Check out your MyMIT portal for a comprehensive list of all events being hosted this week as well as

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 17, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT: The Sunsical The sunshine of May 12th

  

    a musical by Erick '17 sung to the tune of "Summertime" by ... ;   ♫Feels something like summertime Classe are over in a matter of time ... little something more than this at the bottom of my Verde's cup♪   ♫I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 12, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Short Answers to Big Questions Stolen from the MIT Housing Panel.

  

  First, I have three very exciting pieces of news to share with you ... (Astronomy Picture Of the Day)! According to the Greeks, the Pleides were the seven daughters (the constellation is also called "The Seven Sisters") of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 18, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT HSSP and Stanford Splash! Seven fundamental questions, and a field trip to the west coast

  

  ): The Evolution of Our Scientific Answers to Seven Fundamental Questions ... just the ones I'm aware of.) We want Splash programs to learn from each ... , see how they function, and give them suggestions. At the end of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 4, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Typical Friday Night Done with 6.046 exam, time to chill

  

  Analysis of Algorithms) exam this past Thursday. Once it was over, my brain just kind of shut down and didn't do anything productive for the next 96 ... , post-6.046 exam. I know that before I came to MIT, my impression of the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Attention local high school students interested science and engineering! Have you heard about BeaverDash?

  

  of Women Engineers would like to invite local high school students to ... each year at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). No previous engineering experience is required, and male and female students of all science

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • April 17, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow! Getting out and saving your sanity

  

  though, it's tragic. Snow is one of my favorite things, and winter is ... , skis in hand, and it never happens. After the massive amounts of snow we ... 's "weird". And weirdly enough, on the first day of March we had our first big

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 2, 2012