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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Urinetown I blame my absence on musical theatre.

  

  mother, and was badly chastised by Rational Part Of Brain. For good reason ... taking four and a half classes...it was by all objective measures a ... that by "doesn't do a lot of singing" my boyfriend actually meant "one of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 13, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  90-something days of summer (Part 1) MIT people around the world

  

  physically by biking, ellipticaling, and swimming about 4-5 hrs a day as well ... , the biggest obstacle for me was the mental aspect. I worked hard by ... wrong during their race by channeling all the negative thoughts into a

  • by Linh V. '13
  • April 20, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Pythagorean Triple of Awesome Otherwise known as the weekend of the 4th of July. Just another long weekend in…

  

  other and getting yelled at by the Sheriff for being too close to the ... , by the way, offers free delivery for orders of two drinks or more ... fun, we all ate too much, but by 6:30 or so Sam and I both needed to

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • July 18, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  I’m leavin’ on a jet plane… and another plane...and another plane...

  

  . Unfortunately, by the time I get there it's pretty late, and (probably due to the ... inconvenience. By about 11:30pm, I finally get to the other hotel, check in, and ... after Ike passed through Houston, Ripley House was designated by FEMA as a

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 22, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Pink Hair Problem What do you do for your college interview if you have dyed hair and a…

  

  for an applicant to warn me, 'ok, you'll recognize me by my pink hair ... their hair is pink because they are trying to overcome shyness by causing ... the quesiton, why pink? "That being said, I'd be less put off by pink

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Orgo and physics and math, oh my 57 units of academic fun fun fun. Now with humanities!

  

  facetious (which is one my favorite words ever, by the way). But really, it ... , awesome. And now, here they are! (Presented, in true MIT fashion, by ... a three-hour "studio" period on Wednesdays (denoted by the second 3

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The return of Questions Omnibus It's time to answer your questions...

  

  by that much in our predictions -- we'll cross that bridge if we come ... perhaps best articulated by now-President Emeritus Charles Vest in 1999. I ... of a particularly trenchant entry written by an MIT blogger, by all

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 21, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, decisions Yikes! It's been a month since I last wrote to you guys. In the intervening…

  

  information about recent accomplishments by the students, and they had this ... depite their disappointments. Be inspired by them- getting into MIT (or not ... what they seem, and you will be judged not by your merit, but by your

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Home safe Bad guys don't hang out in the Infinite.

  

  question below: The vast majority of crime at MIT is committed by non ... go through the UROP office. If you're funded by your supervisor, you ... -supplies-shopping journey after planned arrival on Aug.26 by plane. Is there a Walmart around

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 22, 2006
• Blog / Events

  “Freshman Musical Dorms” A question inspires an entire entry about housing. But I threw in some other stuff…

  

  , because it was run by Laura Staurt, who I've mentioned once before. Her ... School "graduates" by playing "Pomp and Circumstance" on the kazoo ... produced by the dorm's own residents. (You can see last year's videos here

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Three of a perfect pair Biking! Clothing! Exploding! A day in the life.

  

  sidewalk by the BU Bridge and became momentarily distracted by a man in a ... obtain your nourishment for the afternoon by flagging down one of the many ... googolplex roman candles (I counted), demonstrated below by Megan. Then Mike

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Joint Blog] What It’s Like Studying Design at MIT Recounted by two seniors

  

  Gloria: Most design majors/minors start out by taking 4.021 [How to Design ... design by listening to guest lectures, viewing artistic exhibits and ... studio class that was jointly taken by Architecture and Design majors, with

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • February 4, 2026
• Blog / Events

  look at the stars hacking mit, six months at a time

  

  would get this out by fall break AHHHH and then i spent way too much time ... ="104682" /] Part 2: T-14 Summer slipped by through the ceaseless flow of meetings and emails. I landed after my six hour flight from London and dropped by

  • by Janet G. '27
  • October 17, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A (Not At All) Comprehensive Guide to Your First Year what i've learned as an associate advisor

  

  , which is beautifully documented in this blogpost by Ankita and Ben, Dance ... too many things to do and was incredibly stressed by it. For pset ... by Nisha and Abby. Speaking of health, all living groups also have Med

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 10, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  Alive and Kicking I kick, therefore I am ~taekwondo~

  

  ’t attack me. In the fall, I would routinely get spammed by the Sport ... the intro Taekwondo class anywhere. By this point, I was semi ... . You would think someone who writes stuff read by plenty of people on the

  • by Waly N. '24
  • August 3, 2021
• Blog / IAP

  [Joint Post] A Jaunt Across Europe (Part 1) vomiting in Venice and other Italian adventures

  

  , by the time I found this out (which was mid-November), virtually all ... with no spots left for me. By this point, I strongly considered ... .']solo-backpacking Europe,[/annotation]or something akin to that. I knew that by this point

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 31, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Navigating the PM Interview the crash course i wish someone gave to me

  

  just staring at code by myself, not really talking to anyone. The only ... done by recruiters but can sometimes be done by PMs of a company. They ... being bought by the parents, so we want to make sure we keep them in mind

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 10, 2021
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Guest Post] Because Racecar, Friendships, and Family By Monica C. '25: "What I’ve learned about being an engineer, friend, and teammate by…

  

  This is a blog by Monica C. ‘25 about her experience on the MIT ... system off the car by placing all our boards on a table and wiring them ... build a driverless racecar. There’s no book with step by step instructions

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • July 31, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  italy research in pompeii

  

  cobblestone steps, smoothed by centuries of people walking through. I packed ... the weekend. The tour of the castle was lead by the groundskeeper ... planters and drain pipes whenever we walked by. [caption id

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 18, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  journey to the end of the world visions

  

  small reminder of the time that’s gone by since i was a little kid ... want to generate a patch of 128 by 128 meters of land. the most naive ... forward, navigating between birch trees, making progress block by block. i

  • by Ali C. '26
  • November 16, 2023