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• Blog / Personal Projects

  reflecting on 2020 goals and planning for 2021

  

  to get into the habit of taking vitamin supplements every day because I ... In high school, I neglected many of my personal interests to make ... would sacrifice my time now to get into a good college and then pursue my

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • March 30, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Moves and Music(als) Illustrated with tons of images and a video, and not *as* many words

  

  , not-so-involved career. I got my start in the second half of senior year, when my high school staged its production of Guys and Dolls (this will be moderately important later). But let's get to the heart of the matter. Let

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Our loving, our friends, and our labor This entry is based on Aaron Copland's opera "The Tender Land."

  

  DID YOU KNOW? "The Canticle of Freedom," written for the dedication of Kresge Auditorium at MIT, was the only piece Aaron Copland ever ... many pictures of myself on this blog recently... but perhaps that

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  40 Hours in Cape Cod Take note, I typed this entire post with a broken shift key. Please appreciate the…

  

  . To my unutterable surprise*, Eric pulled into the driveway of the ... On the first night of my mandatory vacation, I walked to the beach with the taste of fresh complaints in my mouth, trying to wrestle down

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 27, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m Back!

  

  the first day of classes, but before I get into that, we have some ... was part of the packaging of my brand new awesome laptop): OK, I find ... come grocery shopping? That way you can buy lots of big, bulky things and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  between now and departure stands a few classes

  

  form. The readings are well integrated into other elements of the course ... of me. How was I to do it seven more times? The soon-to-be graduates ... endured their time, had a stronger sense of their futures, and were much

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 14, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Olivia S. ‘20 en Monterrey teaching algorithmic thinking to girls in México

  

  While some of us have spent the first week of freedom from classes ... stumbled into this opportunity by accident when scrambling for a summer UROP ... (likely) pause. Speaking of patterns, Patrones Hermosas or Beautiful

  • by Abby H. '20
  • June 4, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to do while waiting for decisions on Saturday Clicking the "refresh" button repeatedly between now and Saturday afternoon is NOT an option.

  

  This goes out to all of you waiting on tenterhooks for decisions to come out in a couple of days (I love the word "tenterhooks." It's amazing.). These are just a few small ideas - I know you can think of others tailored

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 13, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  More about Residence Based Advising Still have questions about RBA?

  

  into the dorm of your choice, rooms are assigned based on seniority. So ... A view of Next House from across the river: I have gotten a lot of ... was one of the main reasons that I chose Next House. In RBA, you live

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures in Italy, Part 2 Tales from Rome, Take Two

  

  first voyage of sorts was to find food which is probably one of the hallmarks of our entire trip. Walking around the city trying to find a restaurant was how we spent 7.89% of our trip. Come on, we're MIT students

  • by Bryan
  • April 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tuesdays with Linda It's kind of like making smoothies but not.

  

  in the Griffith Lab which is part of the Biotechnology Process ... of the things that people are also often interested in is how they got ... possibly interesting to me. Not having much exposure to a lot of research

  • by Bryan
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Today A Trader Joe's monologue

  

  of popcorn into the reusable bag. As I pay, he asks me what school I go ... a particularly long time, so I opted to walk down eight flights of ... door on the first floor of the tower sounds an alarm, so I exit the

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • April 23, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Brain Dump News and updates for admitted students from the last few weeks, in no particular order...

  

  quickly descended into chaos, with each member of the staff weighing the ... split into two or three, but I didn't want to dominate the homepage ... Marilee perform with my band at ZBT's fifth annual Battle Of The Bands on

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 28, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  winter in Brazil adventures in WGS.245: Race, Place, and Modernity

  

  culture, with tons of readings, movies, and museum visits each week. The ... taste of what I’ve done. [caption id="attachment_85363" align="aligncenter" width="225"] Sao Paulo is full of murals -- we saw this one on the drive

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 10, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Imbibing the Nostalgia Punch More akin to jumping on the bandwagon than drinking the kool-aid in that it is…

  

  different cultures and walks of life and grew into an open mind and a sense of ... College is generally held to be the last enchanted shore of youth. My ... . I haven't revisited these blogs in some time; the public ramblings of

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  deconstruction end-of-semester atmospheres

  

  rested, and realizing i have no commitments. so i went into boston to find ... at the clover food truck on the way. i saw lots of real people, shopping and eating lunch. i saw the verizon employees on strike in front of

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 17, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Vlogging, Tweets, and a Riddle The sum of three cats is a dog. Explain.

  

  tweets. While I love the revision that goes into most of my blog posts, I ... when term starts and most of them turn into whining about p-sets, which ... math textbook: The sum of three cats is a dog. It only works on female

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Studying For Finals Study study study study study

  

  average final grade of 17%) and am about to be thrown into another. Finals ... This is it, finals are in two days. One of the things that scared me most about MIT were MIT Finals. I've already been through one round of

  • by Snively '11
  • May 17, 2008
• Blog / Events

  V Storms the Senate One hack is not enough.

  

  , right? Not at MIT. Allow me first to set the scene. As some of you may ... represent and protect the goals and interests of all undergrads in an ... happening across campus. Dressed as V, the enigmatic anti-hero of V for

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 6, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cambridge Traditions and 5 Course Meals

  

  process in which you are formally admitted into the university and your college. I think all of the colleges has a matriculation ceremony on the first day of the term where all the first year students to the university

  • by Cambridge
  • October 18, 2007