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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Is it a video? two assignments from two classes

  

  because I had nothing to put in one of those and thought that maybe they ... they've made meanwhile I've kept all my abstractly creative ideas in my ... manifest them in the physical world because putting yourself out there is

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 11, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Lego Heroines interview with the amazing Maia Weinstock!

  

  Ideas competition, let me fill you in. MIT’s very own Maia Weinstock recently won (!!) with a set of extraordinary women in NASA. Maia is currently ... thank her. She has been busy interviewing around the U.S. and even in

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 4, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things That Happened! Since I've been gone~

  

  ’t want to run in the hall because who does that, but then also you feel ... somewhat similar to junior year of high school, in that I feel I’ve somewhat established myself somewhat now. In my UROP, which I’ve had for 5 semesters now

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  three things i made recently lasers, radio, and a chocolate chip cookie loaf

  

  in session yet. the snow's only just turned to rain and we've had two snow days in the last week, which meant lots of indoors time. it's kind of nice, really: mario kart in the lounge outside, teasing the hall

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 15, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  jr fall classes &c

  

  semester where i am genuinely excited about all of my classes! i'm in: 14.33 - Research and Communication in Economics a sort of pre-thesis class, where we will undertake independent research projects in economics. will have to

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 19, 2016
• Blog / Community Projects

  Guest Post: Simmons Hall Finishes 18,239 Piece Puzzle in 40 days and 5 hours

  

  puzzle in private dining. In all of the reviews that I saw while doing research on this puzzle, nobody was able to finish in less than 8 months. It ... and support that so many people provided in order to make this the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 29, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Late-Night Juggler In which I spend about twenty minutes trying to transcribe the Mass Ave cross signal…

  

  too :-) It's three in the morning and MIT's campus is, for once ... a dull, dirt-free sheen. In front of you is the Infinite Corridor: by ...  clack-clack-clack-clack coming from in front of the elevators. Curious, you peer into the antechamber

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 3, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Trains Make Me Think Of Bringing the focus away from miles and minutes - and onto more enriching things

  

  (in addition to still blogging for MIT Admissions - sorry eager blogging ... able to work close to home is a plus for me, but in my case, it still ... 's just in one direction. That's not insurmountable by any means, but it

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 12, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Gotterdammerung and The Barber of Seville [by Xenia '13] Art Scholars go to the Met!

  

  Wagner was many years ago, in a summer novel: an elegant, cultured but ... ; Juliet in the sense that both deal with romantic love unrequited because of ... active community of students with an exceptional interest in the arts. The

  • by ARTalk
  • March 20, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Free-est post! un-free schedule

  

  In the hassle of getting my life and graduation requirements together ... intentionally by taking eight classes a semester so they can graduate in two years ... professor at age 20. He frequently cites his own papers in lecture, and we

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 28, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Travelogue: Part Une Trip to Bath and meeting an MIT professor thousands of miles away from MIT

  

  assignments, I decided to take a break by traveling to Bath in Somerset, UK. I arrived in Bath bright and early around 10am. That means waking up at 5 am and walking to the Cambridge train station in sub-zero temperature, say

  • by Linh V. '13
  • February 16, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Disappointment I know how it feels...

  

  called 'To the Deferred' - and I want to now add to the words expressed in that entry. First: to those of you who got in - congratulations, and ... didn't get in: I have a story for you! And hopefully, it'll make you feel

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Average The benefits of challenging yourself in high school

  

  As a freshman in college, one of the most important things I do is reflect on my experiences here at MIT. How am I doing in my classes here ... should try to establish ourselves as individuals by being the best in

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 16, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  That fear of “falling behind” Exploring options @ MIT

  

  be engulfed in the so-called MIT bubble. Which basically means, getting ... existed! People live in houses! Dogs exist! Babies exist!" Here, I am ... teenage dream. I've just always loved art and design and cities, and in the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to the New, Part 2 Slowing down time in the Land of Enchantment.

  

  the campus bubble. It's too easy to go from Activity in MIT Building A to Activity in MIT Building B to your dorm room without ever leaving ... . I noticed that my first two weeks in Albuquerque - when everything was

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 9, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Famous people who didn’t go to MIT Some people are more successful because they turned down admission to MIT.

  

  Kevin Gillespie and J.R. Hildebrand. In 1997-98, a student named Kevin Gillespie applied to MIT from a relatively small public school in Georgia. He was the first applicant from his school to MIT in a long time, perhaps

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 23, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Bathrooms Always look on the bright, side of life

  

  first borns. The topic in question? Bathrooms. Apparently bathrooms are a ... you a bathroom primer. Now, I only live in one dorm, so I can't speak ... in the comments), but I've had some experience with the bathrooms of

  • by Snively '11
  • March 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things that are awesome being published, D-lab, and MISTI. Also cookies. But there are no cookies in this entry.

  

  . This is sort of weird because...well, I don't have much interest in going ... poor people in Africa, it's not like being published is really in the ... nomadic devices, rest assured that the third author is in fact yours truly

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 20, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  I wake to sleep An application to a telescope asked me why I learn and where I'm going. It…

  

  Where to begin? Well, in order to understand me, what drives me ... little ways back in my history (what history I have), not too far, just a blink of the eye really in the scheme of things, back across the years

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 27, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Overheard at MIT Vote vote vote!

  

  Don't forget to vote for me in the 2008 blogging scholarship ... kid out of a public high school in Salem OR, was the difference in conversation-snippits that I caught as I passed by people. In high school I was

  • by Snively '11
  • November 11, 2008