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• Blog / MISTI

  Out and about in the fog at the edge of the world

  

  the world always, overwhelming with its color. Do you feel in your bones ... just in different hues. I've been traveling for the last month around the ... started an exchange back in Paris. It's a moment of cultural reckoning, 3

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • March 13, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  the music. Rockin' in the Wind Do you ever hear wind chimes gently jingling in a calm breeze and wish they’d sound more like plates breaking or a metal pipe hitting the ground? Rockin’ in the Wind is a set of

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

  seven scenes from Paris a simple story

  

  honey thing. “I would never even consider going vegan if I lived in Paris,” I told Uzay, sitting there next to him in the park, breaking off bits ... silver, in real life) stretched between arcs of steel, hundreds and

  • by Kai V. '25
  • March 31, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  art and work i really struggled with titling this one

  

  . this process was very helpful in the sense that it allowed me to finish ... patience to watch the office in its entirety but was able to get through the highlights in around 15 hours - but i wonder how much of a show’s message or

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 27, 2022
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  love in the time of unlimited data against kindness as utility

  

  In Milan I was constantly toeing the line between speaking solely in ... , and being so insistent on communicating in Italian that it posed a ... intimidating-looking cafe I saw in the neighborhood of my hotel, asked for a

  • by Kai V. '25
  • October 16, 2024
• Blog / Personal Projects

  things i’ve made and/or consumed art, movies, shows, and more

  

  I started this blog post in the summer with the intention of posting ... ~. In a way, it feels like a dream come true because I’m finally getting ... that the layers could represent time and differences could show change in

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • February 28, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  November summary: books, playlist, gratitude

  

  looking forward to it. A few things that happened in November: I spent a ... too much time with my head buried in books--frigid weather, 4:30 PM ... constraints imposed by the rest of my life. Welp.) Sappho At some point in

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 25, 2015
• Blog / How to Food

  Guest Post: Where to Buy Food: MIT Groceries Guide Because eating textbooks gets expensive.

  

  buy most of my produce here. Since I live in East Campus, I have enough time in between classes to buy groceries and go back to the dorm. If you ... spices in bulk because it’s cheaper than buying containers of spices and

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  checked off 101 things to do before you graduate...

  

  first 2 years here. Take a ride on a swan boat in Boston Commons ⛔ Again ... This blog has been in the works for a… long time. I first started ... grad dorms are pretty easy for me to forget. Participate in a UROP… or

  • by Waly N. '24
  • May 31, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If you give a girl an assignment… ...she's going to ask if she can blog about it.

  

  blogosphere, rest assured you’re in the right place. It is Elizabeth here. There ... past couple weeks – his sonnets and in particular, Romeo and Juliet – and ...  was made in the 90’s by Baz Luhrmann (who also directed Moulin Rouge! and

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 2, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  January in Paris and two weeks of speaking French

  

  Prince Siegfried in Le lac des cygnes (Swan Lake). He has been training as ... last two weeks in Paris with an MIT program called JSF—January Scholars in France. The students of JSF 2018 and our chaperone, Prof. Perreau

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 23, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  A Protocol for MIT Admissions Essays Chemical SOP: Pen, paper: irritant if digested; Brains: gateway to thinking

  

  Writing" by Gopen and Swan, which we read recently in 7.02 (Introduction to ... your application will know you in a way you might not have known yourself ... person In other words, MIT wants to see from your application that you

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 26, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Watching Birdwatchers And getting into summer programs.

  

  Program at the NRAO site in Charlottesville, Virginia. Your research topic ... year, but didn't get in - which makes this doubly sweet. I'll be there ... this sounds, the reason I haven't posted in forever is because I have TOO

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 3, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  sundays in the parks with friends a post title based on a musical based on a painting

  

  There's a large park system in Boston called the The Emerald Necklace ... and the Boston Common, which are two adjacent parks right in the middle ... didn't have a concrete plan to do so. With that in mind, I set a goal to

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 15, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Real, live MIT students * IN HD* A look inside the world of MIT Admissions Interns

  

  -2013 Admissions Interns What role they play in the office Why they are interested in working at the Admissions Office Randomness Seriously, though, check out the page. They work on a lot of great projects in the office

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • September 21, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Some virtuosos play $4 million violins, and some Trojan heros wear brass rats $4 million violins, not 4 million violins. Joshua Bell isn't *that* intense.

  

  From a combination of Being enrolled in a music class this ... concerts in the past week, for free. Concert #1: Verdi's Stabat Mater and Te ... are fabulous, and 2) My little sister is in concert choir Whenever I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 22, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dies Irae Quantus tremor est futurus!

  

  John Harbison is teaching the undergraduate class 21M.304: Writing in ... an impulse buy of some Star Wars: Episode III valentines the other day ... 't really talk. I guess they assumed that the kind of person who would buy

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Think About This and maybe it will help you.

  

  announcements. But where to add value? Right now we're in a strange time. A time ... respectful, thoughtful, and in many cases difficult to answer. Especially for ... weird coupling, I know. When I was in business school I had an

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • March 21, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Things You Won’t Have to Buy (or spend *that* much on) This one's especially for the incoming freshmen.

  

  'd fill you in on some of MIT's not-so-well-known secrets. No, this isn ... price that you end up paying. In short, this is my brief, informal guide ... useful if you want to refresh a skill you haven't used in a while, or if

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 18, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Who needs Black Friday anyway? a slightly different take.

  

  stories we wear." - Worn Wear Buying new stuff is fun. It provides that ... puffy jacket will always remind me of certain backpacking trips in the Sierras, or favorite climbs in Yosemite. Gear becomes attached to specific

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 29, 2014