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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every Piece of Media I Consumed in My First Week of Class that was relevant to my studies, i guess

  

  class and study it. This week, we focused on the importance of names and the power of them, having to write a rap about our chosen rap names ... ?si=2eec3094e95a4346[/embed] I really leaned into Lauryn Hill's The

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 13, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an album a day the only new year's resolution i've ever completed

  

  thought this would be a good idea because I enjoy the entire process of ... curated Spotify playlists. I was, however, a bit hesitant about the ... -generated playlists are starting to freak me out[/caption] there also was the issue of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 2, 2023
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Joint Post] Build a robot boat with MIT Arcturus! Q&A with Arcturus captain Audrey Chen

  

  Hi all! You may have encountered Arcturus, the robo-boat team, at the ... , and to spread the word (and learn more about Arcturus myself), I’m doing a Q&A with the team captain Audrey Chen! All photos by Audrey

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Friday Night, Off-Campus Style come along on our evening of fish and wine

  

  that has assignments [annotation note="truly the worst"]due Friday at midnight,[/annotation] Friday nights bring the freedom of having no impending deadlines. The only struggle is picking something to do. With so many good

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 11, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  nothing & everything again & again my senior iap

  

  This is just one in the onslaught of many posts to come about what the bloggers did during their IAP (aka Independent Activities Period ... which I stole the title of this post. Freshman year I was busy taking

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 11, 2022
• Blog / Announcements

  For those whose applications have been interrupted by disasters and disruptions providing what information and comfort we can

  

  As the November 1 Early Action deadline approaches, we have been ... , and civil unrest around the globe, just to name a few. This is, alas, not new: as I blogged last year in the wake of Hurricane Michael

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 29, 2019
• Blog / How to MIT

  Ten years at MIT for me 🎂 a few notes on the occasion of my 10th anniversary at MIT

  

  10th will always hold a [annotation note='Beyond the matter in Lisbon, I mean.']special significance[/annotation] as the day I began my life ... wanted to put in this blog post for some time. The problem is that talking

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  we are twins … but ARE OUR AGENDAS?!? (not clickbait)

  

    Allan: These are the little notebooks that literally organize our entire lives (at least during the semester). Lots of people use ... year with a cute new cover! This year, mine (the one on the right), had a

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 23, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a semester customary end-of-semester blog post: sophomore spring edition

  

  , where I’m living for the summer with my partner. Campus is 40 - 100 minutes away. Getting to MIT is a “commute” now. The bus chugs through the ... “school bus” for the working class. And it’s odd to realize that I am part

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2016
• Blog / How to MIT

  Deadlines and Habits Staying sane

  

  , and the possibility of a full-time job; occasionally, it comes up for ... somewhere like the NRAO. Alternatively, you could switch out of professional ... research, and want to be part of the astronomy research community. What is

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 19, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m sitting on my bed right now so sleepy

  

  appreciation for the chocolate chip cookie (which we both think is TOTALLY ... to speed (not literally, Mom - I promise) over to the nearest Au Bon ... . :( We even asked the guy at the counter if there were any secretly stashed

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breadsticks and Business Just remember, undergrads are like puppies in the eyes of an alum

  

  If you’ve ever seen Glee, you know that Breadsticks is the token restaurant hangout for the students at Lima High School. I am here to say that Bertuccis Brick Oven Pizzeria is the Breadsticks of Cambridge, MA. This is

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 24, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Roman Life A.k.a. not-Greek life.

  

  through it okay, and emerged at 6AM Saturday morning (okay, the essay was a ... thinking about the results of the tests; I was just concerned with relaxing for the weekend before diving back into the school routine. Fortunately

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 21, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Openness This one's serious, no silly link. Read it.

  

  The MIT Admissions blogs started for several reasons. One of the reasons was the extremely dull, lackluster nature of the old admissions ... .0, where anybody can put anything on the Internet and everybody is equal

  • by Snively '11
  • October 26, 2008
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Adios, Madrid My attempt at an eloquent goodbye to Spain.

  

  In a few short hours I will hop on a plane back to the US. I have some very mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, I am excited to get ... friends. I am excited for some of the classes I'll be taking, but with

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Questions about Blogging Some friendly advice.

  

  hate to bug you with a blog-related question, but you seem to be the best ... about the time commitment. My on-campus job is 6-10 hours per week, and I ... entered the lottery for advising seminars (and may apply for one of the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 30, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Making friends

  

  This is the first of my "entries-on-request" - as you probably ... close friends?" I'm sure that some of the incoming frosh reading this have the same question. It can be intimidating to go alone to a new place

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 11, 2006
• 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 ... 's tempered by the fact that I look so outstandingly bad in all of them. Still

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 22, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  Come together (and eat)

  

  Mollie's neck of the woods (Note: as I am being greedy and co-opting Mollie ... understand the answer, it's necessary to understand a little more about dining at MIT. The way it works is, there are a few dorms with dining halls. I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  How to do everything wrong and still get into MIT Perfect SAT scores and #1 class ranks are so last millennium.

  

  I solemnly swear that I am about to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help me God. (Woo, who's been watching too ... to put the anxiety of prospective students to rest; knowing you

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 15, 2005