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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Glassblowing at MIT my IAP excitement

  

  thinking, “hmm I wonder what happens if the glass gets cold how do you even ... necklines, as opposed to 3 in a general snowman. Whatever, I thought. I ... paperweight!!!  This is probably my favorite thing I made in the class. To

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • March 10, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is It Possible To Respect A Racist Film? We must learn to embrace the opportunities to confront ourselves by confronting others.

  

  that a movie is technically brilliant yet morally repugnant? How can I ... intermarriage." I can't say that I sat through all 3.5 hours of the movie ... very thing that you hope to deny exposure to the light can often grow in

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • May 8, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A waffle house is not a waffle home This is actually an entry about modern Chinese cinema.

  

  , but I was Captain Von Trapp in high school and after a hundred hours ... 't know exactly how the runner-up ended up winning so thoroughly, but I ... Abdul hits in the background. It was just then that I realized that

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Murals of Senior Haus "find where you thrive"

  

  one of my favorite things to pass. I often thought about how long that ... repository of the murals (including ones not featured in this exhibit) can be ... Last Friday night at around 2 am I finally got around to visiting the

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 8, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Raskolnikov as an Odd Metaphor on angst and deferral

  

  how to skateboard so I can [annotation note="I do skateboard frequently ... Caltech, which I was also applying to EA. I was completely in love with MIT ... because there weren’t enough interviewers available. But in the moment I

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 17, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkeys and babies But no baby turkeys.

  

  . Nothing says epic like "ESTA - ES - SPARTAAA!") I suppose you can be ... 'undeclared' at some point in the middle of the semester (which just means I ... lately is going to make some monumental difference upon where I end up in

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 25, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Bathrooms Always look on the bright, side of life

  

  up having to explain how bathrooms work here, so I guess I could give 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

  The second-to-last first two days of class Having classes 3 days a week rocks.

  

  long time. At least, that's how it was for me in the act of running. Once ... UROP adventures in a separate post, since there's a ton of things that I ... that I can say right now, but there will be more to come! The non

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 6, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  More questions

  

  CPW! If we can help you plan for CPW in any way, please call the CPW ... that case, may I submit a few pieces of artwork (they are in .BMP format ... in your team? How many people are there? Are they professors or

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 31, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds, Part 2

  

  as good a time as any to the students who are still undecided: How can ... can look into it for you, too. I've already been able to track down some financial aid answers for some other commenters, and I'm sure I can help you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Linkdump: Smart Leaves, Burritos, and Shaq cool things on the Internet

  

  records in the dead ball era. Same for songs. I swear I remember the lyrics ... : There! Now you've got some cool MIT-ish stuff to see, and I can clear a ... I think I get my need for notes from my mom. Every day of my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 10, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  Rate My Setup a guide to my room in Simmons

  

  Since the end of August, I've been living on-campus in Simmons in a ... on its stand (in the yellow box), the half-soldered PCB I was working ... can be used as an oscilloscope and waveform generator (in the pink box

  • by Alex M. '21
  • November 17, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas Weekend From Craigslist searching to meat-MIT building, this certainly is an experience

  

  event, and "How Many Feet Can You Eat" Subway eating event.  But I still ... past few weeks in preparation for this weekend's events.  You can see the effects of the madness all over the courtyard and even in the basement. I

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 27, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Second Semi-Annual Q&A More answers to your questions.

  

  showing you that I made it onto this list so... can I photocopy the page and ... interviewer in your area. You can always write to [email protected] to ask ... have studied a foreign language... the only languages I studied in high

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bringing Down the (Lottery) House Like the movie '21,' but with scratch tickets.

  

  to more practical concerns. "Once I worked out how much money I could ... lottery," he says. "I can assure you that that's not the case. I'd simply ... own consulting company in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. One day, the story

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 10, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Half Harvard, Half MIT My schedule this term is split down the middle. Like the movie Grindhouse. Or Korea.

  

  in a place called "Malinckrodt". (I wasn't an Orientation Leader in ... buddy and lab partner, so you can see why I'm taking Harvard classes - basically, I'm hoping that in time her intrinsic fashion sense may somehow rub

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  From Cambridge to You On the road again...

  

  , and I'll be off to Hartford, Connecticut. You can view the entire ... Country Club Plaza If you're in one of these areas, I look forward to seeing ... questions as we can and do our best to answer every question fully. I've found

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 4, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Waitlist, 2010

  

  students from the waitlist in a 3-round process, and previous years were very similar. We'll know more about how this year looks in a few weeks. The ... with aid packages. Admitted students can then choose to accept our offer

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 13, 2010
• Blog / Events

  This School’s Big Game: a fun way to think too hard (how MIT Mystery Hunt works, now in Up-Goer Five)

  

  I love to play with big weird words, so writing in Up-Goer Five makes ... why the story did a good job. But I will not tell you all of it here in ... game touched my heart and made me cry in a happy way. https://www.youtube.com/live/DFFyI

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • January 25, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  The World Has Many Trees climb all of them!!

  

  my residual fascination with Tarzan contributes to how much I love the ... something and how scary it can be to fail. Year upon year, as we build upon ... like it was silly to limit what sorts of classes and activities I did in

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • March 17, 2019