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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Night at da Opera A Jolly Splendid Time!!

  

  how long this was supposed to be, and they told me FOUR HOURS. I signed ... original Lysistrata, written by Aristophanes in 411 BC. This new version is thankfully in English and adapted to make more sense in modern times, and I

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 1, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  food diaries pt. 3 amazing restaurants around MIT

  

  restaurants. When I tried to go in person last year, I gave up after waiting for ... Somehow, I've explored more of Boston and Cambridge while living in ... restaurants I'd go to were [annotation note="small local chain with pizza that

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 8, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Course 18 thoughts on being a (pure) math major

  

  math majors learn how to talk and write (in LaTeX) about their work. I ... want to also talk a little about my experience being Course 18 and how it ... ones did, in the sense that I’ve had to do much more struggling and

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 11, 2017
• Blog / Blog Projects

  a time capsule of east campus multi-media, community-built

  

  packing my bags, begrudgingly all-nightered to get all my items stored away ... and didn’t find written words to be the best medium to get them out, so ... own archives and emailed out to all ec residents for contributions. in

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 12, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Still Alive! sorry, this has nothing to do with portal

  

  around to playing Braid, which is sort of like Portal in that it involves ... over after a few days. 2. I am old and need to get a real person job. I'm getting flown out to NYC soon for a full day of being wined, dined, and

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • October 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I Never Thought I Would Join a Sorority ...but here I am?

  

  To all of you who are wondering how in the world you will navigate ... anything remotely close to "greek life", or in my case, a sorority, in ... new sorority coming to MIT. There was an increased demand for greek life

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2017
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT consider extracurriculars?

  apiculture (beekeeping) to building nuclear reactors in their garages. We ... realize that students in the U.S. have a huge array of extracurriculars to ... . Remember that your application is reviewed in context, and that we look to
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  moderately important later). But let's get to the heart of the matter. Let's say you're a student who's interested in MIT, and you want to continue ... there is no power supply.* You'd be justifiably (not to mention, in this

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Perspectives from Deutschland Ich bin Anna und ich studiere Astronomie!

  

  University of Marburg. In the morning, I will walk for twenty minutes to my ... this, I’ll move back to the US for graduate school in astronomy at ... ’ll be using infrared data to learn how the Milky Way formed. But before I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• Blog / MISTI

  go alone or you may never go at all

  

  whimsical sense of humor. She's so willing to try new things. The lens in ... for the ride, whether it be to try a new cafe or jam at a concert. Those ... better trust my decisions, be adaptable to new situations, and fully reap

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • January 6, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pass No Record, Oh How I Loved Thee. A quick look at first semester!

  

  . With Pass/No Record in place to make the transition easier, first ... . The primary time to have fun during the year lies in breaks. Whether ... forward to another great one. Tune in next time for a post about IAP, all of

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • February 27, 2012
• Blog / People & Identities

  549,033 words how do you measure, measure a year?

  

  you going, where have you been? These questions are hard to answer—how ... Airbender, write poetry, and spend more time getting to know the area better ... forwards to looking back, and seeing the changes creep in. One final note

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • May 7, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Me and the Firehose on balancing classes, and choosing next year’s schedule

  

  poster) 4.140 OR 2.008, not both — 4.140 is harder to get in to, harder ... get in to the Diaz class, and drop Sustainable Energy or whatever else ... of them. But I’m extremely averse to dropping classes later on in the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 30, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  I Miss College Application Season The Good, The Bad, and the Casey Jones

  

  I couldn’t get myself to write.  I miss signing up for college campus ... the few that actually gets to go to school here. I remember that on one ... reading Brave New World in English 100. I miss the way my teacher would turn

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 31, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Delicious Things Mmmmm.

  

  Verde's. (In fact, the only time I even ever use TechCash is to do laundry. I mostly live off my credit card.) It's always good how to learn to cook new things. So I went with My Suitemate Linda, and we learned how to make

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 26, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Selecting the new bloggers! With a new school year approaching, it's time to pick the next set of bloggers.

  

  blog, you may wish to start a new blog and start writing over the next ... of the following). Option A: In a paragraph or two, describe to us a ... the incoming class) is the selection of the new bloggers. And now, with

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT CodeIt or: the best decision i've made this semester

  

  'm qualified to teach. But after, strangely, I have a new confidence in myself ... where we learned about CodeIt, the format of the program, and how to conduct ourselves in the classroom. The program was going to be split into

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 25, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  My MIT Story How I came to be at MIT

  

  was going to be in the best mood ever and they'd get away with murder ... in. No, don't give me that humility crap, you get into MIT and try to ... drive from my house. In fifth grade my parents and I were driving to my

  • by Snively '11
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / Personal Projects

  1 Fish, 2 Fish, a Lot of Fish, and a Snail Putting a Big Box of Water on my Dresser

  

  So last semester I had a radical idea to get a pet aquatic turtle. I don't even remember what sparked my interest in wanting to get one (it ... conditions right to get the floor seeds to sprout...but after a week, things in

  • by Richard O. '28
  • September 30, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  Life Changing Classes at MIT ft. ec-discuss

  

  a life in the tech industry." "MAS.863 - how to make almost anything ... be a course 2" "WGS.101 taught me how to think about gender in a ... in course 6/9 related things I'd highly recommend it, to get a taste of

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 20, 2019