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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  self-assessment, re: playwriting notes on taking playwrights' workshop this semester

  

  forcing myself to learn to write longform. Poetry taught me how to capture ... find ways to drive action, create drama, all in a theatrically compelling way. In particular, I found myself wanting to say big things

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blogging My Way to a Passionate Life On writing, during and after MIT.

  

  friends, new line of work. In the first few months of adjusting to fast ... voice. In the process of learning how to put together an effective piece ... distilling my thoughts over the last 4-5 years. That is, in addition to no

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21 Reasons to Join ESG A Look at MIT's Freshman Learning Communities

  

  Learning Communities were created to allow you to branch out in these classes ... to your professors. I found myself in ESG (Experimental Study Group ... multidisciplinary solutions." Terrascope is also different in that they allow you to

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 4, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  [guest post] hindsight in 2020 — about life after mit rejections, situated knowledges, and ultimately getting closer to the asymptote…

  

  who didn't get into MIT but went on to thrive elsewhere (like this, and ... truck stop town. a city in the central valley that used to have a bean ... the only uc she gets into is davis — “i don’t want to go to a fucking

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2020
• Blog / Events

  How many engineers does it take to change a light bulb? If you asked somebody what 'for' was for, what would it be?

  

  awesome time to be in, at, and around MIT. There's all kinds of art ... MIT150 art around campus seems to be in white. Could we have had some ... generally happy in the media lab: Har, har. Anyway, back to the matter at

  • by Cam T. '13
  • May 7, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Faculty Luncheon for Local* Admitted Students *local: from New England or New York, or anyone who just happens to be in…

  us in addition to the many activities they're planning for Campus ... students in New England and New York got the invite. But if you just happen to be in Boston that weekend, and want to stop by, we'd love to host

  • by mitblogs
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  cooling off it snowed? snew?

  

  Sometimes it's easy to get frustrated with the world. There's too much happening to keep up with everything, and it seems like nothing ever ... don't. In times of stress and disappointment and anxiety, we forget how

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 1, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  friday afternoon in the town of beans i'm freeeeeeeeeeeee

  

  . The restaurant is quite small, and so we get our orders to-go and eat in ... in South Dakota. It is interesting to see how similar some of our ... end of classes! Time to have some fun. Fun? How do you have fun at MIT

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 11, 2021
• Blog / Blog Projects

  VEDA (Vlog Every Day of April) cami edition

  

  'm trying to get used to the new interface. I am at no means super entertaining. Nor are these meant to be super entertaining. In fact, I kinda hope ... ! I'm still getting used to filming important things in my life, as I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 19, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Last Minute Rehearsal music in the time of corona

  

  struggles in her life up to that point, and how through the hardest of times ... students had been putting in to plan, rehearse, or prepare for these ... -streams to display the work they had put in up to that point. We want to talk

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 18, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  How to be Tim The Beaver anyone can wear the mask.

  

  wondering how you know you're meant to be Tim- the answer is, you'll feel it ... . Watch the videos on how to unpack, wear and re-pack Tim, and guidelines on how to keep cool inside the suit. 3. Complete a quiz to show you know

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • November 4, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Seasons of Spam Next up: a Nostalgic entry about my frosh year. After Finals. Maybe.

  

  -hours How do you measure, MIT time? In psets, in physics In midnights, in ... frosh year? How about spam? How about spam? How about spam? Measure in ... ), I felt like I should go and partake in the festivities. So I got to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Halfway Through MIT Where I’ve been, and where I’m going

  

  new experience to sit on the subway for so long. We ate lunch together in the nature reserve and walked around a bit before the ride back to ... it. I haven’t been to Alewife in a while now, because I’ve been too

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 25, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Calculus in Context 18.01 feels like an art history class

  

  , which I least expected to have anything to do with the humanities in any ... in his book, The Mechanism of Religion: “We today are inclined to see ... seventeenth century, Science was considered to be in support of Christianity, so

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 14, 2018
• Blog / People & Identities

  On Reconnecting spending winter break in India

  

  to enjoy fresh fruit new years fireworks go off in the distance as we ... . With no stress of the semester to keep you company. In those moments of solitude, my mind has found itself wandering back to my time in India. In

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 13, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Before You Arrive on Campus: Orientation Edition On REX, safety, free stuff, and making the most out of it all!

  

  . Exhilarating! Remember that scientific discovery you always wanted to discuss in ... . Start here. First, from fellow bloggers: -- On getting to MIT from the ... exactly where you want to live, exploring may help you meet your new best

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do in four years?

  

  . Question: "What about Are Four years enough to get advantage of all the resources MIT has to offer for a student?" In a word, no. No matter how much ... key is to try to maximize what you do get out of MIT. For example, I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  sophomore spring in hindsight reviewing my journal

  

  hair in a protective style for a few weeks and not have to think about it ... ended up going to school in the same city, and that has markedly changed ... ’t think this would have happened if I went to school in another city outside

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • June 28, 2020
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Letters from the 2023 decisions threads

  

  . It was freeing, in a way, to be able to seek new dreams, create new ... journey in the time since. I wanted to blog some wise words shared by prior ... ongoing record of what happens after you don't get into MIT.  From @Wox, in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 25, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Snow On working in a winter wonderland.

  

  Vermont and New Hampshire. In Vermont, for instance, I lived in the ... composite history of the year's blizzards. In New Hampshire, up in the White ... winter. You have to know how to dress for the cold. A few simple rules

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 21, 2009