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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hwæt! Did you know that you can study Old English at MIT? The language of Beowulf and J.R.R. Tolkien's Rohan

  

  how you're expected to sleep for grief, so I'll try to comfort you with ... can guarantee that it would look like complete gibberish to you. In the ... ) that I was eager to learn Old English. In a nutshell, Prof. Bahr said

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  welding spiels metal hot glue gun go brrr

  

  's where I learned how to 3D print, lasercut, weld, and fiddle with ... myself a maker until I've learned how to operate heavy machinery? I feel ... . In order to learn how to use the makerspace equipment or learn a new

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 9, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MOMENTOS IMPRESIONANTES Because this place is full of them.

  

  I remember the first time I went to a market in my hometown. It was ... I’ve ever had to, an effect self-evident in me staying up late on ... might have underestimated the extent to which I would be challenged by my

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 5, 2013
• Blog / Classes

  a recipe for making yourself extremely hosed or, what i'm doing this fall

  

  beginning of the semester about the order I would drop my classes in, if ... . Heck, almost all MIT students would tell you this is bad. I will tell you ... , so here we are. Well, what are the classes? I'm interested in computer

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 2, 2020
• Blog / MISTI

  Africans@MIT: The Accra Experiment This week in the series: a Ghanaian research initiative by a dedicated MIT senior

  

  invested heavily in research,” he said, “and I hate that our people are still ... the value in this. “I am a firm believer in the quote, ‘as the twig is ... there. “I’ll be Skyping in,” he assured me. Going forward, there’s still a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 8, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  Discover Exercise and Wellness FPOP a wholesome college experience

  

  points still, but at least I don’t have to worry about swimming. I would’ve failed the swim test in front of an awkward crowd. Then I’d delay it until ... the MIT team. According to the trainers, it looked like I would faint

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 21, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  The College Circle of Life Nance starts waxing about some deep stuff.

  

  Cornell 10 months ago I made a promise to return in each of the next three ... that I admitted to the Class of 2006. In the fall of 2001 - Thanksgiving weekend to be exact - I sat in a dining room table in the East Flatbush

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • June 8, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  90-something days of summer (Part 1) MIT people around the world

  

  ’s how I got to know her!! Since the first time I talked to her, I have ... opportunities. I lived in Paris for about 10 weeks during the summer of 2009 through the MISTI program. I worked in an experimental fluids lab at ESPCI

  • by Linh V. '13
  • April 20, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Making Tracks

  

  the rest of my life is meeting an anxious end. I'm still in the same ... expectations." I decided it was sort of an unreasonable question, in that there ... let you catch up to them. It sort of depends how invested you were in

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 30, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Stories from High School you wouldn't want to be caught with MMS

  

  him off, he would punch you in the face and split your lips open. Within ... to give in to Lukman—I estimate about 99% of us bought from him at some ... would mix in the spices. Then, we would eat the ramen, usually with our

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • February 5, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  INT to the INT to the IN(s)T i3 Videos! woo!

  

  would defer actually blogging about choosing a dorm later on (and I'm sure Paul would have a lot to say about this as well). But anywhoo, I want to ... Interactive Introduction to the Institute (i3) (n.) - a DVD you will

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 26, 2008
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Does MIT offer club sports?

  have numerous accomplishments and aim to help each student improve in ... welcome. Please check out each club’s individual website for more details.
• Blog / People & Identities

  the pieces scattered behind you

  

  . Every hobby I picked up, except blacksmithing, lives in this room. My jewelry supplies are still in the desk drawer, though I've taken my best ... , carved long ago into different paths: the 3-mile loop I ran in high school

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 28, 2023
• Blog / How to MIT

  loftblogging 3: liberation via customization i <3 process

  

  control of my space. I would build my own loft! Luckily, all the material I ... capable to take on similar projects in the future. Because when I look at ... for annotations frequently do not end up in the same place I set them

  • by Victor D. '27
  • September 26, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Athletics When I picked the topic for this entry, I was cheerleading at an MIT basketball…

  

  amazing fact. (You may hazard a guess as to how many times I've heard the ... super-fun, but I would never characterize myself as a good, or even ... are usually in use when I pass by. Mens et manus in corpore sano and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  How to take the Bebras Computing Challenge this fall an international introduction to computational thinking

  

  challenge and how they can register their schools for the exam. I ... computational thinking. Founded in Lithuania in 2004, it has now spread to more ... participants, including ~15k in the United States last year. Bebras USA is led

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some summer pictures

  

  I've been promising for a while that I would post some pictures from Switzerland, so I'll be doing that gradually (I have lots of pictures), mixed in ... that I was an MIT student definitely helped me get hired. I arrived in

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Library Battle: Harvard vs. MIT Harvard and MIT Libraries are given a theme topic and each an afternoon to compile…

  

  's recent entry, Sam is in fact an engineer, and I am queen of the humanities ... Lewis Music Library. People sleep in them all the time. I don't, because I ... . I've got a paper for 11.015 Riots Strikes and Conspriracies in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 10, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What Am I Forgetting? A helpful guide.

  

  I'm leaving for Boston tomorrow this morning. As most of my friends and family could tell you, I'm just a little bit frazzled when packing to go to or from MIT...so I would, almost inevitably, forget one vital

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 25, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Memory of a Greatly Beloved Establishment rip the stud subway

  

  of fencing practice, I would stumble out of the Z-Center with a ... bite of a spicy Italian sub, I would do anything - including trudging ... meals, and I savored every delicious mouthful. And now, in the blink of

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 3, 2019