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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [joint liveblog] finding the BALANCE with 2.009 watching the 2.009 annual showcase (with Kayode D. '27)

  

  audience POV. In some lucky turn of events, Kayode D. '27 and I managed to ... PERFORMING IN THIS. THAT'S ALL I WANNA SAY they all have gloves like michael ... surgery patients in the U.S." janet: i really want to ask a question

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 9, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sketches from the Fall Semester random happenings, senior year edition

  

  . Sometimes, we are very rigid in our ways. Consider how we pronounce class ... authors, which I think means Allan has made it in academia (read his paper ... : Correlation of Responses to Ethnic Conflict.” I’ll be exploring how media

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 30, 2017
• Blog / Events

  The middle days of the week

  

  in middle school. Manray was the first place I ever really danced (and ... . Sadly, you're not supposed to bring cameras in, so I couldn't take ... goths to nerdy goths. I dressed similar to what I often do in normal life

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An End A whirlwind.

  

  the end of summer; one day, I was sitting in the office casually ... , thanked Ed Murphy, and said goodbye to McCormick, the building in which I ... continue in the morning. That would break up the driving, and reduce the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 20, 2013
• Blog / Events

  What can I say, it grew on me . . . (Guest Entry) Now I'm a beaver believer!

  

  learned about in school. Later, I met The Snively and The Ben Jones at check-in, and walking down The Infinite Corridor, I saw The Admissions ... ! Becca '12 and I at Meet the Bloggers Tim '12 and I stuck in a knot at

  • by Snively '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  June and Flaky Biscuits The first part of an epic summer and food, bien sur.

  

  My hope is that in the next p-set and class-filled 48 hours, I eat ... joys of running bridge loops in Boston. Afterwards, I decided to take a ... drained. I needed to re-discover why I needed to be at MIT in the first

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  “I’ve Got 99 Problems… Admissions Is Not One” Really 52, but who's counting? I know that you love numbers, stats and checklists, so…

  

  , you want to know the skinny on how to get into MIT. The more I try to ... from Fountainhead or Jugghead. The "Every Important Lesson I Learned in ... same goes with movies. Yes, Cool Hand Luke is steeped in allegory and I

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  Hack to the Future all futures have a past, and all pasts have alternative futures

  

  future, arriving in the same place, at a different time, to save the future ... , October 21st, 2015, I walked into Lobby 7, and was greeted by a hack; a hack ... current (and future) MIT students, I suspect, I loved the BTTF movies as a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 21, 2015
• Blog / How to MIT

  My Freshman Backpack Or: How to bend the fabric of spacetime to your will

  

  , since it doesn't have my laptop in it at that pictured moment (Yes, I am ... in my room, with pages of notes strewn on my bed and my person, where I ... same day. There have definitely been days when I've had two in one day

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 24, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  The First Snow of the Year! Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. Also, what to expect for the…

  

  Today was the first snowfall of the year! How exciting, I didn't even ... snowflake of winter, how exciting)! Gradually, it began snowing harder; the ... looks like it has transitioned to rain =( Last week, I finally busted out

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 29, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Finals Week…A Different View ...Or why I got up way too early this morning...

  

  . I lived in Baker House, often referred to in those days as the largest ... it. I've really had a good time living in the house this year. I have ... the shuttle bus with them in the morning and Saferide at night but I

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • May 18, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Double diplomas The only thing better than one MIT degree is TWO MIT degrees!

  

  Cambridgeside Galleria. I would suggest letting someone (a roommate, perhaps?) in ... , because I should be listed as a year 3 student with a second major in VII ... . Personally, I came in with a meager 27 units of credit (and didn't pass out of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 12, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Supposedly Fun Thing That I’ll Probably Do Again On July 4th, I reenacted The Old Man and the Sea, minus the old man…

  

  inflatable rafts with a hot dog grill in the center raft?' and [name I don ... in kindergarten that I could do anything if I tried, so I ignored ... waiting tentacles of a flesh-eating eel). In the interest of survival, I

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 7, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Ups and downs and extras

  

  excitement in Boston now is like nothing I've felt before anywhere else. Yet another advantage of living in this great city. And what would a ... : Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. I have to admit, the Pittsburgh

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 28, 2004
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Everything I Miss and Don’t Miss About MIT Frolicking in nostalgia

  

  after graduation)—and yes, I've witnessed these responses in the wild ... , yet)--I'm just going to sit here a while and indulge in nostalgia ... jampacked Macklemore spring concert Thinking I'm going to do pretty well in

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 22, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  What is weather? ...and what is rain?

  

  , or anything in between happens. Before I walked out of Burton Conner, I had my umbrella in hand, poncho over my backpack. I was ready to conquer ... weather works when you’re not in California? Every morning I've resorted to

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 9, 2015
• Blog / Events

  This Isn’t Goodbye This is see you later.

  

  what symptoms. This is a story about how I survived Family Weekend ... underneath my bed or in the closet, I put on my best MIT gear and made the ten ... this time, I had already been here for two months. I knew how to navigate

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 19, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  An Adventure on the Charles In which Kate fails spectacularly, except at storytelling.

  

  Tonight I was in an MIT admissions webcast, which was targeted ... chill because I was required to have PE every day in high school) I ... land in the Charles River. I carefully planned my route along the dock so

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 7, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: “Nerd Epistemology” with Woodie Flowers from the co-founder of the FIRST robotics competition

  

  and pedagogy together for effective learning. I blogged an overview of the Festival last year here. This year, I wanted to be more involved ... must pull at least a dozen others with you.” I wish I’d heard these words

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 15, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Being a n00b at MIT Guilty as charged.

  

  even more by saying that there are many ways in which I am a “typical MIT ... what it all means!) But in many ways, I’m really not your “typical MIT ... phrase to NYTMITSISATEE?), because, well, I’m a n00b.* As in, I

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 23, 2010