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• Blog / Academics & Research

  how i used a selfie stick for good and other things i did in 6.811

  

  iPhone. in our first iteration, we tried to bust open a few ... many lessons i learned with my team in 6.811, i found that while it ... i just finished 6.811, principles and practices of assistive

  • by Connie H. '15
  • December 4, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Awesome Diva adventures When high school summer programs collide

  

  than I learned in one year of being a student… and I’m not even working ... research project in six weeks. I attended RSI myself in high school, and this ... trial and error, I’ve become an expert in certain areas of the MIT

  • by Kate R. '14
  • July 6, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After: A Collage living the MIT dream

  

  the floor in a heap of mandibular disarray. #obliviouscodemonkey *I can ... was the first time I’ve ever exercised it in an industry setting. MIT ... -weighted average of every location I frequent in Cambridge! This might not actually

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 3, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Talk to Strangers you might want to keep what they have to say forever

  

  complete radio kit.) Remember when I said that I would be taking Terrascope ... was an amazing part of the Terrascope experience. I never realized how ... Sometimes I can't help but wonder what people at MIT, students

  • by Ana V. '15
  • July 22, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Pulse 2011 [by Nathan Kipniss '14] A lot of talent under one roof!

  

  energy came through in Rambax’s performance. I loved that spoken ... [by Nathan Kipniss '14] Last Friday I went to Pulse: “Our ... quality!) I was taking African Music this semester (21M.293, to those who

  • by ARTalk
  • March 3, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  one hour in which i am Holden Caulfield (but more tragic and less hero)

  

  damn, i haven’t blogged in forever and it’s stressing me out (alongside a ... , which i spent dancing with my team and chilling with my floor in Maine. i ... about how i feel a general sense of unease at how not-together my life is

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Radia Perlman ‘73, Mother of the Internet Radia Perlman has three MIT degrees and more than 80 patents.

  

  thought I was bright and I would be able to learn, so that's how I got my ... earlier this year. (And, for the record, I think in the picture at right she ... 't know how to get people to listen to them," she said. Perlman believed in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 13, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I track the progress of my application?

  You may track the progress of your application in the application portal. Materials submitted through sources other than the application ... MIT, and we'll check to see if it's been included in your application.
• Blog / Challenges

  what’s the word for

  

  much” to “what’s up” or “i’m good” to “how are you” knowing how to use ... span of moments in which you’re not quite ready to accept the fact that ... was in your calendar the scent of rain the act of looking for

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 5, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  What I Have Learned From The Early Decision Process At MIT Here are some of the things that impressed me.

  

  would sleep more!) Other than hang out on my blog, I am pleased that you ... process. I could go through it step by step with you, but Ben's already ... ; The quality of the essays. I was constantly floored by the way so many

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] Small-Town and Rural Students take on MIT and Boston By Vaneeza R. 25'

  

  them envision themselves in these spaces. Instead of just telling you how ... use. I had never lived in a place with any kind of public transportation ... got to explore the city in a way I never had before and share the

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • March 20, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Acting, Writing, and Roleplaying: A Match Made in Heaven [by Susan Shepherd '11] Guild members have infiltrated the KGB, made first contact with aliens,…

  

  during this whole process, in order to show your constituents how calm you ... hobbies of all kinds – acting in the Musical Theater Guild, for ... in order to create something fun and new. For example, painting skills

  • by ARTalk
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Coolest Thing I Bet You Didn’t Know Was Math (guest post by YQ L. ‘16) Clickbait title by me, not by YQ, because I really, really, really want you to…

  

  would have built in my bedroom anyway. The difference this time was that I ... art adventures at MIT?” What I thought I heard: “how many pretty pictures can you fit in a blog post?” The answer, it turns out, is a lot! I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 7, 2016
• Blog / Advice

  tidbits pieces of advice

  

  thing I've ever encountered in my life and the work and content is ... because they know how tough this school can be. And frankly I think the ... MIT competitive? As said in my last answer, no. I do not think MIT is

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 24, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’ve Done (this summer) or Why I Haven't Blogged in a Month

  

  . For now, I’m struggling to coordinate communications between people in ... ’t realize just how ignorant I was about outside institutions. There are very ... prepare for—I’ve talked to alums who have been in the bubble for 30 years

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 4, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  It rocks to be me. I put on my Sunday clothes and see the whale!

  

  hours of karaoke country music later, I was in New York's Chinatown. There ... had hoped that both of us would win (Mitra first), and then I would have ... actually a vampire and doesn't show up on film, so I had to stand in for her

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 16, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Patriots’ Day Rejuvenated by a Reenactment

  

  /ladder constructions, and those in the trees. Niki '09 and I grabbed a bench. She ... patriots. So, he was really unsure how the battle would unfold, if he could ... night, and squeezing in doctor’s appointments wherever they fit. Helpful

  • by Kim D. '09
  • April 20, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Physical Education: because your body needs problem sets, too My adventures in completing the MIT Physical Education requirements

  

  , and so I randomly rank classes that happen to fit in with the rest of my ... how to swim, just not with any style or grace. So I showed up on the ... -important survival stroke. In the past, I’ve taken: -Boot-camp/Conditioning: Taught by

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Trumpeting for Assassins I get to watch each presidential assassination. Live. Over and over again.

  

  playing every instrument in turn, and the teachers would rate us from 1 to ... that "you better be in the band, dear", and I found that I really don ... I troop downstairs once a day to practice, trumpet in one hand and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 26, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s in a name? Is “geek” now chic? Are we happy with the word “nerd”?

  

  questions remind me of a time when I was coming out as gay in my 30s, when I ... hand, and their scooters tossed on their sides in the driveway, and I ... until recently. And I suspected, not in a very clear light when it did. It

  • by Kris Guay
  • July 4, 2011