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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Folding with Flair Adding a third dimension to boring old paper

  

  . Luckily, MIT was the perfect place for that. Not only is there a class about ... About a year ago, I wrote about the origami I’d made at my internship in a “draft” blog post when I applied to be a blogger. That draft never

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • August 4, 2023
• Blog / MISTI

  ~*~Thoughts Are Like Traces of Birds In Heaven~*~ (P.S. I finally added pictures to my last entry - sorry about the delay!)

  

  There have been so many times these past few weeks where I've wished ... yesterday that I took a train from Berlin to Frankfurt - for what is ... describe that event. (2) Sadness - Every time we leave a city, there's a

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 19, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Over here things are different. Life is about the same.

  

  I took a picture today that pretty well reflects the mood around this place at the end of finals week. Last night there was a dance party ... in its place is a sense of accomplishment. Every year understanding a

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 19, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  Impulsive Decisions as expected, have consequences

  

  is a LOT of work to be done. But how could this be! It's Christmas ... ?) to this apparent cruise control on the school side is a burgeoning urge ... Global Initiative, which is a very new project aiming to connect MIT

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 25, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ETH Zürich, hier komme ich! A semester of all things Swiss German and chocolate to come

  

  best to be as resourceful as possible. There is a process of getting our ... the last 2.5 years here at the MIT. Inertia is real. Though a few Course ... immerse myself in a new environment, one that is just as engaging and

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 1, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Should I include my ethnicity on the MIT Application? As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment about someone of…

  

  As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment ... implication, of course, is euphemistically known as affirmative action. You may ... is not enough to get you into any college or university, let alone MIT

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Home(sick) for the Holidays winter break was weird: time capsule 2

  

  !"]Simmons[/annotation], and then we walked over to [annotation note="another dorm, where a bunch ... down in the grass. It was 30˚F, and there were a few stars visible ... ’t there.  There’s something weird about missing people while you’re with

  • by Allison E. '27
  • February 24, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  8.021 and my favorite moments the class that taught me to love physics

  

  does also a lot of really cool research and you can check out his website ... how in his first teaching job he taught a class where only one (or a ... he was commenting on the strange nature of virtual classes, where in a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 17, 2020
• Blog / How to Food

  Food Truck Song What do food trucks dream of?

  

  lunches from a kitchen that could technically scoot away from you whilst ... " from The Hangover. Ahem - Where do food trucks sleep at when they take a ... Clover Food Truck so we can have a sandwich with bacon that's vegan. Veeeee

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  January in the Studio 4.11A: Architecture and Environmental Design Intensive

  

  finding appropriate roles for architecture in society. It is a place where ... outside, that there must be light, that I must have a dry seat and a wifi ... Environmental Design Intensive is a month-long class with an enormous studio

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What I’m Up To distractions

  

  . And hopefully, these things can help you get through these quarantine ... wins Cards Against Humanity (NSFW) - dirty Apples to Apples and you can ... crossword puzzles! [you can find these online; i won't link directly though

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 28, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ultimate Recognition You probably don't know what that is.

  

  ? Probably, but there always is - you can always look back and say "I SHOULD ... ultimate recognition would be, and didn't get it. Her work is paying off in a ... many awards over his life that somehow "winning awards" is a requirement

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 19, 2012
• Blog / Class Projects

  The Semester I Played With Chocolate and Ants for a Technical Class Inflatable Chocolate Balloons + Ants as Architects

  

  There is a class here at MIT called How to Design (Almost) Anything- 4.141, where you apply the iterative design process throughout the ... balloon bowls, where you dip a balloon in melted chocolate and pop the

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • October 7, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  …More CPW The last of my photos from the weekend.

  

  . You get a sense of what it is we do at MIT, how we play, see the opportunities that await you. I need you to think a little more about the "no ... Snively took a picture of us. You can see Snively's photo here [direct link

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Somewhere in between Trying to find out where I belong at MIT

  

  , last pset, last lecture, etc). I can’t help but feel a bit displaced ... someone asks me “what year are you?” I often have a hard time answering. I ... ;- these don’t seem like real years to me), but there is still something

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 13, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Having Trouble Reaching Your EC? Some advice on getting in touch with your interviewer.

  

  are on this topic, a good thing to keep in mind is that when you do call ... her spam filter. My suggestion is that if you email your EC and don’t hear back within a few days, you should call him or her. If you then don

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 31, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer, East Campus rush, and the new term East Campus orientation activities, the summer, and the upcoming term.

  

  office, which is always good.) Not to mention a few overnight train trips ... granted when you're going through the motions or even just tackling a ... The month of August was pretty busy for me - a combination of work

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Admitted Student Gathering Thank you MIT Club of Northern NJ for throwing a great one!

  

  should do as soon as we got there.     This year, I got a ... held at one of the alum's house and started with a typical question and answer session. A New Jersey MIT freshman had come from her spring break to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summers spending three at home

  

  International University who was the head of a new VR lab there, telling us that ... remembered that there is nothing wrong with *choosing* to be home. We ... of them. We set up a meeting with him over spring break, where he

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 22, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Upside-Down Letters We will get to the bottom of whatever caused this error, that much I can…

  

  can promise you. If you received such a letter, you have every right to ... MIT stationary, I cannot begin to tell you how sorry I am. That is ... -bad letter even worse. I only hope that you can accept our apology and

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 16, 2005