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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nicht Bach, Sondern Maurer The proudest moment of my life since figuring out that "Wok & Roll" was a…

  

  essentially in four voices and only used the manuals of the organ, for violin ... project was due that I sucked at writing for strings, I took a closer look ... errors, having written the song for twelve hours, but no). In the end, it

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seminar Advising There is nothing funny about this entry...but please read anyway.

  

  take, and then every week you meet for an hour and a half with the ... the test. In addition, Mr Kennedy kindly agreed to be my reference for ... , which is totally serious, all the time. I live in Nest House, which is

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I?TFP

  

  . There had been more TAs for a while, but in 004 they tend to leave shortly ... Thursday night was, well, interesting. I was working on my lab for 6.004. Usually the labs for 6.004 are not so bad - they take maybe five hours. For

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Repainting the Smoots A Wacky MIT Tradition

  

  yellow paint out for a brush dripping green onto the sidewalk. Looking down ... paint with five other girls in my sorority. Further down the bridge is a ... ’s rewind 65 years ago to when it all began.  POV: it's 1958 In the fall of

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 27, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day at the Forge blacksmithing!

  

  In the middle of an already-packed IAP, I received an email: I’d gotten off the waitlist for blacksmithing!  I was in a phase of trying to ... ’re certified in the IAP class, you can show up for open forge whenever you like

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 19, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Engineering leadership: the one-hour edition President Hockfield makes a surprise appearance!

  

  students did a similar activity in an Engineering Leadership Lab earlier in ... boundaries sometimes, and so we forget what the customer asked for in the first ... did materials experiments, were in Building 33 and 41 for events, saw

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 6, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  ICIC A journey to deliciousness

  

  be an easy, social ride, which was good for me because it was my first ... next level by joining the MIT Cycling Club for one of the Best Ideas Ever ... Harvard and MIT meet up on Thursdays for a nice bike ride to a new ice cream

  • by Karen F. '11
  • May 30, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  10 / Field trip Art, science, and agriculture in Palestine

  

   projects. After the first class, I was sold. I even passed up an offer to skate in a charity show the weekend we'd depart for Palestine. But this was an ... landscape as well. With the help of an agroecological professor, we engaged in

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 29, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breaking Normal From Freshman Spring Archives

  

  , dragging pajamas on in a hurry before jumping into the softest bed for a nap ... looked so peaceful! In the Infinite Corridor, endless passages still wind ... . There is so much going on, right now, in my body: the battle for better

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 22, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  2020 Resolutions posting so i can be held accountable

  

  home, I have not stepped foot in the gym. For 2020, I want to see how ... , but I really miss doing intricate eyeshadow looks. For now, I think I ... to make them for last year, so I decided to show you mine for this year

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Low Balance A epic story of Chinese food, heartbreak, and loss. All because I have no TechCash.

  

  in my account for free (quick deposit online costs $1.50), but it ... . (This could explain why the girl studying in the cubicle next to me looks ... "low warning" sign. I have $1.70 in my TechCash account, and the reason

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Just Run With It Never waste inspiration, even if you're running with it for the first time (in years)

  

  inspiration.” I looked at him for a few seconds and realized that he was dead ... yearned for most was the feeling after each race, when I relished in the ... what would pass for an adequate obstacle. Instead of letting

  • by Emad T. '14
  • June 9, 2012
• Blog / Summer

  bay area parties well, two of them

  

  area. the first one was an invitation from a co-intern, who sent it in a ... was for "smart, hard-working, ambitious people in tech." now, my ... , it was held at an office. for a startup, of course, cofounded by one of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 15, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions process reflections from a crusty Junior Try not to bite all of your fingernails off.

  

  offer even if I did get in (clearly this was just an ill-planned coping ... sitting in Computer Science class and I received an email from my parents ... into MIT, but I also received rejections. Different schools look for

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 5, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  22 Hiatus Adventures stories from my time away and my first semester back!

  

  . I lived on a Christmas tree farm in Lawrenceville, NJ! For a few ... -President of WiEECS. WiEECS (short for Women in Electrical Engineering and ... hair color. For one day in May, I sat still for about five hours while

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Everything You Ever Wanted to Know All your wishes have been magically granted.

  

  ”) system where you'd get a 5.0 instead of a 4.0 for an A in an AP class. At ... in for your interview. Maybe the night before come up with a list of ... in an AP class is better than an A in a normal class.” It shows that

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 13, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You don’t know what a robot is? I dig Roger Ebert. Roger Ebert digs MIT. Thus, I dig MIT.

  

  subtle ideas for science fiction movies is invaded in this film by an ... " column--and guess who he asked for scientific advice. Seeking an expert ... Roger Ebert is my favorite film critic; I think he's got an honest

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  [guest blog] 1,694 Miles Away by Favianna C. '26

  

  the softest and calmest dusk I had ever seen. I watched it in awe for ... Puerto Rico, I am a daughter and an adventure-seeking gal ready to soak in ... , and a nerd, always covered in gloves, a hat, and an oversized coat

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 1, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  One Student’s Crusade to Stop Genocide I confess to regarding the phrase “never again” with cynicism. It offers a rhetorical smokescreen…

  

  labeled as “genocide,” however, the Institute was placed in an ... for the three million Sudanese civilians who now live in refugee camps ... the 1960s. In 1968, a coalition that included 48 MIT faculty members

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • November 26, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  hello again ヽ( ´¬`)ノ

  

  here. And I look forward to what comes next. More to come soon. But for ... Allow me to (re)introduce myself. My name is Chris Peterson. For ... complete my master's degree in Comparative Media Studies. A few weeks ago, on

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 19, 2013