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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Singing with a Local Filk Group [by Susan Shepherd '11] At MIT, I discovered that my "unusual" hobbies weren't all that…

  

  hanging out at LSC, you might hear about an upcoming play… In short ... sequence, then you know that many authors include poems or songs in their ... participate in the local meetings for years to come.

  • by ARTalk
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I’m a Muslim Woman and… on this #MuslimWomensDay, meet some p cool ppl

  

  what Florida would do. We were in such an intense state of fear. And ... ’t trade for anything.” Where do you see yourself in the future? “As a part ... immigrants, there is no other explanation for where I am. I was born in the

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 27, 2018
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  love in the time of unlimited data against kindness as utility

  

  intimidating-looking cafe I saw in the neighborhood of my hotel, asked for a ... sphere, they could farm a lot of training data on how hands looked in ... animatedly about my research in front of an interactive display rather than a

  • by Kai V. '25
  • October 16, 2024
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  …and other things you can do with your four-day weekend context around the marathon

  

  helped write an email to my dorm on March 25th, pleading for folks to take ... , and to allow for students to take an actual break during the four ... smoothly—an opening meeting, and then off to rounds for the rest of the day

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 25, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 2 Many more of your questions and my answers.

  

  application itself. I know someone who's an MIT alum and is in the area. Is it ... greatest enjoyment in participating in. How bad will this look on my ... thinking of sending in a DVD of a video I created for my church's Vacation

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a semester’s shenanigans what i've been up to!

  

  experiences to straight-up spilling tea for an hour. it's great.   as i ... the time is nigh for a “what is ankita doing this semester?!?!” post ... [/annotation] and maybe having an incredible experience here and there, but it's being

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 10, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  The Minerva Delusion the political economy of an educational scam

  

  intended to "tap into the demand for an elite American education from the ... 's online format will provide an elite electronic education for those huddled ... as a reasonably meritocratic mission, at least for an online university

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 6, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ushering in a New Era An open letter to Pass/No Record (with footnotes!)

  

  fun in the fall and I’m grateful for the stress relief you provided. The ... there for me**. Like a rock. Or that piece of paper I accidentally ... come to an end. But let’s not dwell on the past. I’m with spring semester

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  WTHBBQ! Chinese Buffet! Spring 2008 courses, with a really bad analogy, haha. (super long post o___o)

  

  an A for the course, and it's viable that everyone can get an A in the ... and Magnetism - 12 credits - GIR for Physics It's not an overstatement ... .02 psets in an hour each and completely loves the material (not to mention

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 11, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  a penny for your thoughts? and what it is, and could be, worth

  

  sodainly say to them ‘a penny for your thought.’" Sir More was an English ... that from 1522 to now the change in value for the the pound (and, thus ... -Decimal Penny, which was 1/240th of a pound, had an equivalent purchasing power in

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • February 20, 2026
• Blog / Class Projects

  in which i blog again four-ish blogs in one

  

  I have for this season in my life. I want to spend the next year doing ... -week-long hackathon with an unbelievable amount of information squeezed in. I learned ... living group. We finished the first season in time for the release of the

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 29, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  taking care in all forms

  

  as some egg socks from hmart (they sell them for like $2 in the new ... gatorade, lingered in front of the ice cream for a bit before choosing a ... employee told me. he yelled for the other person working in the store, who

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 22, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  end of semester reflections in conclusion, online school Ain't It

  

  paper for my [annotation note="21G.038(China in the News)"]CI-H class ... actually a lot of fun since, for one, I was interested in my thesis, and also ... semester, the past few months in particular, have all been a blur, but we

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 15, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Fortune Favors the merits of not working too hard

  

  story of an age? Of landing in the seat with the best view of the business ... last year for the commencement of the Class of 2011. And it's echoed in ... for it to do so. In a few days, the Class of 2012 will graduate from

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 5, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  fragments instead of blogging (for a whole damn month), I...

  

  [/annotation] and because they can help offer an unfiltered view of what I’ve been doing for ... personal and interpersonal. wholly submerged in the myriad of things going on ... attempt to pick these fragments out of the haze for you—because each of them

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 16, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An Open Letter Employers love students with dorm desk experience.

  

  having to check maybe 10-15 packages on an average morning in the past, but on that one day last month, I had to check in nearly 50 packages of ... full-page ad in The Tech “apologizing” for the additional burden caused

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 8, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Careers in biology Also known as "why on earth I'm applying to graduate school".

  

  looks like in the sciences, but in reality most people are sort of ... ; grad student --> postdoc in academia (for the sake of argument, let ... 'd fill you guys in on some of the nuts and bolts of a life in science

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 5, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Weekend Trip to Salem, MA romance, adventure, and no witchcraft

  

  of the Seven Gables (the author is also famous for the Scarlet Letter ... topic for my final 24.201 Topics in History of Philosophy: Justice & ... ’s in a great location for public transport/commuter rail access. Whether

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 7, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  romanticize a quiet life i want to be okay

  

  created for a certain author or artist or show. so you made your own, and ... visited a comic book store in the basement of an unassuming building. you ... guys?" they call you a week later for an assessment. the person on the

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • December 28, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Living la vida lab rat So the moral of the story is that freedom is relative in science. And that…

  

  group, and stopping by Ben's office and talking for an hour, resulting in ... took the job. I've been in that lab for two and a half years now; I work ... Neuroscience meeting and on a paper that's being revised for publication in Cell

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 25, 2006