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• Blog / Classes

  Impressions of a Harvard Class I’m taking Irish Folklore and a writing seminar on fairy tales!

  

  Harvard. This semester, I took advantage of that for the first time, and cross-registered for two classes: one on Irish folklore, the other a ... essays and commentaries as well. This is exactly what I was looking for

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 12, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Julia’s Day Out Almost 10 things I've learned since living in Boston

  

  . The “T” is the shorthand for the MBTA subway system in Boston. Since the ... best decisions you can make when you move. Luckily for me, the Admissions ... It was so exciting to be able to welcome the 1000+ adMITed students

  • by Julia Potts
  • April 11, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 2 Neither zumba, nor yoga.

  

  My PE class for the quarter is "zumba", taught by a very cheerful ... that if we don't show up for the warm-up, we can't get credit for the ... attended a one-hour body sculpt class for the public. The next morning, I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 16, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  In which I show no restraint whatsoever But don't worry, you'll all probably benefit from it (unless, you know, you don't).

  

  On Sunday, I moved out of Senior Haus for the first time in two years ... living at Northwestern for the summer makes it difficult to also live at ... from playing yet another game of phone Tetris by looking at stuff on the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 11, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  how can i keep from singing? a midpoint check-in

  

  one. For the past two weeks, I’ve been spending my evenings singing in a choir. The Boston Conservatory is running a program for high ... members in the area to fill in for vocal parts that are underrepresented

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 22, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Upside-down and Reversed: Photography at MIT [by Biyeun Buczyk ‘10] I came to MIT thinking I’d put art aside for the…

  

  be surprised if they occupied a third of the floor space. Looking for ... as a photography hub, but if you look in the right places you will find ... on forever). I came to MIT thinking I’d put art aside for the

  • by ARTalk
  • March 23, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Summary of CPW 2006 CPW 2006

  

  read this blog by spreading the word that UROP stands for Undergraduate ... down to the bunkers of the basement of building 3 to work on my robot for ... open his wallet when the barman says: 'For you, no charge!'" Didn't like

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What It’s Like To Major In Science Writing at MIT according to one recent alum on reddit

  

  about the worlds of science and engineering for broad audiences. This ... terms of what kind of jobs to look for, that's up to you. You're only ... As some of you know, I got my master's degree from the Comparative

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hot Dogs Or, how I fail at eating hot dogs.

  

  of you who are out of the loop, fire fighters cook enough food for an ... for an army but only has to feed a family, the boy has to eat it all ... can do that, look! The record is only 14, and you get an hour and a half

  • by Snively '11
  • February 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Trains Make Me Think Of Bringing the focus away from miles and minutes - and onto more enriching things

  

  frosh-to-be, my spot's still taken, but we're looking for more bloggers ... early. For the first leg of the trip, I hitch a ride with my dad to his ... for long days besides sleep. But mentally, I allow the possibility that

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 12, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Living to Create And why I am the things I make.

  

  my outlet for sharing my experiences and ideas with the world. I love ... page can make a beautiful yearbook spread that will be looked at for ... now, anytime I find myself editing something or sketching the idea for a

  • by Richard O. '28
  • April 30, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second… Fifth Week?

  

  meeting with various faculty to shape the perfect path for the future, I ... 're eagerly awaiting your decisions -- now, for the first time ever, *online ... something within the urban studies/planning program. And for later, I

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  PSA: there’s a new mit.edu!

  

  for this site, though it was carried through by the team at MIT ... thoughtful and fast search, a goal of being extremely useful for the user, and ... mit.edu. It was designed and built by the same agency, Upstatement, that

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 25, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Aftermath Literally.

  

  Multivariable final this morning; let us waddle in the Aftermath for a little bit ... , looking for answers – why you were rejected, deferred, or accepted, how you ... drilled in working hard for “the one you want”. So whether you didn’t expect

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 17, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  throughlines some things never change (but thankfully, only some)

  

  mean time. i'm in the united kingdom for the first time! i just came back ... enjoy the leftovers for many meals this week. [caption id ... school assignment process. heck, i'm in the UK right now looking at a whole

  • by Phi A. '21
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Did the quadratic formula explode?

  

  ) I have to do for the office. My silly notion that when I blog, it ... In one of the 28 (and counting!) responses to my last post, Kelly wrote, "I just wish the bloggers themselves posted more." Well, there have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 16, 2004
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hello, Layover I'm stuck in an airport. Ask me things.

  

  this possibly-doomed-from-the-start experiment begin. Edit: For '11 ... /Douglas International Airport has a scale model of the Wright Brothers plane hanging from the ceiling of its main terminal. At least, I think that's what it is

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  5th of November, Remembered Bonfire Night celebrations in Cambridge.

  

  /Bonfire Night over here at the other Cambridge. I actually saw V for Vendetta ... lot of trouble getting through. It really looked like the whole town showed up for these fireworks. The fireworks themselves lasted for about 20

  • by Cambridge
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  That’s where you’ll find me Where troubles melt like lemondrops, Away above the chimney tops... my CPW schedule.

  

  the information session for visiting high school juniors & ... , Friday CPW Registration Help Desk, 1-3pm, Friday "Voting" for Daniel in the Big Screw, 3pm, Friday A quick look in at the Ted Kennedy lecture

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 11, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  This doesn’t suck It's not particularly great, either. But you could go to Germany!

  

  !" Jeffrey? Seriously? Jeffrey? Okay, the zippertastic green-grey striped dress was nice, and the jacket in that material was also pretty hot. But Heidi ... those prints mightily in the warm weather of Saint-Tropez. Then again

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 20, 2006