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• Blog / MIT Life

  One Art variation on a poem of Elizabeth Bishop

  

  the art of being hosed's not too hard to master though it may look like ... The art of being hosed isn’t hard to master; the tasks (you hope ... . Waste hours for fun, while still knowing that after, one still has just as

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 22, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  How to build a Tamagotchi and the power of curiosity

  

  ="aligncenter" width="280"] this is what the original Tamagotchi toy looks like ... II comes in! I took this class for one main reason: the final project ... [annotation note="an icon within the mechanical engineering department for not

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • May 25, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Introduction To ARTalk An introduction to the ARTalk guest author blog by Kerry Powell, Assistant to the Director…

  

  making, performing, looking at, and understanding the multitudes of formats ... for Visual Arts, artists-in-residence, the Center for Advanced Visual ... about the arts at MIT? For one: the students. The energy MIT students put

  • by ARTalk
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Fall Sports at MIT Roll Tech!

  

  team championships, and lead the [annotation note="This stands for the ... stats for the first time was wild, but in no way was I surprised — our ... chased him to the bushes behind the goal to celebrate."  Tips for athletes

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • September 15, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  took the job. I've been in that lab for two and a half years now; I work ... . I have my name on a poster that was presented at the Society for ... recommendation for my graduate school applications. In the first project I worked

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some Things I Wish I Knew Coming In in retrospect,

  

  look at the message and don't respond. In Spanish as in English, you ... it to make it to yours? If you happen to be in the market for advice ... some professors. Again, it sucks to look back on the classes you've taken

  • by Abby H. '20
  • August 16, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Special Edition! Speaking of Valentine's Cards . . .

  

  will stop . . . the world," a reference to Dr. Horrible (look him up on ... for fun," referencing "All Star" by Smash Mouth, the song I was ... Hey, so as Shannon just mentioned, all of the EA admits got V

  • by Snively '11
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is It Possible To Respect A Racist Film? We must learn to embrace the opportunities to confront ourselves by confronting others.

  

  , you'll never know for sure). Look, I'm not saying that the person ... . He claimed that he was not racist. When screened at the White House for ... blockbuster, making $18 million. It was the most profitable film for over two

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • May 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  DNA and How to Extract It Messy, slimy, colorful science from a class I taught for Spark.

  

  thought the peas looked coolest. The frozen corn was not very exciting for ... -long assortment of classes for middle and high school students organized by the MIT ... the traits you start with, for example your hair color, your eye color

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 31, 2013
• Blog / Classes

  Sophomore Fall Goals So you can bully me when I write a post saying they didn't work out

  

  normally up at a decent hour (9:30 for my 10AM, 9:00 for my 9:30AM, etc.) The ... My first year was a little rough. I could've written more about the ... once I've had a chance to reflect and forgive myself for stupid mistakes

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • August 11, 2022
• Blog / Community Projects

  dormspam-the-game (Part 1) wits, skill, and the teeniest amount of luck

  

  "]anonymous Gamemasters[/annotation] and funded by the de Florez Fund for Humor, dormspam-the ... the is the term for emails sent through dorm mailing lists. The games ... above me won 1st place for an individual game, he was removed from the

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 13, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Be A Blogger 2015! TAKE THE PLUNGE

  

  looking for bloggers with good judgment who can write clearly and regularly ... for) writing consistently and well tend to be the most compelling ... " 3) It's time for those of you who might want to be bloggers

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 14, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Pictures that don’t belong anywhere else – Part I because i'm a slackslackslackball.

  

  , all dressed up for Christmas. This is my side of the room: and ... pictures for the sake of clarity. Because you see, we have a second ... REUSING some of the pictures I took for the viewbook.) A double in East

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • February 17, 2007
• Blog / Personal Projects

  loftblogging 2: acoustic boogaloo turns out that at mit, even the non-academics are incredibly hard and deeply rewarding

  

  another plan for this blog post: I was going to build a loft in the first ... : The inspiration for this loft started with a really, really old house ... that looking at it immediately brings to mind the warmth of a low fire

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 29, 2019
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  MIT Early Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2026 are now ... .'] 14,781 students applied for early admission[/annotation] to the MIT ... on this post to focus the conversations on the open threads for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 18, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  See, I Am! (CI-M) Communication-intensive economics research. (If that sentence doesn't make you want to read this entry, I…

  

  See, I am here! Sorry for the gap in my posting. My CI-M (TLA!! Sam ... journey through 14.33: Economic Research and Communication, my CI-M for the ... . First, we had a pun in our title. (Also, note the colon. Do we get +20 for

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  There Are Too Many HASS Classes I Want To Take What’s a Boy to Do

  

  requirements by semester.']Courseroad[/annotation] for the fall, I noticed something is happening for the very first time: there are too many [annotation ... schedule, so there are even more for the spring!"]The list of HASS classes I

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • June 29, 2026
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Art of Waiting how to burn some time

  

  elusive skill of patience – waiting for the bus, waiting on a friend at a ... : Grab some popcorn and escape the stress of this world for the stress of ... ): For the feel-good types: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine: still

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 13, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2020 if you read even one of these i will be happy

  

  's list. UPDATE: Here's the 2021 and 2022 posts. Things I read for class None of the readings for 24.900 Intro Linguistics, were especially ... , turned into a prop for the glory of the other half.” “I didn’t have dreams

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 23, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Give the girl what she wants Ruth '07 wants pictures, she can have them.

  

  to look into some of the learning communities (like ESG, for example ... Course 2. But for 18.03 I don't think you'll have a problem. The hardest ... for it. If you're not comfortable testing out of the material, there

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 14, 2006