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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finally Finished (for now) Saying goodbye and good riddance to a few things

  

  came to a close, I packed up all of my belongings in under 3 hrs, and ... things that I am happy to be parting with (and a companion list of caveats ... subscribe to 12 meals a week can take its toll on any unsuspecting students

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • June 2, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If I had a nickel for every class I was taking this semester… I’d have 4.5 nickels.

  

  I'm a crusty senior now, so I have no fun and sparkly adventures to ... this week). However, what I do have as a senior is the freedom to choose ... easier. A complicated testbench that would’ve taken me hours to set up

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 12, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  welding spiels metal hot glue gun go brrr

  

  possible. Kind of a tangent, but I want to shout out the fact that ... myself a maker until I've learned how to operate heavy machinery? I feel ... aspect to how crafting has historically been relegated as a frivolous

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 9, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Hello, Ma Sheng Li Gong A journey of four years begins with a single blog.

  

  ), and we decided to stay in Boston for a couple of nights before heading ... with knew a grad student from MIT and asked us whether we would like to ... colossal marble columns, no longer holding a tourist's guide to Boston, but

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Oh, the things I can nerd on about not comprehensive

  

  pronoun, as if it’s been said so many times that we found a need to shorten ... valuable, to someone valuable. A similar pattern is with English “dear”, which also apparently used to mean expensive. In a completely unrelated

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 9, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Building 56 It's really boring. You may not even want to bother reading it.

  

  quite simple: MIT has a middle school crush on weird ... building, all are a little different than your ordinary structure. While some ... , building 56. It sits right at the end of the infinite, next to the NEWLY

  • by Snively '11
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST POST! You guys are totally right.. that WAS really tempting.

  

  comments are so genuine and thoughtful, and it really makes a difference to ... , Jenny A.), and it was really cool to finally get to meet you guys. Minus ... I would love to take credit for the brilliant entry title, but

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 7, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  existential cubes a daily encounter with Ernő Rubik

  

  scootered over to Walmart with one goal in mind: acquire a Rubik’s cube. We ... , if only life were always this easy. a love letter to polyhedral ... world were jello and it’s a slog to move through any of it. So, in the

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 14, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Anxiety Level: High A play-by-play of emotional diffusion

  

  at the end of every day to see if I can find any patterns. I take a ... month of work for 6.009, dropping your A to a C, and you still felt ... school but turned out to be a massive disappointment. You’re too lazy, too

  • by Powers '23
  • July 30, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Recap: SHASS Lightning Talks @ CPW some projects in the social sciences and humanities at MIT

  

  new admits at a reception to discuss classes and undergraduate research ... excited (maybe a bit too excited) to talk about the Institute's considerable ... from DUSP, which conducts its own talks once or twice a year to let

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Undercover Admissions Officer ...or how I saw the campus through "fresh eyes".

  

  when she was a new tour guide. The following summer when I went to talk ... that I wanted to go on a tour but didn't want the other people on the ... gone by. So if you come to campus, I hope you'll take a tour. You won

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • August 5, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Keep in mind I try to be helpful sometimes.

  

  4 years now. I'll be honest, I used to know a whole lot more about it, back when I was in the thick of it. Now, my role as a blogger, is to ... to slam through 15 applications (TOO MANY!), spend a lot of time on one

  • by Snively '11
  • July 16, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW is for Parents Too… ...enjoy your visit!

  

  more. I was fortunate that my family decided to take a vacation in New ... Counselor on-hand or schedule a 20-minute appointment to speak one-on-one with ... :30 am A panel of current MIT parents will be on hand to share their

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Adventures in Logan Airport In which I attempt to fly back to Florida. Written during a too-long wait in…

  

  The other day, when I stopped in the Admissions Office to annoy a few ... of Transportation calls a "processing error" and what I chalk up to ... a trip to good ol’ South Florida, I checked in and printed out my

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 24, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Gustavo Dudamel Conducts MITSO! [by Shelby Heinecke '13] Because we are THAT good.

  

  the show, an audience member came to me and told me that he even felt a ... fact. With the help of notes and rhythms, we are able to paint a picture ... creating a work of art. And to create a brilliant work of art, you not only

  • by ARTalk
  • April 26, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second… Fifth Week?

  

  . :-) Physics is a continual thorn in my side, but everything else seems to be ... can't wait to meet you all, really! French class is a lot of fun, and ... on. I continue to lean toward a major in management science, with a

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blagoblagz*: Why I’m a History Major at MIT (Guest Blog!) By Dora '11, who is a Physics and History double major and is super awesome.…

  

  made a pact to share the fruits of their research and resources in a ... to a liberal arts college to study history, politics, and international relations, but couldn’t really pass up going to a school like MIT and still

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 23, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  everything is actually going okay and i think that's pretty cool

  

  -conscious about how often i make blog posts. my ideal is to make a post once a week ... two things: a way to vent, and a release from whatever negativity i feel, or a way to sink free time, to pursue things i find interesting like

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 30, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Trail Notes

  

  means to be an individual, as a lichen is not one being, but two: a fungus ... environment that the fungus and the alga came together to become lichen. 4. A ... — Spruce bark beetles are native to Alaskan forests, and have maintained a

  • by Sara N. '28
  • October 6, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  There’s a Story in Which My Eyes Shut Am I changed enough?

  

  . I could've still been in high school. I remember talking to a friend ... changed. MIT is a school. Not a reactor. Not a speedway to prestige or ... enough to require shade, so I moved from tree to tree as the clouds shifted

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 25, 2021