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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Spring Concert This year's concert: Jason Derülo and Janelle Monáe.

  

  Every year, MIT brings to campus a national act to headline a big ... ) and used one to play half of a song on his bass." Apparently, the ... , they came to MIT a day early to perform a free outdoor concert, joining

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 26, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Reality is merely an illusion… Ben : The OC :: Sam : ?? . Oh wait, you took the new…

  

  be of age. Then I just need to find a partner. I need somebody who can balance out my weaknesses. That is, you need to be able to: 1. Drive like a ... brocade print. The skirt opens at the front to reveal a slightly shorter

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy November 1st! Halloween was yesterday. My costume was/is an embarassment. You should read about it!

  

  , just in case anyone gave me a hard time about not dressing up. Ready for ... -planned outfit that I could conveniently use to be a smart alec to anyone who gave ... are all very welcome. I hope it helped you chill a little about the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  The First Snow of the Year! Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. Also, what to expect for the…

  

  warmest gloves, and the most durable boots. Get ready, it's going to be ... and gusty wind, pray your brisk Winter's walk allows a speedy arrival to ... me and another one of my best friends who goes to MIT. We were walking

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life Coming Full Circle C’mon & zoom, c’mon & zoom, c’mon & zooma zooma zooma zoom.

  

  , researching, among other commitments. I was not ready to take on the idea of ... every Thursday and Friday this summer, I hop on a bus to work at WGBH, the ... , how to develop a Pinterest presence, etc. Fun fact: back in the day, the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Is Here! Welcome to MIT.

  

  your way to campus, I thought I’d share a few words on my experience at ... people from MIT here to take me in a van to campus?” Luckily, I eventually ... in what appeared to be a maze, I saw the dome, and I had a moment of

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • April 12, 2018
• Blog / People & Identities

  in wonderland hello from the number side

  

  moments — maybe about three times a week? — where I have to convince myself ... 've accidentally cooked enough food to feed a small army 28% I think the best way to ... , again 14% I manage to stress-bake roughly once a week. I'm singing with

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 16, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  A Part of Me or apart of me?

  

  . Fact: Learning is a process, not a competition, and I’m excited to be ... way that I related to quite a bit: she personified imposter syndrome as a Part of Her. She (roughly) said: “I don’t want this Part of Me to

  • by Paige B. '24
  • September 22, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I will begin again. Maybe the time is right (to blog). Maybe tonight.

  

  Professor Virk. He would wear a North Face jacket to class every day for 10 ... at MIT are 12 units (corresponds roughly to a 4 unit class at other ... this a 9-unit class? How does it compare to 10.302 [a 12-unit class

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day of IAP 3 Classes and Soup

  

  :30 - normally, I end up getting to campus a half-hour or fifteen minutes early. My ... weekly PSet for my two courses. I try to get at least a problem done while ... attached to a spring that can be seen in the picture below that was

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • January 16, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Building a Ballpit The trials and tribulations of an impromptu rush project

  

  , a measuring tape that someone is going to come back to. Every color of ... business was to go down to the basement and check out these balls. We had a ... week…) The idea was to build a platform 3.5 inches off the ground

  • by Kate R. '14
  • August 30, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  How I Spent IAP bonus content: one sentence statements about books and movies

  

  three weeks leading up to that date poring over a complete set of ... lamentable theft of our student-given right to a winter/summer vacation, during ... also, half of the book is a jarring account of a girl's attempts to learn

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • January 29, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  For the love of 6.470, Montresor we stayed awake, we built, we conquered

  

  (paradoxically, we will do more to get a free T-shirt than we will for the amount of cash it took to buy the T-shirt) and recruiters itching for coders ... -- it's apparently a common problem to remember sign motions but forget

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 5, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Signs of Life communication in a covid world

  

  sent to a relative wishing them a happy birthday! or a congrats on graduating!, a funny tweet sent to a friend, or a tag on MIT Confessions. On occasion, I’ve used Zoom or FaceTime to get a sense of realness in my

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • May 24, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Post-Finals, Pre-Graduation almost done...

  

  council for the year's graduating class buys a whole bunch of group tickets to activities like skydiving or a Red Sox game, and the rest of us ... 're not familiar with The Tempest, Ariel is a little spirit bound to serve

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 5, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Fall Line-Up, Part 1: Classes My academic plans.

  

  undergraduate has to have a "concentration" in one of the Humanities, Arts, or ... classes within that department. The idea is to get some depth in a HASS ... " compared to what you might find at a big liberal arts institution, but that

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 12, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m supergirl and I’m here to save the world My day, being thought of as superhuman, and answering several questions.

  

  , since it wasn't a very full flight and I had a whole row to myself. 7 ... the fact that I'd had time to complete two majors, work 15 hours a week ... Tech about a year ago: "MIT is the kind of place you love to hate, but

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 25, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Engineering Digital Communities reflecting on the start of the zoomester and the months prior

  

  like 1+1 is starting to seem like a challenge. Day 1 of September rang ... ’s fall but the weather is still nice. We go to a nice part of campus and ... ’t have the feel of walking around campus to it like I wrote. More a feeling

  • by Waly N. '24
  • September 8, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  not only a fire fighter but also because he used to be a cook. For those ... for an army but only has to feed a family, the boy has to eat it all ... the typical MIT student with a huge ego I say to Matt and Ben "Psh, I

  • by Snively '11
  • February 10, 2008
• Blog / Community Projects

  Guest Post: Simmons Hall Finishes 18,239 Piece Puzzle in 40 days and 5 hours

  

  getting, we had one picked out and ready to order. The first day was a huge ... from a pleasant distraction to a moderate disturbance, but to me, it was a reminder of why I had come to love Simmons so much over the last two

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 29, 2016