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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool Classes

  

  brains and look at the neurons, study the resonance frequency of whiskers ... half agreed unanimously that it was one of the best classes they'd taken ... . But I heartily recommend Van Evera as a professor. The name of the class

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Knitting and Playing Tetris Through the End of the World guest post by Salma Islam

  

  the main thing that has helped through the ends of my world. Whether it ... unknown in the ether of my mind, has somehow always soothed me. As if, as ... spritely age of 11. I looked through the catalog of extracurriculars

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • April 17, 2021
• 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…

  

  [by Susan Shepherd '11] For me, one of the greatest things about MIT is the culture. It's hard to describe, but there's a peculiar mix of ... the number of neat things you get involved with, the more things you

  • by ARTalk
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / MISTI

  Wouldn’t it be Nice? ...actually, I'm kind of glad that I'm not older.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The town of Nice was originally a Greek settlement named after Nike, the god of victory. So, according to the German work calendar, Thursday was "Fronleichnam," or the feast of Corpus Christi. Then

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 19, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

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

  

  (for a visual summary of the trip, scroll down for pictures) “Let ... , I had to choose the latter. One perk of being a poor college student ... ’t remember the event that “shattered the rock of theocracy” from high school US

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

  F=-kx spring break in nova scotia, nyc, and dc

  

  feel like I've experienced both ends of activity levels: doing all the ... reaction. During the winter, I found out through the news that the Phantom of the Opera, the longest running Broadway show of all time, was ending its

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • March 31, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Tour/Hack/Math Three things that happen a lot at MIT

  

  and Jordan '11. For many of you, a campus tour will be one of the first ... . Unlike the typical tourist, however, I decided to take pictures OF the tour ... . They are learning about the wonders of Dunkin Donuts and Subway. After

  • by Snively '11
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT = Home the excitement of a freshman

  

  MIT is not about the challenges of problem sets. It’s about a ... clubs, jobs, and, most importantly, around people. The fog of existence ... ideal college, and now I get to grow here. The speed of the transition

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to do while waiting for decisions on Saturday Clicking the "refresh" button repeatedly between now and Saturday afternoon is NOT an option.

  

  come out in a couple of days (I love the word "tenterhooks." It's amazing ... nerdiness on your chest for the viewing pleasure of small children and ... them for the last couple of months, by the way. College application time

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 13, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Happy Belated Hearts Day copy/paste irl, afk and everything

  

  of the things that seem the most puntable are the things that make me ... to reconnect with the good parts of the person I was before MIT and ... from a distance. Here’s one of the stories my parents tell about the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 16, 2015
• Blog / Class Projects

  Mind and Hand My first CNC project

  

  essentially the lovechild of an etch-a-sketch and a drill press. Using two dials ... , cutting grooves, notches, and all sorts of neat shapes into it. The "CNC ... the top of the dome, because I'm pretty sure there are some. I also put

  • by Snively '11
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesday is the new black. The world moves on MIT's hips. The world moves and it swivels and bops.

  

  ..." Thing Two Caroline, my friend from marching band, and one of like the five ... admittedly short life. "Hush, and then: the curtains of clouds parting, the hands of thunder clapping. The universe poured down in a divine onslaught

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Reading Some final notes before decisions are posted.

  

  Imagination, Laura The Moment of Truth And a few numbers: we received a record number of applications this year, up 9% from last year. At the same time, due to an increased yield (the percentage of admitted students who

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admissions Decisions

  

  We've come to the time of year when many of you readers will find out ... . The whole college application process is one of back-and-forth decisions ... what you hear from colleges in the next few weeks, you can and should use

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 18, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Noam Chomsky Talk in 26-100 i still have to send these pictures to amnesty

  

  the issue of social action within academic institutions. The title of ... ". Among the key issues discussed was the concept of neutrality- what it means to be truly unbiased, and our responsibility in wearing the mark of

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 4, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  THIS. IS. 18.02. "We will wield our triple integrals as one!"

  

  In case you haven’t been able to tell by the lack of bloggage across ... sort of wandered around the floor for a while trying to work some of it ... here lately. But it’s not like we’ve just been working. With the end of

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • December 10, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  Last train to Koblenz If I get back by 7:30, I don't need a reservation.

  

  With almost no effort, the three of us were able to venture out into the ... all necessary transfers and the track numbers of all the trains, so ... our way to three separate landmarks within the space of two hours. The

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 12, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Stories from Uganda [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] Installing an exhibit in the Wiesner Student Art Gallery.

  

  the second floor of the Student Center (W20) and is the only permanent ... —to document the trip. Along with the camera, I carried roughly fifty rolls of ... rolls of color negative (C41) and slide (E6). As soon as I returned to the

  • by ARTalk
  • February 8, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Random Hall Rooms Six rooms and ten stuffed animals.

  

  Random Hall has six types of rooms, discernible by the last digit of their room numbers. Each of the four floors is concentric with the shaft, a rectangular hole through the center of the building. The dorm

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  emails to self & the long goodbye

  

  have more school ahead of me, but it just will not be the same. although ... relatively narrow area of research, i will also miss the opportunities i have ... strange things that i have collected in the last couple of years. now that i

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 27, 2025