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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Imagination Box [by Danbee Kim '09] We can draw on the walls again!

  

  think "out of the box"? If ever you get a chance, you should ... the murals, graffiti, and what some would call "vandalism" of ... a neon Guernica. The cornucopia of artistic overflow splatters onto

  • by ARTalk
  • October 19, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  how to draw dotted lines on chalkboards, mit style dotted lines go brrrrr

  

  ="attachment_65379" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] from the ancient days of hs ... chalkboards on one of his walls. (I talk about this more in the whiteboard post ... .999% of the time. But alas, I cannot teach you in person, so here is a how

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 20, 2021
• FAQ / Academics and research

  How good are the academics at MIT?

  MIT is one of the best places in the world to be a student! Incredible faculty We are a research university that places a great deal of ... it's how problems are solved in the real world, by small teams of smart
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Night Off Campus and some dancing

  

  to unspool from the rest of my body. I need a break, and luckily, I can ... of the Institute, tucked tightly into an unlit cannon about to launch ... them I have no more than the distant familiarity of "hey, I saw you at

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 21, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  Sounding Stupid More Ramblings Of A Spring Semester Senior

  

  and judge all of the stupidity that ends up on your psets. Don’t admit you’re wrong, even in the face of undeniable evidence. You can always ... the difference between affect and effect. Don’t voice any of your

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 1, 2015
• Blog / MISTI

  Ich Spreche Kein Deutsch. Apparently that's how you say "I don't speak German"...not that I would know.

  

  two words of the language native to the country you'll be traveling to ... really want to do a segway tour of Berlin, though I'd probably fall off the segway: At the end of the trip, I might even get to hop over to another

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 3, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action A summary of this year's early action admissions process.

  

  the applicants. A similar number of students were denied, while those students in the middle, about three quarters of the applicants, were deferred ... than 30% of our class during early action. We feel that the pressures to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Swiss Miss "The archangel Michael descends riding a triceratops."

  

  , and kept the rain off of me pretty well, although the ravages of time ... the very next day and bought me this great, top-of-the-line umbrella ... disparity between the amount of money that I was willing to spend on an

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Roller Coasters and Dance Parties Sunday was the East Side party! Lots of loud music and prefrosh!! Still, no fun.

  

  This past Sunday was the East Side party, where the denizens of the ... ! I also did a lot of hair dyeing over the past few days, here are some ... about, including one of the new bloggers! I'm so grateful to be here at

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 25, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2014 Transfer Decisions Will Be Sent Today see title, more or less

  

  you weren't one of those students whom we admitted, I wish you the best ... applicants, receive decisions via email from our office to the address listed on their application. The emails will be sent at 5 PM Eastern

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 7, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  An Awesome Autobiography in rage comic form

  

  part of the Internet - though culturally close and easily accessible via ... ; now, 9 days later, it has filtered through the rest of the Internet back ... conclusion that November 5th is unquestionably the best of birthdays. What

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 14, 2011
• Blog / Class Projects

  Product Design Lab Wakka wakka wakka

  

  sorts of goings-on beforehand on the 3rd floor of building 35. What's on the 3rd floor of building 35 you ask? Well there used to just be a ... all of the new tools. We spent about 45 minutes cutting leather, opening

  • by Snively '11
  • March 11, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  miserable and magical oh, to feel moved

  

  right now    a lot of the times, i am my first invalidator. it is ... that it is not a big deal. but to pull out of the details of the context ... would always be sad. then, somewhere along the way, i lost ownership of

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 3, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] How to Revise a Paper in 5 Easy Steps Claire H. '20's urop experience TM

  

  deadline of 4 weeks and an MIT undergrad in the midst of classes, clubs ... unpredictable, as things usually tend to do here. Here’s the unfolding of my ... wasn’t in the mood for another set of bad news. “No rejection today,” I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 9, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Power Tools at 2 AM A typical MIT experience.

  

  to actually read the name of the dorm they've been assigned to AND get ... on the dry erase board in their floor lounge "Conner 2: Home of the ... Conner 2 as well, so now there are three of us all on the same floor

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Self-Discovery Within An Internship guest post by Grace C. '21

  

  *written by Grace C. '21 as a part of the 8,726,400 Seconds of Summer guest post series*   It’s the end of finals. I’m sitting at a plastic table amongst hundreds of other students in the Johnson Track Center

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 27, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT and Slavery a developing history, and a live webcast

  

  to the community: To the members of the MIT community, At MIT, we ... distinguished member of our history faculty, Professor Craig Steven Wilder is the leading authority on how the emergence and growth of American colleges and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 16, 2018
• Blog / Events

  MIT’s Once-a-Century Party

  

  rehearsing the lights for MIT's 100-year-anniversary of its move to Cambridge ... on the seal playfully arguing about the merits of theory vs. practice ... fantastic showcase of the various arts and performance groups at MIT:  

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 8, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Unknowns in illustrated list form

  

  this right. Specifically the snow piles in front of 77 Mass Ave. Once ... there a golden droplet at the end of the icicle? (Fun fact: Icicles form ... to be the Mexican version of Chuck Norris. This was admittedly a long

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 10, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobel Prize Week An exciting time for research, both noble and ignoble.

  

  (Also see Bryan's entry) The first full week of October is always an ... principle of metathesis. What is that? Organic substances contain the element ... with the assistance of special catalyst molecules. Metathesis can be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 5, 2005