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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I Went To The Ballet! 💎 color me refined 💎

  

  want that mystical, unrealistic, I'm-upper-middle-class-and-happily-live-in-a ... just be trapped in my hometown. It might be a fantasy I sell myself, or a ... was supposed to go in kindergarten but I VIVIDLY remember lining up

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • November 18, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Every square is a rectangle A brief look at every student activity at MIT.

  

  demonstration. In the past, I've gotten an MIT EMS laundry bag and a neat slinky ... Okay, first off, I have to tell you that Erica '07 is a superhero ... working as Burton-Conner's summer desk captain. Unlike being a deskworker in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 3, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  Tales of Two Parallels East Campus History class!

  

  interesting to me as a (then) prospective History double major. I came in expecting a lecture-based class, where I could sit with my friends and hear ... other by sight or name were quick to meet. I came in fresh from REX and

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 25, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finals away from finals Recharging on the other coast

  

  the airport and time to head back home. I haven't been back in a year ... my license before I left, oops), learn to drive, go on a sunset run, sleep. Sleep! I even went to bed without setting a single alarm. What a

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • June 7, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Moved Off Campus A story told by cat gifs

  

  .  What changed? Me. I changed. Who was once a headstrong, ready ... think I'm special, in a way. The kind of way where life threw a lot of ... cat, Rory, and I live with the amazing Dan S. '17 in a tiny three-and-a

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Update from Kentucky

  

  This entry doesn't have much content, it's just a placeholder while I come up with real things to write. In the past week and a half I've gone through a bacterial respiratory infection (started before then, peaked

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do you have class? A view of my classes for the fall semester, with some photos from their first…

  

  the class or a 100 in the class. I'm not terribly crazy about chemistry ... I do. Well, the academic sort, anyway. ;-) Here's what I'm taking ... eyes of a potential civil engineering student. Though the seminar ends in

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ming-fai Fong- Designing an intelligent walking “toddler” robot After learning to sit, bend their knees, squat, and stand, babies can finally gather the…

  

  Mechanical Engineering student with a concentration in Artificial Intelligence, experienced some those feelings even before becoming a parent, because of her ... , the researchers in the Seung Lab designed a robot that learns how to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  the campus before. I quickly realized it was all I had hoped for and more. I was fortunate that my family decided to take a vacation in New ... a handful of the events created with you in mind for CPW and I hope

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

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Bryan Nance Name: Bryan Nance; Job title: Director of Minority Recruitment; Hometown: Queens, NY

  

  essay telling us what you want to do after college (E.g. I want to be a ... school I participated in a program called Youth in Government and (to my ... Corridor actually ends... in a parking lot Favorite thing about Boston

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Welcome Home Like what we've done with the place?

  

  welcoming. I've only been in here a few minutes, but already I know I could ... much beloved former Communications Director Ben Jones in 2004, was a ... website. When you have a good thing going, in can be difficult to motivate

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 11, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  [Guest Post] Dating Is Hard anon has some feelings to share

  

  what's in here and what has been strategically left out could fill a few ... in a few hours than I have in a few months (I'll blame writer's block ... totally handle a long distance relationship, I’m in love. Yup, turns out I

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 7, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Two Cool Projects

  

  In this second-to-last entry, I want to encourage all of you to check ... a fair price for their work, at least double the price they obtain in ... . "Similar to a pencil in size and ease of use, the device enables Braille

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  sundays in the parks with friends a post title based on a musical based on a painting

  

  didn't have a concrete plan to do so. With that in mind, I set a goal to ... way out to the Boston Common. With such a plan in mind, I met Shuli ... There's a large park system in Boston called the The Emerald Necklace

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 15, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Open Sesame…Ring. RFID magic + a ring = wearable CharlieCards

  

  much better. (In fact, I liked the idea so much that I ordered a custom ... -- I made a point of eating at five Chipotle locations that I had not ... and other delays in MBTA service, having a pass that functions both as a

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 23, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Ode From A Science Fair Junkie in honor of intel isef 2018

  

  models in hand. I’m walking around today too. In Cambridge. With a backpack ... grade, I came across a highlights video for the 2014 Fair held in Los ... place. I sobbed like a baby that night. Like a baby. What had gone wrong

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 13, 2018
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if I don’t have a class rank or GPA?

  holistic admissions process, we're much more interested in how an applicant "fits" with our culture than if they were No. 1 in their school. If your school doesn't calculate GPA, please don't convert your grades to a U
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Lost in other people’s stories My brand of escapism

  

  I listen to a lot of audiobooks. In 2023, I listened to 28.6 days ... nonsensicality. And then I hit a rough patch in life, and I end up escaping back ... else’s head. You get to experience what they experience–the fear during a

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 28, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  Time Management Reading this article adds +15 to Time Skills

  

  you know that making notecards the night before a test is stupid? I didn ... , Sleep; pick two" and just having been here a few months I can certainly ... means of DeLoreans and quantum what-have-you. "But Doc, I already

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 1, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Blogographical Biography ...although whatever 'blogographical' means, I somehow doubt it applies to a blog containing graphs.

  

  optimization. I live in East Campus with a ginger cat named Reese, who takes his ... were: the process by which I knit a replica of the spawn of Cthulhu ... In spirit, not much has changed over the last three years. Hi. I

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 9, 2011