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• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  my STORY of helping Wyoming students shoot for the STARS get it? do u get it??

  

  institutions, I often wondered how to give back. In Fall 2023, I joined the ... school counselor handed me the microphone after her warm welcome I was in ... hadn’t even imagined existed. I totally understand where they're coming

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • July 31, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Richard III: Behind-the-scenes [by Grace Kane '11, Guest Blogger] What does it take to put on Shakespeare at…

  

  driven in a direction much more exciting and compelling than if I would ... scene in Richard III, a director can choose to play it in many different ... some very fun visual and audio effects. I worked in collaboration with

  • by ARTalk
  • March 11, 2010
• Blog / Blog Projects

  What’s in an MIT Student’s Bag A sneak peek into what we carry

  

  as us, and I want to represent them, even if only in small ways. (Note ... for censorship boxes.) I've also been interested in how we tell stories ... we wear and the things we use. In high school, I used to joke about how

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 27, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Choose my Halloween Costume!

  

  have no idea what to dress up as. In fact, I haven't actually dressed up as anything in the past few years, and this is truly sad. So, I need ... leather! I'm not sure I can pull that off!) So...any suggestions? Either

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 25, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The New MIT Viewbook! Last week, after a year of intense introspection (and a ton of work) we saw…

  

  to chuckle. In looking back a year, he references this post, in which I discuss embarking on our new viewbook project. I can't believe it's been an ... final proofs next week - and then it's off to the presses! I can't wait to

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 6, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Making of Embrace the backstory to a gender-bending concept dance video, written by Ayomide F. '18

  

  respectability politics. Why can’t I just be respected? I’ve loved watching as our ... can’t we just be respected. I know drag queens who moonlight as field ... brilliant content, and I can’t help but wonder when their families will be

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 11, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  How I got mugged in the frozen foods section. So, MIT is kind of like a turkey and provolone Subway sandwich.

  

  So I was really tired last night. I’d been in northern Michigan ... ridiculous dreams. Like this one dream I had over the summer. I was in Harry Potter, and I had to get Dumbledore’s help because I was hiding in a broom

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 5, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  day one welcome back

  

  sessions today. In the morning, I realize this means I can sit in whatever other courses I want for the remainder of the day. Today, in artificial ... algebra class was very rigorous, and in an ideal world, I would take it

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 9, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Even More for Admitted Students: Share Your Story Another open thread for '11s.

  

  means it's exactly one year to the day when I discovered I got in. In ... other people where I'd applied early, or that I'd applied early at all ... it since we had turned in our apps. (When I was YOUR age, we didn

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist, Etc.

  

  would have said in his entry - please read it. I'll just add that a couple of the people of whom I spoke in this entry were admitted today. I can ... ?" (Hah! The answer is definitely 'no' - elaboration to come.) But I can

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Doogie Howser, et al.

  

  successful college/MIT student? I'll be happy to answer any questions left in ... blindfolded? Can they go a whole night speaking only in palindromes? These ... "special case" questions I get is about younger students looking to apply

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Touring an IS&T Datacenter, and How My Dad Crashed the Internet I promise they're related.

  

  more energy efficient. I did theater tech in high school, and ... . It connects back, I promise. How My Dad Crashed the Internet In ... mindless procrastination something cool from MIT. Also, I'll be telling the

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • November 2, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Shelby’s Amazing CPW Adventure A CPW Guest Entry by Shelby '13

  

  time to chat in the Office of Minority education, where I was able to get ... getting settled in my host's dorm at New House 2, I was pumped and ready to ... that I would have the opportunity to partake in research at MIT was

  • by Snively '11
  • April 29, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Answering some questions The entry on commencement was just getting unwieldly.

  

  Gregor rooms' size. I consider MacGregor as my first choice in housing lottery ... or RNA, and I can do that using a variety of methods. 3. Danielle asked, Can we install our own window ac in any dorm room on campus? and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 9, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  today is my birthday & i still don’t know who to become

  

  like a moment in time, sips away like a bottle of wine. Here I am ... in diary pages and used calendars. Another year until I acquired the ... , I overlook it. There are many days where I spend my minutes like poker

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 6, 2021
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  soulsearching / coding in which i ramble about careers

  

  's people who've been in the industry for decades now. I can't imagine that ... is a respectable want. CJ: But isn't it true that I can find that in ... 've been here for more than a month, I wanted to check in and find out how

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 26, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  I have SMASHING news!

  

  on the old boat. In fact she was rather demanding, although I must say ... rummaging about in the archives of the Bodleian I had found an old map of ... paintings I have ever seen, complete with ancient inscriptions in a mysterious

  • by Sir Nigel Blogberry
  • March 7, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  What Did I Learn at MIT? a surprisingly hard question to answer

  

  , and that means something - unfortunately, I can't go back in time and ... surprisingly, I actually had possessed a large amount of this knowledge in high ... evacuated my brain. Every question I missed in Protobowling with Paolo was a

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 28, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mistakes & the inspiration we need to move on

  

  lot of things about where I wanted to be. I knew I wanted to go into ... , and I figured I might as well try too. Since I knew I'd love to work in ... that I wanted to try and do a minor in course 20. I figured I'd start

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 19, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Memories I know this feelin', yes I know it very well (Thutmose)

  

  (and can still find) in these pages. Now that I have seen so many more ... you all. When I left MIT in 2018, I "graduated" with the first class I helped admit. It felt poetic, in a way. I embarked on a new career as a

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • January 25, 2025