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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  glassblowing & me a series of memories

  

  things that I am, and reach out into myself for any last thing I might have ... glassblowing lab announces that they will be reopening in the fall, and have ... parents. February 1, 2022: The glassblowing lab very generously lets me

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 18, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ABCs of Senior Year friends, jobz, cats, "eight-oh-two"... + AMA!

  

  know if a 68% on a test will get you a D+ or an A-. Morality ... awesome people I hope never regret choosing MIT, or our hall. Although you will get hosed and jaded, and although the hell weeks may feel endless, I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 23, 2017
• Blog / Uncategorized

  My design won an MIT merch contest I don't know why

  

  laugh, or at least mutter a perplexed "...what?" Turns out, I'm not the ... privacy with my idiotic laughter. Mind you, the Harvard/MIT Coop sells ... usual selection of merch. Boy, they tried. [carousel image1="116973" image

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • July 23, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Africans@MIT: Cassava Connection Part 1 of a series, starring a man, a plan, and a root vegetable.

  

  . “Will you go back?” This moment is a snapshot of many conversations I ... both the U.S. and Ethiopia, and may hold one or the other passport. All ... committed sense of belonging to a non-U.S. country, sometimes more or less so

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pictures from a Month into Classes and I'm thrivi... surviving?

  

  few months…but with pictures (because I like pictures).   Part 1 ... and driving there starting at 1 AM on a Tuesday isn't ideal... but either way, I was too excited to complain. [carousel image1="104417" image

  • by Richard O. '28
  • October 14, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  , that I might bend them to my will. My hobbies include anything that involves construction, deconstruction, aesthetic optimization, or efficiency ... methods to get small amounts of data from very large amounts, while my

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 9, 2011
• Blog / Announcements

  To our prospective students and their families on taking care of ourselves and the people we love

  

  the Admissions office, our FAQs will focus on addressing concerns held ... responded — responsibly — by changing or cancelling their activities in the ... and exploring MIT, or who are concerned about changes to their academics

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • May 27, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Andi and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week :(

  

  (which I hope it will not), I will be slightly more prepared. Modern ... president of MIT) will also be there playing the trombone!"]our April 20th ... to get homework extensions or makeup exams (especially in big classes

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 3, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second Home You're in your room doing a pset. I'm in my lab making science happen.

  

  only 1 mm in length as an adult - so NO, these are not earthworms! i can ... for that discovery (every once in awhile I will see Professor Horvitz at ... while waiting for gels to run or blots to transfer :P) But yeah. I want

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 30, 2010
• Blog / Uncategorized

  “So, what HAVE you been doing?” less sad shit lets get a lil more hype in here

  

  image1="89300" image2="89298" image3="89296" /] Spring Break For spring ... food. [carousel image1="89309" image2="89307" image3="89310" image4 ... Zauner, aka Japanese Breakfast, aka author of best-selling novel Crying in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 25, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Lot Can Happen in 7 Days

  

  On January 1st, I enjoyed a nice New Year's dinner with my family. We played games, watched virtual reality horror films, and listened to my 12 ... concerts to the conference goers. We went to Hakkasan, where none other than

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 14, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a few new things is it too late to talk about the spring semester?

  

  start the post, I write a few sentences, and then within a day or two, I ... stories stocked up on the shelf with nowhere to go. So, although the storm ... 's probably less well-put-together or well-edited than other posts. sorry

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 25, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My first music festival It was muddy.

  

  "EXCITED!" or "FINALLY!" or "MUSIC FESTIVALS!" until the bus had finally ... dirt mud road wound between stands and tents and poncho-clad festival-goers ... off the road in thickets; you slid or stumbled to get from one to the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 5, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  L@@K at the Class of 2015 profiles in greatness? a great profile? or both?

  

  to the newest data from this past year's admissions cycle. We always try to provide as much data as we can to make our process as transparent ... ;  and 1,115 other amazing individuals, each with their own story of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 20, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Week in the Life Hello, Google Calendar.

  

  lotteries for communication-intensive courses or "bidding" for Sloan courses. On the day before classes start--February 1, for this semester ... right across the street from my dorm. So I will miss being able to quickly

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  NACAC Conference Wrap-up from the national admissions conference.

  

  of the University of Miami. At right, Donna Shalala addresses a ... announcing Marilee's talk, and Marilee addressing the crowd. On the final day ... ? -- these very blogs. Our mission was to tell other admissions offices 1) what

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Trumpeting for Assassins I get to watch each presidential assassination. Live. Over and over again.

  

  play in either band or orchestra. We had "tryouts": we took a shot at playing every instrument in turn, and the teachers would rate us from 1 to ... mute body, and music will specify whether you should take the stem out

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 26, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Waitlist, 2010

  

  offer) or decline it. We will be maintaining the waitlist for another few ... For the fifth consecutive year, we will admit students from our ... will notify the admitted students, informing them that they have been

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 13, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  The Gender Problem Reflections on a year of Silicon Valley upheavals and confused HR departments.

  

  a little self control to not literally gasp. I will stress that in my ... not only happy working with or under, but also incredibly privileged to ... who had the courage to speak out, but were silenced, or simply not

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 8, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Hardest Thing Ever FOP, family, and how I'm doing so far... plus some findings on frisbee and free…

  

  splendor reaching a mountain's peak, munching on wood sorrel, or wandering a ... blogger, I'll try to keep you updated. 1. Sleep. Getting enough of it will probably be my #1 challenge. 2. Frisbee. And not just frisbee--I played on

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 4, 2012