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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT and the SAA HOORAY FOR ACRONYMS

  

  with a love of all things scientific, too, or you probably wouldn't have ... a life drawing class that might be over $200 elsewhere in Boston will ... or pictures? I'M SO TIRED. I took a Color Photo class through the SAA

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Memories My first two months at MIT, all wrapped up into one post.

  

  clarify a point or answer a question I had. I remember turning in my first ... , and I know you will all be great. Yes, it's terrifying to finally push that "Submit Application" button. But I promise it will be worth it in

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 28, 2007
• Blog / MISTI

  Summer at last and my last days as a teenager...D:

  

  wanted two things 1) travel farther 2) focus on architecture. The answer ... -up. From mid-June to mid-August, I will be working with a professor in the ... ...and everything distinctively-Chinese China will have to offer. But as I anticipate

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge, CPW, and YOU! A welcome from a couple of MIT Quest Scholars to our newly admitted Quest Scholars

  

  Hello! In just a couple of days, MIT will be hosting the Campus Preview Weekend (CPW)! Over a thousand students will be on campus and there will be hundreds of activities going on throughout your stay. There is

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • April 2, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Fall Recap Entropy, Research, and Other Out-of-Class Happenings

  

  wasn’t sure whether to declare a double major or settle with a minor ... Course 24-1 - Philosophy and Course 17 - Political Science. By chance, I ... months ago). Luckily, 24-1 and 17 have many intersecting requirements and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 17, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  I’M BACK!!!!! (and MIT is hard)

  

  . MIT=1, HP=0) But this entry isn’t about partitions or recovery disks or ... !** *GASP* *PANT* wow! past month or so has been absolutely insane. Finals ... ’ve got some insight that could be helpful or informative to you guys, so

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 11, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Famous people who didn’t go to MIT Some people are more successful because they turned down admission to MIT.

  

  addressed to the Henry County High School senior. Once Gillespie got over his ... reality. Hildebrand, 22, will make his second career IndyCar Series start ... ask -- the rumor that movie star Will Smith was admitted to MIT is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 23, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Sam Survey I'M HOSED.

  

  responding to your questions from last entry, and the Burton 1 Cribs entry about the different rooms on Burton 1 soon, I promise. Because Ben did it ... or my favorite Guitar Hero. It would totally win all of Ben's surveys

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes from the Road: NorCal, Netherlands, Nick Cannon, and Nerd Camp where I've been, what I've been doing

  

  food poisoning or stomach bug that manifest on the flight over, so had to ...  famously played a (fictional) MIT janitor, delivered the commencement address ... 'm blogging from nerd camp in Vermont. I've been coming here as a camper or

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 22, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Analogies “Fill yourself up with musical lighter fluid and ignite your inner match.”

  

  inner pony!” or, “This part is when the baby stands up and takes his first ... 5 measures of rest” or you could add some color, and play a part “as ... Movement III The number of people the piece reached was almost as

  • by Ana V. '15
  • April 1, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  How to jump out of an airplane and live We have football, pistol, fencing, and TKD. . . but did you know we also…

  

  priorities during freefall are 1) Pull, 2) Pull at the correct altitude, 3 ... myself!  I also get to buy my own gear and do whatever I want, no coaches or radio necessary :)  I've been spending a lot of time at the DZ and

  • by Snively '11
  • July 31, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to (Im)properly Cross Register a step by step guide of our mistakes

  

  narrow them down to just 4 at the beginning of each semester (or 5 for the over-achievers or 6 for the eventually sleep-deprived). Well, at least we ... 1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We’re super

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 20, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  At What Cost A summary of my fall semester

  

  opportunity cost. Everything you decide to do will keep you from doing something ... operations officer for Boston NROTC. So what did it cost me? 1. Academic ... ’t do the work (any of my team members will tell you I could). I just didn

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • December 21, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Residence-Based Advising Residence-Based Advising WILL NOT allow you to change dorms during your freshman year.

  

  court upon which shirtless boys will magically appear during lunch time. Also, every now and then, somebody will whizz by on a scooter. It's a ... . SHORT VERSION: RESIDENCE-BASED ADVISING WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO CHANGE DORMS

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 9, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  Tier Listing My Classes i may have got this idea from tiktok

  

  of this week, to be precise. Once January 29th comes and goes, I will no longer be a student blogger, and will have graduated to the nebulous ... of - you guessed it - Final Fantasy 7. These posts will be about mostly

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 23, 2021
• Blog / How to Food

  “I’m vegetarian now!” Two months, twenty-four days, and goin’ strong

  

  fantastic with or without meat. My Achilles heel would be Mexican fast food: those brightly colored places with cheap burritos and names like Nico’s or Losbetos or Filiberto’s. But according to Google Maps, they don’t seem to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 25, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Updates 2013 things that are happening

  

  application components I’ve submitted? If you submit your Part 1, you will have ... teacher, and one from a guidance counselor. Find the teachers who will be ... extra mail and faxes. And if your teachers do use fax or mail, remember

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 17, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Ben’s Farewell The conclusion to the Ben tribute entries, and a little advice.

  

  : 1) I learned the Latin word "vincimus", which means "We conquer" and ... will probably take a little longer than Pangea did to separate. Whether you've pre-written your life story or are like me and have very little

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Christmas in February Shiny new toys MIT gave me this semester

  

  Lab). It's about the size of four honeydew melons (or two watermelons ... . It's mostly buttons and wires for now, but we will be building real ... briefcase for good luck. But wait! There's even more! [carousel image1

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 14, 2024
• Blog / Announcements

  PSA: anyone in the world can stream this MIT class about coronavirus for free this fall the new subject will be broadcast to the public beginning tomorrow, sept 1

  

  will run from September 1, 2020 through December 8, 2020 and begin each ... Today is Registration Day, or Reg Day, the day that MIT students sign up for classes. I'm co-teaching an a first-year advising seminar on

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 31, 2020