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• Blog / Academics & Research

  You Can Plan a Pretty Picnic ... but you should also research the weather.

  

  outside of Lusaka. A guesthouse, where foreigners often stay. A school ... . Instead, we spent more time in the capital city of Lusaka, where we: 1) met ... (Peace Corps, CARE), 2) visited orphanages, schools, compounds, and 3

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 5, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Doonesbury Follow-up on Alex Doonesbury's college choice.

  

  from the MIT homepage yesterday, the final day of voting. According to ... honored in the strip." The strip has not yet run, but as of 12:58am this ... % MIT 32% RPI 19% Cornell My sources tell me that at least two of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s in a name? Is “geek” now chic? Are we happy with the word “nerd”?

  

  conversation. Around the time of the Oscars a few months back, I was prowling ... of my very successful female engineer friends. She is a highly respected public speaker, a big First Robotics proponent, and a champion of

  • by Kris Guay
  • July 4, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  At What Cost A summary of my fall semester

  

  the 2nd week of school. I love writing and didn’t get to take my writing ... experiences with untold numbers of people. Maybe I can even give them some ... , sort of. Every decision you’ll make here carries with it an associated

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

  Questions Omnibus, Part 1

  

  Part 2 of today's Q&A... Possible future MIT Mom asked in regard ... schools). The course that I took at Harvard was in the spring term, for ... , after the winter/Christmas break). Regardless of schedules, MIT dorms are

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  a peek in a week of my summer trying to enjoy it while it lasts

  

  I cannot and refuse to believe that school starts next week. I don ... a week to do them. I just hate the feeling of finishing a pset and the ... okay:("]pset cycle.[/annotation] For now, here’s a brief overview of what

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • August 30, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  18.S190 Pt.2 lecture videos go brr

  

  This is an (albeit short) update of this post from a while back ... time here thus far. So far on the blogs, I have written about two of them ... to write about a few more of these projects over the summer, but I

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 26, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I Never Thought I Would Join a Sorority ...but here I am?

  

  , the local culture of the school dictates much more than stereotypes do ... To all of you who are wondering how in the world you will navigate the social aspects of college, first of all, chill. I have received so

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Flow: Writing Like Yourself *insert prospective 2021 clickbait tagline*

  

  Not every writer is an artist. Not every piece of writing is a work of art. I realized this last year as a high school senior when I was frantically typing up essays fueled by caffeine and a tinge of desperation. Each

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 19, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  Teatro ZinZanni Another trip to the circus -- is my boss trying to imply something?!

  

  On Thursday, I attended Teatro ZinZanni, "a bewitching evening of ... live music and a gourmet five-course dinner - set in the nightclub of ... . The "nightclub of [my] dreams" is along the Embarcadero in San Francisco

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  I Miss College Application Season The Good, The Bad, and the Casey Jones

  

  dermatologist and dentist notes to skip whole days of school, even though the ... pulled into the school parking lot, making sounds straight out of horror ... [The following is a collection of ramblings and memory unloadings

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 31, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Scholar

  

  give the winner a college education from a top-rated school of their ... college admissions-themed scholarship competition. The first of six episodes aired last night. ABC describes it like this: The opportunity of a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 7, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  as large-scale or well-known as that of its nearby Ivy-league counterpart, there is still a contingent of incredibly talented, committed ... on a series of fantastic shows each term. This term I've been

  • by ARTalk
  • March 11, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  who cares about poetry? lots of feelings

  

  seven and the kids at school pull up the outer corners of their eyes, call ... Mom. My school was in the heart of Portland (one of the least diverse ... Hello! I have some new pandemic-flavored poems published as part of

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 10, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Be Social awkward and anxious

  

  my stupid way of showing myself that I had grown up from high school ... school demons are, in fact, gone because I overcame my fear of living on an ... I like to tell myself that I've escaped my high school demons. That

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 26, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Music Scene by a non-musician

  

  exist, I can confirm). It is the one form of art where I am perfectly ... that music is one of the most relaxing things, ever. Whether you’re strumming a guitar wistfully pretending to be in a 90s kids coming-of-age film

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 23, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Poker, Mountains, and Magic The four words of this title have no other exact match on Google

  

  beautiful, inspirational maxim: Nearby were posted similar words of wisdom. Clearly, I’m not a fan of trite platitudes. I got a collection of ... finished redecorating my dorm room to constantly remind me of my

  • by Joel G. '18
  • February 6, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In which brains are awesome Neener neener neener.

  

  sort your mail. I offer up your daily dose of snark. It's a rockin' good ... , having never taken advantage of the "hey kids, look at my schedule!" post ... hosed again, here's a picture of an otter for you." (Oh man I love otters

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Brain Dump News and updates for admitted students from the last few weeks, in no particular order...

  

  (i.e. how many admitted students will accept our offer of admission) is ... Marilee perform with my band at ZBT's fifth annual Battle Of The Bands on ... is lots of fun with a variety of interesting threads (this is my

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 28, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Packing incoherent thoughts from move-out week

  

  school he is about to leave, trying to feel some kind of good-bye: “I mean ... left living right next door to some of my closest friends. 84 hours left to stare out at a skyline that looks back at me. 84 hours left of what

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 18, 2020