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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Experiencing Psycho in Full G(l)ory Sharon L. '21 joins the blogs to talk about movies and art by and large

  

  to some schools of direction). For the horror genre in particular, it ... pressure to constantly be busy, but taking some time off of schoolwork is ... Growing up, I wasn’t always a fan of movies. It may have been an

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 3, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Preparing for the real world An alum's perspective!

  

  advantage of one of the best opportunities MIT has to offer. You won’t regret ... her for life outside of the MIT bubble. I love hearing other students' take on this program because it's one of those "you get what you give

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 18, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Labor Day, literally Moving back into my dorm room

  

  regardless, moving is a perennial part of my back-to-school experience, so this ... renting a truck at the beginning and ends of the school year to transport ... Today was moving-in day, where I moved all of my stuff out of storage

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 3, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day at the Forge blacksmithing!

  

  , searching the empty cavities of my skull for words.  I was busy and not ... In the middle of an already-packed IAP, I received an email: I’d gotten off the waitlist for blacksmithing!  I was in a phase of trying to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 19, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  If you’re scared of decision day Here's an exercise

  

  what people are afraid of. 3) For me, the best treatment was DISTANCE ... refreshing obsessively was masochistic and irrelevant to the outcome of the ... make the psychologically unhealthy decision of sitting unblinking in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 13, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Adventures of Comic Artist Girl (+ Doodles!) In which comics class gets a talk from an award-winning cartoonist

  

  end of the week. When I was in high school, I almost started a webcomic ... seemed to be a consensus among a bunch of people I talked to that this was a bummer week, and my days were punctuated with a lot of downs. But

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Passions (No, not that kind)

  

  this year Kevin, a friend from my high school, is like many of you -- e ... volume of work most high school seniors get themselves into -- e.g. the ... -description attached to this post may have, despite my best efforts, given some of you a

  • by Cam T. '13
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  an outlook on emails a week of my inbox’s pain and suffering, compartmentalized

  

  A couple of weeks before the school year started, I spent countless ... of pictures of plants to the whole school. These plonts included the ... organized. It made me pretty proud of myself too, taking baby steps from my

  • by Waly N. '24
  • September 21, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  How to Make Friends Disclaimer: Attempt at your own risk

  

  . In middle school, I made maybe 8 “friends” initially, one of whom is ... worth it to have met that one person, Ruby W. ‘18 at Colorado School of ... For whatever reason, I’ve been getting a lot of tumblr questions

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 30, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  how can i keep from singing? a midpoint check-in

  

  school year, I spend a lot of time completing assignments in the evenings ... subconscious energy; they take up the part of my brain which is usually busy ... in a choir. The Boston Conservatory is running a program for high-school

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 22, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And sometimes why? A reality check on the state of my MIT blogging.

  

  class into your already busy schedule. I have had the fortune of taking at ... locations at MIT? For those of you just joining me, you might be wondering ... much entirely of pictures of me standing in front of various European

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Virtual Reality, Startups, and Donuts in a particular order

  

  ' through the Stata Center, when out the corner of my eye, I saw this pretty little thing in front of me: Ain't No Rest for the Hungry. After taking ... fresh quinoa. There were at least five tables full of food and drinks. The

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 15, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  The Coop What's a coop? You'll find out!

  

  where you go to school. It makes one wonder . . . But enough of that, on ... college has books. Books come from one of three places: Internet, Library, or Bookstore. Which of these three am I going to talk about? Well, I

  • by Snively '11
  • January 13, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 1 My name is Anna Ho, and I'm here representing the American Astronomical Society.

  

  mental image of the very hard-working but very busy person I will be ... . And I’m afraid that on Wednesday, I will find out that all of these ... . * * * Our training begins on Monday March 24. Around ten of us have arrived in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 24, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2012 Profile Posted 49 states... what's missing? And what are the most popular names?

  

  Class Profile page for this year's incoming class, the MIT Class of 2012 ... For the MIT class of 2012 Gender Male 54% Female 46% Ethnicity & ... Schooling Public school 66% Private school 15% Religious school 11% Foreign

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On the DUSP Course 11: Urban Studies and Planning

  

  place to do this. The planning department offers a wide array of material ... Student Profiles from MIT's Department of Urban Studies and Planning Course 11 is a small major with a lot of breadth. It is cross

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 2, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Kevin’s Room Portrait of an MIT Student

  

  , and attended a high school of about 300 students. His graduating class consisted of about 60 people. Ever since his high school years, he’s been ... , leaving high school and entering the world of MIT. 4.0 GPA, captain of his

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 26, 2016
• Blog / Community Projects

  dormspam-the-game (Part 2) may the data be ever in my favor

  

  school = 0. This meant that I was able to retain all of my points during ... of 5 games played by the MIT community. Playing the games was straightforward, but winning them was not. The top-ranked players of each game were

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 15, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  conversations with friends so many different ways to feel lost

  

  relative to like, 40 years of career or even 4 years of grad school also sunk ... m: i've been having a lot of trouble blogging lately so i'm thinking of doing a blog that's just like, conversations i've been having with

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 21, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A Part II Why the Media Lab is cool. Bonus: A great "You Know You Go to MIT…

  

  technology?" Here's the story: I went to a school called High Technology High School, and a lot of my friends and I would semi-jokingly refer to us as ... school right now, otherwise I would ask him--is this computer terminology

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 25, 2005