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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Victorian Literature? MIT, perhaps surprisingly, has top programs in ethnomusicology, the history of Islamic architecture, and more...

  

  Very frequently, we are asked about the humanities and arts at MIT. I ... school is the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, after all. Even as I ... Sciences (HASS) Philip Khoury, to help us talk about and address the quality

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  5n, n=1

  

  (ISEF). I got in yesterday, and last night I decided to take in the ... . The game was exciting, with Washington's Tony Armas Jr and Arizona's Shawn Estes having a nice pitchers duel in the early innings and a come

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 11, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Curiosity, Part 2 How your laptop screen works

  

  . Disclaimer 2: This description is the product of 2-3 hours of Google-ing and discussion, between me and one of my friends. We're nerds who like to stay up ... , I looked at my computer screen from a bunch of different angles, and noticed

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The sun is out but why is it so cold outside?

  

  actually enrolled in, and to a pretty good degree of certainty we think we ... of my toothpaste and finally confronted the task of getting a new tube ... . Dupont Gymnastics Room Today, I went to get a drop form signed and fell

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 20, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  insanity tldr some of my habits make no sense

  

  and they replied “probably non-stem people”. and the moment they said ... day that i’m aware of and enjoy adhering to, and i think those are ... either never actively chose to follow or chose and then forgot the choice

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 24, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  things that made me happy lately from the first week of classes

  

  It was the morning of the second or third day of classes and I had ... group!"]pika[/annotation] kitchen counter and was sipping it while listening in on breakfast conversations. “The curse of this degree is that now

  • by Kai V. '25
  • September 20, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Everyday Is Like Sunday

  

  good men & women of the United States Postal Service are even as I write moving your mail closer and closer to your mailbox. We have mailed all of the letters first class, and I hope nearly everyone will have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 12, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When The Omnipotent Hand Of Google Fails You How some classes at the Institvte are justifiably hard.

  

  nightmare that I was trying to double major in 18 and 6-3 and had mysteriously ... and I each spent four hours writing three 12-bar arrangements of a ... just intrinsically awful at jazz, and this will get easier as we gain

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 23, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Just Dance! Dance = Awesome.

  

  northeast! Through a collaboration with Boston University's dance team, Dheem ... Hopkins, and UMaryland; it felt nice to meet others who cared as much about ... activity that compresses all of my pent-up frustration and energy and

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 23, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Flowers in your hair

  

  'umba, Capoeira dancing, MIT Gospel, MIT Dance Troupe, Steel Pan, and so much more ... which Africa has influenced art of all kinds and, with this influence ... Students' Union, the MIT Caribbean Club, and the MIT chapter of the National

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  How to CPW! Advice from all the bloggers, with love.

  

  HAS A HEALTHY AMOUNT OF CAPITALS AND EXCLAMATION POINTS!!!!!!   ... 't halt for us either, and all the hosts are regular MIT undergraduate ... today! And third....the CPW weather machine appears to be in need of some

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 4, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  New Year, New Semester Celebrating Lunar New Year and a new spring schedule

  

  exorbitant amounts of Chinese food, and watch a variety of different performers wow and dazzle them on stage. This year was the first time that I had ... -based magician who had previously appeared on Penn and Teller’s show Fool Us. More

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 15, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  musings on duty and purpose brought to you by slow ambles through lobby 10 at twilight

  

  specific and imminent goal, university admissions, on my mind. At crunch ... Thanks to Petey and Kathleen for giving me the idea to blog about this and helping me think about how to formulate it! I’ve been very

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 13, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Is it a video? two assignments from two classes

  

  about exploring [annotation note="and to some degree sonic space, we just ... something on the admissions website about a Maker Portfolio and got nervous because I had nothing to put in one of those and thought that maybe they

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 11, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  three things i made recently lasers, radio, and a chocolate chip cookie loaf

  

  degrees F. Mix the sugars, vanilla, eggs, and applesauce in a big bowl until it's homogenous and goopy. It'll be pretty runny. Add the baking ... in session yet. the snow's only just turned to rain and we've had two

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 15, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Spreading yourself too thin At MIT, the saying goes that you can work, sleep, or play, but you have…

  

  and excitement. New classes, professors, deadlines, and activities…it can get pretty overwhelming. I’ve found myself having less and less free ... MIT application and consequently, you may become involved with different

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 10, 2007
• Blog / Events

  How many engineers does it take to change a light bulb? If you asked somebody what 'for' was for, what would it be?

  

  from high school are starting to come back to Boston for the summer, and ... , and a few thousand more to watch, eat cookies, and clap a lot. I ... awesome time to be in, at, and around MIT. There's all kinds of art

  • by Cam T. '13
  • May 7, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  From the eyes of a newly minted EC A flashback++

  

  . My mom looked at the caller ID and said, "Oh look it's an out of state ... , played in concert halls across the country, won state championships, and ... So I'll admit that I haven't written in a while, and sadly, I have

  • by Bryan
  • March 31, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF, BAMF, and other west coast adventures planning my next two weeks

  

  mix of professional and personal travel. I typically blog about these ... opportunities and events, and c) illustrate the bicoastal life that I (and a lot ... 'll drive down to South Bay and conduct reconnaissance work out at Stanford; I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 13, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  13/101 Things To Do Before You Graduate 2 of my favorite days at MIT, to date.

  

  did #101: they earned their degrees and graduated. Congratulations, you ... Graduate" list. See here, here, and here, for example. To summarize: during ... as a placemat for his jade plants. He pulled it out after finals, and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 22, 2012