Search

Search Results

• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Recapping Trashion 2015 sustainable fashion == trashion

  

  Venkataraman, who directs global policy initiatives for the Broad Institute and ... reduction and sustainability. Student designers from MIT and other schools in the Boston area create pieces made of trash and recycled materials

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 18, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Drawing from Life "is that the boldest stroke you can make?"

  

  since starting college. I've made a ton of art for my clubs at MIT and for Admissions, but when was the last time I sat down and let myself draw or paint without expectations? My high school friend Deelia is an art and

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 28, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  ambition finding direction

  

  in cities and ambition, paul graham writes: “Great cities attract ... in and day out. extremely smart? again, i wouldn’t object, but i ... now i mostly just want to learn a lot and work on meaningful technical

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 10, 2022
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  All the Blogs I Didn’t Blog A memorial

  

  had a commute and a “9-5” job and an apartment to myself, and had to make time to cook and workout and sleep. Through it all I had many a ... revelations and possible blog beginnings and half-baked stories into one mess of

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • August 14, 2018
• Blog / Classes

  6.115 Microcomputer Lab! literally the coolest class i've taken so far

  

  graduate, and I know for sure that [annotation note="or 6.2060 according to ... .115[/annotation] Microcomputer Lab, taught by Prof. Steve Leeb, will sit high and ... laborious and difficult yet so so worth it. I signed up for 6.115 because I

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 16, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Why I stayed up until 6am on Thursday More nerdy cake-baking.

  

  more to do with his concern for my sleep-deprived state and less to do ... , because I'm super hosed...so lots of fast typing and zero editing ... actually was, except that there were latkes and they were SOOOO good. I made

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 10, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Holy Grail of Classes Think of the coolest class you can. Then think of one that's a million times…

  

  (home of the OLPC) and its description states that it is Intended for ... day of real classes. That's because I got uber lucky and only have one ... , but the professor seems to know what he's doing and the material so far

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Recap of the 2.009 Final Presentations rough, tough, messy!

  

  Hello! The 2.009 final presentations were two weeks ago, and it was ... students were divided into 8 teams. Each team had three months and $7000 to ... everywhere, and there was confetti. Lots and lots of confetti. I could

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • December 26, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  me, existing one day at a time

  

  neural activity changes in different sickness states, and everything I ... dinner at Pika for the first time. It was kind of cold, and I was tired, and I’d had a really long day, but with every step I took, I felt my

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 2, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Black Lives Matter until they don't.

  

  States of America three years ago. Packed all my belongings into four luggage bags, rolled into a car with my five siblings and my mom and my dad ... plane, my country shrinking beneath me, until the cars were ants and the

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • July 8, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Off six months of things being just a little weird

  

  blah blah"]big ol' biotech company,[/annotation] and I've somewhat adjusted to the lack of actionable emails. My new thing is going to work and ... and shapeable. Fence cannot stop her; Fence can only extrude her. My Cat

  • by Abby H. '20
  • June 23, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Being an Intern (And being an adult)

  

  the implications of the affordable care act and universal health care in ... with the actual work I am doing. Nervous and excited on the first day, I ... given, is at least common enough. I hoped my intellect and my abilities

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 22, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Religious Discussions Yes, there are non-atheists at MIT. But they still like science jokes.

  

  in the universe?" pointed to it, and asked "can science answer this ... IAP, as you might have heard, is a fun and exciting time to be at MIT ... discussion group about hard questions regarding faith and Christianity

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Nate Silver visits MIT (or, do witches exist in real life?) No, he can't predict the outcome of your admissions decision. Probably.

  

  unemployed college freshman."  And the best part of being a prufesssional riter - besides the multi-dozen dollar salary, and the luxurious corner office dorm room, and the stubborn ExpressionEngine blogging platform with which I am

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 1, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Slippery Slope: The Story of a Frazzled Sophomore How NOT to spend the first month of sophomore year

  

  Friday night I slept for 10 hours and 8 glorious minutes. If you ... eyelids before I drifted off, it was actually only 10 hours and 4 minutes ... tired. Tired. Exhausted. Bushed. Ready to curl up into a ball and sleep

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If you give a girl an assignment… ...she's going to ask if she can blog about it.

  

  in Across the Universe). And when Romeo and Juliet finally do meet and ... -with-Leonardo-DiCaprio-and-that-other-actress-whose-name-I-don’t-remember”). And what you’re reading is an assignment for 21L.004 (Reading Poetry

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 2, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  a penny for your thoughts? and what it is, and could be, worth

  

  lawyer, judge, social philosopher, and author as well as Lord Chancellor to ... the Church of England (and acknowledge the annulment of Henry's marriage to Catherine of Aragon), More was convicted of treason and executed in

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • February 20, 2026
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Heartbreaking Lunch of Staggering Genius I'll write about campus dining some other day.

  

  vegetative state as I fantasize about the geese in Central Park and the cr ... and breaking like bones on the trash-encrusted sidewalk. Jess Lin and I ... 've bought cursory custard buns and huddled in a cafeteria-style bakery under a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 30, 2009
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Kids These Days Don’t Know How Good They’ve Got It and they need to get off my lawn

  

  access to elite institutions and only have access to the Internet still ... something and have access to the Internet, you can Google it, which will ... opportunity for you to shoot off questions to helpful strangers. And you can do

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • October 26, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Splash. Was. Awesome. I taught: 3 classes, 5 sections, 246 kids.

  

  Saturday and bouncing out of bed. I love wearing headphones in a hipster coffee shop, sipping an Earl Grey/white chocolate infusion and putting the finishing touches on my PowerPoint slides. I love walking back to campus, and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 21, 2012