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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Rediscovering en Plein Air Painting by Elisa X. '26, MEng '26

  

  undergrad degree with the rest of my class in Spring 2026 then with my MEng in ... sophomore year of high school, I would frequently get bored lying around the ... design, watercolor, sculpture, etc.) until over a year after we first met

  • by Allison E. '27
  • September 17, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let’s Get Physical Olivia Newton-John, I am not, but I can still pretend.

  

  's Department of Athletics, Physical Education, and Recreation (DAPER) is in charge of the physical education (PE) requirement that MIT students have the privilege of completing before grdauation. You can read more about

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  if only I cad more time… Diving into software, ft. a bad pun

  

  in the Engineering class that I took my senior year of high school ... the best of luck during this admissions cycle for all your schools! ... ://www.vote.org/polling-place-locator/ ------------ In the past couple of weeks at Zoom University, I have somehow

  • by Waly N. '24
  • October 30, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nuns, fret not! Like baby alligators in the sewers, you too will grow up fast.

  

  school that offered only 4 AP classes. My high scool was just a regular ... around them, if you can. So look for opportunities offered outside of your school that you can take on yourself; classes offered at local colleges or

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fran Sancisco and Spother Oonerisms Racing tays and fighting lires

  

  one degree of separation away. Other times it's distant and foreign ... angry with." These work with varying degrees of success.) I hoped to ... This all starts with a minister by the name of William Archibald

  • by Joel G. '18
  • August 7, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  101 Things About Tokyo (Pt. 1) Another IAP. Another Country.

  

  school advertisements everywhere. It's ironic because a lot of these signs ... it. >"< Last IAP, we had 3 hours of class everyday in the ... and have most of the day (except class hours) to have fun in Tokyo! It

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 13, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Although of course you end up becoming yourself Perspective and focus, brought to you by M. C. Escher

  

  two miles in circumference. We saw schools of fish, lots of swimmers ... 30 days, which comes with various, non-specific benefits, and lot of ... kind of avatar defines me as a person?” Who cares? Spring semester was

  • by Joel G. '18
  • August 2, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Kickstart My Art highest form of expression

  

  Institvte is a story about a school, its architecture and environment. Most of ... culture at MIT. MIT has a lot of students who are creative, self ... . Now, Mark could do a lot of things in a lot of organizations, and all of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 29, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Joy of Building a chronicle of my failed attempts to create things that work

  

  In a public high school with about 700 people per class, there was ... several pieces of paper. This really hurt my brain at first. It took awhile ... . It was a fear of being wrong that came at the price of making progress

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 3, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reflections Some thoughts on the admissions process, both to those who were admitted and those who…

  

  high school every day and had a job all through my high school years. Of ... process the decisions, I thought I'd offer some thoughts on the process ... great care and thoroughness that they deserve. On behalf of the entire

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  Am I rural or small-town? Read on to learn about what a taco bell index is

  

  stopped behind a cattle drive, or where your high school’s idea of a college ... studios in basements for art and design projects. Perhaps some of these ... from a rural or small town?". This is an iteration of one of the most

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • May 19, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  January Blues living alone, daily grind, angsty music

  

  .m.s.s." Saturday Work feels kind of like high school, in the sense that you show up ... designed to be an extended job interview. I kind of appreciate that there are ... Thursday a feeling: walked home in 24-degree weather after

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Is it a video? two assignments from two classes

  

  because I had nothing to put in one of those and thought that maybe they ... have been actively building up a portfolio of technically creative stuff ... scary and a lot to ask of a teen whose brain is not yet fully developed

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 11, 2019
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Seattle: Land of the Strange, Skies of the Free where pirates roam the streets and dogs play the bucket-drums

  

  , Firefly. I've shaken hands with my boss's boss, which puts me two degrees of ... of marching bands and crowded cheering. A large marshmallowy Boeing ... seems to be some sort of parade or festival every other week. And they

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Monday (in Snaps) and my longest Snapchat story ever

  

  + snoozes. 8:53: First snap! Of a TMAYD MIT (Tell Me About Your Day MIT ... elevator art on point? (We’re the Home of the Velociraptors, in case you were wondering) 9:06: Aaaand it’s cold outside at a crisp 45 degrees. But good

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 28, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Scheduling Conflict Which class should I take? (Results from the previous poll posted.)

  

  offered during overlapping time slots -- which one should I take? Don't Doonesbury vote-bomb me though! A new class will be offered by the Economics Department in fall, 2006: The Challenge of World Poverty. The class is intended

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 28, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Look At Stagecraft [by Susan Shepherd '11] And axes!

  

  [by Susan Shepherd '11] As some of you might already know, the MIT Shakespeare Ensemble's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream opened last ... , clever new interpretations, and a great deal of humor, and Midsummer Night

  • by ARTalk
  • October 29, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A follow-up

  

  all levels of preparation. I've known people whose schools didn't offer ... "not admitted" thread on Ben's blog, this school is not a bastion of ... from run-of-the-mill public schools, people from the middle of nowhere

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  parallels or juxtapositions in one sitting at flour cafe

  

  friends at this school. one of the most uncertain things about freshman year ... a year and a half ago i got offered a position as a blogger and i said no. half a year ago i got offered a position as a blogger and i said

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • February 26, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Circus School Mitra flies like a trapeze artist; fruit flies like a peach.

  

  Francisco School of Circus Arts. After some short training on the ground ... jump! Wheeeee The goal of our session was to get our legs over the ... didn't get any photos, so here are two pictures of my coworker's swing

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 24, 2006