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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What has carcinogenic chemicals, alum bloggers, and ~art~? embracing my inner hipster

  

  like to photograph a lot, and in fact I've done quite a lot of it in the ... ) never touched film before. And that's where this post comes in. You see ... floor and wander around until you find a door with a multicolored

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 29, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  I’m still here (and MIT’s still hard) The little comment that wasn't. (This isn't edited. It sounds awkward at times. Deal.)

  

  Mr. Antunez, a new teacher who had grown up in Spain and Argentina and ... teacher, and 2) completely butchering everyone's names. I spent the year ... it was a portmanteau of my first and last names and could therefore

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interview with Hanhan Wang: EECS, robots, and more! What it’s like to study electrical engineering and computer science at MIT

  

  Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (more commonly referred ... undergraduates. The EECS department is the best in the country and has pioneered the fields of artificial intelligence, computer science theory, and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 13, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer, East Campus rush, and the new term East Campus orientation activities, the summer, and the upcoming term.

  

  and preparation for the new term. Last week, for example, I day ... ), and then Thursday and Friday, I met up with an MIT alum in Texas who ... looks like I'll be interning there next summer and potentially during IAP

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A flash of brilliance and answers to some questions

  

  yesterday in my favorite apron (I made the meatballs, and Adam made the spaghetti and garlic bread -- good deal, I think!). I've made meatballs twice before this summer, and I always have problems with cooking them evenly on

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Music and Mayhem by Jess ‘12 Minus the mayhem. Also features running commentary by Yan. p.s.: Jess, your italics didn't show…

  

  .org/topics/life/student_life_culture/valentines_day_special_1.shtml) and continued to run into her with increasing frequency until ... recall we journeyed to New York City at the end of July and survived a ... road to cozy summer skylines, breezy sunsets, and barely

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The Room(s) Where It Happens You've hit submit. What Comes Next?

  

  your application goes spiraling into a dark, anonymous vortex, and after ... sometimes ask students to imagine who reads their applications and to tell me ... . That we are there to judge them and find flaws in them. The truth is, we

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • January 9, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Young Guru & the Metropolitan Opera The Arts at MIT

  

  On an extra-long Wednesday a week ago, when spring break has come and gone and the temperature's still in the thirties, and the wet gray ... , and it can all feel artless. But then you might look to your left, and

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 15, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time Difference Written at 36,781 feet over Des Moines.

  

  So you're flying to college. Or you're flying anywhere alone, and you're me. You charge your iPod and your computer and pack extra underwear and ... 'll probably miss you, and you're excited because the airport you're going to has

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 5 and a day off (kinda)

  

  Yesterday's tie was red, and my subcommittee was McGregor (also MIT '00) and a current student (from the Middle East). Aside from some ... Yahoo Yellow Pages). Today, Marilee gave us a day off to rest and catch

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 21, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Andi and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week :(

  

  super sick and ended up having to undergo surgery a week after that blog ... no idea what caused it (and still have no idea), but I assumed it would disappear within a day and made my way to class. Unfortunately, the pain did

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 3, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Guest Blog: A Guide for the Hopeless and Drenched thoughts from mark '15

  

  a writing class and wanted to share his experiences and insights with ... , and not every path leads to your goal. At times the road will bend and twist and break, doing everything to throw you off its course. A storm

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 29, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Acting, Writing, and Roleplaying: A Match Made in Heaven [by Susan Shepherd '11] Guild members have infiltrated the KGB, made first contact with aliens,…

  

  stories for Rune, MIT's student-written and published literary magazine ... in order to create something fun and new. For example, painting skills and knowledge of electronics came together several years ago to create a

  • by ARTalk
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summertime and the living is slightly less difficult than usual MIT = Masochists in Training

  

  . Although I have been watching a great deal of Law and Order this summer (it ... , I took the GRE in July, and the majority of my free time prior to the ... wrote my CV the other night, and I promise I'm going to sit down tomorrow

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / Class Projects

  The Best and Worst Places to 💩 on Campus

  

  , and write about, a sociotechnical artifact — whether this is a bot, a ... campus"]dormspammed[/annotation] a survey asking people their favorite and ... 's location and gender, and also asked submitters to rate the following

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 9, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  GRE, Boston love, and loose ends from last time Wandering around Boston lost is one of my favorite things to do.

  

  Pre-entry warning: I took the GRE this morning, and since I ... test, and all the math is high school math (actually, that's sort of bad ... ... the good part is that it's like riding a bike and you can pick it up

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Physics A short novel.

  

  , thinking that it sounds fantastic and you'd love it and you can't wait to try ... classes you'll never need and don't even like instead of spending your time doing things you love? No you don't. Admission officers and bloggers have

  • by Karen F. '11
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: And That’s A Wrap! tracing back three months

  

  about to get incredibly busy again (and after three months of relative relaxation and down activity, I'm not entirely sure I’m ready for that). And two, summer is officially over. And with that, it is time to bid the 8

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 7, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s bigger than you, and you are not me. Consider this entry the hint of the century.

  

  , your berth of problem sets, your number and difficulty of major. Your "hard coreness," so to 5p3a|<. We've seen it time and time again. Two ... other responds: "Oh, man, I'm so hosed. I just pulled two all-nighters and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 22, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Knitting and Playing Tetris Through the End of the World guest post by Salma Islam

  

  turn to this hobby time and time again when I picked it up at the ... available: sports, board games, reading, and then there it was knitting. I was not much of an athlete and rather enjoyed the idea of being sedentary

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • April 17, 2021