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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In the Music Cubes, no one can hear you scream…

  

  the Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building) are finally open! For those ...  as the rehearsal space for Rambax (MIT’s Senegalese drum ensemble) and ... note="please please please we are so desperate for a bassoonist"]and also

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 25, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  kindness friday and affording myself a little bit of grace

  

  ! After waking up at around 1 PM, I got out of bed and finally prepared for ... pants, black boots, black button down under a black sweater—and so for ... ’t gone at all, so this was a big win for me and Kindness Friday! I’m such a

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • March 26, 2026
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 1

  

  between MIT and Harvard, as Harvard is contemplating moving to MIT ... (many schools kick students out over holiday breaks and summers). For ... heard of and can't conceive of our penalizing someone for misnaming

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Train in vain Pulling my first official all-nighter of the fall term.

  

  Station in time for a cheese croissant from Au Bon Pain and a cup of ... , Germs, and Steel is all wet, now. So, I'm back in Harrisburg for the week ... , Simon '04, and Nick. Now, you might think that would be fairly expensive

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Events

  I went to a World Cup Game!!!!⚽⚽ and why I think it's just like Pokemon

  

  underdog, and so I rooted for Paraguay, and they won!!!! They went all the ... and circuits. For example, there would be a Greater Boston League with ... gone on their own journeys and create an adventure for rising trainers to

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • July 2, 2026
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What makes me an MIT student? Some thoughts about blogging and a special question for returning readers.

  

  for me, I'll have to sew together the pieces of a student's life and my ... that happens between dawn and dusk, a common tactic on personal blogs of ... in more than a month, and the time had come to catch up on MIT

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Ina Garten Da Vida, Baby Can't you tell that I love you?

  

  and Barrel is about a 30-minute walk from my dorm. For those of you who ... for her brilliant husband Jeffrey and all of her flamboyant friends. But ... cooking techniques and admonishing you for not using the "GOOD olive oil" or

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions for 2016 And what I gained after a semester at MIT

  

  which one would allow a substrate to bond to a particular enzyme. And for ... powerful and precious opportunity. For instance, when my dad went to school ... mom for some new shirts and ended up purchasing the loudest, brightest

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear High School Senior I know you're stalking us

  

  and not just for toddlers (don’t believe me? Wait until next year, you ... German??!! (I recommend Duolingo for all your language-learning needs.) Learn how to adult (Wait, am I actually telling you to prepare for college

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • November 17, 2016
• 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 ... indication, then for all intents and purposes, I was stressed out. It doesn ... dining halls for hours, laughing over a frothy cup of chocolate milk and a

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 14, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  That time MIT was almost rebuilt on an artificial island in the middle of the Charles River we were THIS CLOSE to being a pirate fortress university

  

  island somewhere between the Longfellow and Mass Ave bridges. Because the ... -minute multimillion-dollar gift from an anonymous individual known for years only as "Mr. Smith," which allowed it to move to Cambridge and build the core of the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Like a freshman Getting a P+ isn't just for frosh anymore.

  

  hand. And so, this term is now officially 27% more freshman for me ... giants--like, people over 6'6"--hit them over the head, and put them in his ... until November. No no, today I felt I like a freshman, hosed for the very

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to college, Kid. My first week at MIT.

  

  , resilient foundation for the educational, personal, and professional ... nursery room for other newborns. He saw twenty or thirty other boys and ... stereotypical culture difference between the west and east sides of campus. During

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to CPW: Why It’s Special all the things that make CPW amazing

  

  could work with. MIT is a unique place, and it can’t be home for everyone ... found paradise” or “I hate this fucking place,” and, honestly, for most ... special place it is. And for four days in the spring, we feel almost as

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a semester in glass! i made a lot of things :D

  

  gradient between the top and the bottom of the bowl. For a cup, you want the ... instinctive for me,  everything just flowed a little better, and I was able to ... by just going for a mishmash look - I picked up some blue, purple, and

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 28, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  the life I could’ve lived it’s like one of those “what if” episodes

  

  didn’t think it was possible for me to actually get in. And if I couldn ... -themed decor, restaurants are interspersed between academic buildings, and nearly ... their classes and decided to take me out for the rest of the day. Here are

  • by Hala K. '29
  • April 12, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I DECLARE BASICNESS!!!!! a major major update

  

  good, and I am not completely full of regret for course 10B. However, it ... , a negative evolution. Nonetheless, it is true to my soul, and I found ... MIT yet because I'm too lazy to fill out the form and talk to my advisor

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • March 30, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lecture Notes: Biology of Culture highlights from Brian Farrell's open lecture at the Harvard Museum of Natural History (spoiler: contains…

  

  correlation between left-handedness and homicide rates because left ... a musical proto-language arose from selection for sex and sociability ... compete for resources and face hardships. Music induces release of "feel

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Advice v2.0 How to survive the application process without losing your mind.

  

  application than to sit in a classroom for 3 hours on a Saturday and pay someone ... your community, the piano recitals you spent weeks preparing for, and the ... desire to learn and help others. That's what they're looking for in your

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  One Extraordinary Week, Plus Ferrets I suit up for surgery.

  

  for scientific research, and you have to draw the line somewhere. All in ... much been a whirlwind of activity. For once I have absolutely no problem sets and no commitments other than my UROP - which gives me quite a bit

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 14, 2008