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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The waking of all creatures that live on the land Lingering at MIT with my wandering eye. UPDATED, BABY.

  

  had hoped that taking the 6 boxes I stored in the Burton-Conner trunk ... that I'm a senior and I can take pretty much whatever I want. The first ... course catalog, but pleasantly surprised to find that I can actually speak

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  to pursue interests in the humanities at MIT -- I mean, the name of the ... to mention in music composition, and in ethnomusicology? So I asked ... can do a UROP in HASS. Currently, UROP students are being actively

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

  My First Semester at MIT a thicc recap and a look into our conversation

  

  that, at the end of a shitty day or test, I can always just see one of ... percentages. But for the time being.. This Semester, I... ...participated in an ... . ...got a job for the first time. In fact, I got two. Having never worked a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 18, 2019
• Blog / People & Identities

  H I C C U P S takeaways from a Bollywood film

  

  dialogue: “Ravinder, you can do calculations in your head that the average ... there’s a level of raw truth in that statement. A kind of truth that I ... environment, not the flower.” And while I’ve always found value in those words

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 15, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  I’ve been reading applications And I'm still reading them

  

  compassion as I can. You share so much of yourselves with us in the application ... my makeshift home office can be found. Hello routine, my old friend I ... where I built in dedicated time for healthier behaviors—like setting aside

  • by Jeremy W.
  • November 28, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Some Hosed Down Hodgepodge In which I breathe, then return to my business

  

  of which has kept me incredibly busy. To put much of this in context, I ... old people do. So basically I had to edit this down a whole bunch in ...  ever! Unless I got 20 points out of 20! (that is, 20 factorial), in which case I

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 23, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Wall A Lack of Color

  

  I'm in my room in Senior House (which, before you ask, is not just ... concert and spend New Years in a place that I wasn't allergic to. (No ... . My single is in a suite. This can mean different things across dorms

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Tale of 8 Instagrams Low resolution, high flavor

  

  can change from pleasant to ominous in a matter of minutes. And that ... Once upon a time, I developed an Instagramming problem and started to Instagram everything, including the view of the Prudential building in Boston

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 21, 2012
• Blog / IAP

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

  

  makes MIT...well, MIT. In this entry, I wanted to not only tell you a ... destroyed in a game of Stratego. (I should take this opportunity to note that ... . =) Played in an Assasssins' Guild game, where I ended up trying to conquer the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 14, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Monologuing a mock-up for the MITMonologues

  

  number of reasons, I really like how this turned out. In this piece, I talk ... resulted in "weird" conflicting feelings I think are interesting to hear about in a performance piece. I didn't include the numerous amazing and

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 13, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Hold your breath my first CPW

  

  Breathe in. Keep breathing. The prefrosh I was hosting, or my ... couch you'll sleep in, I'm gonna head to class now. The first class I had ... leaves. I put on rain clothes and walk to the admitted student welcome in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 13, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reflections and Decisions Take advantage of every opportunity you can

  

  turned in all my papers. I wrote this entry from the airplane on the way ... hold a place in my heart for Colorado, and I will be comfortable where ... seventeen I spent in Colorado, the experiences I have had here and the people

  • by Becca H. '12
  • December 20, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Unlike any other. [by Nathan Kipniss '14] "Welcome to the Gardner"

  

  attending MIT, you can even get into events for free. Last weekend, I took ... no photography is allowed either. But, I can understand why photography ... ;t even mention two other floors in the museum!) but I would rather

  • by ARTalk
  • April 28, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Passing Out ...of classes. Or in class. We'll see.

  

  is the only class in which I'm not starting at the very bottom, since I ... really considered in admissions (I didn't even send in my scores until this ... can still take 18.01, or 18.01A, which reviews 18.01 in just six weeks

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  november again conversation with myself

  

  novembers that make you remember, something in the sudden, bitter cold. i ... see my breath misting in front of me. when i looked up at the sky, it ... against my will. i keep insisting that i’m in my cool color era, my green

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 1, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  A FAPulous Start On how I’ve spent 0.0016% of my life at MIT so far.

  

  this online- I think you’re just awesome in general. To those few in the ... past 6. In the first portion, I spent some time creating my personal ... than the one near my home. In the two years I was there, I dedicated

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • August 27, 2012
• Blog / Events

  17 Days "Hey baby, I motion for an one-on-one unmoderated caucus!"

  

  . It wasn't deliberate in the beginning but I wrote the third entry ... . Allen was my sailing partner in the Sailing PE class that I took during ... up and down in the water!). When I first arrived at MIT, I must admit

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 12, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Small talk How about that weather?

  

  , layered with ice, piled in drifts...I'm no stranger to snow. But snow before ... really messy. I can also say that the field hockey and football teams often ... to me and plays football, I'll be sure to check. =) In my entry about

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  transitions memories of first snow

  

  't belong here, or like I was just in the cosmically wrong place. I didn ... story still sticks in my mind. I've told it over, and over, in a way such ... downs: I can think of semester after semester where I have struggled

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 1, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Back to Boston My summer plans! And some things I wish weren't a part of them.

  

  books. I can officially say that I have recovered from Finals Week. Just in time to head back to Boston/MIT for the summer :) This is where I ... shortened my name to "H," lol. I started working in this lab just over a month

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 29, 2011