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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what makes fear worth it musical theater and anxiety

  

  Despite being a brief and shallow fan of Hamilton in middle school, I ... ’ powers of inference. When I saw Firebringer in my freshman fall at MIT ... ’t be the only thing—seeing a movie in a theater is more immersive, and I

  • by Kai V. '25
  • February 27, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  a perfect long weekend in other words: i did no work and now am kind of a mess

  

  made were in the sections i choreographed (the irony…). my parents really ... bitterly cold out, so as soon as i got home, i bundled myself in a ton of ... were probably the only conscious movements i made in the whole two hours

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 18, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Pimp my sukkah. I really can't think of a better blog entry title than that.

  

  with "M.I.T" written on it in Hebrew. I think I ended up giving that one ... much about it. Then one fine afternoon I was in the middle of Mastering ... defeated again by that same method. I wonder if anyone in Hillel will ever

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 5, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  on body image me in my head, me in the mirror

  

  One. It's the first time I'm seeing Sean in three months. He's the ... me to walk a few steps in a straight line, and my dad said I shouldn ... 't remember much about it. What I clearly remember was my mom walking in on me

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Collective Apprehension Seems like my last entry freaked everyone out. No worries guys! You can do it!…

  

  someone. Yeah, sounds cool doesn't it? I can teach you now. Ready? If ... around. Give me anything that has application in the real world and I hate ... sailing but I have faith that everyone can pull it off with the necessary

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  The Public’s Biggest Fear ...is no longer one of mine.

  

  medicine was supposed to do, but I remember that I put it in one of those ... that I got up and didn't say anything at all. Elsewhere in the spacetime ... . I was startled to see one of the graduate students in my group there

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What a Robotics Career Looks Like What does it mean to get paid to work on robots?

  

  still be in high school and interested in robotics. Now that I have ... time on Admissions :)  _________ When I was in grade school, I distinctly ... time, I didn’t really know what it meant to have a job in robotics. I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 14, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Orgo Birthday Happy birthday, Ting Ting!

  

  that; can you explain it again?"; and "wait, WHAT?!" Questions I asked in ... intimate setting. How intimate? Questions I ask in ESG classes on a daily ... you can talk to them and ask questions, but in ESG it's even easier to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 14, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  How to Meet More People a guest post from Amy F. '20

  

  really meant was, “How do I know more people?”, because in my experience ... . They are my cheerleaders and my muses, and I can’t imagine who I’d be ... make our deepest contributions in the lives we touch. I’ve never

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • June 18, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The ‘Magic Paint Brush’ This is so much cooler than MS Paint.

  

  It seems like every six months or so I discover an MIT video that leaves me in awe. This time, it is the I/O Brush: [I just realized that Laura blogged this almost two years ago! Where have I been?] The I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Visualize whirled peas

  

  I don't want to alarm those of you in California, Texas, Florida ... crowds, especially for big releases. The last crowd I was in that was this ... lately. Another essay I read recently talked about the conflict in Northern

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 12, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  Outside the box In which I start a new life at pika, etc.

  

  've had a harsh life. Why complain? I can afford the luxury of reattaching ... -vacuum air. By then, I had hit the road in a rented SUV headed for the woodsy ... cetera. In the past 30 hours, I have: made my bed, eaten two grapefruit

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 25, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  January Book List Oaks & Poems & Baldwin & Biss

  

  write. You can read the first essay in the book, "Time and Distance ... in Central Square and lost it on the plane back home. In between, I ... I went. I sat across the breakfast table from a friend in a downtown

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 27, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  winter things a sampling of IAP plans around campus

  

  . ’25: My IAP is split in half: I was at home before January 14th, and on ... my IAP, I took a class called "Spanish Incubator" that takes place in ... flamenco workshop (ole!) and eating the best patatas bravas in Madrid :)  I

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 5, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MCAT Advice For the pre-meds out there, MIT or otherwise

  

  in..." series (I do recommend these though!), but I did use their ... 's MCAT Organic Chemistry review; in many ways, I found the PR version of ... by taking a practice test, then slowly hone in on the topics I really

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 15, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Felines of Fifth West meow meow

  

  to be people, in which case I would whole-heartedly agree that one of ... around and hang out with me in my room or under my bed. One thing I have ... him I can hear him wailing with the most sad meows you can possibly

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 18, 2015
• Blog / Uncategorized

  another day of summer ♬ ba-ba-da-ba da-ba-da-ba ♬

  

  It's an ordinary Thursday! I'm living at an apartment in Cambridge ... circadian rhythm into obedience. 9:15 AM I feel up all the avocados in my ... I can finally work 40-hour weeks now! 12:35 PM LUNCH TIME I make a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 18, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Look at Unified Engineering and the Aero/Astro Department Back in business.

  

  You can't take any other classes in the Aero/Astro department until ... , most anyone can figure out how to put one foot in front of the other, but ... . Plus, I'm sick of running, I'm not in such a hurry. I don't even know

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 30, 2007
• Blog / Blog Projects

  For the next two weeks we will all use fewer words here

  

  the ten hundred most used words. I told them they can write about ... It is a New Year now and I hope it is good for you. Ten years ago ... students who went to this school in the past and used to write for us, could

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 15, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Decision Day Eve Making your decision by May 1.

  

  information: Students can request an extension of the May 1 deadline in order to ... the guestbook on MyMIT so you can stay in the MIT Class of 2012 Facebook ... , and I hope you'll feel free to keep in touch and talk about all the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2008