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• Blog / Uncategorized

  Astrology Forecast for the Class of 2023 Some big aquarius energy is coming...

  unconventionally, and are unique personalities. This sounds a lot like MIT to me. I ... areas to make the world a better place. Sags not only like to go out into ... , instead of using their authentic voice in a college essay, they tried to be

  • by DJ Rock
  • August 22, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Why does my kid have to move again?”

  

  Before I get to the point of this entry, I'll answer a couple of questions. Karen asks: "This is a bit random and irrelevant to your entry ... , on to the point. By now, I suspect that a lot of my readers are

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 2, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT gave my pod free art supplies!! and despite being hosed, we used them

  

  is a painting I created to explore the use of color, light, and shadow ... grants of between $50 and $250 to pods and virtual groups for art supplies. The intention was to support "shared art experiences for learning

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 7, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Underneath All That Polish… ...lies a few things you wouldn't want to miss

  

  've gotten used to a lot of things about the Institute. And sometimes, when I have a lot of work to do (as has been the case for, quite honestly, the ... eyes, and allow my feet to trace a well-worn path that gets me from where

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 7, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  the last twenty days burning out before the semester even starts

  

  a few other committee members, I had to design and run the first and ... decided, would have to be easier. I had a twelve-week internship secured for ... documentation to provide a point from which people could continue the work. I

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / Events

  I THINK it’s time for a guest blog! WARNING: There will be shameless promotion of MIT TechFair’s THINK competition in this post.

  

  This post comes to you from my friend Iris Xu, '14, a longtime friend ... ’t have worked in a lab nor done research to enter. It’s that time of year ... * For me, it was really awesome getting the chance to work in a lab and to

  • by Kate R. '14
  • December 7, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What MIT Grads Do With Their Free Time Want to see the fireworks up close? Simply turn an old car into a boat…

  

  , ever try to launch a very sketchy-looking homebuilt watercraft on a ... My friend Amrys (MIT '02) and a bunch of her fellow MIT-grad friends spent the last month converting a 1967 Chevy Bel Air into a boat - the

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Other Side of Fraternities What if. . .

  

  a dozen people. Their brains probably went "NOOOO! Snively's going to ... ! He doesn't possess the self-control to write honestly about a sensitive ... ) Scared about repercussions c) A member of the MIT faculty d) Tempted to e

  • by Snively '11
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  DO YOU WANNA BUILD A SNOWMAN?? I KNOW YOU DO

  

  . Fortunately, however, snow with staying power chose a weekend to finally arrive ... : it was time to build a snowman. Now, as you probably noticed, there ... consider it my sacred duty to announce the [annotation note="i.e. the first

  • by Allison E. '27
  • December 13, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  short term / long term on growth and learning

  

  As a quick sidenote, I want to say my heart goes out to everyone ... out of place with recent events. I've tried a lot to figure out how to ... to learning incorrectly to just being a mess overall. I've struggled to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 10, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  lin-manuel miranda scares me my final paper for an MIT class about musicals!

  

  school obsession, I felt contractually obligated to write about a song from ... repetitive), the only other track I regularly chose to skip was “Take a Break ... easily–instead, he uses the song “Take a Break” to drive home that, far

  • by Allison E. '27
  • May 24, 2026
• Blog / Blog Projects

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

  

  ,726,400 Seconds of Summer guest series adieu (not going to lie, it’s a bittersweet ... . Since then, I’ve spent a lot of time trying to figure out what the key to ... naturally lined up with that. Summer is a time for MIT students to spend three

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 7, 2018
• Blog / Classes

  every class i went to during the first week of fall all *checks notes* twelve of them

  

  I went to a lot of classes in the first week of the fall semester ... course is supposed to be a lot of time and effort, but I think it's worth ... worry about finding a group for projects. Again, this class is supposed to

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 11, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Art and Craft of Taking Notes ...take note.

  

  look around and sketch my surroundings, or try to add a stanza to a poem ... One of the habits I developed in high school is carrying a notebook and pen wherever I go. It's kind of like a journal, but I don't exactly

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 1, 2013
• 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 ... to stop for me as I ran across the street to catch it. Lost a ... destroyed in a game of Stratego. (I should take this opportunity to note that

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 14, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  [Guest Post] An Overthinker’s Guide to Finishing Your Transfer Application by Warren K. ’27

  

  procrastinate until the last minute. Doing this gives your brain a chance to ... made you decide to put all this effort into a transfer application? Don ... saying “This is what I’m gonna do when I go to MIT!” Frankly, a lot of the

  • by Jeremy W.
  • March 4, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  dance dance revolution lessons from ddr

  

  found a level i wanted to beat in my remaining week at mit. it was grand ... simply did not have the processing power to react to two arrows at a time ... arrows much faster, and a few attempts later i was able to hit most of the

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 30, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  Sexy MIT Engineers My

  

  Freshman fall I decided to join a sport. I had never played sports in ... did fine more or less…We even flew to Texas for a spring break ... year I also had to make a decision: theatre or ultimate? It had become

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Events

  “Where art thou, O Higgs?” *insert shimmering transition into the past here*

  

  blogging momentum is really hard to start up again after a certain point. I'll be trying to atone throughout April. In the meanwhile, here's a story ... in his lap, and began to explain the search for a bizarre particle

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 7, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  SCIENCE! I'm bad at it, sometimes

  

  +/- 1 years old and decided to make a space-themed board game. Here's a ... (unfortunately I don't have a picture): "One day I went to Nasa! It was fun, very ... 't think of anithing But Nasa! So I Dicided to mak a book about Dinosaurs! So

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 12, 2012