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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Singing with a Local Filk Group [by Susan Shepherd '11] At MIT, I discovered that my "unusual" hobbies weren't all that…

  

  [by Susan Shepherd '11] For me, one of the greatest things about MIT is the culture. It's hard to describe, but there's a peculiar mix of ... the number of neat things you get involved with, the more things you

  • by ARTalk
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / MISTI

  Wouldn’t it be Nice? ...actually, I'm kind of glad that I'm not older.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The town of Nice was originally a Greek settlement named after Nike, the god of victory. So, according to the German work calendar, Thursday was "Fronleichnam," or the feast of Corpus Christi. Then

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The First Four Days of the Next Four Years (Guest Entry) "STUDY. SLEEP. PARTY….pick two"

  

  at CPW, I came to understand the meaning and context of those words. My name is Li, and I am an enthusiastic member of the incoming class. I ... from?", and approximately ¼ of the time it was followed up by: "You mean

  • by Bryan
  • April 17, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Halloween, Part 2 Sometimes it's fun to be somebody you're not.

  

  my friends in Senior Haus. Note the mural of Death (from Neil Gaiman's Sandman) in the background, which is one of my favorites, out of all the ... Anna '11, who loaned me most of the costume, including the marvelous coat

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 8, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sentimental Objects (part one) random trinkets from freshman year

  

  -every-birthday-card-in-a-cute-box-sentimental type. More like borderline-hoarders-that-have-to-assess-the-potential-value-of ... was a fairly large hollow ceramic mushroom. And since the beginning of ... ). Unfortunately our Memory Mushroom has finite volume. In fact, by the end of

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 29, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Jeff Karp and his gecko-inspired band-aid Mimicking nature to create a better surgical adhesive

  

  hue of morpho butterflies, the super water-resistant Lotus leaf, the highly maneuverable fins of the Bluegill sunfish: all of these natural ... . The initial discovery of the science behind the gecko’s stickiness

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where are you going, where have you been? The answer is "to a fast food restaurant to blog; to four countries in one…

  

  DID YOU KNOW? One of the sister cities of Hiroshima, Japan is my hometown of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The title is taken from a short story ... couldn't be all bad. MORAL OF THE ENTRY: Read Everything is Illuminated by

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 17, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  my first year, in slices ft. ruminations on the freshmen friend group

  

  “The muscles of my soul, longing for the opportunity to feel and fear ... was about the college experience that drew me. Fresh out of high school ... - bored. I craved excitement, wanted my life to take the shape of any proper

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • September 18, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  real things on tangibility, mistakes, and community

  

  the weight of. there's a distinct lack of permanence when it comes to ... records in central square has a few cases of $1 records at the entrance, but ... binder full of cds and dvds and a player that would strap to the passenger

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 5, 2025
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Walking the Kerry Way journal of my fourth day in Ireland

  

  with me tonight voices the entirety of her internal monologue aloud even ... ’m trying to be polite, hence being curled on the sofa outside of our room. I ... , cereal, and toast, and the little plastic squares of jam that remind me of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing the MIT Application Essays Hurgh. I know.

  

  yourself" means 3:47 The "what do you do for fun?" essay 4:37 The "what do you want to study?" essay 5:17 The "how do you improve the lives of ... The secret is... there's not really a secret. Just some tips. 0:18 A

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 28, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dudamel On music and becoming an old man

  

  , according to the program bio, "Music Director of both the Simón Bolivar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the ... Gramophone Hall of Fame, has won a gazillion awards, is in the Royal Swedish

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 15, 2014
• Blog / Blog Projects

  17 Ridiculously Useful Tips Every Blogger Should Know i am the entire circus

  

  to write good blog posts; you only need to have the appearance of ... table of contents, which tells your readers what the sections of your post ... idea of section Three?" you can reply with "I intended for the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 1, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Untitled "The work is untitled because meaning is always changing in time and place." ⁃ Félix…

  

  work of Félix González-Torres stands at the intersection of ... identity lends itself to a political identity: the idea of a blank passport ... stacks of blank paper. But that's the beauty of the untitled. Its

  • by ARTalk
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  I’m so ill. like, in the bad way

  

  obvious drawbacks of being sick, it's impossible to catch up during the ... yourself healthy. Take this advice from a hypocrite. At the end of freshman year, I somehow managed to come down with a strain of the flu that left

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 20, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where are you going, where have you been? Prelude.

  

  Prelude. In light of the halfways, quarterways, three ... someone out there is reading, learning something, or just caring out of the ... announcement that I'm throwing my hat into the ring with the rest of them. Nobody

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fraternities @ MIT They're quite a Rush.

  

  of the easiest. MIT's 27 fraternities stand alongside the dorms as a ... and the same triumphs - both of which can be found in abundance at MIT ... or more, ranging from as simple as who sits at the head of the dinner

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 30, 2008
• Blog / Residential Life

  what’s on my wall too many postcards, that's what

  

  of my room at home, to the point where I started stashing away cards ... ."]toaster.[/annotation] At the risk of seeming unhinged, I will admit that this one also comes ... the set as some sort of bucket list for places to visit. I bought the

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • March 1, 2021
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What career services are available?

  that can help. Approximately 44% of graduates go directly to employment, and 49% of the Class of 2024 went directly to grad school. The average starting salary for an MIT undergraduate—regardless of major—is $126
• Blog / Athletics

  Hidden Treasures @ MIT: Pistol Think Pistols Are Cool? Wait Till You Meet Mike Conti

  

  called "Hidden Treasures at MIT"(HT@MIT) that take some of the hidden ... afternoons were the highlight of every week. But why I enjoyed it so much was a ... enjoyable. Eventually the quarter ended and I was swept up into the world of

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 4, 2013