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• Blog / Athletics

  In which Elizabeth tries something new. (My idea of thrills is changing the location of my bookshelf.)

  

  of rock climbing. So while the blip was more like a bloop, it was still a bloop nonetheless, and I went about the rest of my week unaffected by this new nugget of knowledge. Turns out the rest of the week was

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 8, 2012
• Blog / Events

  MIT is Utopia Because the nice guys were here.

  

  The last 2 weeks have been such a whirlwind of activities. Last ... ! They're the guys behind Yellow Fever, Just a Nice Guy, and a bunch of ... watch the end of my video, WF's Philip Wang and Wesley Chen tell us why

  • by Celena C. '12
  • October 15, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Who you gonna call? The Mythbusters @ MIT!

  

  see a number of mirrors all lined out on the grass. Last year, students ... : Last night, LSC hosted the Mythbusters, Adam and Jamie, who came to MIT to describe some of their work and how they get inspiration for what

  • by Bryan
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A way a lone a last a loved a long the An opportunity for heated debate and a cry for revolution.

  

  some pretty nice "class 4" rapids on the upper part of the river. We had ... saw the aurora borealis. I'm a little too sleepy to blog about all of ... matter whether it goes in the trash or into the mouth of somebody I know

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Things Wot I Did Whilst Studying at MIT A tale told in pictures (and someone else's words).

  

  was the cost of film and processing. Digital cameras are cheap and you ... classes that have nothing to do with your major(s), purely for the fun of it ... to be present in the now. You won't get the most out of college if you

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Clinging to the Coattails of Identity Who am I now?

  

  The summer before you come to MIT, there’s a bunch of forms to fill ... ’s smoked barbecue brisket, or the smell of fresh mulch in spring. Some of my ... light up their stash of fireworks smuggled across the South Carolina

  • by Allison E. '27
  • August 29, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  Senior Fall Classes Better late than never

  

  of the big reasons we decided to take course 6 classes in the first ... it resulted in some sort of 3D art! Here are some of the things we ... set of points. The next part of the assignment was to write a function

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • January 25, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wish I Joined the MIT 100K as a Freshman four years of this would've been great

  

  about the MIT startup community. One of the projects I'm co-leading is ... across the Web piecing together fragments of the 100K's rich history has been so much fun that I lost track of time.   The competition

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 8, 2016
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Psets from hell Sometimes learning can be painful

  

  happened, but the bottom line is that now math kind of freaks me out a little ... calc ahead of time was a pretty big deal. The first day of calc was spent reveiwing the slope of a line. (Did you ever notice how every math class ever

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  My Long-Overdue CPW Recap Better late than never!

  

  . Well, I'll show you what I have... The early hours of Thursday found me ... . Following the badass "Massachusetts Institute of Techno" hack, I got someone to snap this pic of me with Mollie and Jessie. The infamous festival

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Supplemental Materials Answering questions about extras beyond the formal application.

  

  . None of the below is required or even expected. In general, you should ... , we request all of the following: 1) MP3 recording attachments of two ... from a Music teacher attached in pdf format. In the body of the email

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Analogies “Fill yourself up with musical lighter fluid and ignite your inner match.”

  

  also the words of the MIT Wind Ensemble (MITWE) director, Frederick Harris. Other times, another kind of life lesson comes from the calm and ... rediscovering the meaning of the word “passion”. You see, when you’re playing a

  • by Ana V. '15
  • April 1, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music Groups at MIT, Pt. 1 [by Jessica Noss '14, Guest Blogger] Audition for everything.

  

  preparing an audition piece or go through the torture of auditioning. Luckily ... back to Tech,” one of their classic nerdy MIT songs (the most ... to join lots of email lists) and signed up to audition for eight of the

  • by ARTalk
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / Events

  SNOW SNOW SNOW! And other festivities.

  

  So yesterday I saw the first real snow of the season!! (come on, the ... was walking out of Lobby 7 after spending the afternoon teaching my last SAT class of the semester, and I suddenly saw specks of white fall from

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 3, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fanboying at the Career Fair SpaceX, CubeSats, and free stuff, oh my!

  

  and the fabulous glamorous divas of popular culture. Got it? Now ... 're their number one fans. Get a picture of the pushing crowds and the buzz of excitement. Get a picture of the banners and posters advertising

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Dyslexia at MIT Living with dyslexia, and the current state of dyslexia research, at MIT and otherwise

  

  enjoy it, for a glimpse of a hot field as well as a bit of the research ... extent that the founder of the MIT Media Lab and the One Laptop per Child ... and elsewhere, affecting between 5% and 20% of the population. The

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 7, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Happier Than Ever on quitting and long-ish distance biking

  

  them, I am running on the delightful concoction of sleeplessness, instant coffee, and anxiety. Suddenly, the faint siren song of summer beckons me ... bike, but it's annoying when all of the nearby stations are empty

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  albums i like and why i like them pov: i ramble about music and won't shut up

  

  the albums that I like. So here is a list of cool musical [annotation ... wrestler that the singer (and presumed protagonist of the album) watched as a ... is what I remember:  The creator of this album, John Darnielle, didn

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • September 8, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Last Five Days aka How I Spent My Summer

  

  parents. Old friends. Blotches of forest in the neighborhood where deer ... views of the setting sun. Here, I get the best seat under the setting ... this summer. In the beginning, I braved the Boston streets in a week of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 11, 2015
• Blog / Personal Travel

  June and Flaky Biscuits The first part of an epic summer and food, bien sur.

  

  lack of blogging.) This blog was not initiated for such reasons. The ... , seeing everyone and feeling the ENERGY here. But before I get too ahead of myself, I want to say that this summer was one of the most meaningful and

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 16, 2012