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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Disco balls in space From an antique bookstore to Drive-By Truckers, and back

  

  ." I had previously listened to a grand total of Zero alternative country music, so when they came to perform in Charlottesville last Sunday, I was ... up in the entrance. Curious, I stopped a guy from walking in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mistakes & the inspiration we need to move on

  

  that I wanted to try and do a minor in course 20. I figured I'd start ... , and I figured I might as well try too. Since I knew I'd love to work in ... the material, and I couldn't see myself ever using it again. It was a

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 19, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  2009: Let There Be Bloggers!

  

  you'll contribute to the program.‚Ä® Short answer #2 - In either a ... Blogger application? That's a silly question, isn't it. In the annals of ... . It's not a perfect metaphor. All MIT undergraduates are encouraged to

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 4, 2009
• Blog / People & Identities

  Campus and Memories low-quality pictures and some memories

  

  In the spring, I bought a polaroid, walked around campus, and took pictures of the places that were memorable to me in some way. Eighteen months ... posters for events from more than a year ago hanging in the infinite. Worse

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 24, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Holidays And some final thoughts before the new year

  

  our classes, there’s so much to learn. But I found no use complaining ...   ★ To think That one year ago, MIT said “Yes, you can go ... it’s been a whole year. Finals are over. First semester is done. Now

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 30, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

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

  

  to grow fat is a privilege afforded to people who had food in the first ... me to walk a few steps in a straight line, and my dad said I shouldn ... used to be dim reflections in water, or paintings, which were expensive

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool Classes

  

  a variety of departments, have been... 9.00 Intro to Psychology (Fall '04, Wolfe) - There are a lot of requirement-filling "perks" to this ... Course 9 majors, with a heavy systems neuroscience focus. You get to play

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Hardest Thing Ever FOP, family, and how I'm doing so far... plus some findings on frisbee and free…

  

  to interact with it in a big way, I wouldn’t have come to MIT. I would ... thermos) and what to leave behind (record player, books, a little cactus I ... participating in the Freshman Outdoors Program, a pre-orientation backpacking trip

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 4, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, damn lies, and statistics

  

  classes. It was a good entry, and this was going to be a comment on it, but I decided that the comment would be too long. Because in addition to ... Confidential when I was applying to colleges, and this is probably a good thing

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blagoblagz*: Why I’m a History Major at MIT (Guest Blog!) By Dora '11, who is a Physics and History double major and is super awesome.…

  

  made a pact to share the fruits of their research and resources in a ... * for lack of a better title, I have taken the liberty of using the ... is 1120 A.D., and the fates of four empires hang in the balance as the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 23, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Name in Flashing Lights Or maybe just mitadmissions.org

  

  Did you ever try to call in for radio shows? Ever want your five minutes of fame? Well here's your chance to be a blogger. Last year, I piloted an effort to capture CPW through the eyes of a prefrosh, and this

  • by Bryan
  • April 1, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Got Us iPads! [UNBOXING VIDEO] ft. my cat and my new apple pencil

  

  correctly: MIT announced that students in the dorms would be able to bake birthday cakes in a simple 3-step process involving two safety trainings, a ... announced intentions to ship a cellular-enabled iPad and Apple Pencil to every

  • by Alex M. '21
  • October 6, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Sophomore Stupid It’s morbin’ time

  

  gave it my all. I used every bit of time I had left to slap together a ... classes too. I want to learn as much as I can in as little a time frame as ... able to several personal projects in the time I would be taking a class

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • December 30, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Magic of Those Ivory Keys (Guest Blog!) Part 2 of 3 of "Why I Declared a Humanities Major at MIT" series!

  

  /ensemble/piano accompanying, and giving a solo recital in the spring. In order to audition for ... This week I bring to you a guest entry from a very talented musician ... times when I felt pressure from my parents to practice piano. In the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I will, I will set this schedule on fire This has been a long time coming. Text- and picture-heavy! Link- and acronym-happy! Take it…

  

  left MIT in May.) You can also use the extra credits to take an intro ... upcoming term. It hurt me to do it; 9.15, only offered in alternate fall ... is exactly what I'll have to do very soon. It'll be a huge comedown

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  riverrun, past Eve and Adam’s "Do we start and end at the same place on the river?"

  

  I have so much work to do tonight, but I just fell off a treadmill in ... on a simple charter bus. On the way, we just happened to stop in ... the other night, I was about to go whitewater rafting in Maine with my

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  work-life balance (without a life)

  

  to when she started working full-time. back in undergrad, she spent a ... board games with them. you live in a place with a high density of people ... or play smash with. i used to think i'd burn out, that by doing

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 10, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  NM – u? Sometimes there just isn't that much crazy in my life. Splish splash.

  

  secret life goal #11 is to get on television, I made a big show jumping in ... interesting things about which I can't wait to blog. The rest of the weeks ... , meetings - and spend my nights awake with worry about how little I have to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 23, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Untitled Pigeon Post 🐦💕

  

  .” Initially, I knew better than to trust a book written by a gas company. I tried holding out, but I was young and wanted to fit in, so peer pressure ... eyes, took a deep breath, and flipped to a random page. Little did I know

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 16, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Shakespeare Ensemble This ain't your AP English class's Shakespeare.

  

  friend Sara '11 (Ivana in the play) let me use some of hers, including a ... groups on campus, specializing in everything from improv comedy to jazz music to ballroom dance. I bring this up because, last weekend, a friend

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 23, 2008