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• Blog / IAP

  Starting 2012 on a volcanic island bonfire! but no eruptions yet [photo-heavy]

  

  were about to find out how Jeju does New Years'. (I apologize in advance for the screaming. :X) Holy cow. Considering how I spent last new ... 't let the business casual fool you. That's not how the night ended. The

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 11, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  decisions, decisions why are there so many of them

  

  still have absolutely no clue what I'll be doing, so we'll see how it goes ... ", and how it's natural for us to tell people things in a way that makes it ... decisions and let the little things in life pass you by. how would one even

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 9, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Redesigning a hall logo: 4.500 part 1 4.500 part 1

  

  cons of the symbol, and improve on it throughout 3 iterations. I chose ... Rhinoceros, learning how to use AutoCAD took a bit of time. Eventually I ... lines are cut) and spray painted it. Honestly I don't like it- it

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • October 27, 2018
• Blog / Events

  2015 Brass Rat finally unveiled!!!

  

  long and rich tradition of  "The Standard Technology Ring" (but everyone calls it the Brass Rat). Basically, every class gets to choose a committee to design the class' ring. For such a small piece of jewelry, it has so

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 24, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Television Show Decisions Three hours is about as much time as I'm willing to waste on television each…

  

  worth watching. They don't. But the drama between the models does.     The Nine Wasn't considering this until Nance told me it was ... , which turned out to be a complete LIE, but it's too late - I'm hooked

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In Japan, the Elevators Don’t Care - Sort of trying to fit in as an American in Japan - 

  

  walk, how I am or am not in the flow, to how it takes me time to relearn ... paper to fold with. Also four story tall Muji's. And in a way, it does ... job will be replaced by someone 'younger' and more 'capable'. It does

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Not in my own words. 90% of this entry = not written by me.

  

  . How's that? It's clear, it's direct, and it "strokes" the MFA program ... the rest of your life? Why does it complete you? Cut through the bull ... for an admissions or selections committee is HARD. It's not like

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 1, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [joint post] Welcoming you to “Here at MIT” student art in the new welcome center

  

  a storyline, a living legacy.   How long did it take to paint ... nights of painting and repainting. It's difficult to say how many hours we ... world. It’s an incredibly beautiful space–modern, open, airy, and uniquely

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 3, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  The Minerva Delusion the political economy of an educational scam

  

  . How will they pay for it? Nelson makes a big deal of the fact that ... . The answer is that it is probably not. I stand by my analysis at the ... . According to its founder, Internet entrepreneur Ben Nelson, Minerva is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 6, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  500 Days of Summer (or 104 days, if you believe that phineas and ferb counted correctly)

  

  student, because I’m not really sure where it started and where it ends. Did it start on the last day of finals and does it end on the first day of ... aren’t 500 days of summer, but I was too lazy to count how many there

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 17, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A quick one, while he’s away I write reviews of things that I know nothing about.

  

  Oompa Loompa musical number describing it, Veruca Salt wonders how the ... I don't really like The Eagles' "Desperado," but it's sure been stuck ... know, it's a bold blog structural experiment, but just have some faith in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 16, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  Keep Holy the Month of IAP For It Is a Time of Rest

  

  a really long time. On the other hand, it was a really good experience ... of it as a stack, as opposed to a queue - so I cover things that ... IAP, and then maybe I can make it as far back as last semester

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 15, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Guest Post: Being Trans at MIT

  

  't know, trans generally means that your identified gender does not match ... trying to get through it. But now that you're going to college you're going to have more freedom and fewer social pressures. It's a great time to

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Summer of Learning Because MIT classes don't spend too much time on hacking into computer systems

  

  are called so because of how simple these tools make it to mess around ... threads.* Me: Hey Dan, how does Windows handle threads? Dan: *20-30 minute ... admins, networks better than the IT department and operating systems better

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 29, 2013
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Be a Blogger 2022!

  

  feast upon it  What does it mean to be an admissions blogger? MIT students ... it’s like to live on Conner 2, or plan REX, or UROP, or decide how to ... It is summer in Cambridge, which means that: I am growing an

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Yo quiero… A Spanish themed entry?Ok, not really.

  

  a big poetry person, but I liked his stuff. I have no idea how well it ... , but I've been doing that since way before my app ever made it to the ... bought a few other things to go with it and yesterday I had tacos! That was

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty hours later mystery hunt, mystery hunt! puzzles puzzles puzzles!

  

  two teams several years ago. I don’t know how long they’ve been around ... through this puzzle from the beginning to the end, so I’ll explain how it ... fine, considering how I thought it was, by far, the best meta. To recap

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 4, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  And it’s all beginning…

  

  . I want to see it work the way it's supposed to, so, if you're an incoming frosh, remember, take it seriously and go look at places! I don't care how much you like your temp assignment. I'm sure Mollie, who's a

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A The ones that passed the "lmgtfy" test

  

  it's worth letting you know that really really long e-mails will often ... gaps in my mathematical background, and I'm way better off for it." How ... ) asked, What kind of research opportunities does MIT provide for its

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / Events

  DEAPS 2005 Yellowstone freshman year.

  

  , what if it does change your life? I'm so excited for you. Now is the ... never blogged about it. Well, I'm going to now, because someone asked me if I thought DEAPS would be fun. Would it be fun or would it be a waste

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 25, 2008