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• Blog / Personal Projects

  Fixing a trapeze! then hanging upside-down on it

  

  psets and played around in it, demonstrating in a general sense the ... swung around and spun each other very fast. The tire swing reminded me of ... how the process went.   I went to a hippie middle school with

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 29, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a compilation of creative projects creativity? at MY institute?

  

  Among the many classes I took this semester, I ended up taking two ... .[/annotation] In the process, I ended up doing a variety of creative projects—here are a few of them, organized by class: 21M.401: Concert Choir At the

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 16, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  how to get to Boston the VERY HARD way

  

  comprehend. One such event was my trip across the Niagara Falls border ... ... Like most MIT students, at the start of every semester I make my trip ... /blogs/entry/getting-home-from-the-airport/"]trip;[/annotation]by the time

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 19, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sentimental Objects (part four) senior trinkets

  

  This is the fourth and final installment of our sentimental objects blog series, where we describe the random memorabilia that we collected over the school year and that we stored in our memory mushroom. Here are

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 24, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Quizbowl adventuring knowledge is (*) power !

  

   quizbowl." (In fact, there may be more in the future!) If you already know what ... the ~personal experience~, but basically, the whole big concept of ... and listen to questions, and you hit a buzzer when you know the answer

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 29, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day of IAP 3 Classes and Soup

  

  between the fall and spring semester. While some people go off campus to ... follows the same schedule, here is a look back on last Friday. 8:37 - My alarm goes off. Why is the time so oddly specific? Well, truth be told, I

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • January 16, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  FAQ: Waitlist If you have questions about being on the waitlist, read this first.

  

  I know that students on the waitlist have lots of questions; hopefully this post will be helpful. How does the waitlist work? We are ... of the percentage of admitted students who will attend (known as the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Updates exciting, exciting!

  

  year has started off in the same way: "I'm so sorry for having disappeared off the blogosphere!" And it's true - I am sorry! I don't know what ... at least five or six MIT '12s currently in the running for Rhodes

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Awesome Diva adventures When high school summer programs collide

  

  I’ve learned more about the inner workings of MIT from my summer job ... for the Institvte! This summer I’m on staff for the Research Science Institute, or RSI, a summer program for rising high school seniors around the

  • by Kate R. '14
  • July 6, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Moves and Music(als) Illustrated with tons of images and a video, and not *as* many words

  

  , not-so-involved career. I got my start in the second half of senior year ... moderately important later). But let's get to the heart of the matter. Let ... pursue the arts any further. Sure, the admissions website has a whole spiel

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  College The path to self-discovery is lined with my blog entries.

  

  One year ago, in the mush of schoolless boredom known as Spring Break ... in the superficial sense, bearing no deeper significance than that I ... student if I wanted to. (I am, of course, blatantly ignoring the huge mass

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 21, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  C’est la Vie In which I describe my summer in words, without photos (yet).

  

  I win. So I apologize for having disappeared (somewhat) off the ... thus far. Here's a brief recap of what I did/what I have plans for in the ... to upload everything yet =/). The Taiwan Phase: May 24, 2008 to July 2

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How hard is it, really? Let down

  

  'd gotten a 730 on my SAT II but only because I'd crammed two days before the test by studying the test format and past questions, not the material. I ... diagnostic when you first get to campus. The results of the diagnostic help you

  • by Snively '11
  • April 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  What Is Your LΔ? What about heart? What about determination? What about resilience?

  

  One of the first things that I learned about MIT is that everyone ... of the MIT blogs you probably have an affinity for math.) In an effort ... me, you need to know that my definition of LΔ is the following: (L

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Keep it simple, stupid I try to choose classes for the fall. Things get messy.

  

  have cool things to talk about. I'm sure you're all excited. In the ... .033, and 24.900 are all at the exact same freaking time. I'm not even joking. Of all of the hundreds (thousands?) of classes offered at MIT, three of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bicycle Race More things happen, and I pretend that I've read your comments.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The song "Holland 1945" by Neutral Milk Hotel is about ... Green stopped in the middle of lecture at 11:22 to administer it, and it ... on the chalkboard as a reference. In his words, the quiz was to "test

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 4, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The [REDACTED] Family Dinner 🥟 family matters. very tasty family matters.

  

  undergraduates with my last name. Through ~careful analysis~ of the cuisine in the area, the perfect candidate for the dinner was found: Mu Lan Taiwanese restaurant. I give them an estimate of a party of 15, based on the number of

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • November 4, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT goes on the road Beginning Sunday until the end of October, my Admissions colleagues and I will go forth…

  

  in the MIT undergraduate student body? And, which foreign country is most represented, and what is the most populous country to have no MIT students? [answer at the end of the entry] Beginning Sunday until the end of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, Paradiso A selection of dishes that define my MIT dining experience, part 4

  

  ” of coming to the US for college, getting disappointed by MIT dining hall food and by the greater Boston food scene in general, and resolving to replicate my favorite cuisines from around the world. That, however

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 28, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bloggers Wrapped 2019 aka i harvest everybodys data, my favorite pastime

  

  was [annotation note="I turned 21 and went to The Muddy, MIT's grad ... RELEASES SPOTIFY WRAPPED!!! For those of you who've been following the blogs ... cheap to pay for the full version, lol"]too impatient[/annotation] to wait

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 11, 2019