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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I love musicals! Wicked just dropped and I am LOSING MY MIND

  

  film for [annotation note='The film was announced in December of 2012 ... .[/annotation]    I HAVE BEEN SIMMERING. BUZZING. WAITING ON THE EDGE OF MY SEAT. HEARING GLIMMERS OF NEWS EVERY NOW AND THEN OVER THE YEARS, BUT NOT LETTING

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 29, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  how to succeed in business without really trying on leadership, being bad at things, and musicals

  

  pretty reserved, and, although I think I've become a lot less shy over the ... ='this review provided by the father of one of my friends. Incidentally, the ... absolutely horrific when written down.']normal.[/annotation] Still, in the past

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 18, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  recently read words absorbed by my brain

  

  of the Rice Chest” by Monica Youn My friend Alec attended the L ... like “I didn’t know poetry could do that”. It isn’t quite the same ... portrait of Asian Americanness. “At the Clinic” by Sally Rooney I love

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 3, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  Simple Harmonic Motivation a time progression through the semester

  

  do anything at all, panic, and calm apathy, terror at the prospect of failing, and falling back on P/NR. Sometimes I just can’t find the ... the very last day. I was supposed to send the email requesting an

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 8, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  how i handle canker sores not professional medical advice

  

  For the last several years, I've been getting canker sores around the ... them, canker sores are circular ulcers that appear on the soft tissue of your mouth. From what I've gathered online, what happens is that the top

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 7, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  ignorance is a virtue

  

  wake up. the analogy is that when there's something i'm alarmed about ... make it yet. i can ignore the deadline and process my feelings in the backburner until i have to actually have to make the decision, waiting for more

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 8, 2022
• Blog / Personal Projects

  a novel excerpt in honor of the friendly toast

  

  Today I found out that the Friendly Toast in Kendall Square, the ... ’ve forged plenty of fantastic memories of the Friendly Toast. It was my go ... . Since my novel comes out in 2022, I’ll have to change the setting for that

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 3, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Aliens, Bitcoin, Camps now i know my ABCs

  

  The blogs have been pretty quiet for the last week. Most of our ... UROPs. Meanwhile, the admissions team has been attending conferences ... 'm currently at nerd camp, but anytime the blogs go unblogged for too long, I get

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 19, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a few things from civic media race in sports, human experimentation, and hidden figures

  

  (IAP) at MIT -- between the fall and spring semesters, students get a ... research. still others take the opportunity to travel through MIT MISTI. some ... take the month to catch up on sleep, work on personal projects (or bad

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 13, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  here’s your reminder to follow @tinycarebot automated reminders to care for yourself

  

  The admissions process develops seasonally and repeats cyclically. From the panoptic point of view of our office, we can tell, almost feel, the stress of the process as it gathers, crests, and breaks, partially

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 4, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final Projects Some examples of some projects you might see in MIT writing classes

  

  at MIT, and I love it. Here are some of the classes I am taking or have taken, and the projects I've done in them.   21W.750: Experimental ... awesome and the class and professor are awesome. Each day, we would start

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 13, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Embracing Change How I came to be a cook in a professional kitchen this summer

  

  restaurants that I had never eaten at before. Beyond the statement of the ... was comfortable, easy, and safe. Safe was good. So what was the point of putting myself out there and risking my equilibrium? I’d worn the same

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 20, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Be A Blogger 2015! TAKE THE PLUNGE

  

  to TAKE THE PLUNGE What does it mean to be an admissions blogger? Here is the opening paragraph from the blogger training manual that Lydia and I send to all the new bloggers during blogger training: The

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 14, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Snot, Livers, and Fractals What a world.

  

  Hello world! I have returned from the -- well, to be honest, I never really left this place. I just lurk and cruft and linger in the tunnels, hidden away from view even more than the average student. (I graduated

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 25, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fifteen Minutes to Clear My Head on my morning walk from Boston to MIT

  

  Monday morning in the Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity House. I woke up and ... having breakfast. As usual, I missed the Boston Daytime shuttle to campus ... stepped out onto the front steps, I felt compelled to pull out my phone and

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Class of 2016 Ring Delivery! MY RING IS SO PRETTY!

  

  Last night, MIT sophomores dressed in black-tie attire flocked to the ... C. '16 explained in his post about Ring Premiere what the design of ... rings to show to the world on our beautiful 2016 hands! LOOK AT MY PRETTY

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 25, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  TEDxCambridge! 1. How TED talks can improve your life 2. Recently hosted and filmed right here…

  

  today is the 'unluckiest day', then maybe tomorrow is the luckiest? If not in the decision, then probably in something else, if you keep your mind ... left before EA decisions. Given that the average length of a TED talk is

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • December 13, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HackMIT: Coding over Cookies sights from the hackathon [pictures inside!]

  

  ...something. The hacking arena. The ingredients: ideas, sleeplessness, Red Bull, and ... the best cookies I've ever had. Rocking the Oculus Rift. Hacking, as defined by Wikipedia: "the act of engaging in activities (such as

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 13, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Movie Marathon, Pt. I Watch ALL the things!

  

  changed since our last exchange (the way I begin blog posts has obviously not. Oops.) - I finished my last MIT classes, I ate my last meal in the ... right now). Instead, let's talk about all the movies I've been watching

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 30, 2013
• Blog / Events

  How do you convince MIT students to dress nicely? as with most things in life, the secret involves free food

  

  Before Charm School: [shouts across the room]  "Yo, you've got some ... the MIT community practice better etiquette.  And one of the most popular events is the annual Charm School Business Etiquette Dinner. So

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 30, 2013