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• Blog / Hacks

  This was meant to be written a week and a half ago

  

  ring around the barrel. Of course, it was not going to stay forever, and ... . Because it was 6:45 in the morning. And I'd gone to bed sort of later than I meant, and I have a Monday class at 9:30 in the morning, which is early by

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT is a jock school the secret is out

  

  As MIT Admissions’ one and only “jockblogger,” I have decided it’s my ... the last five years, the one with lunar rovers and Nobel Laureates and ... school in our conference, the NEWMAC, with 199 conference titles. And just

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • May 11, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  Thinking Outside of Absolutes A short thought piece on thinking about thinking

  

  lot. And I think this is something a lot of people can relate to. There are always moments when you’re presented with a decision, and naturally ... yourself in different worlds and try to predict the outcome based on the

  • by Richard O. '28
  • April 30, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  welding 1000 digits of pi nom nom buzz buzz

  

  , Laureates and Leaders Induction Ceremony, East Campus social, and Simmons Hall ... pictures and videos from one of the events. [annotation note="ive been mentoring for them for most of my time at mit and have really loved it

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 23, 2024
• Blog / Blog Projects

  For the next two weeks we will all use fewer words here

  

  It is a New Year now and I hope it is good for you. Ten years ago this time we had a thing where the students who write for us, and also students who went to this school in the past and used to write for us, could

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 15, 2024
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Blogger Retreat 2023 adventures in liveblogging

  

  , tickets for the commuter rail bought, and our laptops ready for blogging, we begin. (Also deep thanks to Kano for the planning and brilliant execution ... sounded really cool to me, and when better a time to try liveblogging than

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 2, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  dance dance revolution lessons from ddr

  

  , because i’ve never been good at rhythm games and have relatively slow ... , and the player’s job is to step on the pads at the same time that the ... patterns are designed to match the beats and rhythms of the song, so if

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 30, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Untitled Pigeon Post 🐦💕

  

  Hi. I’m Andi. I’m twenty years old and already a pigeon addict. It ... 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 / How to Human

  re-orienting REX et al.

  

  circumstances']move in.[/annotation] I was one of the first people to move in and ... , where a lot of big Orientation and other events happen"]Kresge[/annotation] and learned the L’Hopital's Rule from [annotation note='MIT Open

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 19, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  hello deferred applicants, i, again, don’t know what to say, but i can try

  

  would be prepared to open my decision and see the deferral and it would be fine, but of course, it's one thing to know and another thing to believe ... compelling. all the friends i asked to read it said it was pretty good, and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 20, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Nisha’s Restaurant Review: February this is extra but i'm doing it anyways

  

  blog post, but I've been trying to see more of Boston and Cambridge this semester. My method of doing this has been going out to [annotation note="and ... "]new[/annotation] restaurants and bars with my friends. This month, I actually managed to rack up

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • March 2, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  251 talks – avery a new podcast that comes out every week

  

  talk to lots of different people at MIT about their experiences here, and ... [annotation note="an independent living group."]Pika[/annotation] and is a part ... mic and my room isn't very sound-proof), and there's lots of things that

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 21, 2018
• Blog / Announcements

  Fall 2018 Transfer Decisions Are Now Live may the 4th be with you

  

  Earlier today, we completed and released our decisions for transfer ... application. You will log in using the same email and password used to create ... competitive: 538 students applied to transfer, and we have admitted 23. And as

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 4, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007 Robot Competition 2016 robots dump (replica) tea bags in the (replica) Boston harbor

  

  students design and manufacturing hands on and culminates in the annual 2 ... Church, hide cannonballs in Concord, and ride from Lexington carrying the ... being entirely autonomous and audience "ooh's" for doing something badass

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 6, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introducing Amino: Desktop Bioengineering for Everyone an MIT alumna makes a counter-top sized biolab that enables anyone to grow living cells…

  

  at MIT is my friend Julie Legault. Julie is an artist, designer, and ... for Rihanna and Imogen Heap, developed smart materials for Aston Martin, and taught at the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design. In June

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lecture Notes: Biology of Culture highlights from Brian Farrell's open lecture at the Harvard Museum of Natural History (spoiler: contains…

  

  Biology of Culture: Bridging Art and Science Straight from the scribbles in my notebook, a smattering of quotes, points and diagrams: "I have a friend who's an artist and has sometimes taken a view which I don

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  But What Are They Really Looking For? My thoughts (advice) on navigating (surviving) the college application process.

  

  with my admissions colleagues and the incredible alumni who interview our prospective students. The transition happened quickly and I didn’t have time to ... full of finding out about the lives of those who are applying to MIT and

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 11, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding Time for you know, things that aren't psets.

  

  super worried about adjusting to classes and being able to keep up with ... (x) than actually learning it. Between lecture and recitation and psets and eating, (and sleeping?), it seems like I'm doing at least

  • by Joe B. '18
  • October 4, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dear July A video experiment just for the heck of it

  

  Hey friends! This post is a little unconventional and inspired ... stylized/artistic/vlog-like diary in which she and her friends speak their ... Illustrator and Premiere. So I decided to take advantage of the remaining time

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 30, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Adventures in Time Travel (in the Library)

  

  Cory and I paused for about an hour and a half while looking for ... ’s observations on climbing plants and the similarity of their strategies to those ... disease research, and a comparison of petroleum and coal in the same issue

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 1, 2014