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• Blog / Events

  2015 Brass Rat finally unveiled!!!

  

  long and rich tradition of  "The Standard Technology Ring" (but everyone ... Last Friday, Kirsten '15 and I (well actually the whole class of 2015) lined up outside in the chilly weather right outside of Kresge auditorium

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

  What Essay Questions Should We Ask?

  

  old applications, which got me down to the Institute Archives, looking ... next year, they won't; every year, we sort of reassess the questions ... on. You can think of essay questions as instruments which elicit a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 27, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s in a name? Is “geek” now chic? Are we happy with the word “nerd”?

  

  conversation. Around the time of the Oscars a few months back, I was prowling ... of my very successful female engineer friends. She is a highly respected public speaker, a big First Robotics proponent, and a champion of

  • by Kris Guay
  • July 4, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer days, driftin’ away

  

  might be, are spending more and more of their precious childhood ... begin, in the interest of honesty and full disclosure, by telling you the ... life. It wasn't any of the fancy (really cool) summer programs I blogged

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2004
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  rural winter, city winter haven't shoveled snow here once

  

  institution like ours can shape their experiences. I’m also reminded of the many ... of Cows![/caption] Winter in Wyoming—a symphony of snowflakes and ice ... of rugged beauty, where Carhartts are more a necessity than a fashion

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • February 26, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Little Snails SciFi movie marathons rock my socks!

  

  of technological and spiritual development. Followed by: The Fifth ... Escargots." One of the things I promised myself is that this year I would try ... a whooping $6 in 26-100 were: Fantastic Planet Courtest of

  • by Bryan
  • January 28, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  In Stereo

  

  Specialized Secondary Schools of Math, Science, and Technology, or NCSSSMST, of ... I just returned from seeing an LSC free sneak preview of I Heart ... fairly regularly. In my years at MIT, I've seen sneaks of such films as 8

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 8, 2004
• Blog / Classes

  day one welcome back

  

  't always open. Everybody wears masks. Many of my friends are gone, off to new ... , one on artificial intelligence, and none of my recitations are holding ... other courses I want for the remainder of the day. Today, in artificial

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 9, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Senior Week: Jonathan Lii A look at a senior from the Class of 2006.

  

  Name: Jonathan Lii Hometown: Manhasset, NY Degrees and Minor: 18 and ... where we calculated the probability of holding poker hands and other ... sorts of crazy artifacts in his office and visiting him is always a treat

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meteor Shower For once, the title is relevant.

  

  editing was far more polished than any of my dreams could ever dream of ... -and-white-and-symbolically-important-colors-only. The sad truth is that my periods of REM sleep, no matter how R my EM may ... of Helvetica not only gave aesthetic purity to subway signs but also

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 17, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  A Day in the Life (of IAP)

  

  Yesterday was the final Friday of IAP. IAP went by so quickly, and sadly I missed most of it! Determined to not completely miss out on IAP ... Traveler" and "Flirting 101." Students who "pass" the requisite number of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 29, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Business As Usual

  

  of classes, work, and free time. We got a four-day weekend for Columbus ... my camera. I stepped out of my room the other day and had to traverse a couple of construction projects in front of my door, which happens

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 18, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  CASE: Identity and Intersectionality and some bunnies if you hate everything else about this post

  

  vaguely political ambiguity of the previous sentences and would rather just ... . This new group hosts a monthly forum in which attendees discuss issues of ... open to all MIT students regardless of identity. How did you find out

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 30, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  A Word of Warning (Pay Attention) A guest entry by Kelsey Kennedy '12

  

  April in front of my computer and went through the process of telling MIT ... in my room in Simmons, and it's about 22 degrees outside. Ultimately ... 've ever wanted to get out of the wind more in my life. While my thick, wooly

  • by Snively '11
  • January 4, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  That Lovely Pre-Finals Period

  

  changes to the GIRs (General Institute Requirements). These are the sorts of ... , with each of us choosing a merger case and exploring its respective aspects of communication. The final report, some 33+ pages worth, is due

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 10, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  It’s Your Future, Charlie Brown! Charlie Brown, Friendsgiving, and the Erosion of Deep Literacy

  

  down significantly with the rise of technology. Garfinkle argues that ... is like 10 pages of blog, and I still have more to say!"]There's a lot ... , entertainment and media as an industry, and the power of a holiday special. I

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • November 20, 2023
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2024 i3 videos megapost

  

  As a part of MIT’s unconventional housing assignment process, rising ... Institute (I3) videos, which are produced by students to show off their life and culture of their residence halls. In the ’90s and early ’00s, these

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 12, 2024
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2022 i3 videos megapost

  

  As a part of MIT’s unconventional housing assignment process, rising ... Institute (I3) videos, which are produced by students to show off their life and culture of their residence halls. In the ’90s and early ’00s, these

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 1, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Don’t Eat the Hot Glass Five things you can’t eat in the MIT Glass Lab for “health and safety” reasons…

  

  to thousands of degrees in the furnace. Talk about defective! I tried ... ancient art form. One heavily-emphasized aspect of the class was “safety ... compensating by drinking copious amounts of water isn’t working anymore. Suddenly

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 24, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Making your college decision May 1st! Have you decided?

  

  Keuhne (professional golfer who attended the University of Texas) Right now, many of you have probably procrastinated on making one of (what you ... -seeded basketball team. You're probably receiving pressure and advice from tons of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 28, 2006