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• Blog / Personal Travel

  Chasing Roots, Part One During an overnight stay in Milan, I traversed several generations to explore musical history in…

  

  can be heard on tracks of Beck's Odelay album). And during the late 1800 ... Mefistofele, based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's version of the German Faust ... 'll be accelerating the rest of my photo journal entries to make way for my

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Events

  MIT Nightlife, Part II ABC, easy as duct tape, zip ties, Athena headers and packing tape.

  

  Email lists can be the burden of my existence sometimes. I get all kinds of spam- the actual kind, telling me I need a degree from some on ... address?), announcements from every group on campus promoting their events

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 5, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Welcome to MIT, Class of 2012 Welcome home.

  

  room with my parents standing on either side of me, ready to either ... something like, "On behalf of the Admissions Committee, it is my pleasure to ... all of you could have read that on your online letters this past weekend

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 18, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  Ciao, Italy! part 1 of art, food, and churches

  

  .S., getting on a flight to Milan was quite a struggle. All flights to the New ... sculpture composites of their members. We gorged ourselves on delicious pasta ... and physics curriculum of various grade levels. Each class brought new

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 5, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Three Weeks a short summary of this crazy place

  

  new, to the point where I couldn't possibly see the magic of this place ... , I'm sitting cross-legged on a floor of Maseeh with my FPOP friends. Everyone is working on their first problem sets of the year. My friend next

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 12, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  One week ago, an eclectic group of ambitious young men and women ... a steady flow of snacks that ranged from burritos to late ... hallway lined with air mattresses for catnappers, and throw in a bunch of

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 13, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Makers @ MIT how MIT supports student creativity and craft

  

  President Obama has proclaimed today National Day of Making, an opportunity to recognize and encourage a new generation of makers and ... with plans to support the creation of 10 new community fabrication labs

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 18, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  10 (more) reasons why MIT is beautiful part tvte?

  

  _cheung_) on Feb 10, 2016 at 3:34pm PST   (bonus) hello, class of 2020 ... long day of classes, you turn around and see this: A photo posted by Michael Cheung (@m_cheung_) on Oct 19, 2015 at 2:32pm PDT   (2

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 8, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  I saw a turkey the other day… hello, world!

  

  ...which may not be a big deal to most of you, but since I was on a ... symptom of my not-inconsiderable grogginess, but on further examination (I ... be good to let others share their thoughts. To that end I plan on

  • by Alina G. '11
  • July 14, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  McCormick: Girls Wanted Minh '10 shares her love of McCormick Hall.

  

  of McCormick’s central location on campus, or many other reasons. MIT ... lovely spring afternoon, waiting to go on one of our social events: a ... of the name. Some of you may have read about me in Melis’ previous

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 24, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  An Olympic Hack Floating rings above Brigg's Field?

  

  : 2011 and 2008.) On the Class of 2016's list, number 82 tells you to Hack Something, following the proper etiquette (Hacker's Code of Ethics) which is ... Upon entering MIT, every freshman gets a list of "101 Things To Do

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Discover Exercise and Wellness FPOP a wholesome college experience

  

  stayed up in my life (with the exception of New Year’s Eve in Ukraine and ... kicked in on the third try—or it could’ve been the embarrassment of having ... . At the end of the second day, we went on a boat tour of the Boston

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 21, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  The Waitlist This is not an easy entry to write so I'll just keep it short. No…

  

  wrong. To those of you who were on the waitlist, particularly those of you with whom I've been corresponding these past couple of months - I ... year. Our yield was simply too high - unprecedented, as a matter of fact

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 10, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  Procrastination For Finals ...so I cooked dinner instead.

  

  My last assignment for the semester was turned in on Tuesday, and ... on Tuesday, Wednesday, AND Thursday morning). So to procrastinate on ... 'm too lazy when there's a lot of assignments and exams - i really only

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 13, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Holiday Life's not always a picnic in Killian Court.

  

  work stand in the way of food. And seeing as I had been sleeping, as ... unluckily for me, everyone seemed to be holding a copy of The Tech on Tuesday ... ridiculous amounts of food for a few hours (I woke up to my friends making a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Today’s Mailing Day For me this is a huge thing. You guys are my first MIT class, which…

  

  . Because I truly want all of you here and for that reason, tomorrow is going to break my heart in a lot of ways. Anyway... Tonight feels like xmas ... Waited until midnight so I could post on the 11th officially (EST

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 11, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Oh The Things I’ve Seen Warning: Hold on to your socks

  

  Garden of Good and Evil Desert Hearts What have you seen recently ... a ton of movies, tv shows, and plays to fill my visual cortex! As such, here is a complete listing of all the moving picture shows I’ve viewed in

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • February 9, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Testing the Waters There comes a time in every man's life when he has to make a choice.…

  

  worries; at the beginning of summer, MIT will send you a booklet on all the ... then rank your choices based on that and what you've seen of them, at ... a lot of time to decide what dorm will be a good match for you as well

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT at Copley Square Yet more photos of #NoBanNoWall protests in Boston, plus an update from President Reif.

  

  institute-wide update on the situation and a reaffirmation of our values ... of the January 27 Executive Order on immigration. We are working ... sense of concern. I would like to reflect on the situation we find

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 31, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life during finals season It's always darkest before the holidays.

  

  trip in New Hampshire and fall down a slope and break my collarbone on a ... next week, this weekend would be the cherry lovingly dropped on top of ... : Conduct first-hand research on the process by which humans die by freezing

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 13, 2008