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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Graduation Some commencement pictures.

  

  , 16,000 water bottles on 16,000 chairs. The theme of the day was ... of the world", but really, it was more akin to, "Ponchos". We awoke to ... the landscaping, man), it does put a little more pressure on the staff

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 6, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Solar Eclipses and Bloggers bloggers around the country all watching the eclipse

  

  Kresge Oval on MIT campus. The MIT Department of Earth, Atmospheric and ... picture that worked.   Meanwhile, on the other side of the ... Earth. To someone standing on Earth, the Moon would cover the Sun. In a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 22, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Overture to the Commencement of a Very Rigid Journey Sam's Mom dubs me Sami-stop-spleening-me!, because I am always spleening her.

  

  Very shortly, Sam's Mom and I will be on the road to Cambridge. So, I'll finish up this entry when I'm safely and comfortably back in room 224C ... yet by the portrayal of Alex or Jonathan, but that half-second shot of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ten Things I Hate About Europe Well, not really. More like, Ten Things I Like About MIT. You've got to accentuate…

  

  pianos in my dorm and on campus--sometimes in the midst of working on a ... Bohemian Rhapsody or one of the other two songs that I know how to play on ... DID YOU KNOW? The phrase "throw another shrimp on the barbie" was

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 4, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Rebecca Black, the Old Spice Guy, and How to Sell Staplers the makings of a great IAP

  

  : "Who is your favorite celebrity? Who is on the cover of the stack of ... IAP has been a time of very... well, different learning than I had ... wide assortment of classes that MIT offers over IAP, both for credit and

  • by Connie H. '15
  • January 21, 2012
• Blog / Events

  TMI WRT MIT TLA’s Wonderful things happen that I can organize around a coherent theme. Also, I didn't lose…

  

  lot of similar comments on my hand writing ever since first grade, but ... opporunity to see War of the Worlds for free--a premium discount on the already ... TFP (an ETLA) was handing out in Lobby 7 and I wondered about the rate of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Applying Sideways (in Chinese) 橫向申請 / 横向申请

  

  give some advice on how prospective students —  and their parents —  should think about the process of preparing to apply to MIT. Since that time, it's remained one of the most widely read and shared posts on the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 12, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Random’s 13th happy birthday random hall!

  

  As many of you know, Random Hall has come to represent much more than a dorm to me -- it's a living space that houses some of my most favorite memories, events, and people, and it's an integral part of my MIT

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 2, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Calm Before the Storm After 6+ months of planning, over 2,000 prefrosh and parents are headed toward Cambridge, Mass...

  

  So...the past few weeks have been CPW central for me - working on matching up all 1,063 of you coming this weekend with current student hosts ... . Rockapella is probably one of the most famous examples of a cappella.) Kim

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • April 15, 2009
• Blog / How to MIT

  Buying books You shouldn't have to spend all your money on textbooks!

  

  Laura asked: "where can you get inexpensive, used textbooks? one of my friends said she spent $700 on books already...we can find used ... questions...but I'll answer this one first.) Ahh, never spend $700 on books

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Whirlwind Weekend highlights of the weekend (UPDATED!)

  

  Formal This year it was at the State Room which is on the 33rd floor of an ... Thursday: Medlinks auction So on Thursday, the Medlinks had a dating auction to benefit a scholarship fund in Louisiana. One of my friends, Mike

  • by Bryan
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Magic of Those Ivory Keys (Guest Blog!) Part 2 of 3 of "Why I Declared a Humanities Major at MIT" series!

  

  accomplishments at MIT include being an Emerson Piano Scholar and winner of the MIT Concerto Competition. In her most recent recital on campus, she performed the Goldberg Variations, of which you can listen to here (LARGE file

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh Sam Guess what? Ben's mom. Ha!

  

  , judging by how many times I heard that "good neighbor policy" story ... also celebrating his birthday today (along with myself and Ben's Mom, of ... little detail of my life, just because it's amusing to me. So Sam works the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 10, 2007
• FAQ / Testing

  Will MIT accept November Tests for Early Action?

  that become available after you submit your application. To submit new results, simply click the "Add new test scores" link in the application
• Blog / Events

  A Castle, a Jack, and a Beanstalk hacking culture @ MIT

  

  community (and sometimes even the rest of the world!).” On the sunny Saturday of Family Weekend 2014, a castle appeared on the skybridge connecting ... extended a beanstalk. On it, hung Jack, all packed and ready for adventure

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 18, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Night Vision Funny how "photo"graphy throws you into the dark

  

  , I’ve never used it on manual. But observing the effects of exposure ... curious about all those settings on my camera -- and the meaning of ... This semester I’m taking Intro to Photography. For the first half of

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 8, 2013
• Blog / MISTI

  Art & Science in Paris

  

   inspired by the possibilities for the future of accessible drinking water and centered on a sculpture by the architect Ciro Najle. This internship ... September, and refocus my energy on a different topic. I helped curate an

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 19, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Stress Management @ The MITstitvte What's a student to do when school gets rough?

  

  A couple of days before a physics test, my friend Chacha'14 posted on Facebook asking how to deal with stress, and got a massive influx of suggestions. This is by no means a complete enumeration of activities that MIT

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Ring delivery! Saturday night was Ring Delivery!

  

  , I put on my rings, along with those of my friends, Anna, Shaye, and ... Here is my delayed entry on Ring Delivery!!! (To learn about the ring ... kidding about that one...sort of.) Actually, receiving my ring made me feel

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  More Notes A quick update.

  

  holidays. Over the last few days, we've been trying to catch up on all the tasks we put off during Selection. For me, this meant lots of returning email and phone calls. On Monday, I finally returned a call I had been

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 21, 2005