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• Blog / MIT Life

  Setting up a Global Warming Research Center…in Antarctica Meet Zahir Dossa ’08 (Courses 6 and 15; Nu Delta), who could sell you your…

  

  to those who challenge you at every step of the way but ultimately ... One of the most memorable conversations that I’ve had at MIT was also one of the shortest. It went something like this -- “

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • October 25, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Double legacy ...what my kids will be, since I'm marrying somebody from MIT!

  

  later, a bunch of people were sitting in my room gabbing on a Friday night ... October of next year. (We're hoping to have our reception at the Museum of ... rest of the pool. So basically, all you admissions poohbahs, I'm giving

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 1, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds, Part 2

  

  of my information in on time. Why did we not recieve our financial aid ... have focused on the "play" side of the "work hard, play hard" culture of ... Continuing on the thread began yesterday... With 10 days to go until

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  How to take the Bebras Computing Challenge this fall an international introduction to computational thinking

  

  Bebras' focus on accessibility, both in terms of geographic outreach but ... 's available between 9 - 20 November and sports an entirely new set of ... than 30 countries and includes hundreds of thousands of student

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  So You Wanna Be A Blogger? The post that (hopefully) answers all of your questions about the selection process for admissions…

  

  process, we must also be careful to provide a broad spectrum of the MIT ... decided to add an Early Action (EA) round for a couple of reasons - first ... freshmen. (We have plenty of crusty old upperclassmen bloggers to cover

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Katharine Hepburn’s Brownies How Kate saved my kitchen cred.

  

  . Because I truly, truly do. No, I can’t tell you my favorite flavor of ice ... the mood to experiment? It’s kind of a big deal, picking a favorite, and not something that can be decided on a whim. So when I tell you

  • by Alina G. '11
  • July 26, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  What is weather? ...and what is rain?

  

  new and scary. On the flip side, the transition to the fall climate has ... middle of the tropics. (OK, bad analogy, but you get the point.) I was ... , or anything in between happens. Before I walked out of Burton Conner, I

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 9, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yes, eat all our shirts! See MIT through the eyes of my prefrosh.

  

  really fascinating history lesson on the life of Henry Moseley, juxtaposing ... -ray spectroscopy. Analysis revealed that the sack of potatoes lying on the ground ... walked into the lecture hall with the month of Moseley's landmark paper on

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 22, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  dormspam-the-game (Part 1) wits, skill, and the teeniest amount of luck

  

  hide and a place to seek from a list of 20 locations on MIT's campus ... . What would an aerial view of the game have looked like? On the map below ... pleasure of competing in dormspam-the-game! Run by [annotation note="I plan

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 13, 2020
• Blog / Hacks

  IAP=Watermelon in January I honestly can't think of a better analogy.

  

  . 2. 2. Record-Breaking: On the right of our suite-board you will see a ... My computer reminded me of what we're all thinking. Independent ... 2 classes for credit. I took 8.01L, which is a version of physics you

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Angry Nerds Sometimes you've just got to flip the bird.

  

    On Friday, I'd had it. I was coming off of one of those weeks ... precision (5 birds were perfectly piled up on top of each other) but ... finger as crowds amassed on the sidelines to see what the commotion was

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 9, 2011
• Blog / People & Identities

  Fortin’ with Mimi Let’s. Talk. About. Queer stuff.

  

  discriminated against in public areas based on gender identity. One of the most ... live on East Campus, one of the most visibly queer dorms on campus (the ... ! 90% of this blog post was written to Napalm Death's Scum. Good stuff

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • September 18, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Evaluate your MIT Student Experience Dear {{FIRST_NAME}}, Every four years, MIT surveys all undergraduate students about vario...

  

  [annotation note="this email came on monday, and i had time to kill ... aspects of their academic and student life. The survey is essential in ... enhanced while a student at MIT? How do you perceive the sense of community

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 27, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: The Plano Four Colin Taylor '10, Timur Sahin '10, Joanne Shih '10 and Albert Chang '10.

  

  the district since 1983. "It's a two-way street," he said of the ... in area 05:32 AM CDT on Tuesday, May 30, 2006 By NICO PLACINO / The ... Shih and Albert Chang will be going to the Massachusetts Institute of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  poem snippets searching for hope amidst darkness

  

  good bit of hope and i jump at the sounds of passersby and each one ... lots of short poems. i don't think i have many words of wisdom or ... . i hope that you can find solace or hope in some of these words

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 4, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  post-semester paradise two weeks with no psets or exams in sight

  

  [annotation note="the newly renovated library located on the east side of campus ... days of doing nothing at all! on Monday, i went to a brewery in seaport ... the best use of my 3-day pass, but ah well. i headed back to New

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 3, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Fall Semester Recap my classes so far

  

  stressful weeks. He often checks in on all of us and reminds us to stay ... quick recap of how the semester's gone for me so far since I've wanted to ... .021 As many of you know, I failed/dropped out of 8.02, Physics E

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 24, 2020
• Blog / Personal Projects

  a novel excerpt in honor of the friendly toast

  

  ’ve forged plenty of fantastic memories of the Friendly Toast. It was my go ... ’all. It made such an impact on me, I even set a scene there for my novel ... of a coffee machine somewhere. Quirky knick-knacks dot the lime

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 3, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  More from Ahia I even manage to do MIT-related stuff when I'm 750 miles away.

  

  -hi-uh" -- Adam always makes fun of my *nonexistent* accent after I've been at home for a few days), since my fam is hopping on a plane to LA early tomorrow ... Parade on January 2. Watch for the Pickerington band! And maybe watch for

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 28, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  07/07/07 Speaking of numbers: the number seven in particular, brought to you by the birthday of…

  

  got into an early habit of ignoring it. After I turned 7 on 07/07, it ... /07/07, which of course translates to THE BIRTHDAY OF THE CENTURY. (Regardless of ... bit of those 24 hours, but that just makes the time that I was awake

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 9, 2007