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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Winter Through the camera lenses of people who don't have winter

  

  of a snowstorm on Saturday. And I'm sure we'll get enough snow over the ... ; While heading back to my dorm, I ran into Kevin. The both of us being from ... inside a picture... The Alchemist! We saw tons of bunnies in Killian

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 13, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Mac4Change MIT students raising money to feed the homeless on Veteran's day

  

  I wanted to give everyone an update on our campaign to feed the homeless that I started with my friends last month. On November 11, 2015, Veteran's Day and the last day of our campaign, we set up at one of our MIT

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 23, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Lobby 7 Gotta love it

  

  coffee cup in hand, along with a horde of students and tourists, and I ... ;   It’s a magnificent lobby all on its own, but even better for the kind of things that happen in this lobby every week. I’ve walked through

  • by Kris Guay
  • October 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool Toys II Using household items to save the world

  

  and Science grad student who works on Grassroots Mapping, and Oliver Yeh, one of the MIT students who in September launched a $150 camera balloon ... level of detail that exceeds what satellites can provide. Working with

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 6, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Go Forth and Measure Casey at the Bat: Science Edition

  

  project done for one of my classes, 2.671, Measurement and Instrumentation. Basically, the project was designed to have us develop some type of scientific ... of course, everything in science is easier said than done. Now for my

  • by Bryan
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT’s Newest Nobel Laureate Can you autograph my problem set?

  

  another name to it's list of professors, affiliates, and alumni who have won ... Nobel prize for his "for the development of the metathesis method in organic synthesis." Courtesy of the MIT News Office: Schrock was cited by

  • by Bryan
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Week in the Life: Optimism Edition In which I have a particularly tough, enriching week.

  

  on time Tuesday morning, so I can't tell you about the tour of Boston ... "I like how you say that with a smile on your face," my hallmate ... mimicked in a higher-pitched voice and some sort of everlasting smile. It

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Questionable Views Questions and views, and questions about views. The views are not necessarily questionable, although you…

  

  sitting on the bed is Ace, April's friend who came to watch us do all of the ... on Memorial Drive, so some of the rooms have a nice view of the river ... with us. About the number of people who share a room, freshmen generally

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Overnight Program: Now Taking Requests Plus... a fun mitadmissions.org milestone!

  

  requests. There are a variety of details on this page, but here's a quick ... stay overnight on campus beginning on September 30th, and since we need ... ! --------------------------------------- On a totally unrelated note... Tonight we're gonna party like it

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 18, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Patriots’ Day Rejuvenated by a Reenactment

  

  of people: those standing in front, those perching on ladders ... suggested biking to see the Battle of Lexington, I was THRILLED! We woke at 3:30 on Patriot's Day Morning and rode off into a quiet, misty land

  • by Kim D. '09
  • April 20, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ISEF Reception MIT will be present at the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair in Albuquerque this…

  

  Class of 2011 at ISEF, we'll be having a breakfast gathering on Thursday ... The MIT Office of Admissions will host a reception for participants in the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF) on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2007
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Denied by MIT, now a PhD student at the Media Lab

  

  I did here and here, as proof of what I usually say on Pi Day: If you ... admissions today on MIT FB, and it reminds me of the time when I applied to MIT ... , Pat You can go see more of Pat's work at the Media Lab on his project

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 24, 2020
• Blog / Hacks

  It’s Friday, Friday… hacking Mikey

  

  Late last week one of the bloggers was talking about her spring break plans. They were all very exciting, with lots of travel and warm weather ... ." Yep. The students here at MIT may be on spring break, but the office is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 25, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Reischauer Scholars Program For those interested in Japan or international relations.

  

  degree of expertise about Japan that may have a significant impact on their ... entry including the secrets of how to live your life, get into MIT and ... on back order (in my head, since it got DELETED), but I just wanted to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 10, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Dishwashers, parents, space: what do these things have in common?

  

  ready to clean months of caked-on food. I abhor washing dishes in our tiny ... college I realized that the dishwasher is on a long list of things that make ... use of a dishwasher is the last frontier in an immigrant household, an

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 9, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  stepping back on keeping your priorities straight

  

  Recently I considered sprinkling (read: coating) ramen powder on ... saturate myself with sodium and MSG. It was not one of my better days ... induced coma, I spent the last few days working on those things I put off

  • by Connie H. '15
  • November 30, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Using Fireflies.ai to Write a Post About Fireflies.ai behind the scenes: it's pretty meta

  

  the course of a week following my progress on writing this post. I want ... The writing process is different for every one of your favorite ... use a variety of tools to help me, from Evernote for keeping track of

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 20, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  Go White Sox! I'm absolutely giddy that the White Sox are in the World Series and I had…

  pictures of the games as well as my dad's scorecards (he keeps score on his ... ). Even though Elgin is northwest of Chicago (and most northsiders are Cubs ... surprisingly, then, my brother and I became White Sox fans too. Of course, I

  • by mitblogs
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW-related whatsits Just some things you might want to know before you arrive tomorrow!

  

  , do we sleep on the floor of our host's dorm, or are we actually getting ... that packet of information on Saturday, and, if so, where do I go to get ... is in the West Lounge on the second floor of the Student Center (which

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Awesome Robot Competition? LIVE?? Check out the 2.007 Final Robot Competition! LIVE May 12th/13th!

  

  ’t let you all miss out on the BEST PART!! The culmination of 2.007 is the final robot competition, where students for a single-run showcase on ... -elimination tournament on Tuesday! Quote from an email: "Each head-to-head match is a

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • May 12, 2025