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• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Minecraft: Discuss Open thread.

  

  released in two day's time, at 9 PM on Thursday. But because neither of us ... video game which allows players to build constructions out of textured ... Classic, where Classic is focused entirely on construction while Alpha

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 14, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Retreat! Retreat! 24 wonderful hours of sister-time in the MIT mansion!

  

  ? Surely I provide plenty of material on this blog), event planning, and ... prepared by a gourmet chef. The retreat was a mix of bonding and business ... of exams have started, yet about 70 girls attended. Some activities

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Some Useful Things Things that greatly enhanced my chance of survival quality of life at MIT, and lots…

  

  schedule. Remarkably I’ve started feeling rested on seven or eight hours of ... At the start of the semester a close friend of mine gave me her loft ... -averse but also terrified of heights, but it turned out to be a fantastic idea

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  spring notes resilience, change, warm weather, Santa Fe

  

  Eden on the grass and she slept off some stress in the sun. This time of ...   In the midst of some version of the thesis struggle described in ... our calendars strain under the weight of obligation. Spring is short

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 18, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick EA Update A few words about the storm, application tracking, MyMIT, and more.

  

  ***UPDATE*** If you're taking the SAT on the makeup date of 11 ... applications all of November into December. We have not yet determined on what ... interviewer. Do not worry, we are not shutting down the application on November

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 31, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  Regrade Request Analysis points, please?

  

  which I ended up submitting a total of 26 regrade requests on questions ... largest was 20. Of course, 2.2 points on an exam is worth a lot more to the ... respond with a message of their own explaining their rationale. I ended up

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 3, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some summer pictures

  

  lived in a boarding house in downtown Lausanne. There was a lot of construction outside my window. On one of my first days in Lausanne, I visited ... Switzerland, so I'll be doing that gradually (I have lots of pictures), mixed in

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 24, 2006
• Blog / Events

  It’s not every day… lunch with a celebrity

  

  available to join her as part of the next group on Friday, November 18 at noon ... ...that you get invited to have lunch with the president of MIT. Bryan, President Hockfield periodically has lunch with a small group of 4

  • by Bryan
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / Events

  BLOOD MOON FEST IS REAL!! "the blood moon rises and the blood moon falls but the wave of whimsy it…

  

  both of our busy schedules, we started scheming of red pies and balloons and some kind of sacrifice, obviously. Planning began. What I had was two cans of red spray paint and one can of black (from Bad Ideas Weekend

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  There were many incredible applicants to the MIT Class of 2029, which ... it took to try. The comments on this post are an open forum for those of you who want to talk with us, shake it off, and get back up again

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  many pink dresses come to 2.009 :D

  

  finally sleep after the launch). Tune in to our presentation!!! I'm one of the presenters for Pink Team, but I own two pink articles of clothing: a ... 've been offered four dresses to try on. Just seeing them in my room fills me

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 5, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Leslie Jones Was Here and I Saw Her can't believe I haven't posted about this yet

  

  A couple of months ago I got an email saying that Leslie Jones (from ... tickets were being awarded based on a lottery system. I entered the lottery ... pics for proof At the end of her show (which was great, as expected

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 11, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Presenting MIT’s Newest Truman Scholar! Yeah, I know I've been blogging a lot this week - but believe me, you…

  

  , graceful, and the kind of person who, when I'm tired and crying at 2 in the morning, will bring me a box of chocolate (Twix ♥) and offer me a hug. I've seen her in a variety of roles over the past year and a half or so: she

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 7, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MTB Party Pic & TechTV CPW Coverage Some fun ways to remember the weekend...

  

  Hi folks, It was truly AWESOME to spend lots of time with all of you ... update before I depart for a few days of vacation... First, a big thanks to ... TV, who worked tirelessly during CPW to capture our various events on video

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Take Your Blog to School Day Vol. 1 Standing waves and FIRE!

  

  about some of the measurement and instrumentation tools that mechanical ... as velocity profiles in a pipe or internal pressure of a soda can ... part of MIT's DARPA Urban Challenge Team. So today's lecture focused

  • by Bryan
  • November 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Other summer programs A further list of some terrific math & science summer programs for high school juniors…

  

  Since my earlier post on MIT's summer programs was linked from the MIT homepage today, I've been getting lots of traffic interested in summer programs. To that end, here is a further list of some terrific math

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Semi-Real Time Mystery Hunt Update The title says it all.

  

  ! What a day. I took some pictures of the kickoff, which I'll post next week. The thrill of solving a puzzle is just awesome. Obviously, I can ... other teams are still working on it! But it's so awesome to be working

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ancient Chinese secret, eh? MIT researchers discover an uncommon cure for the common cold.

  

  On this otherwise lovely three-day weekend, my suitemate Jeremy '09 found himself stricken with a case of influenza, exhibiting such symptoms ... !) of dissolving salt in hot water to make a solution strong enough to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Go Kendra

  

  " competition, which was held at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on May 16 ... of the chemistry department and Jamie Lewis Keith of the Environmental Programs Office, received an EPA grant of $30,000. Read the whole article

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 11, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You Guys Are Used To Getting No Sleep, But I Am Old To those of you who have siblings: what's the one piece of sibling-related parenting advice…

  

  'll be out for most of June on paternity leave, but will still try to blog ... summers. To those of you who have siblings: what's the one piece of sibling ... be friends. I know of course that this can't be forced, but I also know

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 1, 2005