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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Hogwarts Institute of Technology Except we have 11 houses instead of 4.

  

  known, I am a *gigantic* Harry Potter nerd. I am one of those people who can name quite a few of the hundreds of really unimportant characters ... this past summer I reread the entire series for the first time in a while

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Time I Underpacked a trip to Istanbul, courtesy of MIT

  

  college. Not even for a bit! (I'm starting to think I'm always more homesick than I realized...) It's a preposterous idea considering how many ... figured it wouldn't be the worst thing if I stayed a little closer to home

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 25, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Winter is coming. actually, it's already here.

  

  friends back home to make them jealous.  Here's a quick recap of what I ... was as good a time as any to cast off my noobishness.  I'm taking Intro to Python (6.S189), and it's actually a really fun class.  In the first

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 16, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sounds of Summer What've you been listening to lately?

  

  Howdy homies! Has it really been over a year since I posted this ... you but it's like, I AIN'T EVEN MAD because you're in such a good mood ... song that you play in your head as you walk around like a badass until

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 30, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Food Fights behold the deliciousness that could be yours

  

  I like eating. I like eating a lot. By which I mean both that I ... was a sophomore in college I once ate for the Internet. I had missed a few meals so I ordered a large cheese pizza, a large grilled chicken

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  On the Flip Side I'm a host instead of a prefrosh this year - but CPW has still been…

  

  It feels a little strange seeing CPW from a host's perspective this year instead a prefrosh's: there's less of the aimless wandering, the ... place so far, which is okay because I'm a host and not obligated to be

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 10, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Snow On working in a winter wonderland.

  

  Burlington area, which averages a bit over five feet of snow every year. While ... year you actually have several feet of snow that serves as a sort of ... Mountains, we spent every New Years outside by a 64 square foot bonfire

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 21, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Christy ‘13 The first in a series of articles about students coming to MIT in the fall.

  

  a series of articles about incoming MIT students. These articles ... , and the students are going to be great members of the MIT community. A ... state in the class), are very underrepresented. For a full look at the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 17, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  MIT is “Hacked” Ultimatum

  

  thinks they . . . anyway, we're talking about Harvard here. There's a ... prospectives or tourists, I explain that the rivalry is kind of a one way rivalry ... 's main entrance. As I walked up the steps I noticed a white sign tied up

  • by Snively '11
  • April 1, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger selection 2008 results We have completed the selection of this year's bloggers!

  

  of the entry] You may recall that last month we put out a call for new bloggers. The response was overwhelming: we received 48 applications. With a 12.5% "blogger admit rate," it was almost as hard to be selected as a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 26, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Scientist Questions of science, science and progress.

  

  the morning. If you haven't been to college yet, that might seem like a ... to my first class at 10:00, that's a pretty big switch. Just pointing ... the first one there! I suppose there's a lesson in here somewhere: no

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Jugal Shah- Improving the technique of High Resolution Quantitative Autoradiography Sophomore Jugal Shah is improving a boron imaging technique that may potentially enhance a promising…

  

  ) along with a minor in music (Course 21M). As a testament to the diversity ... . Kent Riley, a research scientist at the Nuclear Reactor Lab working with Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT), and obtained a UROP that combines

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  DOFMH A sick day from work, where "sick" means "I wanted a day off"

  

  A note about the title: when I was little, my mother (who is a 5th grade teacher) used to encourage me to occasionally take a DOFMH -- day ... sleeping in until 11 AM; I then rode my bike to the Student Center and ate a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF Wrap-up

  

  I had a great time last week at ISEF. This is what it looked like ... awesome students and see their projects. I made a list of all of the ... to fewer than a quarter of them. Next year, perhaps, MIT will have to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  New York, New York

  

  I'm in New York City now, staying in a hotel a stone's throw from the ... section. In March, Les Perelman attended a national college writing conference and sat in on a panel on the new SAT writing test. Dr. Perelman is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 7

  

  finally got around to reading a bunch of articles from the MIT News Office, including one on some awesome undergraduate research. A snippet: An MIT ... , more than a billion miles across. Emily Levesque, a junior in physics

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 24, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus Hall Rush: 1E So many packing peanuts

  

  Hi friends! I'm Jamie and I'm a new blogger. I'm a senior in 2A-4, (flexible mechanical engineering with a concentration in design ... brings me to hall rush! Each hall in East Campus has a different culture

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • September 14, 2018
• Blog / Personal Travel

  We Should Go To Canada In which Kayla E. '15 and I took a spontaneous adventure to the great land…

  

  every morning. We also found something quite spectacular. IT'S A CAT CAFE! A CAFE WITH CATS! CAT CAT CAT!!! Kayla and I would just sit with ... were not just in Canada for the cats, so we had a shopping day with a

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 15, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Admitted Students Welcome Events Your first MIT experience is closer than you think

  

  check it out – they’re a great opportunity to meet some potential future classmates, as well as MIT students and alumni. Here is a taste of a few of the events this coming week. Check out your MyMIT portal

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 17, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2018 Spring Welcome Events Come to Your Area Get a head start on meeting other members of the Class of 2018.

  

  check it out – they’re a great opportunity to meet some potential future ... MIT! Here are a few highlighted events this coming week; see your MyMIT portal for the locations and times of these events, and for a comprehensive

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 20, 2014