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• Blog / MIT Life

  Introducing…Stan! Passing the blogger torch

  

  write on their behalf, I jumped at the chance. It’s been an interesting ... leadership to life at MIT. At first I thought, hey leadership is leadership ... other direction (as in, now that I’m an alumna), it’s time for me to

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 24, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Love MIT And why you should

  

  work and when we play. It makes for a really interesting environment at ... exploring Boston, eating at great Boston restaurants, going to awesome events ... , opportunities It never ceases to amaze me at how many opportunities there are at

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • February 14, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Some Hosed Down Hodgepodge In which I breathe, then return to my business

  

  for my brain to remember things, as I'll tend to ramble on and on like ... order to isolate the more notable parts of my MIT experience for the past ... did really, really horribly. For some reason, I doubt that is the case

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 23, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brains and treason and bouncy balls, oh my! A brain dump largely about - what else? - brains.

  

  , treason, hang her at dawn, all that. Let's just blame it on the weird dreams ... , Dorota '10 said the same about Course 8, Physics. As for me, I've been pretty set on what my major for a while now (in fact, I specifically

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  FREE FOOD! FREE FOOD! EVERYWHERE!! AM I YELLING??

  

  .) The article was created at The Tech booth at the Activities Fair, where ... Discover Mechanical Engineering were entirely paid for (as was the program ... and muffins; later there was free food in our dining halls for the rest

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 2, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Yes, I am still alive My fourth of July in America's hometown

  

  for fresh Krispy Kreme donuts or for Phil '05's 21st birthday party at ... blueberry pie for the family's annual gathering, and Adam and I made our ... . Adam's family is Portuguese, so they make linguica dogs for the 4th. They

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 6, 2006
• Blog / Residential Life

  last fall / last fall it's senior year and i still haven't learned anything

  

  events for first-year students, followed by acapella auditions and the ... off-kilter for the entirety of junior fall. So, this year, I proceeded ... at 11:59 PM on Saturday, and I was up the next morning at 10:30 AM to

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 10, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  Nationals! In which MIT XC goes to Iowa

  

  we could survive MIT and succeed at cross-country at the same time. For ... Roughly a week ago, on a Thursday morning, at the crack of dawn, I found myself, along with 15 groggy teammates and five coaches, at Logan

  • by Alina G. '11
  • November 27, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  first week class reflections i am home

  

  i recently experienced my first weekend at mit with classes finally ... feelings. i spent the entirety of my saturday afternoon psetting for only ... pretty simple, maybe would only take about 2.5 hours to complete at first

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 11, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2014…The Parent Edition Suggestions for getting the most out of CPW when you are a parent

  

  and at home on our campus and the best way for you to be comfortable ... dorm when I was a student at MIT but for me it was the perfect choice for ... encourage them “do their own thing” and know that it's good for you to do the

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Meeting Michel Gondry Six MIT students and one Academy-award winning director have dinner in New York, and none…

  

  the feeling of arriving at MIT for the first time, was incredibly ... are having at school. Or maybe it's a bucket, swinging by the handle ... orientation (the week before classes start for freshmen). FAP involves spending

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesdays with Menorah, eek! A young boy, a young girl, and life's greatest lesson.

  

  might have, probably if you're Jewish, is about Hillel at MIT. Let me tell you, Hillel is very active at MIT. They wouldn't stop writing, calling, and e-mailing me for my first year at MIT. It all started when I got a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 28, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Congrats Jenn Lai ‘11, Rhodes Scholar This blog entry does not contain video of Jenn playing "Rhapsody in Blue" with the…

  

  's "Rhapsody in Blue" at Boston's Symphony Hall with the Boston Pops. (For most ... oldest and best known award for international study," includes among its ... , Honolulu, Hawaii, is a senior at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper ‘84, Astronaut The 24th MIT graduate to go into space.

  

  Roster) While Stefanyshyn-Piper was at MIT, she lived at WILG, worked at the Lab for Manufacturing and Productivity, rowed for the Varsity Women ... , you know, looking at different schools. I figured, OK, Massachusetts

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The real O.C. Travels in Southern California.

  

  following the dinner was a Central Meeting. We had a nice turnout for the ... the meeting, the ECs had the opportunity to address the audience. At left, two ECs help the attending crowd check in. At right, EC Joanna Tan

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  July 4th in Boston MIT has the best seat for Boston's July 4th celebrations.

  

  nationwide. The concert occurs at Boston's Hatch Shell, a concert venue on the ... the bridge (at approximately 100 Smoots and 250 Smoots), the bridge ... prime fireworks watching location. 2. The Sailing Pavilion. For members of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  Better ways to get around campus as in "better" i mean "objectively worse"

  

  at Maseeh people for living so close to campus when you have to walk ... I’m now in my third year at Next House, so the long walk to campus is ... classes. I don't want to fork over cash for an electric scooter or a bike

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 14, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Random Post While Reading Apps. Because we need some new posts...

  

  I'm sitting at my desk in my robe right now. I'm on my 5th cup of coffee. I ate some Count Chocula. Nice visual. For those not familiar with the life of the Admissions Counselor at MIT, here it is: We get

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • November 7, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why I’m not a double major anymore Because four years of insanity would totally cramp my style?

  

  take them. -I've always wanted my time at MIT to be about learning for ... use for the photography class I'll get to take next term because I'm not ... reasons. Pick your favorite one. -I love chem, but I'm not good enough at

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 6, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Far and Away I was going to get philosophical, but then I thought about Hugh Jackman.

  

  American History, colonists at Charleston did better by stealing the tea and ... me at all, unlike Spiderman 2, where the value of an eigenvector can be ... inappropriate, because I saw it in Harrisburg and not at MIT. Also, my 8

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 29, 2006