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• Blog / MIT Life

  making the most of things we threw our annual rager in, uh, Minecraft

  

  I just wanted to quickly share something that brought me a lot of ... to hunt them down.[/annotation] All of this is realistic as well, I assure you... I told the people in the Minecraft Discord about our hype

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 20, 2020
• Blog / Community Projects

  MINECRAFT MIT!!! our most remarkable feat of engineering since...mit

  

  this project had me SHOOK. I got Minecraft a week ago and had never ... it, but now that I've seen how impactful it is, I'm hooked. When I first logged into the MIT server, I was completely awestruck. I took in

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 10, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  happy palindrome week! conventions, patterns, palindromes

  

  by numbers and puzzles. When I think about palindromes, I think about Nick Montfort, a CMS professor with whom I took some grad school classes and who works in/around the field of interactive fiction. I think it

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 10, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Your college application motivation soundtrack for September imagine a movie montage, but for politely asking teachers to say nice things about you

  

  ; back to 2014 for my post on how I read applications; Nisha's post in 2018 ... ...solved what used to be [annotation note="Last year, I made an offhand reference ... with some of the current bloggers in our messenger chat, I emailed the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  here’s your reminder to follow @tinycarebot automated reminders to care for yourself

  

  .    One question we are often asked at this time of year (i.e. right ... : Network Cultures, which I taught this past fall (syllabus). The purpose of ... ,000 people as I write this blog post. I personally have found it really helpful

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 4, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Dream Machine Wooden slabs and oil paintings

  

  ‘18 and I moved into Dream Machine, a cozy double in the third floor of ... for us, since I didn't know the first thing about wood, drywall, or ... a loading dock nearby. I’ve had the good fortune of never having to

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 21, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  A Little INSPIRation Guest Post by Vaishnavi Rao '17

  

  In the midst of a whirlwind-like semester I promise to eventually blog about, I had the chance to connect to Vaishnavi at one of the ... . *** Q: Tell me a little about yourself. A: I’m Vaishnavi, a junior in

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 1, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: Parts 1 and 2 for Early and Regular Action applicants

  

  application finish line. After that, refer to 1. But for now, here is what I can recommend (and here’s what I said last year): Write your essays before ... like? What is this application question asking? When can I visit? What is

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Hacks

  Hackapult Sieges The Dome

  

  On Friday, September 4th, I arrived in my office shortly after 7AM. One of the lovely things about my office is that I have a window under ... and settling into my morning routine, I looked, as I so often do, out

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Finals Week at MIT Free food, procrastination, cats, free food...

  

  as we passed it around. They say it sounds better in French - but I didn't understand a word of it. I guess it sounded pretty? Another ... wonderful. Yesterday she made chili, and tonight, we had Jambalaya! I'm going

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 19, 2014
• Blog / Events

  It’s Almost Here! The sun? Orientation? Only time will tell.

  

  I think the last time I saw the sun was Saturday. In a strange turn ... contained once Orientation starts this weekend. I remember my Orientation very well; I had just come back from FLP (Freshman Leadership Program), a

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • August 26, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Scott ‘13, Cory ‘13, Edner ‘13, Jeremy ‘13, and Bee ‘13 The penultimate in a nine-part series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  determination and a good sense of humor," he said. "I was very happy to write letters of recommendation for them for MIT, and I know that they will do ... runs a little deeper than in many of the other kids that I have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 26, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Money! Money! Money! Life is like monopoly, except you're not a pewter Tophat and it costs WAY more…

  

  that I won't even dwell on except to say that personal finance WILL ... (after a wordy introduction). It's about personal finance and some tips I ... 's some tips and ideas I've come up with or gathered from various sources to

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 22, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My first real internship

  

  "Blowing up the alamo into pieces then hiding out in the mountains", I admire ... 're pretty good at reading titles. If you guessed I'll be working at Los Alamos this summer and I'm currently looking for an apartment somewhere near the

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 16, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Info for the Class of 2013 The "Next Big Mailing" is on its way out, and with it lots of goodies…

  

  almost here! Because I care about you, here are some tips for choosing an ... first & last names are short).Characteristics I don't recommend ... our waitlist this year. At this time, I don't have any other information

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 8, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The School of Architecture + Planning What happened to "science"? "Engineering"? "Technology"?!

  

  might know from the handy banner above, I am a Course 4 (Architecture) major. I have recently completed my HASS Concentration in Course 11 (Urban ... '; this is the one I'm studying. It is a joint program between Course 4

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • December 28, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Online Decisions To Be Released This Saturday Only a few more days of waiting...

  

  being completely awol from the blogs recently. She's right, and I ... applications and selecting the class in committee. This time next week I'll be ... shortly thereafter. I'm pleased to let you know that we're on schedule to

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Come Together What do you believe in?

  

  hall, and there was a line at the door. I hope you get the idea. He's kind of a big deal around here. Then one day there was this: I had a dream that I met a girl in a dying world. In it was embedded a set of

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 9, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Combining the Arts and the Sciences Some of the best science writing is happening at MIT. Find out how to get…

  

  . Last Thursday, I attended a Science Journalism panel sponsored by the MIT ... science journalist. I went there just to get a feel for what a career in ... . I chose to concentrate in Science Writing. In Spring 2006, I took an

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 21, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  MIT – Problem Sets = IAP! Today marks the beginning of IAP 2007.

  

  dizzying number of activities to choose from. For example, I could ... Whew, I’m exhausted even thinking about it! In all seriousness, this IAP I will be... - Working on my UROP in the BioInstrumentation Lab

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 9, 2007