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• Blog / MIT Life

  Alia Whitney-Johnson: Making a Difference in Sri Lanka Alia Whitney-Johnson, a Junior studying Civil and Environmental Engineering, spent three weeks teaching the art…

  

  foreigner who did not even speak the language. “I wanted to remedy this ... each other. How we did this without words is beyond me, but I will always ... Sinhalese, and I would start imitating them and we would all laugh.” But when

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  have fantastic-looking hair all the time? Me too. I have a real entry on back order (in my head, since it got DELETED), but I just wanted to let you guys know about a program that I participated in back in high

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Homeschooled applicants Some advice for our homeschooled applicants.

  

  I've been promising an entry specifically for homeschooled applicants ... the MIT Admissions homepage. That page will launch soon, and I ... ball rolling a bit, I hope. MIT has a long history of admitting

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Aquatarkus Why I turned in a half-finished 10.37 problem set.

  

  entirely man-made. I had originally called this entry "Dirty old river, must you keep rolling?" but I figured that nobody else would get that either ... stirs up toxic sediment. And as long as I'm at it, an excerpt from the 6

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 17, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Get The Scoop The dish on ice cream around MIT.

  

  Without fail, if I could only eat one food for the rest of my life ... blog entry, you can probably tell I support diversity in ice cream ... 's, and Ben & Jerry's. Personally, for ice cream, I'm all about the JP

  • by Bryan
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Football home opener College football is as American as apple pie.

  

  I realized the other day that, despite the fact that most of you are probably at least dimly aware that I'm a cheerleader, I never write anything ... experience. (As some others of you may also be dimly aware, I was in the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / Events

  bad vision try these glasses on for size.

  

  that charge, my friends and I were able to score free tickets to the New ... shark biologist (forgive me for my miseducation but I did not know we had ... narrator was a turtle named Norbert (actually, I don't remember if he had a

  • by Bryan
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime I am often asked what we admissions officers do during the summer. Frequently, people assume…

  

  I am often asked what we admissions officers do during the summer ... quite large (I, for one, really like the larger crowds!). As a result, we ... . I'll do a series of entries quite soon about how to visit MIT this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2009 note #1

  

  our usernames back in those days), I chose madmatt as my username. It was a high school nickname given to me by my boss, and I thought it gave ... still refer to me by my username. However, when I started to apply for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 5, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Monkey Dance

  

  Your Mystery Hunt puzzle of the day: Dead and Gone I finished up ... , so I pulled up today's IAP calendar and realized that in 10 minutes, a ... 32 (aka the Stata Center) and taking questions, so I ran on over. The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Christmas in December and July

  

  I'm back at my parents' home now (watching reruns of Buffy the ... Rock is not very big, and that is true. It wasn't as small as I had ... , and I was surprised at the amount of respect the exhibits paid to the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 21, 2004
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Blogger Wrapped 2024 Episode 7: The Apple Music Awakens

  

  EA decisions release! hmm... not that either... I meant, it's time ... is somewhat... lacking in substance (what is Spotify Wrapped if I can ... Gangnam Style is finally not one of my top five songs this year, so I'm at

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 14, 2024
• Blog / Hacks

  socially aware hacking, part 2 this time, it's personal ((last time it was also personal))

  

  I wrote a little while ago about a hack on the Dot raising awareness ... -floor lobby -- or, I guess, there was a fancy portrait. Now there is a very different kind of portrait. I have a few pictures below; the best ones are by

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 16, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Downtown if you could see it then you’d understand

  

  like 12:30-1 and walk around Boston CJ: i have hw CJ: but fuck that CJ ... -down and slacks; I’m wearing a t-shirt and shorts. “Couldn’t be wearing anything more different,” I say. We walk around Boston Common, this big

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 26, 2019
• Blog / Residential Life

  water wars, lovecrafting, and 361 other REX events your annotated guide to everything currently unfolding on campus

  

  . Shuli blogged about REX the other day and you should go read that. But I ... erases the events from memory once they occur, I also wanted to upload a complete PDF, which is also embedded below. The REX guide (and i3 videos

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 27, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Anticipation a little something to keep you company

  

  that you are feeling right now. As you get through the day, I'd like to ... every second of this day your own. PS. I'll be feeling the anticipation today too. And I'd love to hear how you're doing :)

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 14, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: how to take the Bebras Computing Challenge this fall

  

  than 50k in the United States last year. One thing I like about Bebras ... enrichment programs as the coasts. I like Bebras' focus on accessibility, both ... ! New this year: there are free apps (iPhone, Android) that students can

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Researchers Develop Autonomous Shoe Technology out of the MIT STrIDE group

  

  the spreadsheet are just some of them. Today I found out about a new ... incoming traffic while walking and texting, but I think this technology would ... available until next year, but I hope to be first in line to get some.  

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 1, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Thursday, 12/15/16, at 6:28PM ET

  

  I've stopped watching this sneezing puppy long enough to ... decisions online next Thursday, 12/15/16, at Tau Time (i.e. 6:28PM ET). To ... .mit.edu and log in with your MyMIT username and password. I recommend you do this

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 7, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Wednesday, 12/16/15, at 6:28PM ET

  

  I've stopped watching Tom Brady catch a double-reverse pass long ... Action decisions online next Wednesday, 12/16/15, at Tau Time (i.e. 6:28PM ... decisions.mit.edu and log in with your MyMIT username and password. I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 8, 2015