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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I would like to find an astronomer to talk to No admissions. Just good writing.

  

  editor at The Atlantic and one of my favorite bloggers - in which he quotes ... two of the entire outrushing universe of gas and matter and darkness-light, a cosmic floop of nothing into the volume and chronology of spacetime

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

  Very, Very Important News That title is written to tantalize your RSS readers.

  

  . Everyone is super tired, but we'll all get a bit of a break soon and we ... that has been on my mind for the last half hour and will probably consume me for the rest of the night... Seth and Summer are back together

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  ZOMG CPW! The greatest shopping list ever.

  

  ice cream, 36 chocolate bars, and 3 bags of marshmallows have already ... hot dogs, 40 dozen bagels, and over 300 pieces of fruit coming my way ... . You just can't top the experience of spending that much money on ice

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 12, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Almost a Real Engineer my foray into the world of professional conferences

  

  a lot of time reading papers and blogs on urban transportation, and ... Research Board meeting, and then a conference on sustainable transportation ... snowstorm of the season in Boston, and an expected ice storm in DC (who ever

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 22, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Rainboots, Math, and M&M’s Because I have a bunch of little stories to tell, not one big one.

  

  )/14485008384, according to the back of the shirt, and google gives the ... length of Bemis without going too high and bouncing off the ceiling. Bemis ... bag of peanut m&m's, and we were spreading out in Bemis seeing how

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 19, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life as a Talent Scout I could be the next Randy Jackson.

  

  competition. So on the way there, I stopped at Burger King on the way and tried ... Battle of the Bands 2007? I guess you'll have to wait and see ;-) In other ... , right? At a senior class event last semester, three of my friends and I

  • by Bryan
  • February 28, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  [guest post] crumbly fruit and the importance of keeping at it by Caleb M. '27

  

  the blade and still sat on top of everything not reaching the blade ... , Host of Porcelain Cow (7pm Sundays), and Membership Director for WMBR 88 ... juice and a bit of honey and you process it until it’s smooth. That’s how

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 13, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  the luxury of bad art nothing but the truth

  

  ’s Sour album and realizing how wonderfully she captured the pains of first love ... beautiful phrase or vivid image, that’s often a sign of ego—and it’s necessary ... conduit for her, and it didn’t matter if it was terrible. Cross-posted on

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 11, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Who WIll Win the Nobel Prize? Vote for your favorite MIT professor!

  

  ; Bengt Holmstrom (Economics) Theory of the firm | Contracting and ... One week from today -- on Monday, October 8 -- the Nobel Foundation ... . Nobel Week is a pretty exciting time on campus, since a current or former

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 30, 2012
• Blog / Advice

  How does one write a first post? This probably isn't the way...

  

  of eternity and create a legend—a legend that people would whisper ... —drafts that never made it past the first sentence and exist in a folder on his ... heart and determination in his spirit, the hero set out on his quest. As

  • by kellen manning
  • December 12, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  I AM CONNECTED! Finally arriving on campus was way less exciting than finally getting my wireless connection to…

  

  ) and arrived on campus around 5:30. I checked in at the front desk of my dorm and my family helped me carry all my crates of junk up to my room ... from my own room in Burton-Conner on my new (to me) laptop and will soon

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  What to expect when you’re expecting CPW Setting some expectations, discussing myths & realities.

  

  extent you're looking to explore on your own.A team of admissions staff and ... guests.While you'll have lots of opportunities on Thursday and Friday to ... big MIT event, there's a lot of hype, rumor, and mythology surrounding

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 15, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  First read

  

  makes a good summary of an application. I just finished reading and ... Welcome those of you who have just joined us! I encourage you to read all the posts from the beginning, and also check out the student blogs

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2004
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Leadership @ MIT (from a froshy perspective)

  

  took over my life, and I spent lots and lots of my time and energy planning events and teaching kiddos. By the end of senior year, I was super burned out and ready to move on, and although I still talk to the younger

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 3, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Name in Flashing Lights Or maybe just mitadmissions.org

  

  minutes of fame? Well here's your chance to be a blogger. Last year, I piloted an effort to capture CPW through the eyes of a prefrosh, and this ... any one time and you will have to make choices, so the probability that

  • by Bryan
  • April 1, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to Senior Haus According to Joel '10 from New House, we eat your babies.

  

  Some of you asked for pictures of a Senior House dorm room, and I decided to do you one better and give you a bit of a dorm tour! So here are ... and leaves were still on trees. b) IT SNOWED TUESDAY NIGHT AND

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus Hall Rush: 1E So many packing peanuts

  

  /architecture). I live on the first floor of the east parallel of East Campus, which ... and personality. On one special night, freshmen visit all 10 halls and ... 40 bags of biodegradable (edible) packing peanuts and filled the lounge

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • September 14, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s Making Me Happy This Week: Week 1 Spider-Man, Nina Yuen, and More!

  

  As exams become more and more of a reality that I can't ignore, I ... the early UK release date, and I absolutely loved it. A huge fan of the ... of my favorite movies and this movie knocked it of its throne. While I

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • May 2, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Stayin’ Classy Workworkworkworkworkwork *deep breath* workworkworkwork.

  

  It's been 13 days since the school year began, and already, many of ... of its clasp and break, at which point I was sad and felt like a failed ... is by Konrad Lorenz on the behavior of jackdaws. I know that sounds dry

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 21, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  TERMinal Velocity My last term is flying by!

  

  concentration focuses on the effect of environmental change and culture, and how ... 's last terms are comparatively lighter, with lots of time to focus on all sorts of projects. I, for better and worse, am not most people. My term

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 21, 2012