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• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Guilty Pleasure or why it's all about "the Hockey."

  

  feet on the ice. Now hockey may not seem that foreign to many of you ... holidays were a good time to return home and recharge before Regular Action ... drive home to New Hampshire for a hockey game. My brother and I were part

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • January 1, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  [Guest Post] The Southbound Train by Kylee C. '23

  

  ’ve ridden my fair share of intercity trains here in the USA, on the East Coast ... /Miami The City of New Orleans connecting Chicago and New Orleans The ... ’s historically played a massive role in the growth and development of this land. I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 10, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  07/07/07 Speaking of numbers: the number seven in particular, brought to you by the birthday of…

  

  got into an early habit of ignoring it. After I turned 7 on 07/07, it ... was 07/07/07. And if you aren't celebrating the day of the century with ... worked out. Unluckily, we asked us for one slice and they gave us two. On

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 9, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music in Springtime and MIT [by Ken Haggerty '11] Music at MIT can be both beautifully melodic and destructive, and…

  

  friends and I gathered around the frazzled remains of both the upright and baby grand and took advantage of the opportunity to have our photos taken ... Jordan, and Tal Gamlieli perform jazz in Killian Hall on April 24th. Not

  • by ARTalk
  • April 25, 2008
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Fig. 5: Zimmer- und Wohnungsvermittlung Universität/ETH Zürich aka ETH Zürich dorm tour!

  

  abroad, and it's been refreshing to not have to rely on my broken A1 ... : In-N-Out, Asian food, sourdough bread, cheaper prices, and Home. The past few weeks ... -to-5, cooking, and adulting (read: making sure I pay my bills on time

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • July 18, 2018
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 2) notes from the second day

  

  [annotation note="I spent a lot of time in high school on buses and I got very ... , consisting of “good news and bad news.” Good news: I’m on the train, and we ... not get a great view of, partially on account of the darkness, and

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 12, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Splash. Was. Awesome. I taught: 3 classes, 5 sections, 246 kids.

  

  class of the day is on pulsars. 11am, and 25 kids this time. They ask ... Saturday and bouncing out of bed. I love wearing headphones in a hipster ... finishing touches on my PowerPoint slides. I love walking back to campus, and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 21, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for international students

  

  home here during the Chinese Exclusion Act of the late 1800s and early ... that MIT, as an institution, is working hard on behalf of our current and ... fundamental technologies, launched new industries and created millions of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 3, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Like a Polaroid Picture My alleged lack of football fandom triggers an epiphany.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Frank Zappa played The Pope on an episode of Ren and ... just about any American sport I've ever watched (including four years of ... ? And, yes, I probably don't appreciate the intricacies of passing the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  My 21st Birthday More details about the transition to Halloween than you ever wanted to know.

  

  class. Mike Conti (the instructor, and author of this) gave us a talk on ... ; it's both energing and non-distracting, because I don't know any of ... knocked on my door to give me "a tour of French House" (because I need one

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 30, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mocha Show ’22: Mo’Mixtape creating and performing a dance showcase, from start to finish

  

  names and decorations. on the Sunday of the final week, we had our ... a show that's composed of dances choreographed and performed solely by ... between the end of the semester and the start of IAP. we use the entire

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 16, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Outside the box In which I start a new life at pika, etc.

  

  place on the hierarchy of desk assembly, and it took me at least 45 ... , the entirety of the drawer declares mutiny and goes madly deskless. It ... moved myself and three suitcases out of my dorm room, bidding soft silent

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 25, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Ops Air Force A summer spent with B-1Bs and C-130s.

  

  comprised of C-130s. Thirteen other cadets on the visit and I were split up ... and dirty in some jets and really get to know the enlisted side of the ... , tires, indicators, inspected bomb racks and worked on the ejection seats

  • by ROTC
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Update The Waitlist Committee has finalized decisions and has emailed all waitlisted applicants.

  

  Waitlist Committee has finalized decisions and is currently emailing all waitlisted applicants. A brief overview: Of the 629 students currently on the waitlist, the committee has chosen to admit 35, to keep 64 on the waitlist

  • by Decisions
  • May 20, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Having Survived Rejection (guest post) About receiving a rejection letter from the 'Tvte.

  

  any of my “reach” schools, which was upsetting, to say the least. I was ... at MIT, and thus I made it my goal to transfer there by the end of the ... are. Home is where your friends are, and if you’re open about yourself

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 15, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  The swing of things MIT happenings.

  

  of metal MIT students and alums wear on their fingers as a way of ... projects are all happening at once, and lots of people are pretty hosed ... ) and the delivery of the actual rings are pretty big milestones of your

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Odds and Ends My brain is too fried to think of any original content. So I'm commenting on…

  

  of me with bad hair. Hee. And yes, sum1, MIT does have a marching band -- sort of. They've been on hiatus for the past few years, and they ... the consistency of fuzz, and I am going to confine myself to writing

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 22, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  Finally, I Wrote a Post about Grad School "grad's cool"

  

  to any of those schools to check out the campus and culture or whatever ... Statement, a brief essay on my background and any obstacles I faced in ... of research] Me: [attempts to answer question] AND/OR [remarks on the

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 30, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  chaos and an exam that I technically failed irl deus ex machina

  

  , except in a good way. Half of the class was taking it in one room and the ... to Boston on a red-eye flight and was feeling quite removed from my body for the first 30 minutes of the exam. I read the questions and

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 28, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Twas the week before Thanksgiving ...and I'm not really feeling all that thankful. Yet.

  

  reasonable to assign the same amount of work in a short week and just make it ... authentic about this... maybe I'll stop by Plymouth Rock on Thanksgiving and ... $500? I hope all of you have a happy and safe Thanksgiving... and don

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 21, 2005