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• Blog / Challenges

  old east campus working through feelings caused by news

  

  the years and years of stories attached to each piece, may not get ... read any post under residential life. the choice of where to live, and ... . for burton-conner, that class year was the 2023s. and there are lots of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 7, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Some questions that I've received from prospectives.

  

  the kitchen, where there is food and lots of awesome astronomers ... High Schoolers), and have noticed that many of them have similar themes. So, I thought I'd post a few up here. To spare you the trouble of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 8, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Some recommendations about recommendations Some things to think about as you look for letters from teachers.

  

  and running away. I recommend giving them all of the recommendation ... date of birth clearly indicated -- and that the letter address the ... received and processed the letter on your MyMIT tracking page. Please allow

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  I am a hapless klutz Stories about Nobel laureates.

  

  First, I am excited to say that the class of 2009 is slowly ... favorite time of year, and even though I'm not the Macgregor rush chair this ... of a Nobel laureate fangirl) that I sort of ran into the wall and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Orthostatic Tolerance [by Ken Haggerty '11] It might not be such a bad idea to visit this…

  

  .) For those both within and outside of the Institute who have not yet ... (HERE!) on the first floor and is free to everyone :) Those artists who ... ARTalk) in the middle of a hailstorm, so thankfully we all stayed dried and

  • by ARTalk
  • June 23, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fanboying at the Career Fair SpaceX, CubeSats, and free stuff, oh my!

  

  and the fabulous glamorous divas of popular culture. Got it? Now ... 're their number one fans. Get a picture of the pushing crowds and the buzz of excitement. Get a picture of the banners and posters advertising

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introducing MIT Illuminations at the Welcome Center

  

  reach of MIT and its relationship to the world  Connect to the rest of ... easily be accessed and understood by the general public for the purposes of ... , this goal is a manifestation of the MIT Mission, and the admissions

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 19, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Show your creativity: the Year of the Pig While we continue reading applications full time, another mini-contest.

  

  the Year of the Dog. The celebration featured my favorite dog and ... cameo in the first episode of CSI: Miami. She spent the following year ... exhausted with the "glam" life and retired to the mountains of South Carolina

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tasty water, the Charles River, and other things that are not synonymous First post!

  

  hundreds of wonderful and intelligent female students but also the best ... at MIT, and it's clear that the insanely complex flavors of this ... pixels* and 3) I originally blogged about the day of my arrival on the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 11, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  winter in Brazil adventures in WGS.245: Race, Place, and Modernity

  

  culture, with tons of readings, movies, and museum visits each week. The ... , Americanized Italian, and of course many types of Brazilian food. All of the ... -Brazilian Museum, which had pieces from so many time periods and places of the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 10, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Lyrics to my MIT experience i definitely never, ever wrote songfics when i was in middle school

  

  "This is the first day of my life I'm glad I didn't die before I met ... college acceptance as the light at the end of a dark tunnel, and clutched ... the communities I've been a part of have been there to provide love and

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 15, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  That time MIT was almost rebuilt on an artificial island in the middle of the Charles River we were THIS CLOSE to being a pirate fortress university

  

  ," which allowed it to move to Cambridge and build the core of the contemporary campus. This is not that story. Instead, this is the story of how MIT almost became a pirate fortress in the middle of the Charles. Via

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 22, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  real things on tangibility, mistakes, and community

  

  binder full of cds and dvds and a player that would strap to the passenger ... same sense of valuing the realness and weight of things is what draws me ... . the process of tackling these problems and fixing them feels so natural

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 5, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hail to the king, baby. The coolest thing that never happened to me... plus, the journey back Boston way.

  

  seriously, yesterday was almost the coolest day of my life, ever, and it just ... was in town (and she is the one of the biggest Xena fans in all recorded ... of the story is thus--quit your job and follow Bruce Campbell's book

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m Back!

  

  and events all over the place. Today was the first day of classes, and ... the first day of classes, but before I get into that, we have some ... bottle of water and a box of seafoam fudge. Mmmm, the tastes of home. (I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Snow has arrived and shut down the Institute

  

  18 inches of snow, and ice on the roads to close schools. Being as ... , running errands and working. Today was supposed to be much of the same, but ... I woke up today to blowing snow, the sound of fire trucks (from the

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 12, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  On sleep There's nothing certain in this world but sleep and taxes.

  

  's often in the back of people's minds when they're thinking about MIT: do ... pressure, and end up pulling lots of all-nighters because that's when they do ... of the day except approximately 6-8 AM. The upside at MIT is that, due

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Delayed Reaction A day in the life.

  

  less than 8 vectors to break down, the use of double-angle formulas, and ... ’d be the person who answers your frantic phone call and then tells you to ... hockey, so we postponed my first day by six months.) Monday was the 2

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  New York A break from Cambridge.

  

  endorsement of Firefox still holds, though.] For the first time since August ... first impression of Manhattan was cemented by the shockingly audacious ... the bowels of Chinatown, Ben and I took our luggage and walked about 19

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 26, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Random Hall Rooms Six rooms and ten stuffed animals.

  

  shaft. Each floor, with the exception of the two first floors, looks like ... practically singles: they are considered doubles only because of the door and ... , which can drive a person crazy. Above is the first half of the room

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 10, 2012