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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Winter Storm Warning Brr, it's cold out there. And snowing.

  

  BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW AND WIND CHILLS IN THE 5 TO 15 DEGREE RANGE ... NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT AND NORTHWARD THROUGH WORCESTER COUNTY INTO THE ... BE QUITE SLOW AND HAZARDOUS DUE TO A COMBINATION OF STILL HEAVY SNOW

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 1, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Season Taking things into my own hands.

  

  this and that. During the year, I keep a box full of scraps of paper ... idea pop into my head at the strangest of moments, and quickly jot it ... decided to strike out on my own and dedicate the time to working on some of

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Community Projects

  Activate Party Mode! Auctomated dorm controls at East Campus.

  

  dorm room in East Campus. The room is now 199 square feet of customized awesomeness. Check out the YouTube video of the MIDAS "Party Mode": You may ... From the same file as the Disco Dance Floor... it's the Multifunction

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 15, 2006
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Is there really a swim test?

  and the eight point General Institute Requirement. The swimming ... during the academic year. If you take the right mix of classes, you can ... Yup, there's a swim test! There's an awesome variety of physical
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Fireside Chat with John Maeda Thoughts from former MIT graduate and professor and RISD President

  

  successfully pursued the intersection of technology and design. After the ... of Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), and currently Design Partner ... share his experiences and thoughts on a variety of topics. He had a great

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 25, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Don’t believe everything that you read

  

  directly from someone who has a friend that goes there and knows the admission council very well. They have a criteria of 5 things, and if you achieve 2 of the 5 you are in. 1. USAMO 2. ISEF 3. 1600 4. 4.0 (unweighted

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to a Package of Dial Soap Substantial entries will come soon!

  

  digress, you must pardon me - see I came here to talk not of life and dreams But of soap, and its importance to me There's much more to soap than it ... shopping there And when I was about to buy soap, I Reached for the three

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 6, 2009
• Blog / Events

  MIT’s Once-a-Century Party

  

  fantastic showcase of the various arts and performance groups at MIT:   Here's another view of the spotlights on Lobby 10: ...and of course ... the Great Dome and swiveling around the sky.  Turns out they were just

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 8, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Disco balls in space From an antique bookstore to Drive-By Truckers, and back

  

  shrugged and said sure. I ran my finger along the spines of the astrophysics ... 's moons, and I'm studying the dead corpses of stars. Pulsars. "Pulsars ... sandwiches (we were unbearably hungry) and stumbled the rest of the way home

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Unveiling the New Varsity Weight Room let's get buff !!!

  

  MIT, the new VWR is now double the size, has double the number of racks, has a new turf speed and agility section, and a bunch of other fun ... ="aligncenter" width="459"] tons of dumbbells and medicine balls[/caption] [caption id

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 23, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer plans

  

  , I take the train to Lausanne, and find the boarding house that I'll be ... Swiss Institute of Technology). I'm working at the Brain Mind Institute ... . I'll be blogging from there, of course, and taking pictures of

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  bump MIT students design products

  

  The past weeks of my life have been consumed by 2.009, MIT's famous senior product design class. By the end of the class, our team of 24 ... . Over the course of 12 short weeks, we're expected to build a product that

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 19, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Faith Embracing uncertainty as the world changes around us

  

  the room and attached another bag of morphine to the plastic tube which ... weeks staring at the ceiling, pondering life, pain, and the existence of a ... wrong and how to rid me of this pain? My Mom entered the room with my

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  Food That Makes You Feel Like Home Are there foods that make you think of special places?

  Thanks to all of the students, parents, and EC's who made my ... at the University of Michigan, visiting Illinois and Ann Arbor were ... (and huge crowds!) in Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Chicago (both the city and

  • by mitblogs
  • October 11, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  AROTC Day in the Life Notes from Cadet O'Brien, MIT '12 / Course III

  

  quickly into the woods and out of sight. Time to take out a bunker.... At the end of the mission, we talk about what was good, and what we should ... (Materials Science and Engineering) and an MSIII cadet in the Army ROTC program

  • by ROTC
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  5E Rush Photos

  

  Bemis, the middle section of the hall, and talking. Mitch '03, Steve '08, Matt '08, Brian '08, and a couple of people I can't make out in the dim ... . :) He made an appearance on the side of the Green Building during Hall

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection notes A brief update from selection.

  

  web, on email, or over the phone. The date of the mailing will be ... Solomon '06 did stop by to drop off a copy of the new CD by Resonance, which ... , I am quite excited about the students that we will admit, and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thanksgiving in England Celebrating a North American holiday in Britain.

  

  .5 months already!" I've been more along the lines of "I can't believe it ... , thinking about turkeys, and then got depressed when we go online and none of ... with family, and eating. Luckily, the world didn't end because the CME

  • by Cambridge
  • November 24, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  readmission what'd i miss?

  

  time on fifth west, and am nervously anticipating the thrill of new ... yourself unsure of yourself, and find the opportunity to be away for a while ... touch, old-school; a bang of thunder on the west horizon, hair and wind

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 19, 2016
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Pardon my French! Join me as I cross the English Channel and dodge oncoming traffic on the Champs-Elysees.

  

  So you've heard of Socrates and Archimedes. But did you hear about the Greek father of vegetables? His name was Crudites. ;-) (Yes, it ... Eurostar train through the Channel Tunnel, referred to by some as one of the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 19, 2005