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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Virtual Reality, Startups, and Donuts in a particular order

  

  ' through the Stata Center, when out the corner of my eye, I saw this pretty little thing in front of me: Ain't No Rest for the Hungry. After taking a donut from the mysterious donut wall, I looked around the lobby

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 15, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form submit this by February 15

  

  Hi Everyone, The MIT February Updates & Notes Form is now ... ! What is it? The MIT February Updates & Notes Form is an online form ... Early Action), and is to be completed by you, the applicant. This form

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Snow! there is (was) snow and it's freezing (or is it?)

  

  I returned back to campus on December 29th, and as the Amtrak approached Boston South Station, I spotted snow on the tracks! As I stepped off the train, I was greeted by a gulf of freezing wind. I mean

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 9, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  What is weather? ...and what is rain?

  

  weather. Coming from the San Francisco Bay Area, the weather out west is as amazing as the icon makes it out to be. Last Tuesday the high was 84 ... . Here's the thing: One does not simply experience heat and/or humidity in

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 9, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music, Photography, and Two.js i am proficient at two (2) of these things.

  

  , reorganized my room. After attending a synthfest in the Media Lab a while ago ... , and that's definitely been reflected in some of the music I've been ... jazz, I've been into a lot more strictly electronic music, too - the new

  • by Joe B. '18
  • November 15, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  This Post Has a Happy Ending dealing with obstacles @ MIT

  

  from the firehose this month. This post is about that, and it has a happy ending. The past is a lesson learned. I share it with you... I can’t say for sure when the Plague started, but I remember clearly the day it

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 30, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  About That Email an error, and an apology

  

  that, in the footer to each email, we include a line explaining to the recipient why they received the email, to help them distinguish desired email from spam. The footer to that email, as all emails before it, should

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 5, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Notes and Updates Form every applicant needs to do this

  

  Hi Everyone, The MIT February Updates and Notes Form is now ... important info below. 
What is it? The MIT February Updates and Notes Form ... admitted or deferred in Early Action), and is to be completed by you, the

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 13, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Halloweekend and the 7 weekends prior!

  

  the FRESHEST of fresh, like the Fresh Prince of Bel-air eating crisp ... DO on the weekends?” *defined here as me. Disclaimer: I may not be the best representation. Other students probably save the world in their

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • October 28, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  June and Flaky Biscuits The first part of an epic summer and food, bien sur.

  

  My hope is that in the next p-set and class-filled 48 hours, I eat ... lack of blogging.) This blog was not initiated for such reasons. The ... the bloggers telling them that if there were 6 new posts by tomorrow at

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Accountability Some thoughts on decisions and school

  

  like: Have faith in the fact that everything you’ve put forth has been a decision you’ve made/ You’ve put a stamp of approval on every part of the ... came out, some of you were happy and would have found the above message

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Learning Time Because that really is what we are here for

  

  ) { // So at the beginning of every semester Matt sends out an email to the bloggers reminding us about the so-called “free” blog post, where we can ... this semester. I’m quite happy about that fact, because I enjoy the more

  • by Becca H. '12
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Beard today, gone tomorrow a touching tale of a man and his beard.

  

  turkey; the spectacular death throes of leaves clinging to trees; the ... tradition known as the Novembeard ("No Shave November" in some regions, or "Beardvember"). The rule are simple. Don't shave, and try and grow the heartiest

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 1, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Retrospective Wait, what? I'm done with my first year?

  

  to no longer be among the 'babies' of the school, to be replaced by the ... , but that doesn't do any justice to the individual ups and downs I've been through this past year. So instead, I'm going to start at the very

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 25, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Musings on Colorful Balls (CPW Guest Blog!) from Ramya '14!

  

  Wesomeness." (The C didn't want to join the little acronym party, because its still hanging around campus. It'll probably never detach itself from the Pure aWesomeness that is MIT...As I would do right now if I had the chance to - high

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 13, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Days Without a Laptop… i need laptop-rehab

  

  've experienced the five stages of grief (one of the few things I managed to retain ... you can't fix it? Do you really work for the Apple Store?" BARGAINING ... AppleCare!" DEPRESSION: After sending the Mac to a third-party Apple

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 22, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Field Trip! I meant to blog this a long long time ago.

  

  Thanks to the carefree nature of my elementary and middle school ... to the Museum of Science, one to a theater production of "There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom," one to a ranch, and a few others I can't seem

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 26, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Past, Present, and Future This all "began with a single blog by a student five years ago, at the…

  

  As the NY Times article states, this whole blogging thing "began with a single blog by a student five years ago, at the dawn of the Facebook ... . During my CPW in April 2003 (wow), I took some photos of all the madness

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Community Projects

  Phew! BUSY BUSY BUSY BUSY!

  

  O.M.G. It's over, finally. For the last two weeks all of the upperclassmen have been orienting the froshies, and now it's over. You may have noticed a severe drop off in the number of blogs, which may make perfect

  • by Snively '11
  • September 10, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ben 2.0 In a world... spiraling on the brink of an admissions cycle... one man had the…

  

  "the new Ben." For those who don't remember Ben Jones I can instead say that my name is Dave and I'm the new Communications Manager for Undergraduate Admissions. That roughly translates into being the person with a

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 13, 2009