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• Blog / MIT Life

  data diaries inspired by Giorgia Lupi & Stefanie Posavec's "Dear Data"

  

  of taking care of living things. Judging by how tangled the roots are ... of Cambridge St. were blocked off for vendors to grill and smoke their ... Walker, so we had to haul all our stuff to Lobby 13 (location of the #4

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 5, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  common the highest caliber of character, conscientiousness, and, of course ... MIT Regular Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2018 are now ... ; You may log in using the same username and password that you use to log

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adventure Coming full circle at MIT

  

  22 other amazing people over the course of the semester, and we pulled ... past semester- and it was quite the adventure! I probably spent more time ... ugly mechanical monstrosity on the left to the more modern and sleek gate

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 21, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blast From The Past: Garage Hero! Turn your Guitar Hero controller into a MIDI Garageband device.

  

  a Guitar Hero guitar (that's the point of Guitar Hero), and if anyone can play it, and you could set the buttons to play certain notes in a ... me thinking. So I spent the better part of a month trying to figure

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 24, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Visit to eBay

  

  . ------------------------------ Thanks to Tiffany for a great lunch and lovely tour of the eBay complex ... consulting firm, and is working on the eBay account. The eBay complex reminds me a lot of the Stata Center, with its bright colors, vibrant dining

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  On APs Trying to clarify the role of AP courses in the MIT admissions process.

  

  those AP classes and all of those activities." Here are two of the ... the work of the textbook and the work of the imagination. Too many times ... To my surprise, one of Marilee's quotes in my last entry about the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 14, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Unremarkable things are you "jaded" yet?

  

  over hard things and meeting some of the world’s most interesting people ... think for a while I tried to fight the feeling of ordinariness and ... genuinely happy most of the time, but also incredibly isolated, and developed

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 25, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Giving Back (Guest Entry) Guest Entry by Kenny '13

  

  Boston, one of the leading hospitals in the nation, and patients from all ... friends here at MIT who take care of me in times of ups and downs; there is an abundance of opportunities here at MIT to grow and learn more

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 5, 2011
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Applying Sideways (in Chinese) 橫向申請 / 横向申请

  

  —  should think about the process of preparing to apply to MIT. Since that time, it's remained one of the most widely read and shared posts on the ... , had thought enough of the post that she had translated it into

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 12, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s All About The Process Take a moment, then get back in the game.

  

  overwhelmed with the staff's knowledge of individual cases and their passion and ... As you probably know by now, MIT has completed the process of admitting the class of 2010. I am very proud of the Admissions professionals

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  So How Does It Feel? Now all you have to do is wait.

  

  memorized, and I grew tired of seeing the same little letters in the same ... found a spelling mistake. And nearly died of panic. After receiving ... trick-or-treating for Halloween, and stalked the application tracker on my

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 2, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Small Get-together Friday An informal reception for HMMT participants and others visiting Boston on Friday.

  

  , including the Harvard-MIT Math Tournament (HMMT), visiting other schools, and ... . And since I'll be sequestered with applications throughout the weekend ... attend HMMT), I want to be able to take some time to see the MIT Class of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 23, 2006
• Blog / Events

  IAP & Mystery Hunt preview Four Mystery Hunt puzzles for you to try.

  

  Today is the beginning of IAP! IAP, or the Independent Activities Period, is a special four-week mini-term full of interesting, fun and ... Washington, DC and Middle Eastern Belly Dancing. One of IAP's most exciting

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Alums Direct New OK Go Video OK Go always has the awesomest videos. Jeff and Eric don't disappoint.

  

  You know the band OK Go, right? You remember, the guys with the treadmill video, and the Rube Goldberg machine video, and the marching band ... ," and it is directed by two of my MIT classmates, Jeff Lieberman '00 and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 16, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The Open-Ended Question Why I chose MIT ... twice

  

  be mad blog coverage of CPW over the next few days, so fear not. And ... group of people from all over the country and globe. Now that's a cool ... acknowledge is that when I came to MIT, my exposure to the world of science and

  • by Bryan
  • April 15, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Truth About Science comic-style.

  

  So the good news is that the series of scientific mishaps I blogged ... spend a significant portion of the next 72 hours taking full advantage of my current streak of lab luck. After my blog last week, both Chris and

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 22, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Bernanke to speak at Commencement!

  

  history of the MIT Department of Economics and its graduates. MIT ... by President Bush to succeed Alan Greenspan as Chairman of the Federal ... MIT just announced that Ben Bernanke '79 is going to be the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  That rings a bell Made of brass?

  

  long alumni typically wear it – I’ve spotted it on the fingers of a few ... since leaving MIT. And it's a constant reminder to me (and others) of my ... tempted by the fruits of Silicon Valley or otherwise find their passion

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  0 Days Since Last Fire Alarm Oh noes! Simmons Hall on fire!

  

  alarms since orientation, one of which was a drill. Simmons, on the other ... knows more about this than I do, but the gist of it is that Simmons has ... alarm and looked out the window, only to see Simmons flashing, students

  • by Snively '11
  • October 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Snowpeople & a hammershark more post-blizzard sights around campus --

  

  A couple days after the blizzard, I walked around campus and took some quick shots of all the snowpeople-and-other-things in sight. They ... scrambling to finish the Sketchbook Project (introduced in this post), and this

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 15, 2011