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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pressing Pause Taking a moment before the beginning of spring semester

  

  Engineering with Computer Science!). Sometimes, it’s nice to just sit meditatively with my cup of tea and stare at the CITGO sign across in Boston ... ’ve caught up with old friends from home and made really good bonds with new

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 3, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is my spork.

  

  , because of one simple choice. Living an examined life starts with the

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 20, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  My Talk @ Maker Faire a bit about how we see, select, and support makers

  

  some interesting light on what we're trying to do with our portfolios. If

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 28, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Enjoying the Little Things In which I ramble about happiness and taking breaks

  

  Pond was beautiful, especially with the changing leaves. I didn't include

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 27, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Late-Night Juggler In which I spend about twenty minutes trying to transcribe the Mass Ave cross signal…

  

  through the front doors. Inside, the air is still and silent, with only the ... abutting the lobby. Standing there is a man with a ponytail and goatee. He wears black pants and a blue button-down, with an e-cigarrette among his

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 3, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Sorting of the Frosh (MacGregor Style) We don't have a Sorting Hat, but this is how MacGregor does In-House Rush

  

  match its residents with the best living group possible. You see, Mac ... one with residents that have a general appreciation for living alone but ... really found people that I love living with. (Or with whom I love living

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 24, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Right back where we started from You can call me Dr. Mollie.

  

  first to graduate — I graduated with degrees in biology and brain and ... development, but I’ve switched model organisms — I work with human brains now ... children with neurodevelopmental disorders like microcephaly (small brain) or

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Study Break on the Roof! We had an EMT study break on the roof of the tallest building in Cambridge!

  

  some fun with them on the roof! Adam S. '14 wanted a photo of him in

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 8, 2014
• Blog / Community Projects

  Not in Kansas Anymore oh, wait...we actually are. Day 1 with the MIT Design/Build/Fly team.

  

  carefully lined with soft things and packing foam, was waiting for us ... with all your standard machining machines (mills, lathes, a waterjet), as ... lab with us. As of 6:00 AM this morning, the Gelb Lab has gone mobile

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Holidays And some final thoughts before the new year

  

  it’s time for relaxing fun. With the family and friends back home. I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 30, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  The Swim Test Saga Four laps (and zero displacement) closer to graduation

  

  hobbling around on crutches, and didn't get to take the swim test with your ... with the wheelie chair and the ramp, which landed you in an x ... random man at the end of his lap. "Can we share this lane with you? There

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 22, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A…an…uh…a cappella concert? MIT's got non-Petri dish culture, too

  

  're not familiar with a cappella, it's basically singing without

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 22, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Discovering Product Design through Photography Beautiful photos taken by DPD 2013 freshmen

  

  Although this blog probably would've been more appropriately posted at the beginning of the year, I think the photographs that our freshmen took deserve to be shared with the blogosphere! Discover Product Design

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 17, 2013
• Blog / Events

  A Study Break. Or two or three. Or four. I think you get the idea.

  

  people would agree with the fact that MIT is an academically rigorous ... brain intent on quarreling with one another. I’m not ashamed to say that ... -read my notes, study the book, discuss it with my peers, and the cycle

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  “All Aboard the Rage Bus” Travelling by bus.

  

  travelling is stressful and twelve hours is a long time to spend in a room with ... girlfriend who sat behind me, the latter with his long legs all the way under my seat, occasionally awkwardly touching my feet with his feet, the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 3, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer begins And I get a brief vacation.

  

  : Yep! TSA Agent: Wow, physics. Great time to be a physicist, with all the ... , to stay with Monica (my best-friend-since-middle-school) and her family ... again, with the same mentor, to finish my project. Finish my project! I am

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 25, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Transfer Decisions to be Released Today

  

  accepting around 20 students. Obviously with a selection process that rigorous

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • May 7, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Right NOW Making Things

  

  Yesterday I met with Ta-Nehisi Coates to talk about writing. I'm taking Advanced Essay Workshop with him, and I've never cared about a class ... watched a man with headphones sleep while I thought about what I was going

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • May 2, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I GOT TWENTY DOLLARS IN MY POCKET (because I got a press pass to SpringFest 2013, of course. photos inside!)

  

  As Matt wrote earlier, today was SpringFest 2013!  Or, to put it in technical terms, a really dope* concert with Macklemore and Ra Ra Riot. *note that the MIT Admissions Office does not endorse the use of dope.  Unless

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 27, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT honors Officer Sean Collier (photoblog) photos from today's memorial service

  

  was extraordinarily tight, with countersniper teams dotting the rooftops

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 24, 2013