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• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Dorms: Really Random 19 pictures. Don't open on a dialup.

  

  the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Happy Organic Chemistry II Day! I think that thus far, 5.13 has been my absolute favorite class at MIT. I ... noted, that would be European Pi Day (31/4), but I missed it this year

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 13, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Profiles in Courage My neighbor could kill you or save your life with her bare hands.

  

  blog entries recently over the past week. Let's just say that today I ... preventing the theft of my laptop, and to all of the lovely prefrosh I had a chance to meet over the weekend when I wasn't slaving in lab, passed out on

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Introducing Two New MIT Students… ...classes of 2026 and 2028 respectively.

  

  you know I recently added a new member to our family. Miles Nathaniel ... length, lets just say I've never been so happy to hear the words Caesarean ... , I believe my dad said it best, "Wow, looks like you gave birth to a

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time passes Someone left the cake out in the rain.

  

  conference on sustainable energy with NREL, and I'm an undergrad so I didn't get to go. While anxiously waiting for their return, I've been pursuing ... . The last time I played this was in fifth grade, I remember, because it

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Boris Alexeev: Solving Graph Theory Problems Boris Alexeev spent five months working on a math UROP with Prof. Daniel Kleitman.

  

  I met sophomores Boris Alexeev and Shaye Storm three years ago at a ... judges and the general public, and I had the privilege of being assigned to ... ten-year olds (and even staring at the pretty graphs on his poster), I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking In Just a quick note to say hi from the depths of reading.

  

  Just a quick note to say hi from the depths of reading. :-) I know there are a lot of questions in the comments and I'll definitely get to ... calendars until after EA selection, so I haven't had time for much else

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 26, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Party pics

  

  work. I decided it was time for another "fun" entry. I mentioned in my ... big annual parties, Reawakening. I also might have mentioned that the ... virgin sacrifice. And I have pictures! Now, if you look at these pictures

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  As The Saying About Assumptions Goes… Assume = Ass + U + Me.

  

  said primary source, I can tell you that no, MIT doesn't have the highest ... (for which I still owe you the summary, I know) we had a group discussion ... hearts and true passions. I mentioned to the group that at MIT we look for

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask Me Anything! Responses life and admissions

  

  Hi Everyone! In my previous post, I announced a blogger AMA on ... with additional questions or ask them in the comments below. I can't promise to get to them soon, but I'll try my best. For reference, I've done

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maseeh Hall: Pros and Cons this is a pros and cons list re: maseeh hall

  

  The summer before freshman year, I remember the struggle I had trying to decide which dorm I wanted to live in for my first year at MIT. I ... overwhelming that I essentially gave up and ranked the dorms by seemingly

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 15, 2017
• Blog / Community Projects

  Food for Thought [guest post] On food and our culinary club, Mince

  

  letter to food written jointly by me (Sophia) and Tananya.    I ... . Tananya is the current head of MINCE. I started this organization to create ... . Sophia Saying I grew up on food is no less obvious than saying I grew up on

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 4, 2023
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Joint Post] Build a robot boat with MIT Arcturus! Q&A with Arcturus captain Audrey Chen

  

  , and to spread the word (and learn more about Arcturus myself), I’m doing ... backgrounds. I mean, before last year, I didn’t know a single thing about marine ... ![/caption] Amber: What was your role(s) in the club last year?  Audrey: I started

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Too Good To Go fighting food waste with good bargains

  

  I'm pretty sure that MIT dining hall food isn't the reason why tens ... alternative is cooking for yourself! Cook whatever you want, [annotation note="i ... useful.  If you’re planning to forgo a mealplan, I’d recommend that you

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 19, 2022
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

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

  

  Almost 11 years ago, I wrote a blog post called Applying Sideways that was my [annotation note="Audacious, in retrospect, given that I had ... of things off my proverbial plate."]Awhile ago,[/annotation] I got an

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

  Random’s 13th happy birthday random hall!

  

  experience. This past Saturday, February 29th, I experienced something that I ... excursion to Lobby 7, stands in a circle, and performs the birthday dirge. I was actually in the middle of giving a tour of Random to a friend when I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 2, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Gerald Fink’s “What Is a Gene?” one of those cool talks that happen at MIT all the time

  

  Whitehead Institute. I walked into 10-250 last Thursday not knowing what I ... advertising a guest lecture entitled "What is a gene?" I thought that was a stupid question, because I know what a gene is. It's a piece of DNA that is

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 11, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT and Slavery a developing history, and a live webcast

  

  universities is entwined with the history of slavery. Last spring, I sought Craig ... realm. Based on our conversation, SHASS Dean Melissa Nobles and I ... , as well as this Tech article, which I really recommend reading

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 16, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Spotted: A Brass Rat in the Wild? Is this an alumnus hacking McDonald's, or McDonald's hacking MIT? I can't tell

  

  Early this morning I got a text from my friend and former student ... minute into the video. I generally listen to Jeremy, so I did. That's when I saw it.     Can you see it?     zoom

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 16, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT at Copley Square Yet more photos of #NoBanNoWall protests in Boston, plus an update from President Reif.

  

  's protests in Copley Square. I took all the photos above, and the following video, which I hope captures a bit of what it was like to actually be there: This was the first time I really actively participated in a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 31, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Listen to Admissions: the creative process for Pi day videos

  

  some #Content for you: last November, Loren S. '17 and I were interviewed ... Day 2015. Loren and I collaborated, with Elizabeth, on that video (and ... fare for the industry. I already posted some of the cinematographic

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 22, 2016