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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Boston Fun Tons of Boston fun, with a dash of Cambridge, too.

  

  , so I've been spending a lot of time wandering through Boston. Everything below is within walking distance of MIT -- and I'm not one of those "I would walk 500 miles" people. Check out places I've visited: (note

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

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Ben Jones Name: Ben Jones; Job title: Communications Dude, MIT Office of Admissions; Hometown: Baltimore, MD

  

  wrote. Honestly, I'm a bit embarrassed -mm] Without a doubt, the students ... , Swingers, and dare I admit it, I watch Dazed & Confused at least once a month. And if we're really getting into my secrets, I have a thing for the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  And the Lottery Says…..

  

  Burton Conner. Hi Mitra and Sam! *waves* Just felt like sharing. Right now I'm off to go shopping for random dorm room things, so more later.

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 25, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  what’s in a name mr. sushi - winner of the first annual name bryan's fish contest!

  

  In a close name contest between Groker and Mr. Sushi, Mr. Sushi edged out Groker in a 8 to 7 win, but remember we're all winners here. Katy, congratulations! I'll be in touch so you can redeem your prize.

  • by Bryan
  • July 24, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UROP 101 – The Intro Entry Each week, I will explore a different MIT student's unique research project and the insight…

  

  into a field of our choice. Each week, I will explore one MIT student ... UROP experience. I hope to highlight the diverse student body and ... MIT. I arrived at MIT bushy tailed and bright eyed at the prospect of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Visit to eBay

  

  On Sunday, Phil (MIT '07), Irene (MIT '08), and I (MIT '07) got lunch ... tea.   -------------------------------------- Today, I met my ... products.   I got lost somewhere between jewelry and sports. To

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

  Graduations

  

  I'm on my way now to my brother's graduation in Pennsylvania. I'm not ... , but I'm sure it will be a great time. This year's MIT Commencement ... . Jacobs is also a former MIT graduate student and faculty member. I don

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Day 3 A recap, with pictures.

  

  ) where I got to meet a bunch of cool MIT alums (some of whom actually read these blogs!). Back to the help desk for most of the afternoon. At 5PM, I ... ). All of the groups were fantastic! Next, Matt, Mitra, Kevin and I raided

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 9, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  New stuff on MyMIT, and more

  

  I'm back in Boston now after two trips to Washington, DC in the past ... lecture, this time by Wolfgang Ketterle (though I had him for freshman physics, so I got to hear him speak 3x/week). Admitted students, log into

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  International Selection Day 1

  

  international students.   I wore a tie today, which might clue you in to ... conclude selection of the international class. Relatedly, I had a great ... student community. The ISA also puts on some great events, including the I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  New MIT Viewbook Is a viewbook as useful to you as it might have been for my (pre-internet)…

  

  on the current viewbook I would love to hear them. What do you like or ... components - photos, text, profiles, illustrations - I'd love to hear what you'd keep and what you'd change. I'd also love to know what you feel is

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 3, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt in progress

  

  The Hunt is on! I'll be back to regular blogging, and application reading, and sleeping when it's over...

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 15, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  The blogs are back in town

  

  Today in IAP individual events (I might go check out the Man Vehicle ... have any other blogs they like to read? I'm always looking for more ways to punt*. Only eight more days until Mystery Hunt! I know there

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 6, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  Vive la France!

  

  I'm about to head off for a two week in vacation in Paris, Rennes, and Bordeaux. In the meantime, you can check out the MIT France Program, one of MIT's awesome international programs. Current music: A.R. Rahman

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 15, 2004
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Honse. Nnnyeeeeeeiiiiiigghhhghhhghhhhhh!!!!! 🐎

  

  I'm taking a glass sculpting class this semester! And not to brag or anything, but I am incredibly skilled at making glass ponies. [caption id ... fluffy manes/tails. But because I am so cool and talented, I can easily

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 26, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pictures from a Month into Classes and I'm thrivi... surviving?

  

  MIT is a weird school. Seriously. If I asked you to picture a normal ... the past month, I’ve done everything from holding a ferret in our ... our fields. I’ve seen students participate in a petting zoo in front of

  • by Richard O. '28
  • October 14, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 1 MITWE (+ FJE and VJE) go to Brazil

  

  way. The whole experience was so incredible that I still can’t quite ... seven(!) guest artists and three guest speakers. At the time, I thought it ... coordinating it all. Plus, I was unaware of any connection between MITWE and

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 18, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Links Sent to My Group Chat from the past month

  

  I'm a group chat kind of person -- I really am bad at individual messaging and anything I find vaguely interesting, funny, entertaining, or controversial, I send to my group chat. Here are some of those things. December 1

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on wordle, french toast, and copyright law fun mit storytime

  

  Like many of you, I have been playing Wordle, a game where you try to guess a 5-letter word given information about letter locations, and I have been playing it religiously. I have at least 3 separate groups of people

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 13, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus Hall Rush: 1E So many packing peanuts

  

  Hi friends! I'm Jamie and I'm a new blogger. I'm a senior in 2A-4 ... /architecture). I live on the first floor of the east parallel of East Campus, which ... people got and I got the special snowflake one on the right because i liked

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • September 14, 2018