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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Great Glass Pumpkin Patch and a bonus video of a cat chasing a spider.

  

  is annual, put on by the MIT Glass Lab (the people who make the pumpkins) in a tent on the Kresge oval. There is a one-evening showcase followed by a one-day sale the next day, to benefit the lab and its

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 5, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  We All Need A Little Encouragement

  

  From a bottle of Honest Tea, purchased from MIT’s Student Center

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 1, 2011
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  My ML model finished training right after I finished this post technically i *am* doing work right now

  

  where I actually got to work with machine learning models. I just got some code to run on my computer for my UROP project this summer, which is exciting! If I time-travelled back to sixth grade and told myself that I

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 20, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  REX Sneak Peek A teeny tiny sneak preview of BC REX. I mean really. It's basically useless.

  

  Thanks to the wonders of the Internet, all the way from Madrid, Spain ... to ROCK. I hope you are prepared. =) Also, I found this article today ... Ability I'm so mature, I know. Anyway, I've got to run, Alicia, the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 31, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Travels Winter break is here!

  

  goes on. Personally I decided to go back MIT for 2 weeks and then going ... only 8 weeks long and amazingly short compared to MIT's semesters. Many of the CME students are taking advantage of our 6 week winter break to

  • by Cambridge
  • December 4, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finals! Finals are here!

  

  I'm currently studying for what might turn out to be my last ever ... : A toughie, but I managed to answer most of the problems =) If you'd like to see what an MIT final exam is like, let me know, and I can post a

  • by Bryan
  • May 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Today’s Mailing Day For me this is a huge thing. You guys are my first MIT class, which…

  

  Waited until midnight so I could post on the 11th officially (EST ... who got in - with rare exception, I couldn't bring myself to look ... to break my heart in a lot of ways. Anyway... Tonight feels like xmas

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 11, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Can I join the Design/Build/Fly Team?

  students, but is also open to graduate students, who compete in the annual ... , manufacturing, testing, and operating a radio controlled aircraft to meet mission specifications as specified in the competition rules. Students on the MIT DBF team
• Blog / MIT Life

  What do you want to know? Tell me something.

  

  I could say a million things about MIT and what it's like to be here ... interest to you. So if you don't mind, post some topics you'd like to hear about and I'll try my best to write about them over the next few entries.

  • by Bryan
  • October 6, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  3 Things We Don’t Remember Enough About each other

  

  can get in the way of relationship-building, but here are three things I ... are. People are more willing to help you than you think they are

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 22, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  International Selection Day 2

  

  stressful competition to get into an elite school is harming young people ... *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... closer to Friday's expected mail date. Also, today's Boston Globe

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 7, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  ripping shirts and other clothing mods

  

  Clothes are so fun! I love tailoring my outfits to whatever is ... flying steel. One of the major joys of MechE for me has been the ability to ... -o-clock hour encroaches. sewing shirts Est. time: 1 hour each Shoutout to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 1, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  Sneak Preview

  

  Coming soon: An entry on The Tech Nomads But first: 26.2 miles of awesomeness Interseting story: My mom was seated on the plane next to a couple ... , where she plans on taking a short break so she can nurse her daughter

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 15, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Please Stop You're hurting the wrong people.

  

  To the person who keeps posting hurtful things to my blog and to Matt's, pretending to be "YJ" and others, please stop. It's one thing to mess with me ... - they've done nothing to you. Thanks.

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 14, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I take a gap year?

  We encourage students to take a gap year to explore and grow. Every year we have a number of students apply to MIT after a gap year and more students who request a gap year after being admitted to MIT. Taking a gap
• Blog / MIT Life

  We’re Bringing What Back? I don't think so.

  

  up this morning excited to verify the existence of this thing you call ... stop telling malicious lies. Thank you. Yours, JKim

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  AgeLab I've seen troubles...

  

  was on TV: But if you aren't so lucky to be so old as I am, MIT's Age ... wall makes me feel old. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to ... weather is changing in my knees. Also I'm cranky and like to talk about the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 28, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Three MIT students win Rhodes Scholarships In case you're wondering, yes, that's a lot of Rhodes Scholarships.

  

  On Saturday evening, the Rhodes Trust announced the 32 Americans who ... 's count to 43 Rhodes Scholars. Below, find the "official" biographies of ... . Caroline’s research uses MRI imaging to investigate the area of the brain

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 22, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  I Think I’ve Found Paradise (Guest Entry) Work hard, play hard. For the next four years.

  

  my norm. From the hackers of East Campus to the frat brothers on the ... to be a man of few words, and my guest-entry was going to revolve ... consider me to be a pretty serious, goes to bed at 10, enjoys jazz music type

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Onion article about Robot Hazing at MIT Robot hazing at MIT *gasp!*

  

  that police say involved butyl alcohol and compressed air. According to ... 13 inches in diameter, was reportedly forced to climb stairs built at a ... actuators to short out. A second robot, a biped from MIT's Leg Laboratory, was

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 14, 2006