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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Two short stories My last three weeks in a nutshell.

  

  first year at MIT is for us to get over ourselves. What's that, you say ... 've always been the first person to make fun of them. Between the claims of ... was convinced that joining a sorority was not the way to go. Anyway, my

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 24, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Le BBQ

  

  graduation/4th of July decorations were on sale, but I chose to look forward ... . So anyway, read on to find out how we planned and executed the greatest ... Two of my dear friends, Gary & Sherveen, wanted to host a BBQ

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 11, 2005
• FAQ / Transfer

  Does MIT offer transfer credit?

  If you're admitted, you can expect to receive credit for subjects of ... your academic record doesn't appear to merit credit in a certain subject, you may be allowed to demonstrate that you're entitled to such credit by
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Did MIT invent hacking?

  Institute are elaborate—but benign—practical jokes perpetrated anonymously on ... American Heritage Dictionary and is included as a unit of measure in Google
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blinky Lights (Part I) An example of how I go about building things.

  

  becomes cheaper to get it for the whole day, so we threw in a trip to IKEA ... -Swedish-while-still-using-words-that-sound-like-English fashion. They were also on clearance, and thus marked down from $70 to $10 ... signal. PWM is a way of varying a signal from completely on to completely

  • by Evan B. '10
  • September 21, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Large Format Photography [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] Please, please let there be no light-leaks.

  

  -nighter on the last day, finishing just in time to glue the bellows, roll it up ... new full-frame digital SLRs on the market that can match the quality of ... [by Biyeun Buczyk ‘10] I need a mule. I also need to train for

  • by ARTalk
  • November 6, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  A truly independent activities period A glimpse at some MIT students' IAP plans.

  

  week starts on Monday, December 17. There are two standard responses to a ... Wonderful Time of the Year”* During IAP, students get to enjoy MIT without ... students who have shown a strong commitment to studying French at MIT. On

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 7, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Commence the Commencing! and congratulations to the Class of 2014

  

  very own Matt McGann. You can follow the commencement on Twitter, on Storify, or via #MIT2014 on your social media system of choice. I must ... prefrosh to unbelievably intelligent and compassionate adults. Most of my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 6, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  Sunrise If a picture is worth a thousand words (minus inflation), that makes this post much…

  

  sunrise is sort of an unpleasant experience, it means you're running out of time studying and you won't get to sleep much. But I've really been ... to be at MIT. It's all the geek-culture, learning cool things, without

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 22, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  In Real Life Matt and I are in the process of putting together a "Meet The Bloggers" party.…

  

  description I just submitted to the events crew: You've spent the last 6 months getting to know the admissions "bloggers" online. Come meet Matt, Ben ... location sometime today. Mark your calendars now!

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 28, 2005
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Poemtober! the only thing harder than writing is not writing

  

  born. what a power it takes to say, and mean it, that your bones will ... life -- what a power it takes to let go, and watch, as your blood streams ... it has colour. i tread carefully on my way to the bathroom, my legs

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 17, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Knowing me, knowing you My plans for Nobel laureacy, and everything I like about MIT professors.

  

  when. You can count on me, can't you? I think I eventually come to love ... European loop). It would be useful and fun to see you and meet your ... really need to continue your quest for self-improvement?" When I am old

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Two important reminders

  

  for this school year's final SAT administration on Saturday, June 4, are fast approaching. Today, Friday, April 29, is the regular deadline to ... for U.S. students to sign up. Remember that we require, in addition to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 29, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Non-Blinding my junior year(s)

  

  classes I want to be on my transcript when I apply to college. Even if it ... college applications or homework or grades, and I just get to exist. Like last night: my mom was out of town and I needed to get to my math

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 22, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m just curious as to why you keep invoking William Faulkner. "MIT is so charmingly nerdy" entries #12 and 35.

  

  of graffiti on a chalkboard as I was walking through building 56. Get ... misadventures with the reply-to-all feature and otherwise... I don't want to ... me to thinking about quiz bowl. I was thinking about how much fun I had

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 1, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  butterfly season the very tired caterpillar

  

  your memories before you move on to the next great adventure, full of ... game that we used to be obsessed with. She was going on vacation and ... home—back to Iowa. June was spent in a transitory state. Slowly packing

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • July 31, 2021
• Blog / How to Food

  food diaries pt. 2 recipes for people tryna Little Chef it up

  

  favorite things to do. You get to put ingredients together...and then feed yourself...and feel satisfied that you're being #healthy and #adult-y. What ... potatoes were so simple to make and convinced me that roasted vegetables are

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 19, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Heck yeah, democracy. PSET Extension!!

  

  the past 4 days working on 6.005. Our assignment is to create a Sudoku solver, which will read in any Sudoku puzzle and figure out a solution to ... /classmates can answer them - a.k.a. a way to get instantaneous answers to questions

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 29, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Mattress Dominoes! One of many reasons why my summer is better than yours.

  

  For those of you who don't remember or are new here (or don't care about what I have to say all that much - there, I covered everyone!), I ... are brains, really, but they're at least marginally related to this post

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 24, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  Watch this year’s 2.s009 final presentations designing kindness during a time of covid

  

  you're waiting for the show to start. I'm too busy reading applications ... This is a very brief blog post to remind you —  as our announcement on the right hand side already says —  that the 2.s009 product launch

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 7, 2020