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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Designing MIT for democracy why is MIT so decentralized and chaotic? BECAUSE DEMOCRACY

  

  people to apply to a program and stay there, or why none of our websites ... curricula were similar to that of a Soviet university and that “the kind of ... -ent form of democracy, is a persistent tendency to growth and centralization

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 19, 2018
• Blog / CPW

  an orange tour 🍊🍊🍊

  

  Last year, I hosted a pre-CPW [annotation note="fyi this was streamed through a website on the Google Chrome app on my iPhone so pls forgive the ... me. Isolated color is a fun lens in which to view the world. I hope you

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • April 29, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finally, a free minute

  

  fact, all that hard; it's a lot harder to get into law school or medical ... many people apply, it's a lot easier to get into top-flight science ... Well, the last week and a half has been busy, to say the least. I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 5, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  North to Peru Not too far from Norway, just south of Mexico.

  

  chess campaign. This time, he took things to another level by using a deck ... The Tech hosted its annual retreat in Maine. Maine seems to have a lot ... the home left us a handbook that had a lot of rules by which we were

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 12, 2010
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How did the blogs get started?

  behind the blogs was to open a window into the lives of MIT students: what they do, think, and feel. MIT was one of the first universities to have ... , uncensored posts reveal a lot about MIT students, academics, and life at MIT
• Blog / Athletics

  Gettin’ Fancy Two formal events in two days?

  

  Poses and Pictures of Hands A data summary-esque analysis by Ceri ... reduced to but a small glimmer. Participants take a traditional stance with ... allegiance to MIT, a beaver, engineering, IHTFP, stress, Tim the beaver

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • May 3, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Almost a Real Engineer my foray into the world of professional conferences

  

  , with a delay really only to get the plane de-iced (nice work Jet ... , getting settled after a semester abroad, applying to jobs and the like, and ... decided to get an internship with a transportation consulting firm over the

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 22, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  On the Scattering of Senior House or: How I Learned to Start Worrying and Acknowledge the Bomb

  

  to say some things. As a prefrosh, I wasn’t really sure what I wanted ... videos gave me secondhand embarrassment in a matter of seconds; I had to go back to those at a later time with more of an open mind. After delving

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 12, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Every song I’ve referenced in my admissions blog posts

  

  Least I'm Not As Sad (As I Used to Be), and it gets a dedicated post this ... the inspiration was hard to come by. Dear Kuya's a song I was sitting on ... By my count, there are 61 times I've referenced a song in one of my

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 15, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6.270 What's a 6.270?

  

  given all of our supplies and an objective. We then had a month to build ... Who knows what course 6.270 is without having to look it up? Anybody? Anybody at all? 6.270 is a LEGO robot programming class that takes place

  • by Snively '11
  • January 31, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Don’t Dump I got stopped by the police.

  

  Awesome title, right? In short, my Friday involved graffiti, press conferences, and getting stopped by the police. Just one photo to whet your pallet. A series of updates on Orientation and the start of Rush are long

  • by Bryan
  • September 2, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  learning how to drive and other matters of identification

  

  will go by, and you'll get a crazy idea to do a cross-country road trip ... don't need to. If you have to get around, hitch a ride with your ... 're gripping the steering wheel until you get to a red light and your entire body

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 12, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Stud/Fac Dinners Genius idea to get free dinner with MIT geniuses

  

  What to do if you get an ugly corsage How to Treat a Pimple How to ... a Drink How to Get Someone to Buy You a Drink ... advice on topics like How to Set Up a Friend as a Favor How to Set Up Two

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The best Metro station ever The Metro does it best.

  

  Metro, to get downtown. While I was waiting around the Medical Center ... blotting in a Metro station! (By the way, a Western blot analysis is a biological technique that helps you detect a protein and get information about

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 6, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  The Coop What's a coop? You'll find out!

  

  into the bookstore, getting a refund at the end of the year equal to 7 ... always a luxury students get to enjoy). I've been known to spend an hour in ... was pronounced Co-op (rhymes with low hop). I got to MIT and all of a

  • by Snively '11
  • January 13, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a believer Bikes! They're totally worth it.

  

  to get to work today. And that included stopping at Laverde's for Froot ... ). And it took under 10 minutes to get there. It takes less time to get ice ... -- and ours had to be "custom configured" by Adam since Macgregor has

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  MIT-Now in Español!

  

  . And we want everyone to gain a deeper understanding of the friendly and ... Hola! I’m delighted to introduce the newest page to the MIT Admissions website- MIT Admissions en Español! After brainstorming content

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • July 16, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Deadline: Your Questions [Updated] With the Early Action deadline fast approaching, I'll try to answer some last minute questions.

  

  be able to provide me with a letter of recommendation by November 1st ... you have a question though that doesn't seem to already have been answered, though, I am more than happy to help. A few FAQs: The deadline is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 31, 2009
• Blog / Events

  (Still) Celebrating the 150th! Boy oh boy is it delicious (and free!)

  

  groan, now.) MIT is a fairly unique school when it comes to on ... but this to say: you have to try a burrito from Anna's. If you're up for ... of an Anna's burrito to that of certain Schedule II drugs; in a

  • by Cam T. '13
  • July 17, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s Making Me Happy: Week 3 Independent Video Games, X-Men, and Interstellar

  

  " website, is going back and redoing two weeks of bundles, allowing us to reconsider sales we missed. With summer vacation being a short 2-3 weeks away it's a good time to stock up on cheap games! The Boston Festival of

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • May 18, 2014