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• Blog / Hacks

  50 Years of NASA One small hack for MIT, one giant leap for NASA.

  

  , where I seemed to be getting closer... ..but not quite what I wanted. I ... , elegant, and anonymous prank, designed to amuse and catch the attention of ... hacks that result are admired by pretty much everyone on campus. This

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 2, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Preparing for the real world An alum's perspective!

  

  lounge, one of the upperclassmen in my dorm stopped by to comfort me. “Don ... are intentionally designed to be solved by one or two people, ideally of ... -defined problems fed to you by a benevolent manager, then you’re in luck because the

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 18, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  a tour of New Vassar also known as west garage

  

  security desk is the piece "I DON’T WANT TO SEE MYSELF WITHOUT YOU" by artist ... , let's walk to the dining hall, which is right by the front entrance ... . Walking to the other side of the first floor, we pass by several common

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • March 20, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Sunday Everyone Go read Marilee's post... NOW.

  

  desperately to get my kids to remember who I am, I logged in to publish an "I'm excited for everyone to get their mail this week!" post. In my in-box was ... really should all go read hers instead. Good luck to everyone who gets

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Curiosity Instinct Every MIT applicant should ask a question - but not necessarily just "How can I…

  

  common question that emerges on the blogs, to be answered by both ... burn and itch in my mind, the things that I can't seem to get enough of?" By aiming to answer that - and having it show in everything you do

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston Rain With apologies to Tay Zonday.

  

  Makes it hard to get where you want to go Boston Rain Come listen to my ... ended up getting drenched in an unexpected deluge of rain. Yes, you read ... picturesque, and fun to play with (or in), it even can serve as a metaphor for

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livescribe’s Pulse Pen: The Sequel! I've written about it before, and now I'm writing about it again!

  

  went up to get some more fajitas and was intercepted by Jim. "Hi Michael ... pens, I might as well work for Livescribe and get paid to do it, right ... , somebody else paid, and all I had to do was show up at the airport and get on

  • by Snively '11
  • July 28, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  sunscreen physical health and stuff

  

  , so i was able to relearn walking by paying careful attention to how my ... productive start to the weekend one habit i’ve been trying to get into but ... unusable, so i went to the t-mobile store to get a new phone (shoutout to

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 4, 2022
• Blog / Events

  The Stuff of MIT Legend I'm about to tell you a super cool story. It happened two years ago, but…

  

  run by undergrads who can get paid for their efforts through UROP ... Edgerton's collegues happened to drop by to say hi. I am so not kidding. I ... Cambridge for some conference or another, so he decided to stop by and ask for

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 23, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  My Application Story Modified (but mostly plagiarized) from my personal blog. Enjoy the copy pasta.

  

  my decision was. My dad didn't force me to go to MIT, don't get me ... school. Nothing to get depressed over, really. I guess it's clear that ... to build my list in August of my senior year. We had done the campus

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 17, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds VII: Decided? T-minus one day until the reply form postmark deadline.

  

  'm talking the Pell Disbursement Record from COD here) doesn't get to MIT by ... side-by-side number comparisons of schools. It is time to focus on the ... Fernando '10 to MIT! On the topic of the reply form, we do expect to get a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sleepless Nights And how I've been spending them

  

  thought there was no better way to summarize second semester than by ... , reservations were (understandably) very hard to come by. The only available time ... food I’ve had access to this semester.) By the time our enormous dessert

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 26, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventure Time at MIT We went on a hiking and camping adventure!

  

  and he kept trying to get us to play road games and sings songs about ... to the trail we needed to follow to get to Nancy Cascades. We made ... . Eventually we made it to the actual Nancy Cascades trail, marked by some bloody

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 22, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summerteeth Are you afraid of the dark reaction?

  

  "), "tan". Then you get to the hyperbolics and it's "sinch," "cosh" and ... thoroughly explored chemical compound and then getting to perform any reactions ... ." To summarize: one day in June 2004 I was knocked off my bike by a car

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  1st Year at MIT Everything there is to know about my first year here

  

  Hey guys, I first want to start off by apologizing for not being ... time we also just go get food together or go to the movies, but all in ... . However, on Saturday I felt that I had enough time to both get some psets

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 28, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Recap (Guest Entry) "a perfect introduction to MIT"

  

  . :)So, I officially arrived at MIT on Thursday, only to be greeted by my ... visited the Coop. There I found this:Do you get it? :)Then I went back to ... up to give a talk, and embarrassed a couple kids by bringing them up to

  • by Bryan
  • April 19, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  to the skeletons in my closet an open letter to you

  

  a blog that explains it step by step i figured id just cut to the part ... your demons than to write them away."]it's taken me days to even get ... me that is still so, so bitter that you get to move on with your life

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 27, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Worms, Revisited a reflection on decisions from here

  

  emotions to create a lens I can use to view my worm. I get to see how I’ve changed over time. I get to remember the good and the bad. MIT, and I ... Song: Ramblings of a Lunatic by Bears In Trees Two months ago, I

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 18, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  What pretty hair… This entry is about my dorm, hair dye, pork dumplings, and, of course, Alain Boublil.

  

  job you can get at MIT; you get paid $9 an hour to play Snood, press the ... assume were red highlights. I didn't stick around long enough to get an ... So, in my dorm, there seems to be this really close, almost familial

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 7, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Working With WashLava Time management in low places

  

  , I get to haul a soggy pile of clothes from the washer to a dryer on ... neither are difficult Sundays, but it gets the job done. Here's to another ... , dropped isn't the correct word. I neglected to [annotation note="I am so, so

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 7, 2021