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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Building 56 It's really boring. You may not even want to bother reading it.

  

  last post. Arjun and Vicki C were the first two to solve it, followed by ... think that it's the most beautiful thing on earth. The reason for this is ... colleges, like Harvard and CalTech, strive for uniform and regal architecture

  • by Snively '11
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  This doesn’t suck It's not particularly great, either. But you could go to Germany!

  

  wanted to say, really, but I had to think of something MIT-related because for some reason there is no Project Runway category on MITblogs. So ... German I in Germany program offered by MISTI!! Do you have any friends who

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  elephants what I've been up to

  

  : elephants outside my room). In an effort to not get so over-burdened with ... 've taken to working on a little mural on my door whenever a pset makes my brain itch. I was going for Dali's "Los Elefantes", but of course I had

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 27, 2017
• Blog / Hacks

  MIT hacks Caltech

  

  earlier today, "How many points do you think we get on caltechvsmit.com for ... Some of you may remember last year, when Caltech students came to ... decided to have a little fun with Caltech. You see, Caltech has this famous

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dies Irae Quantus tremor est futurus!

  

  Tonal Forms II this term? Just a thought before I get some sleep: I made ... at Star Market. They cost $2.99 plus tax. Upon starting to address them tonight, I noticed that none of them are really appropriate for showing true

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What MIT Grads Do With Their Free Time Want to see the fireworks up close? Simply turn an old car into a boat…

  

  idea being to get as close as possible to the fireworks on the 4th of ... - complete with photos. I am sad to report that the story doesn't have the ... , ever try to launch a very sketchy-looking homebuilt watercraft on a

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 6, 2005
• 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 / Events

  Class of 2012 Night at the Movies '21,' the MIT Blackjack Team movie, opens this weekend... who's in?

  

  here: To celebrate the movie release, I am declaring this weekend to be ... take a picture of you (and any MIT '12s with you) and send it in to me ... people pictured (I'll only publish first names), and any reactions to the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 26, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Mari McQuaid Name: Mari McQuaid; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Verona, NJ

  

  my values, great live music, gourmet food, and great places to shop for ... everything "right" to get into MIT or any top school. It's really important ... talents and interests. Let us get to know you as a three-dimensional person

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  He’s Making A List and Checking It Twice The things that I found important when looking at colleges

  

  , I still wanted to be able to take a break and do some things for fun ... HARDBALL. Ask current students anything, and you'll be able to get a good ... So four years ago, I began a year-long journey to start seeing what

  • by Bryan
  • July 24, 2006
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Poemtober! the only thing harder than writing is not writing

  

  each poem was written to. I didn't manage to write for every single ... 't have to sit around for two months waiting for the perfect phrase to come ... , too wild, too motherly and monstrous, for the likes of us to bear.  

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 17, 2018
• Blog / People & Identities

  butterfly season the very tired caterpillar

  

  something more modern, more suited to whatever homeowners are looking for ... grateful for that. I felt like I had evolved too much for my environment to ... what you need to hear. For me, Wolf 359 was one of those things. My

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • July 31, 2021
• Blog / Blog Projects

  10 Fun (and REAL) Facts About MIT! Incredibly Correct Facts about MIT!

  

  students to the "Way of the Beaver," a doctrine created by MIT students in ... of undergraduates who worship the KerMIT by performing rituals to ... “Kendall Cube,” a popular area for MIT students to find summer internships

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 1, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Faith Embracing uncertainty as the world changes around us

  

  attachment to the Intensive Care Unit. I did not blame God for my health crisis ... pushing the boundaries. If that gets you going, you’re applying to the right ... snug. Out the window, giant snowflakes fell to the barren ground outside

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I AM SO BUSY

  

  But I still went downtown to fetch a fresh fruit eclair. (Sorry for shouting.) Someone asked what I'm doing for spring break. I'm going to ... . But for now, back to math pset + French studying + urop agonizing

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  I jumped into the river ...black-haired Asians swam with me.

  

  followed mere moments later by Bao, who decided that there was nothing to ... for a variety of reasons, the majority of which are related to Sam's Mom ... line up to surf in it. Kind of like the swan boats in Boston Common

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 30, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  Hack to the Future all futures have a past, and all pasts have alternative futures

  

  future, arriving in the same place, at a different time, to save the future ... , October 21st, 2015, I walked into Lobby 7, and was greeted by a hack; a hack to the future.         Like many

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 21, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  A person can develop a cough. Simultaneously the coldest and hottest entry I've ever written.

  

  world is? Well, I will tell you. It is going to the Zesiger Center to go ... boxer shorts. And then he recognizes you. How's that for teacher ... 'm developing my traditional mid-winter cold. I have way too much to do in the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  #Winning the battle for awesome (fictitious) alumni

  

  suit to be a superhero. No "baby I was born this way" origin story for ... those entries. Instead, I want to focus on something much more grandiose ... poll on Doonesbury.com asking readers where Alex should go to college. As

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Dinner With Goobers Yeah food! Yeah people!

  

  things that made the transition to college the hardest for me (I know. I am ... for this...) and mosey on down to ye olde Simmons dining hall. Okay ... dinner would probably get us socially shunned for life, but here, we had a

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • February 27, 2012