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• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Visit to eBay

  

  . ------------------------------ Thanks to Tiffany for a great lunch and lovely tour of the eBay complex ... with our friend Carter (MIT '07), who is interning for Apple this summer ... anything about it. Despite his secrecy, we still took him out for pearl milk

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 8, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  Fortin’ with Mimi Let’s. Talk. About. Queer stuff.

  

  : during CPW and during REX. It's a great time to really get to know more ... rare for me since I am an EXTREMELY shy person. He also pushed me to be ... more to talk about since I've only been here for like 4 weeks, but I

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • September 18, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Missy Cummings on The Colbert Report At the end of the interview, she and Stephen face off in Rock 'Em Sock…

  

  . A crucial note for overseas readers and others unfamiliar with The Colbert Report: it's important to understand the context of the program and ... Colbert, a former correspondent for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 28, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Conner 2 Trip to the North End Bother bother bother bother

  

  A bunch of people from my floor decided to go to the North End to get ... I decided to just film it instead. I present to you, what it would look like if you were an MIT student and went to the North End. Enjoy!

  • by Snively '11
  • February 1, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Week in the Life: Optimism Edition In which I have a particularly tough, enriching week.

  

  unmotivated. Career Fair lasts for three more hours -- all I'd have to go is get ... for that project made me a half hour late to 4.42J/2.66J/1.044J ... break for a week to clear our heads. It was a really smart idea, so I

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  January in the Studio 4.11A: Architecture and Environmental Design Intensive

  

  for a place to sit, I named the following constraints: that I must sit ... cold to type, but hey, that’s the outside for you. The class I took over ... . The Department is committed to a concern for human values and for

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  parallels or juxtapositions in one sitting at flour cafe

  

  fruit, beckoning for me to reach out and grab them. it seems every ... but couldn’t get myself to decide what that was; i promised myself i ... ’t always just wait for spring to arrive.

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • February 26, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Countdown To Mail Drop I'll update this post over the course of the day as we get closer to…

  

  and then call the post office for pickup. So to summarize, we're on ... close to last year (383). We had 3098 applications for EA. Our admit rate ... Today is mail day. I'll save my emotional post on this topic for a

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 9, 2005
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  Does the Khan Academy offer practice SATs?

  Students can prepare for college-entrance exams by going on an online ... , and tailored feedback offered by the popular nonprofit learning website ... questions from past SAT exams, as well as videos with step-by-step solutions
• Blog / Hacks

  “futility island” socially conscious hacking? in MY institution?

  

  planned to Building 54 -- a renovation sponsored by Shell, the oil company ... of just a few exceptions to MIT's preference for numbers), will now be ... It's more likely than you think! To understand this hack, you need

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 25, 2019
• FAQ / First-year application

  Where can my school counselor find helpful information?

  Thank you for all of the good work you do for our awesome applicants! We understand what a daunting task it is for school counselors to meet all of the different requirements for so many students and schools. We
• Blog / How to Food

  Going Home We're halfway through MIT? o____o

  

  steam the rice off the stove, with the lid on for ~15 to 20 minutes. After ... without sauce). It may help to place the carrots in boiling water for a ... - but you gotta do what you gotta do. Maybe I'll get around to writing

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 23, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Ring Delivery 2021 meet me halfway

  

  freaking cool, we were able to get it rescheduled for this fall. It's been ... Delivery typically happens in your sophomore spring, to mark not only the ... result of the pandemic, we weren't able to have a ring delivery in the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 19, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  I know my calculus… and U2. Bono takes on global poverty, fashion, and Course 18.

  

  for providing their take on the Bono article? And now, your regularly scheduled entry.... One of the things I like about being home is getting to ... 's certainly an honor for me to be part of an equation with Bono. I also picked

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 26, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  chaos and an exam that I technically failed irl deus ex machina

  

  -long exam my room had to evacuate. Great news for me! I had just gotten back to Boston on a red-eye flight and was feeling quite removed from my ... extended essay in order to get the IB diploma. I remember thinking (as many

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 28, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Starbucks. I'm getting a little too familiar with it.

  

  /bio/chem till my brain feels like it's dying. And then I go to lab and do things ... . Starbucks works during various hours of the day. For instance: 1. The busiest ... stretches all the way to and sometimes out of the door. 2. At any given time

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 14, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what i learned from classes spoiler: not what i expected

  

  . Around that time, the CEO and COO began stopping by my desk regularly for ... week or two). Now, there are ways to do this well — for example, on your ... much more than the material that is directly taught to you. If you’re a

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 27, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  FASAP [by Maggie Liu ‘12] T-ride + thought-provoking art piece + yummy free dinner afterwards.

  

  it would be a great way to continue my love for art in a, well, tech ... [by Maggie Liu ‘12, Guest Blogger] You’d think that once ... ominously thick package that included everything from housing lottery to

  • by ARTalk
  • November 12, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  ADITL MIT's Technique spearheads one of the most interesting projects I've seen on campus recently.

  

  on campus were doing the same thing with the same purpose: to take part in A Day In The Life, a project open to the entire MIT community sponsored by Technique, MIT's yearbook and photography club. Students, faculty

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 25, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Watch this! An MIT blogger alum deservedly gets a moment in the spotlight.

  

  will not link to here.) The folks at PBS's Nova have been producing a ... & Engineers. A now, the producers have shown the good sense to ... , and really important, research work. Would you like to hear the short

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 23, 2010