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• Blog / Challenges

  Turning on the Light A note to the MIT community.

  

  It's hard to wrap my head around the chain of events that unfolded ... , the place where I felt safe, threatened by armed people? And all this ... unravel. As we listened to the news into the wee hours of the night, things

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 19, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  What is the value of college? Food for thought in your college search

  

  their aspirations. Even though the challenges faced vary from role to ... responsibility to articulate the transformative impact that they should be having ... to the whims of a transactional public who view education solely as a

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 21, 2025
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] Take Me *Home* to the Ballgame By Claire S. '25

  

  you to your home, hold onto it. Let it get you through the homesickness ... Of all the things to happen in college, I never expected baseball to become the antidote to my homesickness. I’ve always been a fan of the St

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • July 31, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Happenings What's been going on? Recent events at le MIT.

  

  The first speech I ever gave in my life was to the 1000 of you who ... to not have events registered around the clock. It made enough people ... came Ring Delivery, which was the day after I went to an Iggy Azalea

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 4, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime I am often asked what we admissions officers do during the summer. Frequently, people assume…

  

  which to hold our meetings, networking with the Educational Counselors (ECs) in these cities, and more. Getting to travel the country, to come ... from the intensity of admitting the freshman class to get the big picture

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 10, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Not so FAST heading to MIT on Saturday for some FAST Thinking

  

  to hear the Language of Music by the Lontano Ensemble in the Kresge ... reception in the MIT Museum celebrating the kick-off to MIT”s 150 Celebration ... real pleasure to listen to Tod Machover animatedly describe the FAST Arts

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 3, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  just do it don’t say you’re gonna do it!

  

  standard practice: you sit by the machine as it runs, always ready to step in ... as a noun and a verb (CNC: to cut out a part on the CNC mill ... , essentially telling the computer what toolpaths to take."]CAM[/annotation] model

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 23, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  The DHL Fiasco I really want to thank those of you (you know who you are) who turned…

  

  figured out how to track all of the admit packs going to international ... bumping threads on the third-party sites in an effort to minimize the damage ... to circumvent, using the site to check packages other than one's own is

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Scheduling Conflict Which class should I take? (Results from the previous poll posted.)

  

  't Doonesbury vote-bomb me though! A new class will be offered by the Economics ... for students interested in the challenge posed by massive and persistent ... believe that the economists might have something useful to say about this

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 28, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  PSA: anyone in the world can stream this MIT class about pandemics and plagues in history 21H.000: History of Now: Plagues and Pandemics

  

  historical challenge. Anyone from around the world can join to listen. The description is below: This class exposes students to the study of history for ... by the invited speakers followed by Q&A with enrolled students. The

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 11, 2020
• Blog / Hacks

  Fall Hits MIT… in the form of a Giant Spider! I promise I'm not a blog-hog, this is just too good!

  

  couple babies! But how did the little spiders get all the way to Lobby 7 ... Let's cut right to the chase: THERE'S A HACK IN 6C! Natanya ... a web! I've decided to name him Lucifer. He's huge! He has the

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Katharine Hepburn’s Brownies How Kate saved my kitchen cred.

  

  to use the word hate, but I’m going to be a rebel and use it anyway ... the mood to experiment? It’s kind of a big deal, picking a favorite, and ... neatly to the story of the brownies; a few days ago, I decided to try my

  • by Alina G. '11
  • July 26, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The CPW LiveBlogging Project A big experiment.

  

  's entries! I've decided to add to the CPW coverage by creating a CPW tumblr ... that basically allows you to upload photos and thoughts to the web in ... variety of prefrosh guest bloggers during CPW. This has been done in the

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 3, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Thirteen Theses on Wide Tim In a world which really is topsy-turvy, the true is a moment of the false.

  

  But certainly for the present age, which prefers the sign to the thing signified, the copy to the original, representation to reality, the appearance to the essence... illusion only is sacred, truth profane. Nay

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 23, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Introducing…Stan! Passing the blogger torch

  

  department that tends to get lumped together with the life sciences, but that ... in one way or another, and I’m excited to hit the ground running to get ... able to write on this site, so when the GEL program asked if I wanted to

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 24, 2012
• Blog / Hacks

  Vespertilio No spoilers here.

  

  't get to actually watch the movie, but I respect you for that. Treat ... try to get an hour long nap in. Or, it means I can tell you what I ... :30 PM I grabbed my skates headed over to the Fenway movie theater. It was

  • by Snively '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snapshot #1 Short summary of a long week.

  

  associated with touching water that had once belonged to the Charles River and ... heroically toward MIT. Simultaneously bewildered and inspired by the aerobic ... . By the way, did you hear about the guy who fell into the Charles River

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 28, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Davidson Fellows scholarship program A great scholarship opportunity from the wonderful folks at the Davidson Institute for Talent Development.

  

  program. Sponsored by the good folks at the Davidson Institute for Talent Development, the program provides scholarships of $50,000, $25,000 or $10,000 to ... , Philosophy or "Outside the Box." To apply, you must submit the Preliminary

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 1, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] Your Guide to Boston Cafes a letter from chomps

  

  introduced me to 30 cafes in the Greater Boston area, and since then, I ... the T for all my cafe hops, so my location references are in relation to ... drinks.  Founded by owners from Ho Chi Minh City, Phin brings the “bold

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 15, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  Taking Care of Yourself Eating, Sleeping, Water and Vitamins pave the way to happiness

  

  How not to do it. (A dinner from last summer) This is probably the one ... made the largest difference in terms of my day to day happiness it's not ... the same vein as Step 1, it's much too easy to go through the day

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 26, 2013