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• Blog / IAP

  Snow has arrived and shut down the Institute

  

  I woke up today to blowing snow, the sound of fire trucks (from the ... 18 inches of snow, and ice on the roads to close schools. Being as ... the four-ish inches we currently have is enough to close down the

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 12, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  AROTC Day in the Life Notes from Cadet O'Brien, MIT '12 / Course III

  

  the grid point on the map and plan the best way to attack. You brief ... ’re going to do it, what support you have (if any), and the callsigns ... ’s time to step off. Your squad moves in its formation through the

  • by ROTC
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Big News The next chapter in the life of Ben Jones.

  

  always be the city I love more than any other. It's a lot to digest, and it's going to take some time. I guess you probably want to know the details. I ... , it needs me - in many of the same ways that MIT did four years ago - to

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 15, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Unveiling the New Varsity Weight Room let's get buff !!!

  

  vwr[/caption] It was super cool to get to lift in the new VWR. In the ... note="don’t get me started on when there were two teams lifting at the ... Athletics Department took the initiative to build a new weight room that will

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 23, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  Scootah Hockey a sport of tradition, friendship, and raw athleticism

  

  guarded by a vigilant goalie with the power to apprehend nearby pucks and ... by the name of “short hockey stick”, with which they may launch the ... our shirts. Now, the time to play draws near. Each night, three

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 13, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [joint post] give us your words you have words. we want your words.

  

  constraints are fairly lax but the form is long and repetitive, forcing you to ... . By competitively, I mean, we were trying to see who would finish first(I did). While writing it, we decided it would be fun to exchange the words

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 20, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Doggy Birthday Meet Simmons Hall's smallest - and furriest - new resident, who just turned 8.

  

  Maseeh and Burton Conner, to have one on the premises. In honor of ... pieces of vegan chocolate cake, to be had. The birthday girl lapped up ... break. Nadia M. '17 even taught Butterstick to spin by enticing her with

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The One Where I’m in Russia a brain/photo dump of me running away from school

  

  ’ve seen of the archaeology site, I thought it was going to be underwhelming ... entrepreneurship and technical program designed to give undergraduates around the world the skillset and mindset needed to start their own companies. It was

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 28, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Africans@MIT: Blockchain and the Niger Delta Creating a system for accountability

  

  roles to revamp the African Students’ Association, he was one of the first ... members to start a chicken farm in his home country, the Ivory Coast. This ... to farmers. I asked Hassan for pictures of the chicken farm and hE SEn

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / Announcements

  Welcome our new bloggers! Huzzah!

  

  hometown, and has much to tell you about the virtues of serif fonts in this ... from campus to beaches and shipyards, and liveblogged from the depths of ... so much for taking the time and effort to apply. Writing for an

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 16, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  The Freshman Application Is Now Live for prospective members of the Class of 2020

  

  member of our community the ability and passion to work collaboratively for ... the situation? I can't emphasize this enough: make sure to review, and meet, the dates and deadlines, get everything in complete and on

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 18, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Q&A A bit of clarification on being waitlisted.

  

  choose another college to attend by May 1. What should I do about the May 1 ... predict how many student will attend this year. To help with the ... students will choose to remain on the waitlist. Can you tell me where I am on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Eye Of The Storm Reflections in the brief moment between the last hours of selection committee and the release…

  

  me blog her results sometime. ;-) Anyway, I need to go get some things ... to pass the time, and you haven't read this already, check out this ... what the last few weeks have been like for us. Best of luck to you all

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  One Giant Leap For beaver kind

  

  , that gives me 1.5 more days to learn everything. The good part? I think I ... , just because the dome is so visible and I'm more likely to see a hack in ... , photograph dome from afar to share on blog. YAY! They put a BUMP on the dome

  • by Snively '11
  • May 17, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  We are the people in your neighborhood… On MIT's diversity

  

  's edition of TechTalk, a newspaper published by the MIT News Office. Why ... you the details of how challenging it was to produce a documentary on a ... from where I lived to people who lived on the opposite side of the globe

  • by Bryan
  • September 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  GTL the secret to a successful summer

  

  uncomfortably close to getting scurvy, probably because I overestimate the ... to realize that I'm the furthest thing from a fighter... and I started ... shop. So actually, scrap the entire recipe. The key to a successful

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 4, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 1: Quito Old Town The hostel, the basilica, and Embarrassing Spanish Attempt #2

  

  , stranger! By this point, it was raining, so I suggested that we go to the ... ) and fortunately made it to the hostel without too much difficulty. Our ... older couple from Bruges who are going to spend the next few months

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Food Fights behold the deliciousness that could be yours

  

  posting it up on the web. I polished off an apple at the end to keep the ... of the Patriots Monday Night Football game by myself this week). But my ... . Keeping up with the standard I had set by eating for the Internet, they

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / Public Statements

  A letter from President Reif regarding George Floyd and Minneapolis

  

  day, for MIT, for the country, or for the world. In addition to the ... . Earlier today, President Reif sent the following email to all faculty, staff, and students of MIT: To the members of the MIT community, At MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 29, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Scientist Questions of science, science and progress.

  

  the morning. If you haven't been to college yet, that might seem like a ... surrounded by friendly and helpful faces. The first person I met, a grad ... -doc and my primary mentor for the summer. After introducing me to a number

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 2, 2008