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• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring Break A week in Iceland.

  

  quick post about that experience, written as I continue to deny the fact ... ". On the second day we drove to the village Vík, where our hotel for the ... stops along the way to see waterfalls and to catch our first glimpse of

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 30, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MITSO Gone Wild! [by Shelby Heinecke '13] MITSO performs with Aardvark Jazz Orchestra!

  

  [by Shelby Heinecke '13] This past Friday, the MIT Symphony ... symphony was composed by Charles Shadle, a faculty member in the Music Department here at MIT. This was the first time I had ever been exposed to a

  • by ARTalk
  • March 15, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  You can’t live without clean water Alfinio's sustainable water initiative

  

  1667a.html In the summer of 2007, four Harvard graduates will go to Costa Rica to work with their partners in a community to eradicate the ... link to find out more! These are the children of the town of Jazmín, the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 12, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  A waffle house is not a waffle home This is actually an entry about modern Chinese cinema.

  

  of the bracket and unanimously lost to it. Sorry, Julie Andrews fans ... . In the end, it came down to A Mighty Wind and Hebrew Hammer, with ... and she won't admit unrepentant thieves to MIT. So, anyway, we wanted

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s Pi Day, Pi Day the infinite is alive with the buzz of drones, and the 2020s bake pies

  

  decisions. We hope to finish by 3:14PM today, at which point we plan to break ... a high school senior, I applied to ten schools. I was denied by seven (including my first choice, the only real school I was excited to attend

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2016
• Blog / IAP

  Keep Holy the Month of IAP For It Is a Time of Rest

  

  sophomores get to see what our Brass Rat looks like for the first time. Lots of ... stresful. I didn't get much sleep during the last week of IAP (or during the ... of IAP. I was going to rest and recuperate so that I could go into the

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Unfold I met my blog muse while doing the laundry, and then came this entry.

  

  over the other proves to be a mind-clearing activity. So while stuffing clothes into the drawer this week, I realized that since I've come to MIT, I ... that if I went to the laundromat one day and left my laundry there, the

  • by Bryan
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  [guest post] crumbly fruit and the importance of keeping at it by Caleb M. '27

  

  up, move the fruit around with a utensil to get some air and space to ... open the food processor. You move the fruit around with a utensil to get ... even when you get all the way to the sorbet. Even as you change what you

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 13, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  three things i made recently lasers, radio, and a chocolate chip cookie loaf

  

  in session yet. the snow's only just turned to rain and we've had two ... hour. you can look extra hardcore by displaying the frequency signal as it comes in through the antenna. people have also used these to pick up

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 15, 2017
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2019 i3 videos megapost your annual Interactive Introduction to the Institute

  

  the assistance of the MIT guide to residences. One major component of this process are the so-called Interactive Introduction to the Institute (I3) videos, which are produced by students to show off their life and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 30, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Please, Mr. Postman A fair and balanced look at the inbox of a typical MIT student.

  

  you want to see exactly what an MIT student does over the summer? There ... The average length of the e-mails seems to vary based on how busy Mitra is at work and how excited she gets. The standard deviation, however

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 21, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do I need a high school diploma to apply?

  your odds of getting into MIT and will help you make the most of the Institute when you're here. For some more information, check out What to do in ... completion to apply. Each year we receive a small number of applications from
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s happening with the Digital Currency Initiative developing blockchain technologies here at MIT

  

  the class I was teaching. Which, by the way, is not a bad final project ... Lab researchers and faculty across the MIT campus to explore the many ... organized a MLTalk with the DCI developers and Media Lab director Joi Ito to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 28, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: how to take the Bebras Computing Challenge this fall

  

  data to the schools where the challenge is proctored to help them ... Blokhuis, the USA lead at Bebras, sent an email blast to the Computer Science Teachers Association, to help let teachers know about the challenge and how

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In the Darkness of the Night one of the strangest things I have ever experienced

  

  of rural Vietnam, inhabited in the day by water buffalo, seemed to turn ... going, and one group was just leaving, and starting to put out the fire ... the circle and started dancing. We were welcomed, loudly, by a guy who

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 24, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  We Treat You Nicely VOTE VOTE VOTE!

  

  get to experience the best of both worlds (classes and social life ... Don't forget to vote for me in the 2008 Blogging Scholarship! And ... two things that I want to throw at you today in this entry. The first

  • by Snively '11
  • November 13, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life during finals season It's always darkest before the holidays.

  

  : Conduct first-hand research on the process by which humans die by freezing. Selected approach is to go for a long run in sub-zero weather and the sort of ... brain cells. (*In the past two days, I've been taking study breaks to the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 13, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist and transfer: quick update No decisions yet, but some notes & reminders.

  

  can admit. For now, we are waiting to see how many of the 1597 admitted students choose to enroll by the May 1 deadline. After that time, we will ... letter, or a phone call. Keep us up to date all the way through May 1 and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2009
• Blog / Community Projects

  A “World Record Attempt” We can do it!

  

  bazillions of froshies, eager and excited to start the MIT experience. Going ... how hard MIT is going to be? Do you think they're scared to get to ... generally going out of our minds trying to get things done. This is ok though

  • by Snively '11
  • August 20, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Inside vs. Outside How MIT changed for me after being admited

  

  nevertheless every piece of your life seems to fit into the right spot. You ... the exact feeling I had. I would like to give you guys the exact word to ... buildings seemed to be the embodiment of innovation, the students I saw

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 28, 2015