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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Campus Activities What to do while not learning.

  

  So, now that you're on campus, you have all this free time, right? I ... 't have tons of time to do fun stuff. I was digging around on my external ... challenge would be a fun activity to partake in. Not familiar with the gallon

  • by Snively '11
  • September 3, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  There’s a Story in Which My Eyes Shut Am I changed enough?

  

  enough to require shade, so I moved from tree to tree as the clouds shifted. I watched professors walk by, canvas messenger bags at their hips, wrinkled button-downs. In the time intervals uninterrupted by traffic, the

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 25, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  2006 MIT Admissions Statistics Summary statistics from the past year.

  

  By popular demand, below you'll find admissions statistics from this ... summer. I also hope to post an enrolling class profile and more statistics ... ,370 students deferred to regular action 295 deferred applicants admitted during

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 29, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Trick or Treat! Smashing pumpkins, and no I don't mean the band.

  

  chunks go in the radial direction when it crashes to the ground? Answer ... . Now I must admit by the end of the evening, I did have a slight crick in my neck for staring up the whole time, but I still managed to have fun

  • by Bryan
  • November 2, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What’s the Infinite Corridor?

  , classrooms, and labs radiate from here. Whatever you do, stay to the right when ... seasons go by.) When this happens, the setting sun can be seen from the far ... , a reference to Stonehenge.
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What’s the School of Science like?

  interconnected neurons, give rise to our mind—our consciousness and ability to ... that we could replace cells damaged by disease without using embryos?
• Blog / Athletics

  Hidden Treasures @ MIT: Pistol Think Pistols Are Cool? Wait Till You Meet Mike Conti

  

  strong on my quest to get the Pirate's License. While I came for the ... First thing I want to do is apologize for not blogging in a while ... everything I learned from it in a bit. For now I want to start a series a blogs

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 4, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tetazoo is not a Hivemind Haha... just kidding... unless?

  

  ’re moving locations, so I’ve got to get going; the clock is ticking. Wish me ... soon), but right now I’m coming to you LIVE from from Tetazoo’s freshman ... ’m inclined to participate in a three-hour challenge that the upperclassmen set

  • by Powers '23
  • November 24, 2019
• 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 ... if Bostonians are less accustomed to snow, or perhaps it really does

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

  Sun off a beach The one where it rains. I mean, another one where it rains.

  

  '08 had seen March of the Penguins, so she knew that the best way to get ... minutes immediately after getting to the beach before we realized that it ... Well now, this is a good way to start a blog entry. Megan '08, nine

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 31, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  I Think I’ve Found Paradise (Guest Entry) Work hard, play hard. For the next four years.

  

  By Gordon Wintrob '12 Well my camera conveniently died during CPW ... to be a man of few words, and my guest-entry was going to revolve ... consider me to be a pretty serious, goes to bed at 10, enjoys jazz music type

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Literature Tea & Mural Contest Artwork on cookies and walls.

  

  On Monday, I went to an afternoon tea sponsored by Course 21L: Literature. The event (which occurs weekly!) is open to everyone, so even if ... themes... in German. She introduced me to her housemate (at Student House

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2012 Profile Posted 49 states... what's missing? And what are the most popular names?

  

  I know folks love to see the numbers, so we've updated the Freshman Class Profile page for this year's incoming class, the MIT Class of 2012 ... % International citizens 9% Geography New England 14% Mid-Atlantic 18% Southeast

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Polymer Police Using spectroscopy to prove my mom wrong (except she was right and I was actually…

  

  Yesterday, my mom had some “silk” scarves shipped to me so I could ... letters. They also didn’t look or feel like other silk fabrics I was used to ... it’s real silk, Andi, why would anyone on the internet lie to you

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  I Picked My First Apple apples, part 1

  

  MIT sponsors an annual trip to an apple orchard in Stow, MA for ... , and now I have enough apples that it would be wasteful for me not to eat ... my childhood clicking through the virtual Pick Your Own on Neopets

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 16, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Christmas in February Shiny new toys MIT gave me this semester

  

  never quite materialized, I still got to experience Christmas in February ... received all of this shiny new stuff in various classes today! ... okay, it ... work with at MIT these days. There's a lot to unpack here. (Indeed, I

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 14, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Memory of a Greatly Beloved Establishment rip the stud subway

  

  Center is no more. This past weekend, Subway closed abruptly due to issues ... wondering what all the fuss is about, but let me tell you: the Subway was, by ... the entirety of the MIT campus. Indeed, what does the Stud have left to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 3, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT and Slavery a developing history, and a live webcast

  

  -research course, to be called “MIT and Slavery.” Led by Professor Wilder and MIT ... to the community: To the members of the MIT community, At MIT, we ... , we must attend to some newly uncovered facts from our past. A

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 16, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Moved Off Campus A story told by cat gifs

  

  Last year, I made a HUGE decision. I decided to move off of MIT ... .  What changed? Me. I changed. Who was once a headstrong, ready-to ... not happen overnight, and it does not happen to everyone. I'd like to

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Photodiary now with 0% instagram, 22% my cat

  

  , overtaken by an art installation open common space spanning 3rd to 5th ... Weird and/or neat things I saw around campus this week, brought to ... didn't stick around to find out. Upon reaching said class, our teacher

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 9, 2012