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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Enterlude Brought to you by the letter "L", for Late, Lame, and real Life. Or something…

  

  . Welcome to REX. One of the first things you learn when you get to college ... —littered with trees and illuminated by flashing, multicolored lights—the East Side ... from “decent” to “huh, that’s a little weird, but okay” and “is that even

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • September 18, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Eletha Flores The awesome Eletha Flores '10.

  

  Flowers student to attend MIT, thanks to scholarships Student received prestigious Hispanic Heritage Youth Award Thursday, May 25, 2006 by Jennifer Donatelli, Staff Writer [Photo by Lawrence Jackson Jr. - The Gazette

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Laura’s UROP Advisor in ‘American Inventor’ finals tonight! Watch it tonight on ABC and vote!

  

  . The advantage to the device is that it activates by just pushing the ... : blog entry for wednesday? Date: July 20, 2007 1:08:15 PM EDT To: Matt McGann Hey Matt, There's an awesome blog entry just waiting to happen, but I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 25, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  One year later MIT is like a surprise birthday party, but without the birthday or the party.

  

  them all to read this blog. The point is, you should always make your ... , you shouldn't lie to your friends, despite the fact that I do it every ... chessboard mounted to the wall with pieces attached by the magical properties

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back in MD Summary of the end of the year, and a look ahead to the summer.

  

  I subject my body to can be justified by the increase in ... single, and I do not have to use the Saferide or MBTA. Yes, I am home ... up from your little desk and seeing a line of caffeinated beverages

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 5, 2006
• Blog / Events

  “It’s just so effortless!” Apples and ziti and pies, oh my!

  

  for me while we sampled some AppleBake treats: I'm ashamed to say that ... eating to be done once I woke up, though! Right after hearing the AppleBake results, the Conner 2 freshmen rushed back up to our floor to work on the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  July 4th in Boston MIT has the best seat for Boston's July 4th celebrations.

  

  only, you can't get much closer to the fireworks barge. The nice folks at ... , and MIT has a front row seat. Each year on July 4th, a concert by the ... , with nothing to block its view, and relatively smaller crowds, becomes a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  Comics for IAP Doonesbury takes on the 6.270 Autonomous Robot Design Competition.

  

  Competition (not to mention Palmistry, Advanced Sudoku, a chocolate workshop ... , or Photoshop, enter Peggy's Chinese New Year contest!)

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 17, 2007
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Does MIT offer an online degree?

  MIT doesn't offer online degrees, but we have world-class educational opportunities available to everyone online for free through our programs administered by MIT Open Learning.
• Blog / Events

  Noam Chomsky Talk in 26-100 i still have to send these pictures to amnesty

  

  series, hosted Noam Chomsky, an MIT Professor of Linguistics, to talk on ... means to be truly unbiased, and our responsibility in wearing the mark of "higher education" to be truly educated, to approach issues of rampant

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 4, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Juggling Act When you're used to life in Hell...

  

  as well be on fire. When you're used to life in Hell, sometimes a ... , you actually expect MIT kids to remember things that aren't numbered ... features include an über-convenient café, an Athena computer cluster (not to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Was Great in the 1800s (and it's still awesome today)

  

  ’s history helps with your consideration of committing to MIT in the present ... Previously on the blogs, I’ve written about MIT’s commitment to ... other institutions to do the same (more here). I’ve also blogged about the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  cooling off it snowed? snew?

  

  Sometimes it's easy to get frustrated with the world. There's too much happening to keep up with everything, and it seems like nothing ever seems to go right. Frustration is a part of the human experience and a

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 1, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Lea-der! Lea-der! Bat-man! ...I mean, Lea-der!

  

  ’s one thing I learned from this weekend, it’s that we need to get the ... Ann Curry is my idol. This NBC reporter is somehow able to balance an ... the reasons I have an interest in journalism today. What’s incredible to

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 13, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Obama to speak on clean energy, visit MIT energy labs today You can watch the speech live... or wait for the bloggers' account of it!

  

  While bloggers Jess, Paul, and Snively will be listening to President ... President is expected to begin his remarks around 12:30pm Eastern time. You ... concentrators promise to reduce the cost of solar electricity because they use

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  “But I’m not cool…” Dr. Suess but shitty? Dr. Suess but angsty?

  

  think I’m crazy.   “I’ll get a UROP to have something to do.” But ... "] Me on my actual first day of high school! T-minus two months to the ... to my head, blasting My Chemical Romance in-between every single class

  • by Powers '23
  • August 18, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT HSSP and Stanford Splash! Seven fundamental questions, and a field trip to the west coast

  

  selected to travel to Stanford Splash! Let me know if you're still available ... (Spring 2012): Introduction to Cosmology Splash (Fall 2012): Introduction to Radio Astronomy, Introduction to Pulsars Spark (Spring 2013

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 4, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  All my pasts and futures A blog entry about band and quiz bowl, to prove that I'm still hip.

  

  Fidelio. Tonight we had the Burton-Conner Trivia Competition. Prior to the competition, I sent an e-mail to my floor telling them to keep three things in ... message ever sent by telegraph was "What hath God wrought?" The second one

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 19, 2006
• Blog / Events

  MIT wins the Putnam ...for the third year in a row!

  

  peers who are happy to get up at 9 AM on a Saturday in December to solve ... Fellows." Each participating university also selects a team of 3 students to represent the university; schools are ranked according to the sum of the ranks

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 1, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finals Week It's the final countdown.

  

  time in four months, I'll get to see my family. I'm holding on to that ... This is going to be an interesting week. For early action applicants ... approaching. For admissions officers, there are many, many decisions to be made

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 15, 2009