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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An MIT FAQ Because it's better to laugh at blatant stereotypes than to let them make you angry

  

  epithet. Q. (related to previous) Do you spend all your time studying? A ... humanities major, won't it be easier for me to get in? A. Nope. Wouldn't that ... might help the admissions committee understand why you're applying to MIT

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 28, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  how not to be a mathematician on taking time & not running away

  

  , classes where I will never talk to anyone new and classes where I could have ... undergraduate, even though that had always been my major. I had hoped to get here ... By the end of my freshman year, I was convinced that I had not

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 15, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  One of these labs is not like the other GELlin' like a felon

  

  select a leader. Once you have, leaders, raise your hand” Me: *turns to ... actually do get to practice in real situations all these skills that we ... afterward and forgetting how to quite approach it. Getting that practice is

  • by Stanley G.
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Nisha’s Restaurant Review: February this is extra but i'm doing it anyways

  

  are the only restaurants I used to go to before"]new ... added bonus of getting to watch the SuperBowl on the bar TV. Not that it ... blog post, but I've been trying to see more of Boston and Cambridge this

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • March 2, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Welcome Susan Hockfield A recap of Susan Hockfield's inauguration.

  

  positioned them on stage. According to the program, they were accompanied by ... better place." That's still a big part of her mission - to get kids ... , Susan Hockfield. Both of the office cameras were checked out by others, so

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 6, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Three Weeks a short summary of this crazy place

  

  to leave. I love it here. IHTFP. My name is Joonho, but I also go by ... literal introduction to this new blogging adventure. Hello! I certainly feel ... new, to the point where I couldn't possibly see the magic of this place

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 12, 2016
• Blog / How to Food

  making dumplings jiaozi / guotie / gyoza /

  

  ; (special thanks to the toons) (and the gorgeous airbnb in new hampshire we ... DOUGH: clean your counter and wash your dishes wash your hands ... too add soy sauce and sesame oil to taste (optional) FILLING (MEAT

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 19, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Library Battle: Harvard vs. MIT Harvard and MIT Libraries are given a theme topic and each an afternoon to compile…

  

  know, MIT affiliates have access to the New York Times archive dating back to 1851, as well as tons of other newspapers and magazines? The New ... Library has that from 1943, as willing as I am to Greyhound it over to New

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 10, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Nothing Gold Can Stay some reminders

  

  quickly 13 weeks go by. And just how little time there seems to be to ... impending deadlines and no where to be in particular. With nothing but all the time in the world for me to sit, staring at the ceiling, letting my

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 28, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Calculus in Context 18.01 feels like an art history class

  

  to Physics. She also had to state that her book had been reviewed by a ... get involved, but the following Romantic period was not as welcoming to ... think the true definition of drinking from a firehose is to be learning

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 14, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Great Gatsby In all its pixelated glory

  

  by the Book, which can be found on the second floor of Hayden library. If you're a little sad that you can't actually be on campus to enjoy ... , you should go out to the library and get a copy now! It's a great read

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  Eating Too Much Cake Just kidding, this post is about physics

  

  choose MIT, you get to take a gap year. You’ve been selling your soul to ... fight with my advisor to get this to go through. I was ready. This is ... you ask to get a cookie she is more likely to say yes. My [annotation

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 25, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Questionable Views Questions and views, and questions about views. The views are not necessarily questionable, although you…

  

  means people are forced to "crowd" a room by turning a double into a ... /or speak to your dorm/floor chairs, they can try to accomodate your ... sticking my head out there to get a better camera angle. As you can tell

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Alaska, part I There...

  

  .mitadmissions.org/topics/life/student_life_culture/blogger_application_2010.shtml">Blogger Application 2010 is due to me by email by Monday, August 2nd! Snap to it! AND NOW BACK TO YOUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED READING ... railway to save hundreds of miles of travel by taking more direct routes, it

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  “All Aboard the Rage Bus” Travelling by bus.

  

  is only eight to twelve hours from Boston through New York City ... of your plane by half a plane, making me take another plane, filling ... One bus, for trying to shove a whole extra person into your van, which

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 3, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Where We’ve Been And Where We’re Going A brief history of the blogs and MyMIT.

  

  seemed to get more and more popular. And then, one day, I stumbled upon ... to see it. Here's the new one: In September 2004, the MIT admissions ... was so busy trying to make MyMIT live up to its promises that I had

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  I like to break a mental sweat, too. Missed it by that much.

  

  honest, I'm becoming quite discouraged now. First I was too late to get ... they couldn't find enough people to make quorum and the team gets find if ... based on the skill level of your team so you get the fairest competition

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Ben’s Farewell The conclusion to the Ben tribute entries, and a little advice.

  

  you'd get to meet and interact with your adviser every week. But this ... can't begin to tell you how quickly these past two years have gone by ... idea of what you're going to eat for lunch today (update post-lunch: a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Me again (but with flamethrowers this time) yup, it's a shameless ploy to catch your interest. But it's working, right?

  

  snow:no snow ratio is. I bid someone to go forth and Google! And then get ... conundrum. Except one of his ideas to get rid of the snow was flamethrowers ... 'm friends with "MIT Engineers" on facebook, from whom I get the latest Tech

  • by Alina G. '11
  • February 1, 2011
• Blog / Events

  The Igs Where Science meets Silly. Hello Silly!

  

  eventually cropped down to the final prize winners. I know you're saying to ... Nobel!" More power to you, but here's what you're up against: In the category of ... lectures. The informal lectures are when you get a chance to actually hear

  • by Snively '11
  • January 15, 2008