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• Blog / MIT Life

  the npc life office hours with lupe fiasco

  

  up with that on the spot? Well, you do get to rhyme things with your ... various ridiculous schemes to get in, since we were sure it would be ... . . . there's rapping in this class." Being flip wasn't going to help me get in

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 26, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Blizzard Barbecuing A few feet of snow never hurt anyone

  

  Yesterday Spanish House celebrated Boston's record breaking snow fall with the WTF(Winter Time Fun) Barbecue! Who says a few feet of snow signals the end of outdoor activites. Photo Credit to Hollie O. '15

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • February 16, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Orientation Lots of fun with picture pages

  

  Wondering what our new freshman are up to this week (aside from the usual East Campus shenanigans)? This SlideShowPro photo gallery requires the Flash Player plugin and a web browser with JavaScript enabled

  • by Dave McOwen
  • September 1, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Superbowl Discuss.

  

  I am currently a bit overwhelmed with work & application reading, but I'll return next week with the next Q&A and other new content ... 's going to win? And most importantly: who will have the best commercial?

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 2, 2006
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Where can I find info on Aero/Astro?

  AeroAstro the oldest and most respected university aerospace program in the United States, and it's easy to see why. They have an ... new Wright Brothers Wind Tunnel, the largest, most advanced U
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the Media Lab?

  mixes and matches seemingly disparate research disciplines to pioneer disruptive new technologies.
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Happy Pi Day! 3.1415926535...

  

  you want to impress your friends. Oh Number Pi Oh, number Pi Oh, number Pi Your digits are unending, Oh, number Pi Oh, number Pi No pattern ... Just a little humor to keep us all smiling. HAPPY PI DAY (the

  • by Bryan
  • March 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  No more physics It was Day 2 of classes when I got kicked out of one! (Only it…

  

  happened while I was on my way to my advisor's office to get his signature on ... So this is what an Add/Drop form looks like: Now, I know what you're thinking. You're thinking, "But Laura, even though you haven't written in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 13, 2005
• FAQ / International applicants

  What if I’m waiting for my green card?

  All applicants are requested to fill out the application with their current citizen status. In our first-year admissions process, you're considered an international applicant if you're not a United States citizen or
• Blog / Admissions

  The real O.C. Travels in Southern California.

  

  (...as opposed to other OCs) I'm in Orange County California, in a ... four more to go. On Wednesday, after a couple school visits, I had the chance to have a picnic-style dinner with the Orange County Educational

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Day at Stanford University wait, what?

  

  worry about getting run down by bicyclists who are, as far as I can tell ... . Stanford...is not like MIT. Where to start? Stanford is sunny and spacious ... of people do, in fact, look like people, and were created by famous

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 3, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  danger!awesome firin' mah lazers...at basically any(every)thing

  

  went to danger!awesome. danger!awesome is a laser engraving and cutting workshop in Central Square. It was founded by Ali Mohammed, PhD '08, an ... simple: they will use lasers to burn anything into anything. As you can see

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 27, 2012
• Blog / Hacks

  Practice Safe Hacking No, there are no LEDs

  

  to advertise the party of the same name put on by the Burton Third ... was rather impressive. How did hackers manage to get a 600 pound ... Hacking at MIT is steeped in tradition and still occurs to this day

  • by Snively '11
  • April 24, 2009
• Blog / Events

  One of those “big picture” days 2 hours of inspirational lectures, one from the CDC director and the other from broadcasting…

  

  had finished early. I had two minutes to get to Kresge auditorium, where ... practices. Finally, we need to combat problems like obesity by examining a ... added this to my “10 reasons why I love MIT”: the lectures! We get to hear

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 2, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A suite surprise My suitemates find out I'm a blogger

  

  , “Wait, it gets even better!” and pointed to my bed. So I walked over and ... Yesterday afternoon, I walked back to my suite in Burton-Conner after ... taped to my door.   OK? I opened the door, stepped into my room

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • September 19, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Different Kind of Learning

  

  . Typical for an MIT student, I am used to not a day going by without a ... considered. I have to get back to my readings, but hello from Detroit, and ... already tell that this semester is going to be very different from anything

  • by Becca H. '12
  • August 25, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Long weekend It was a looooong weekend.

  

  you need a set of perfect test scores and grades to get into this joint. :) ... in honor of student exhaustion, and therefore I would like to write a paean to the MIT long weekend. The abundance of long weekends is one of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Having Survived Rejection (guest post) About receiving a rejection letter from the 'Tvte.

  

  at MIT, and thus I made it my goal to transfer there by the end of the ... This is a guest post by someone--Michael T. (UMD '19)--whose college ... , but then he was not admitted to the class of 2019. Here's his story

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 15, 2016
• Blog / Residential Life

  back in east campus, the sequel jiggity jig (again)

  

  . thinking about this room makes me kinda sad. east campus is scheduled to get renovated next summer, and if that happens as planned, i won't get to spend my ... the years and years of stories attached to each piece, may not get

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 18, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a semester’s shenanigans what i've been up to!

  

  swept away by my next assignment before i even have the chance to reflect ... —partly because i thought i was too late to the game to get good at it, and partly ... 's applied to real-world problems. also, we get free dinner before every

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 10, 2019