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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Brass Rat

  

  MIT Class of 2007 class ring. (Thanks to Mitra for the invitation ... students will purchase the ring in a typical year; one company actually shuts ... the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Class Ring dates back to the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 28, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  telling the tale some thoughts on acting, change, and meaning

  

  to finish. your character must have an arc as they figure things out ... your college decision and you should totally come to this event. and i ... it is now a space for others to make their own memories and meaning

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • August 3, 2023
• Blog / Hacks

  A couple of hacks from a couple of hacks CPW tends to bring out the best work from the esoteric pranksters

  

  opportunity myself. That's an easy thing to forget when you've got your head ... in a lot of people: facilities pays extra attention to make sure things ... for me, seeing all you guys excited to be here and the prospect of

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 30, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Nerd’s Paradise Phi is a "h" of a lot cooler than pi.

  

  using their talents and abilities to actually making a difference in the ... listen to an admissions presentation, take a campus tour, visit a lab, and talk to some of the current students. I was on campus for a grand total

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s up? here's whats up

  

  The next few weeks are going to be something different. To start, it is 3:30 am Friday night and I am moving back to EC tomorrow starting 11 ... -drying in the bexley basement. I went to a movie tonight called Vicky

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • August 17, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  This is a song about being happy. Not a song about a whale. Sorry. But there's haute couture.

  

  whether he wanted to move over into the center section. So, we did. Making ... Senate. It was a good, good night. MIT had some event to celebrate the ... 't know or anything, but I choose to believe that he only auditioned because

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  New Year, New Semester Celebrating Lunar New Year and a new spring schedule

  

  to use your imagination to fill in the blurrier pixels. Gene ... takes time for you to settle down at a table and get all of your materials ... find a way to make it work! Otherwise, I plan to just spend my free hours

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 15, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Off to Southeast Asia Even Admissions Officers get to take a vacation sometimes.

  

  . Nominally, the purpose of the trip is to be in Malaysia for a (Malay) friend's wedding, but while you're over there, you might as well do some tourism, no ... -written. Two of the forthcoming entries will introduce you to two new additions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Random Hall Rooms Six rooms and ten stuffed animals.

  

  the building, making it visible from the third-floor portal to the 282 ... most other rooms but also makes it much easier to socialize, since you don't even have to leave your room to see people. This particular room

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 10, 2012
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can I test out of some classes by taking Advanced Standing Exams?

  begins. If you do well you get to keep your grade on the ASE as your ... Advanced Standing Examinations are one way to earn credit for MIT subjects outside of the classroom itself. If you're confident that you
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MOMENTOS IMPRESIONANTES Because this place is full of them.

  

  if you’re lucky, while heading to a dining hall for lunch one normal ... I remember the first time I went to a market in my hometown. It was ... this; it’s good!” “We have what you want, sir, trust us!” I turned to

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 5, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Parliamo Italiano! And some other languages too.

  

  took here my first semester was 21F.716, Introduction to Contemporary ... have a lot of similarities, so I'm already used to conjugating verbs and making nouns and adjectives agree in number and gender. Plus, Italian and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 19, 2008
• Blog / Summer

  a year of counting fish the shape of real work

  

  into your work? Or in academia, how do you make sure your research will ... to code or make music or, I guess, think about topology, there’s this ... , which I came to appreciate over the two years that I did this research

  • by Kai V. '25
  • September 11, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Staying Organized In which I look exhausted and talk about my notebooks

  

  life. Hopefully you're able to decipher my rambling in this video! If not, feel free to ask me questions (which I'm sure other bloggers would be happy to respond to, as well) about how we stay organized and how we

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 28, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Unknowns in illustrated list form

  

  1. When will the snow piles melt? Bragging rights to whoever gets ... upon a time a few weeks ago, campus was a tame soon-to-be snowman's nest ... in the picture? Yes. Your eyes do not deceive you. Those are 3-story

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 10, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life (2)… [Mathematics] Studying math at Cambridge and MIT.

  

  of individual motivation and tenacity to make it through the year ... have preparing for quals in grad school -- your knowledge needs to be ... 'm senior now heading off to math grad school next fall). I really appreciate

  • by Cambridge
  • May 4, 2008
• FAQ / Transfer

  Am I eligible to apply for transfer admission?

  equivalents to estimate your eligibility. Eligibility will be assessed by the ... year. Successful transfer students come to MIT from many backgrounds ... non-traditional pathways.  Unfortunately, we are very limited to how
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Growing Pains And Every Other Type of Ache

  

  arrived at the level of hunger where your sides begin to tingle as if they ... future? What is going to make me happy? Frustratingly, a shocking ... bottom of a sigh, when you can feel some structure in your chest actively

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • December 6, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Avoiding moonlight on an empty stomach Late-night snack cravings lead me underground on meandering routes to Massachusetts Avenue.

  

  accessible and become quite useful when you want to avoid various above ... , when you're hard at work putting off a problem set, you realize that you ... along MIT's basement paths and provide your friendly lurkers (i.e., me

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UEA Internship Panel

  

  inquires, "How's your wife/husband?" The other responds, "Relative to what ... (all years encouraged to attend!) If you are a sophomore, come meet your ... from how to get an interview to how to succeed once you're there. Learn

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 26, 2005