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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Snow On working in a winter wonderland.

  

  winter. You have to know how to dress for the cold. A few simple rules ... before it spun off to the sea. A cold, dry air mass from Canada blanketed ... the best places to carve some powder, just drop me a line, an ol' Papa

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 21, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Christy ‘13 The first in a series of articles about students coming to MIT in the fall.

  

  , and the students are going to be great members of the MIT community. A ... of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. "I loved that," said ... I'm frequently asked about the students that are admitted to MIT. Who

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 17, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Show your creativity: the Year of the Pig While we continue reading applications full time, another mini-contest.

  

  nice hand drawn entries... points go to a cute manga Peggy. You'll have to scan it in yourself, though. Submit your entry either by leaving a ... A little more than a year ago, we here on the blogs were celebrating

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Running away with the field Junot Diaz is sort of a big deal.

  

  one, bro, and I caught a f*cking bad one.' "At long last, thanks to his ... heavyweights--Richard Russo, Philip Roth--Díaz is a good bet to run away with the ... (I've come out of blogger hibernation to post something too awesome

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  an MIT alum. I also made a surprise visit to my 5th grade teacher along ... cried some more, which was difficult to watch =( Ooh, I also got a chance ... Where in the world is Melis? Clues: laundry is free, my room is a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  College Fair Season

  

  night, I took a Zipcar up to a college fair in New Hampshire. I'd say the ... undergraduates go on to grauate school to earn a Master of Architecture (MArch ... , students may apply to do a study abroad exchange with the Delft University of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 3, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  how i got my book deal *flailing intensifies*

  

  was so in love with this series as a kid. we are going to pretend this ... years of my life to a novel I didn’t believe in. [annotation note="it takes up to two years for a book to actually be published after it sells

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 1, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Yay CPW! I'm just trying to see how many blog entries we can get in the RSS…

  

  getting to meet a lot of you, but it was exhausting- I lived in the Burton Conner TV Lounge. When one event was over I'd clean up from it, take a 30 ... CPW is finally over, which basically means I'm back to sleeping again

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  hello again ヽ( ´¬`)ノ

  

  from 2009-2012, when I went on a somewhat spontaneous year's leave to ... 's strange transitioning back to the office - a little like visiting home after ... Allow me to (re)introduce myself. My name is Chris Peterson. For

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 19, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Because Racecar Guest post by Kevin C. '17 on the MIT Formula SAE team!

  

  friends and I traveled to Europe for a different sort of attraction: single ... , Switzerland to Stuttgart, Germany without realizing that we would have a layover ... force that guided human evolution from the age of apes to becoming a multi

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 2, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  After the Storm Thoughts about decisions from someone who's been there.

  

  able to help you get to know MIT a little better than you may have ... sure there is a single "right" answer to that question. I wish I could ... For the past six months, I have been truly privileged to share my MIT

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SEEGGGGGAAAAAAA! [by Danbee Kim '09] Music from Sonic, Donkey Kong, Final Fantasy, and more!

  

  , Metal Gear Solid, and Final Fantasy, just to name a few. Last Thursday ... composers in order to arrange and perform these songs with a live orchestra ... to more plot-driven action with a stirring performance of "Snake Eater

  • by ARTalk
  • March 17, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hey Erick, You Awake? Not gonna call it a night just yet

  

  people called it a night, going upstairs to their rooms. I didn't want to ... During the summer, you get to do fun things you can't pull off during ... ; After a long Saturday, my friends and I found ourselves chilling in the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  There are a lot of awesome things named ‘Kaiser’ This post mainly consists of drawings of my professor, sentence fragments, and my over-use of…

  

  note: if you’re ever in an exam and you don’t know the answer to a ... himself, pretended to be a spindle apparatus, and sorted a series of ... ’m planning on a video blog for next time (try to contain your excitement). Post

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 10, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Truth Values [by Ken Haggerty '11] A fantastic one-woman show about life at MIT. (Now playing!)

  

  time and work required in order to receive a Ph.D. and its adverse ... 's education as a high-level mathematician affected her playwriting or acting, to ... 't quite sure what to expect. The show, Truth Values, billed itself as "one

  • by ARTalk
  • September 22, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Years of the Rat More about MIT's famous class ring: the "Brass Rat."

  

  , 1931, and 1932. Their mission was to design a ring to be used as the ... committee decided to adorn the bezel of the ring with the beaver and have a ... 1914, Lester Gardner of the MIT Club of New York proposed a mascot to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 21, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Katharine Hepburn’s Brownies How Kate saved my kitchen cred.

  

  to use the word hate, but I’m going to be a rebel and use it anyway ... the mood to experiment? It’s kind of a big deal, picking a favorite, and ... neatly to the story of the brownies; a few days ago, I decided to try my

  • by Alina G. '11
  • July 26, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  NY Times article on women in science Women in science...the debate rages on.

  

  contemplate what it is like to be a “woman at MIT.” The only differences that I ... ’s Lounge (a room with some couches, a kitchen, and beds to sleep in) and have ... Society.” And here’s what really intrigued me (referring to a speech by

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 19, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Crab Cave or: i moved to dc with friends

  

  that Sunday before we arrived. As a result, we arranged to stay in two ... -family members. We had a quick two hour flight to Seattle before flying to DC. I ... , complete with a kitchen to cook. We would stay in this hotel until Wednesday

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 20, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Sleep is Overrated (CPW Guest Blog!) from Ann '14!

  

  next four years and what made me disappointed to leave. CPW was a unique opportunity to meet new people everywhere and to spend 24 hours a day learning ... guide and decided to (try to) build a human pyramid in the middle of Lobby

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 14, 2010