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• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s on a desk? That which we call a workspace by any other name would look as depressing...

  

  what I think is either Indiana or Illinois. By the time you read this, I ... . But in the last month, since coming back to MIT from Thanksgiving break ... , both of which were yesterday. It’s funny how slowly three hours passes by

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Comments-ment Webcast A few comments on the past week.

  

  with joy. Next stage: beta testing. (I've decided to make all of my ... . Life after it happens is at least semi-solid enough to serve on a plate ... hours. As an exercise in uncreative writing, I will demonstrate this by

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 5, 2009
• Blog / Residential Life

  who started the fire? (not clickbait) playing detective

  

  living here. According to them, somebody had first smelled smoke in the ... chemical burns, but luckily these burns were considered minor (according to ... few weeks ago, a friend and I decided to figure out what had happened

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 28, 2022
• Blog / Events

  The Tale of a Frosh once upon a cold November

  

  just another roof to pass. The Frosh counts the days until departure from ... school), the Frosh can say, “I’m not going to finish this homework,” and ... /No Record basis, and she is allowed to slip. But the lengthy vacation will

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 30, 2014
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Be a Blogger 2022!

  

  designed mostly by student bloggers to help ask and answer the kinds of ... time for those of you who might want to be bloggers to share your garbage ... posting the blogger app and prospective bloggers coming out of the woods to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  you ain’t gonna need it overthinking

  

  i'm going to make, like whether to go to mit or choosing what to do this summer. i fall in the same traps when i think about what i want to ... have to think about this decision, i'm starting from scratch. i think it

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 6, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  we made things and want to show them to you 2.009: an iconic mech-e senior capstone class!

  

  Final Presentation. Everything you need to know lives on this site ... !']If you weren't able to secure a ticket—worry not:[/annotation] there's a webcast. There's also an awesome accompanying liveblog by Janet G. '27 and

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 9, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool Classes

  

  a variety of departments, have been... 9.00 Intro to Psychology (Fall '04, Wolfe) - There are a lot of requirement-filling "perks" to this ... Course 9 majors, with a heavy systems neuroscience focus. You get to play

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  USA Wins 2nd in International Math Olympiad Three MIT '09s won Gold Medals.

  

  world send teams of 4-6 high school students to represent their nation in ... competing countries participated. Contestants attempt to solve 6 math problems ... themselves here). The problems are stated in a straightforward fashion, making

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: I’ll be at Maker Faire Bay Area this weekend and so will other people from MIT

  

  I arrive somewhere to give a talk. Someone emailed to suggest this might be more useful, so I'm going to try to do it when I can. So: right now, I'm en route BOS -> SFO, on my way to Maker Faire Bay Area 2016

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 19, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Parafilm Effect The center cannot hold... unless you stick it together with Parafilm.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? John Stamos, better known to millions as Uncle Jesse ... , impressive water vapor transport properties, and is resistant to many common ... to take either the 2" (50.8 mm) or 4" (101.6 mm) wide rolls, one can

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection notes A brief update from selection.

  

  Solomon '06 did stop by to drop off a copy of the new CD by Resonance, which ... encouraged by the quality of the deferred applicants that we will get to ... deferred to regular action, and which students will be denied during this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Tunnel Adventures We didn't get lost, in case you were wondering.

  

  spontaneously take a trip to Harvard Square. We used the tunnels to make our way ... to an elaborate system of tunnels that wind under and in between the various buildings that make up the campus. There's been a long history of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 15, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Knitting and Playing Tetris Through the End of the World guest post by Salma Islam

  

  healed me. Looping together yarn in that simple way, hands guided by forces ... turn to this hobby time and time again when I picked it up at the ... remember going from trying to knit a simple square to designing intricate

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • April 17, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Trip to India ...to the slum children who smiled at me even though it seems that they have…

  

  project to reduce indoor air pollution in rural homes. We owe special gratitude to Zahir Dossa, whose class made our project possible; to the Public Service Center and the Legatum Center, which funded it; and to our host in

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  We Should Go To Canada In which Kayla E. '15 and I took a spontaneous adventure to the great land…

  

  . She asked me if I wanted to go to Canada, and I said yes. About 24 hours ... adventure to Montreal in the great land of Canada. Neither of us had been to Canada before. Therefore, we were quite surprised by some of the

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 15, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Application Now Available here we go!

  

  : Start by contacting your EC as soon as you are ready to schedule your ... You can now log onto MyMIT to access the application for freshman admission to MIT. MIT has its own application – we are not on the Common

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 20, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Dang Right, We’re Cooler Than You On the eve of Decision Day (D-Day), I bring you three things that adds to…

  

  who happens to drop by! Think of it as a CPW for adults =p - check out ... singer to come to campus and give a concert), and guess who came! :D (no ... speak for himself: "You wanna go to Harvard? I wanna go to MIT. You

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 30, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MITES, RSI and WTP applications due next week The three high school summer programs hosted by MIT have their application deadlines next week.

  

  The three high school summer programs hosted by MIT -- MITES, RSI ... open exclusively to high school juniors. MITES and RSI are free; WTP is ... Introduction to Engineering and Science (MITES) is a rigorous six

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 25, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Things to do before you graduate

  

  to make a shorter list of my own, of things to do before you graduate ... poster on which are listed "101 Things To Do Before You Graduate". Out of ... "), touristy ("Have your parents take you to the North End"), or non

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 29, 2005