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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  What is weather? ...and what is rain?

  

  amazing as the icon makes it out to be. Last Tuesday the high was 84 ... obsessively checking the weather app to make sure what I’m wearing will be ... had my umbrella in hand, poncho over my backpack. I was ready to conquer

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 9, 2015
• Blog / Classes

  Kekka dake da! "Only the results remain!"

  

  so I wanted to fill it in with a different class. "Ok", I thought, "I ... though. I was actually excited! I was initially going to write a post about "lightening the load" and how you can choose to overexert yourself but don

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • March 7, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  secondhand stories an allegory

  

  it. i mean, sure, i went to acting school for four years, but i ... some scenes, and then sending it to this mysterious council of evaluators ... had to do a live performance in front of retired cast members. the first

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 22, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Real Snow! Real pictures this time.

  

  Despite what I said last time, I did manage to snap a couple of ... facebook group you all know and love) helps me make signs for the dorm. Go ... supposed to get 15 gallons of ice cream on Thursday morning that never showed

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 20, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Last Blog: Introducing My Successor I started "The Humanitarian Blog" to spotlight the amazing work that MIT students are doing…

  

  freshman class starting school tomorrow, it's strange to think that I won't be returning to my beloved 254 suite in Burton-Conner, hanging out with ... times a day. I miss MIT dearly, but feel so lucky to've experienced even

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • September 2, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  More IAP updates

  

  , leading to a lot of frosh from warm climates making exclamations like "OMG ... have a new battery, and their robot is fine, so they should be good to go ... something to that effect. Some students in the lab have fallen asleep at

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 1, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  A Visitor In My Own Hometown Yeah, so it was boring. But it's still where I spent the better portion of…

  

  to make the most of your surroundings all the time, because there ... Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've got 'til ... other night after a long day of travel and lugging. Good to be back, but I

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  A New Year, A New President Introducing Dr. Sally Kornbluth, the 18th President of MIT

  

  MIT News, as well as in an email sent to the entire MIT community by ... —  Rafael Reif announced his intent to step down after 10 years in office ... this morning and wonder why you were rescheduled to a different location

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Latino Cultural Center It's Mes Latino!

  

  Hidden from most of the hustle and bustle of classes and rushing to ... student center. This is home to a post office, dry cleaners, the ID card ... classes to have a cup of coffee, get going on my to do list, take a nap, or

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 3, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Stealing from the Class of 2016 And you'll have to work to get it back

  

  allow people to contact a large number of other people whom all have a ... lists. It's impossible to avoid getting added to many MANY mailing lists during your time at MIT. By the end of my four year stint I believe I was

  • by Snively '11
  • September 27, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  LSC: A Brief Summary [by Ashley Nash '11] Who wouldn’t want to join?

  

  [by Ashley Nash '11] I am a member of LSC, the Lecture Series ... presenters to the MIT community in the large lecture hall 26-100. We show ... get to see them for free. I only have to work one evening each month

  • by ARTalk
  • May 2, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Omnibus Followup: Women in Engineering Melissa asks what the gender ratio is in engineering at MIT.

  

  in the United States are women, and that number drops to 17.9% by ... up to near 50/50 like startup-school Olin College has, but I'm afraid ... ." Melissa's concerns are reasonable. According to statistics from the Society

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / Events

  total eclipse of the cruft

  

  of others, I traveled to northern New England to see the total solar eclipse on April 8th. I had happened to see the total eclipse in 2017 in ... had to see it again, and bring my family this time. https

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 16, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Bicycle Diaries Like the motorcycle ones, except far less artsy and with a serious lack of Gael…

  

  resolve my issues for the night by taking it up to my room, effectively ... locked it up for me, after which we took the bus to Harvard to see a comedy ... few people walk by and I wonder vaguely how much it looks like I am

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Supplemental material How to and when to send in supplemental materials.

  

  music and would like to be a part of the music community at MIT, you may ... acceptable). CDs will be forwarded on to the music department for evaluation. Your musical talents are something unique that you bring to this process

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Spreading the word Yesterday, new father Ben and I did a presentation on blogging for the annual conference…

  

  Admission Counseling (NEACAC), hosted by Boston's Northeastern University ... on Admissions," presented by Amherst College Dean of Admissions Tom ... 've seen both of them present before on other topics, so I knew to expect

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 2, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  TESS Science Conference III My first science conference!

  

  Opportunities Program. Undergrads get to participate in real research with ... Space Research, and it's one of the coolest things I've gotten to do at ... methods that scientists use to detect exoplanets is the transit method. When

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • August 7, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  5 / The final countdown A month of stress and relief

  

  TO SET THE MOOD: Cologne by Haux       The last ... exams looming the following week, I did have something to look forward to: I was to spend Christmas at home for the first time since I left for

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Techfair technology, stickers and internships

  

  to 3pm and then the banquet and afterparty following in the upcoming ... our salmonella... and we were immediately greeted at the door by Bar ... robotic efficiency and precision". Looks incredibly useful! Right next to

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 4, 2013
• Blog / Hacks

  Final-ly! now that finals are over, a few academic highlights ... and perhaps a few surprise…

  

  's never too late to check the IAP listings by today's date and attend an impromptu event you didn't have to register for. The dark matter lecture I ... Oh how the months have passed- from fall season to finals season to

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • January 12, 2013