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• Blog / Academics & Research

  2600 Years of the University college life since 600 BCE, as told by Prof. Shailendra Mehta

  

  Note: xTalks: Digital Discourses is a seminar series from the ... . Last week, I attended a fascinating xTalk by Professor Shailendra Raj Mehta, The University of the Future: Lessons from a 2600 Year History

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 21, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Inside vs. Outside How MIT changed for me after being admited

  

  'm working on getting a better camera so apologies  ahed of time)"   I ... tripped over your foot and successfully landed a perfect front flip recovery ... ,” and then proceeded to do so….   When I came to MIT as a super

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 28, 2015
• Blog / How to Food

  Guest Post: Where to Buy Food: MIT Groceries Guide Because eating textbooks gets expensive.

  

  Image courtesy of greggavedon.com   The following is a guest ... intimidating, so I have put together a complete guide of all groceries near MIT ... . Make a grocery list. Before buying more groceries, you should know what

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Events

  This Particular [T-] REX Tuesday (No actual tyrant lizards in this blog post.) Frosh come chill with me!

  

  my day)—but not from the freshman side and not from the other side. A few days ago I had a lot of fun chilling with a few of you at Giant Stuff at Simmons (along with some torso-sized bowling pins and a handful

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 1, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi on Pie So much pi[e].

  

  .909859317102744... π pies over the internet.   (A secret: the pies are a lie. Their ... this blog post I’m going to go back to grading. (“Grading” is a word ... , walking a while, and a good night’s sleep. Regardless of whether or not

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  We have nice things on the walls And I have pictures.

  

  own bubble wrap to it. This is on a wall in the same part of the house ... picture a few days ago.) Around the house, we have little information ... freshman doors. I painted a sign for my sister (yes, it looks like a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 10, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Best of Times summer at the NYTimes

  

  side project, culminating in a presentation that caused me to stand in an embarrassing well-what-do-we-have-here pose in front of a nonsensical slide that ... , a great internship that was far from corporate, as these non

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 14, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Night Vision Funny how "photo"graphy throws you into the dark

  

  the semester, we were thrown into the darkroom. It might as well be a time-machine (film? what’s that?)....and a time-warp. The darkroom is ... there was a preview button. For all the inconveniences of the analog

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 8, 2013
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Check the Mail Pyramid!

  

  MIT - what's going on?!" "My teacher said she sent my eval A in, but I don't think you got it. Maybe there is a post office conspiracy?" "My counselor said she faxed you over a SSR but it

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • January 2, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  1 of the 101 Quincy Market, Mike's Pastries, Giacomo's, yummm

  

  In my last entry, I mentioned that I had a bunch of things I wanted ... . Last weekend, I made a little more headway on this goal by tackling Item #51: Eat ... reviews - Mike's Pastry was kind of a 'kill two birds with one stone' dealio

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Fall Line-Up, Part 2: Extracurriculars My academic plans? I've got bigger plans. Better plans.

  

  Overheard at MIT (Fall 2012) [MIT Sophomore walks around in a circle ... ." is from a musical written by MIT students that I performed in. The ... 't have a dining plan, so it's up to the residents to feed ourselves

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to Maseeh! A look into MIT's newest dorm

  

  As you may or may not know, I'm a Maseehdonian (aka I live in the new ... new people since we're a new dorm. The culture at Maseeh is also unique. Each dorm at MIT has a distinct culture and feel (which is why MIT allows

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 30, 2011
• Blog / Class Projects

  Angry Birds Fly at MIT Students construct trubuchets, catapults, and air cannons to take out the dastardly pigs on Killian…

  

  each develop a prototype of a product that can (and in many cases does) go to market; they present their products at a huge event before ... The weapons set up in Killian Court The "pigs" and their defenses A

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / How to MIT

  Pay it forward I used to have a guilt complex.

  

  turning a funny mix of pink and orange. You (and everyone else in your little freshman psetting group) are stuck on a problem. Options? (1) Keep ... up until 3 or 4am on a regular basis; you check, and sure enough, the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW is for Parents too…really!! ...a helpful guide for parents (I hope

  

  us in the Admissions Office has a particular group of programs that we ... here are some thoughts on making this a worthwhile and even enjoyable ... them about their experiences. In addition we've enlisted the help of a

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 1, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An Open Letter Employers love students with dorm desk experience.

  

  Prime membership (with free two-day shipping) for a year. And, supposedly ... than anyone else on this matter. I purchased tea, a scrapbook, and several textbooks from Amazon, and I was considering buying a notebook (the

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 8, 2010
• Blog / How to Food

  Food Truck Song What do food trucks dream of?

  

  lunches from a kitchen that could technically scoot away from you whilst ... " from The Hangover. Ahem - Where do food trucks sleep at when they take a little food truck snooze? Do they dream of serving MIT kids or getting a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  T Minus One. BRASS RAT BRASS RAT BRASS RAT.

  

  each class's Rat are chosen by a Ring Committee, or "RingComm," a group ... at MIT, Mitra '07 was a member of her class's RingComm. It's all kind of a big deal around these parts, and wouldn't you know, it happens to

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 11, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Blogs Featured in NY Times "[N]one of the [other colleges'] blogs match the interactivity and creativity of M.I.T.'s, where they…

  

  York Times CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Cristen Chinea, a senior at M.I.T., made a ... fell asleep during a Star Wars marathon. It wasn't a result of sleep ... -time messaging. As she wrote on her blog, a hallmate once told her that "M.I.T. is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 1, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meteor Shower For once, the title is relevant.

  

  something to do with magnetic monopoles and/or the Freemasons. (As a point of ... . If you ever want a brilliant critical review of the first 10 minutes ... .) ((*With the exception of Thank You For Smoking, a film which lulled me into

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 17, 2009