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• Blog / Athletics

  World Cup Finals

  

  A story from a few years ago: During the 1994 World Cup, I lived in ... family went to watch them run drills at a nearby soccer field one afternoon ... against Brazil. I had a good cry about it and vowed that I would never

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection begins Picking the Class of 2010.

  

  . As is my custom, I wore a tie today, out of respect for the applicants ... that this will be a very tough year of MIT admissions. The quality of applicants is astonishing. Basically, selection works like this. We've spent a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Return of QBert Whack-a-mole, a piano player, and a whole lot of fun. All in 24 hours or…

  

  This Sunday, QBert, a long-lost friend of my Nintendo days, and I ... describing to you the journey would be a faux-pas on my part, so here it begins. So Saturday afternooon, I was en-route to a surprise dinner with my

  • by Bryan
  • November 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The End of SURFing at NIST Using a tiny tractor beam to manipulate nanowires

  

  Technology (NIST). I never thought that I would find a place that loves ... picture? Those are zinc oxide nanowires growing on the edge of a silicon ... and then arrange them to create a nanodevice. Exciting, eh? In order to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Boston Calling Everything I know about having a phone at MIT.

  

  This entry is ostensibly a guide to purchasing an appropriate cell ... I'm not premed anyway), but my experience was that in high school, a ... ), so getting a $40 per month cell phone plan isn't as staggeringly costly

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Couchamarans and Carboats MIT alums create awesome floating vehicles from which to watch the fireworks.

  

  . From a homemade floating vehicle on the Charles River. Enterprising MIT ... , MIT alum Nathanael Herreshoff created a revolutionary design for a ... Couchamaran. The Couchamaran is just what it sounds like -- a sofa on pontoons

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 6, 2005
• FAQ / Academics and research

  How good are the academics at MIT?

  MIT is one of the best places in the world to be a student! Incredible faculty We are a research university that places a great deal of ... campus. Student collaboration MIT also has a strong culture of student
• Blog / MISTI

  [JOINT POST] Travelling as a black female "Alexa, play Brown Skin Girl..."

  

  Andrea Orji, '21 There is a common phrase in Hindi: ठीके (“teek ... to me. However, by the end of the trip it almost became a sort of ... fellowships, with families at home and a mindset of just getting through the

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Fireside Chat with John Maeda Thoughts from former MIT graduate and professor and RISD President

  

  share his experiences and thoughts on a variety of topics. He had a great ... declared Course 6-3 on Friday! And there's also a new Minor in Design that is

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 25, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels A tour of the past 8 MIT class rings.

  

  purchase the ring in a typical year; one company actually shuts down their ... suggestions and ideas of the entire class, RingComm designs the ring over a six-month period, unveils it at an extravagant event, and stages a lavish delivery

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I’m sitting on a bus and am SO sleep-deprived.

  

  , sat down next to a kindly elderly British woman with a posh accent ... up. A woman across the aisle from me DID throw up: whether from terror ... sitting in a little metal box, up in the air, with a bunch of strangers, my

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life… [Biochemistry] Life as a biochemist at MIT and Cambridge

  

  [by Kathy '09] Hi guys! I'm here to talk about "life as a biochemist ... difference is to give you a portrayal of what a typical day is like in both ... lecture is thermo & kinetics (5.60). This's actually a really interesting

  • by Cambridge
  • May 1, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  A Cautionary Tale of Two Students You may be surprised by how many first year students at MIT believe that they…

  

  Indulge me for a moment. How many times have we seen the movie in ... dishonored him by stepping on his sneakers in a crowded auditorium. Why do I ... examine Mills first. Mills is a student who is defined by the world in which

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Entry: A Yankee in Cambridge Math, exchange programs, and why we love MIT.

  

  of Qiaochu, a critically acclaimed math blogger (yes, blogs can be serious), an MIT junior (majoring in math, of course), and a participant ... mathematical maturity, he often gives off the dignified vibes of a tweedy

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 1, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Interview with a Mystery Hunt Winner An interview with Kat '10, a member of Palindrome, last year's winning team and this…

  

  . My favorite thing about going to a place like MIT is that you tend to meet a lot of extraordinarily cool people, like Kat '10. She's got very good taste in music and also a beautiful singing voice, which I know

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  A Day in the Life (of IAP)

  

  this year (aside from Mystery Hunt), I took a couple breaks from reading ... School. Charm School is a long-standing tradition here. Students and community members take classes on such silly but important topics as Giving a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 29, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  what i ate in a month* *basically true to my word this time but at what cost

  

  note="i live in Burton-Conner and thus am free from the shackles of a ... dining is not like that bad and I had a 60 meal plan last semester"]compulsory meal plan friends,[/annotation] you’ll have to wait. I ate a LOT of

  • by Janet G. '27
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  a house tour of mit sororities! meet aphi, axo, and theta

  

  Welcome to a tour of three MIT sorority houses! Believe it or not, sorority life is a thriving community here at MIT, with about ⅓ of ... 're interested, I've also talked a bit in the past about what the sorority

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 21, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Postcard From The Green Building postmarked july 5th

  

  . Hope you spent yesterday in great company! Wishing you a long summer.

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in My Summer Life Starts at 5 AM, ends at 10:30 PM, and go-go-go in between.

  

  night, my mornings tend to (1) start early, and (2) be a little hectic ... order. Time to make lunch! Salad + fruit + almonds + a roll orrr PB ... as a general overview, I'm working in Merck's vaccine division this

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 15, 2012