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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cancer on my mind Wait, shouldn’t that be Carolina?

  

  winning book on cancer, or maybe it's because I just took a tour of the Koch ... cancer from a truly innovative approach. But like all things at MIT, what really impresses me is the way MIT understands how a wonderful art exhibit

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 18, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Blogging Is The Salt Shaker Of My Life thinly veiled platitude included free in box of metaphors

  

  are, in fact, fake people made up by MIT? A lot of bloggers are fresh ... 't hired until I was a bitter, jaded junior, when I'd completely forgotten ... upon their inception, there is a lone yet chillingly effective guideline

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  On Greatness

  

  I get a ton* of emails from both applicants, newly accepted frosh ... can I fit in?" It's a question that's been on the forefront of my mind ... to is: No one has become great by wanting to be great, greatness is a

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 11, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Engineering leadership: the one-hour edition President Hockfield makes a surprise appearance!

  

  About 20,000 visitors took a peek at MIT during last Saturday ... , you have my permission to put down your AP study books and take a look. As I hinted at in my last entry, the GEL program had a hands-on hour

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 6, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Updates from Admissions The latest from the home office in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

  

  Philadelphia. On our way to the venue, we saw a rainbow (just a single rainbow). We'll be doing more travel together as a group to meet with prospective ... FIRST Championship. FIRST is a pretty cool organization, co-founded by MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 28, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Spring Concert This year's concert: Jason Derülo and Janelle Monáe.

  

  Every year, MIT brings to campus a national act to headline a big ... Concert. Here is a somewhat complete list of the history of MIT Spring ... spring for nearly half a century, the residents of MIT's Senior Haus

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 26, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Not so FAST heading to MIT on Saturday for some FAST Thinking

  

  At the end of my first week in my new job, I attended a gala ... stacked alongside smoking test tubes. I was sipping a drink and taking it ... bite-sized, fondant-wrapped sugary surprises. Wait, is that a mini robot

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 3, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  Another Journey Planned How to go abroad 101

  

  study abroad in college. The International Honors Program is a unique program in that it examines a thematic topic in multiple countries. The ... accepted, I will be travelling with a group of about 30 students to Detroit

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 21, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  Most delicious deliverables ever Also, I'm not having a bad hair day. I'm having a bad hair fortnight.

  

  it. There were a few nights where I went to our student center convenience store for a pb&j bagel sandwich because we had a hard track ... carbs after a tough run and I’m not in any mood to assemble it myself

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 12, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  Snow has arrived and shut down the Institute

  

  firehouse across the street) and a call from our team captain saying that the ... sunny as it is, this never happened much. There were a few memorable days ... a hotel, add two practices a day, access to a hot tub and a television

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 12, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Restoring Sanity… and Fear And love of cats.

  

  , Sheesha: And this is proof positive why I would rather have a cat than a ... : do be sure that if you have a flight at Logan at 6:45pm that you leave ... home on a random weekend like this. I go home for Thanksgiving, Christmas

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Most Importantly, No Reddit This is actually how people lived.

  

  ’s power adapter was dead. A long time coming, it had been on the fritz for ... charge until I gave the plug a little jiggle. The odd thing was that I was ... during those five minutes, but not even a jiggle could resuscitate its

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 19, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Love Lucy! REALLY don't even think about bringing a car to MIT - sans elephants.

  

  This post is sans elephants. Elephant Sans, however, would make for a ... reason why you shouldn't think about bringing a car to MIT! Once upon a time, in a land far far away (from all you non-local blog readers), a

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 13, 2010
• 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 not something that can be decided on a whim. So when I tell you

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

  Lea-der! Lea-der! Bat-man! ...I mean, Lea-der!

  

  me is the fact that the granddaughter of a Japanese rice farmer can fit so well within a career that is still considered to be male ... seats in Congress, lead only 15 Fortune 500 companies, and hold a mere 3

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 13, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2010 Apply...if you dare!

  

  ; however, we have a few upperclassmen spots that are open for the fall, and if you feel you can make a compelling case for your inclusion among ... images into your posts to make them interesting. To be considered for a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 7, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Looked outside my window, and what did I see I probably shouldn't be surprised, but I am.

  

  impossible to try and capture it all in a blog. Never fear though, I'll figure ... to draw some pictures to factor out a few thousand words.

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 3, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Just Dance! Dance = Awesome.

  

  northeast! Through a collaboration with Boston University's dance team, Dheem, MIT Natya put on a show called Laasya, which means 'dance' in Sanskrit ... chose to be a part of it because Indian classical dance has been a part of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 23, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Movin’ On Goodbye '09//Hellooo IAP

  

  students do whatever they find worthwhile – whether it’d be a mini ... !) taking a class (many people do. ‚ò∫) Browse around this year’s IAP site for a better idea ‚Üí Overview of IAP 2010 From what I've heard, some

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  I have the best girlfriend ever Gifts at MIT rock.

  

  I bought a new mouse on woot.com the other day for $13.37 and I must say, it's very nice, but when my girlfriend came into my room she ... , it still works!" A week later, after I had totally forgotten about

  • by Snively '11
  • December 3, 2009