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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Short Thoughts Girlhood, editing, iPhone notes.

  

  here are a few interesting items I'd forgotten about: "By the way, do ... I've spent the better part of a day trying to blog about my semester, but I can't think of a pithy way to put everything together, so I wrote

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 13, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Last All-Nighter on mortarboards, machine shops, and graduating from MIT

  

  The night before graduation, I was about to turn in for a good night ... for the event under my regalia. But a fateful gchat with Chris '09 ... realized I didn't have to reminisce just yet, and pranced off to a machine

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • June 13, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Senior Spring! What I did (and didn't) do over IAP...and plans for my last semester!

  

  IAP-you operate at your own level. Want to go abroad or do an externship or be on campus and take classes and do a million things? You can. Or ... I’ve never really understood the appeal of beach vacations. I spend a

  • by Alina G. '11
  • January 30, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Undercover Admissions Officer ...or how I saw the campus through "fresh eyes".

  

  , yesterday I went on a tour incognito...but how does one do that exactly? How ... me...I had never been on a campus tour...before yesterday, that is. It ... orientation and jumped right in, learning the campus as a student. What did I

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • August 5, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston Rain With apologies to Tay Zonday.

  

  that right: rain. For a variety of reasons, this made me less than happy ... picturesque, and fun to play with (or in), it even can serve as a metaphor for ... falling from the sky, I won't deny that I always took a certain pleasure in

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Introduction To ARTalk An introduction to the ARTalk guest author blog by Kerry Powell, Assistant to the Director…

  

  I'm doing both. In a sense, the two influence each other. I'm a better ... Symphony Orchestra, and the Media Lab, to name just a few. MIT Dramashop ... . Students with a multitude of interest and involvement in the arts at MIT will

  • by ARTalk
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tech Nomads Four MIT students are spending the summer racing 8000 miles across Europe. Find out why.

  

  underpowered for doing the shopping. We have no entourage of support vehicles ... thousands of miles of adventure. "Not only do we provide the world's most ... Mongol rally is a charity event raising money for some fantastic

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds, Part 2

  

  as good a time as any to the students who are still undecided: How can ... busy though? I mean...I know I got my CSS done a little late but it's still been done for a couple weeks now :(" And Anonymous wrote, "Why have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  My mom is here! ...and she's critiquing my cheerleading skills.

  

  wild game or poach a cow from a nearby farm. (Actually, I think the only ... we haven't had time to go grocery shopping in a while, and fresh ... cheerleading practice with me -- she was a cheerleader in high school, so coming

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Welcome Susan Hockfield A recap of Susan Hockfield's inauguration.

  

  equipped, and obliged, to make a critical difference: to do the analysis, to ... Police, who brought in a bunch of flags (USA, Massachusetts, MIT) and ... . Next came the big procession with a LOT of people in academic robes. This

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 6, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  proof of life hmm :thinking-face:

  

  , very loosely stitched together because I gave up on trying to have a ... took a lighter academic load, two classes, so that I could work an ... vestiges of 1900s industrial Cambridge. The image is vivid: a placid fall

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • August 16, 2025
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  tinkerers  — they are united by a shared standard of rigorous academics, high character, and a strong match with MIT’s mission to use science, technology, and the useful arts to make the world a better place. We can’t wait to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 17, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  starting over and over again

  

  part, which is a lesson I feel like I am always learning. I haven't been ... guilty about it. I think I wrote a grand total of two blogs this past ... into a pretty turbulent time, then April and May bringing the usual ramp

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • June 11, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  woodturners — they are united by a shared standard of rigorous academics, high character, and a strong match with MIT's mission to use science, technology, and the useful arts to make the world a better place. We deferred 6

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 14, 2019
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  Ethics, AI, and the College of Computing some student voices in a campus controversy

  

  and investments): Quite simply, I think that the Institute needs to do a ... , we are not confident the school will be able to do so without a ... ’s opening for a teach-in and rally because we know MIT can do better. At the

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • April 5, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  summer’s end

  

  (21A.819). and i'm excited to meet the 2020s! what are you all doing ... this is the first time i've spent a summer at mit as a UROP student ... and back to satisfy a late-night ginger soda craving actually, finally

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 5, 2016
• 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 / Academics & Research

  Nano @ MIT Puppets! Research! Nanotechnology!

  

  Have you seen this adorable video? Patrick Bennett, a Berkeley ... . Relatedly, I've been getting quite a few questions about nanotechnology at MIT ... the more common questions: Is there a nanotechnology major at MIT? Not

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 9, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Nadal, Federer, Helfant ‘85 Adam Helfant '85 is the new boss of professional men's tennis.

  

  . "He's a smart man, smart and honest and a guy I think who will do an ... one thing that strikes me is that there are a lot of MIT applicants who like tennis, both playing and watching it. Thus, I'd guess a lot of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 31, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  THIS. IS. 18.02. "We will wield our triple integrals as one!"

  

  the board, people have been a little hosed here the last week and a half ... . WHY DID I COME TO THIS SCHOOL.”), and with classes wrapping up today, a ... Caf√© 4 yesterday: Me: Hey, how are you doing? May '11 (grinning): Hiii

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • December 10, 2008