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• Blog / MIT Life

  GUYS IT SNOWED!! yayayayyaayy

  

  for the last month or so, and every once and a while a [four days from now: 30% chance of <0.05 in. of snow for 20 minutes] has popped up. A ... ’d be gone. And I would be sad. Rinse, repeat. About a week ago, that “30

  • by Allison E. '27
  • December 7, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

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

  

  been in a drought). Combined, heat and humidity are killer. But when you add in hot and humid rain, well, that’s like putting a kangaroo in the ... well prepared though. A few weeks ago, I found this app called Dark Sky

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

  Happy Things Yay!

  

  What To Bring To MIT Next Fall? If you're planning on having a bike, make sure to bring a good bike lock. Maybe four. I don't actually know if it's been stolen - I have a tendency to...forget where I leave things. Like my

  • by Karen F. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobel Prize Week An exciting time for research, both noble and ignoble.

  

  compared to a dance in which the couples change partners. Metathesis is used ... ). This represents a great step forward for "green chemistry", reducing ... , a typical sophomore-level Chemistry class. Not only that, but

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Radio Radio

  

  allowed by the FCC, Turner and the lawyers for both stations found a legal ... playlists... here's a sampling: Marilee Jones Dean of Admissions Wednesday ... a Hound Dog (Elvis) * Candy Man (Roy Orbison) * He's So Fine (Chiffons

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 2, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  WE BUILT AN IGLOO! ❄️☃️ a long-lost McCormick Tradition

  

  went wrong. However, as a proud Michigander, I dismissed their warnings, convinced that the storm wasn’t that serious (I swear I’m not a climate change ... , my thoughts drifted to a dinner conversation from months earlier with

  • by Hala K. '29
  • January 30, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Celebrating Defiance @ the Media Lab a prize for responsible, ethical disobedience

  

  Last July, the MIT Media Lab created a $250,000 award to recognize ... , and is consistent with a set of key principles, including non ... a living person or group engaged in what we believe is extraordinary

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 21, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livin’ la Vida Española (Pt. 1) De Madrid, ¡saludos!

  

  on at MIT): 6. I'm in Europe because of 21F.782, which is a Spanish II ... scope of a semester-long language course, which means 3 hours of class ... can still fake it pretty well in just a language class, since it's just

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  My Home Warning: Graphics Intensive.

  

  couple of days, and it's time to take a break. As you wrap up your ... a pile of transcript/recommendation request forms to the Counseling ... so memorable - it was a time of reminiscing, a time of thanksgiving

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  IHTFP Warning: Bitterness Ahead! (And why IHTFP can mean so many different things.)

  

  There is a whiteboard in Ben's office which was apparently once used ... with a bat." -Christina '10 "It must be finals week!" -Ben Why am I ... you get to choose where you live and stay with something like a family

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some Perks Of Life At The ‘Other’ Cambridge [by Mirat Shah '08] Along with ~40 other MIT students, I am studying abroad at…

  

  [by Mirat Shah '08] My name is Mirat and I am a junior studying ... about my experiences here as a guest author. First off, some perks of life ... from September to May with a summer break, the Cambridge school year

  • by Cambridge
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And term starts again…

  

  Soon, there will be real entries! Sorry, it's been a crazy last couple of weeks. In the meantime, I'll entertain you with a list of my ... beef up my math background. Prof. Kleitman is a zany, charismatic mad

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 9, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  I Am Prepared! Getting ready for IAP! (Find out how to join our mystery hunt team, too!)

  

  I'm the biggest fan of football, this was a great game, and the weather was a lot nicer for the football game than it was for the parade. I ... and Angelina Jolie order for lunch at an Edmonton eatery? Is a GE air

  • by Bryan
  • January 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  USA Wins 2nd in International Math Olympiad Three MIT '09s won Gold Medals.

  

  themselves here). The problems are stated in a straightforward fashion, making ... 's hardest problems: In a mathematical competition, 6 problems were posed to ... students each year are given a Gold Medal; the next 2/12, a Silver Medal; and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2020 i3 videos megapost your annual Interactive Introduction to the Institute

  

  As a part of MIT’s unconventional housing assignment process, rising ... fall. However, the residences put a lot of effort into i3 videos, and ... all the 2020 i3 videos below in case you would like a glimpse into how

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT and Slavery a developing history, and a live webcast

  

  , we must attend to some newly uncovered facts from our past. A ... a brief break from committee to attend a live webcast and discussion

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 16, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: how to take the Bebras Computing Challenge this fall

  

  than 60 countries and more than a million participants, including more ... 're a student or a parent, you could forward this to your math or science

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / Events

  RecomMITted On Ring Delivery and the halfway mark

  

  semester. I even downloaded a countdown tracker on my phone, reminding me ... . Day-of, I still had a pset due at 10pm. Delivery started at 7pm. I ... flooding in, packing a thousand or so 2019s into two floors overlooking

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • May 2, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Class of 2020 Wait List Decisions We're sending out wait list decisions today.

  

  It's been over a week since the May 2 reply deadline, and we know ... from the wait list. This year, we had a record-high percentage of ... ). Looking back now, it was a great fit for me and I had an amazing experience

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 11, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2015 Wait List Decisions Will Be Sent Today

  

  It's been a bit more than two weeks since the May 1 reply deadline, and we know many of you have been awaiting news about our wait list ... . Last week, I mentioned I had been a transfer student. Well, I also was a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 14, 2015