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  Reek Week Updated 8/3 to include pictures of Gilroy garlic ice cream.

  

  horses (nope, whew) + MIT Send-off Here are a gazillion pictures from Gilroy Garlic Festival 2005: The entrance is flanked by two port-a-potties. A little bird tells me that between 120,000 and 150,000 people attend

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  She came in through the bathroom window. The greatest construction project in the history of MIT--yes, even greater than Simmons Hall.

  

  Infinite like the rest of campus. It's a historic summer at MIT, for ... a construction project in the Infinite Corridor. Formerly the world ... like taking a picture of a bathroom door at 1:30 in the afternoon in the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back From Paternity Leave I'm back! A few words on the Harvard Admissions Institute and such.

  

  networking/social periods, and a few other things thrown in. (Check out the ... (the out-of-towners are exploring Boston) so I'm taking a minute to say hello. So what do admissions people talk about for 6 days in a row, 16

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  New York Times, New York Times

  

  on a test that had not yet been shown to be a good indicator of a ... to a speech by Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Thomas ... Emeritus Charles Vest introduces Friedman. A big crowd shows up for the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 4

  

  subcommittee was Ben and another student, a great team. The three of us worked ... Barbecue. At lunch, we had a visitor: Akash, a student admitted to the MIT ... chatting, Akash got a call on his mobile phone from another MIT '09, Anthony

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ

  

  arrived in the Admissions Office. For students for whom midyear grades are a big question, we will set aside the case with a "MYG" (midyear ... , we will make a decision on the case; when the midyear grades later come

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 17, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  just one more gnome game it will fix me

  

  About a week ago, I was ensnared Google Gnome, courtesy of my quasi ... ). She's been playing for about a month, while the rest of my roommates ... . Google Gnome Game and its consequences have been a disaster for my

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 4, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Day in the Life of a MIT Mechanical Engineering UROP Student I built an underwater robot :p

  

  , working in Professor David Wallace’s lab. Alongside a grad student named Chuck, I helped design underwater robots for students at a university in Portugal. Here’s a quick look at some highlights from the project—and what a

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • July 14, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Sophomore Spring this time, with on-campus features!

  

  this class since it's a class I'm obligated to take rather than one I'd like to take. That being said, I did originally apply to MIT as a ... requirements for 6-3 and honestly a class I've been dreading for quite a while

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 24, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  You only got in because you’re a… how to cope when good news unexpectedly gives you the blues

  

  This is a blog post for those of you who are struggling with the ... was a few more meters away to say things outright. I was a girl; I wasn ... that end, I did a lil email poll. Here are some (minorly condensed

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 16, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A ‘Chances’ Thread That Is Actually Worth Reading That's perhaps the best title I've ever come up with.

  

  Our beloved Mollie shares a birthday with another friend of mine, and ... not only a birthday but an anniversary! What are the chances?" Most ... aren't really looking for a precise answer; they're just trying to

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 8, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Eighth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 5PM on 01/24/06.

  

  on the SAT writing section debate, if there really is a debate, but ... of a sudden a big optional means that an 800 or 790 or whatever is not ... understand the claim to not trust it and ignore like a 550, but if you have an

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  a conversation with my mom at 1 am about cacti, writing, meche, and chess

  

  On New Year’s Day, I got a tattoo of a saguaro. Saguaros are massive ... , not for more than a few weeks, a traveller passing through her old stomping ground. There is a beauty to the desert that you cannot see unless

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 11, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Redesigning a hall logo: 4.500 part 1 4.500 part 1

  

  a design class with a project every week. The first four projects ... Rhinoceros, learning how to use AutoCAD took a bit of time. Eventually I ... looks like an E with a weird flag. The 1 and the E being attached does

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • October 27, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A Comprehensive Guide to Vending Machines at MIT Because it needed to be done.

  

  ’t accept my friend’s 5-dollar bill. A normal person probably would have given up there, but since I am a solidly abnormal person, I dragged my friend ... of this story, however, is that it took us twenty minutes to find a

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 2, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Boring Friday Night (guest post by Nina L. ‘19) Familiar inbetweens. Taking breaks. Things that aren't (all) sleep and studying.

  

  what to do with myself, and fell asleep on the couch. There are a lot of Friday nights like this, and a lot of Fridays spent studying or coding ... had a shadow today and Lujan met me at Building 26 and we talked to her

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  He’s Making A List and Checking It Twice The things that I found important when looking at colleges

  

  So four years ago, I began a year-long journey to start seeing what ... to college. I kind of went about it in a semi-orderly fashion, but I ... 'd requested and discarded essays, I may have killed a tree. I'll plant one when

  • by Bryan
  • July 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Why did I come to MIT? by River A. ‘26

  

  . When I entered MIT, I had a different name and went by different pronouns ... least a few years after college graduation. And that’s okay. In fact, I hear it all the time from MIT alumni (I work as a techcaller yipee

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / People & Identities

  in this coming year we run and rest and make and keep up the relentless pace

  

  In review — it’s been a good year. In reverse-chronological order, I… full sent a project, which was cool No one in my life has heard about ... having a complex system in my head, understanding one part of the puzzle so

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 5, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  home

  

  I thought about this post while laying in a fetal position under an oppressively large comforter. A few days ago, my period cramps were as bad as they had ever been, so, after a sleepless night, I took some painkillers

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • November 4, 2023