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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Fall Line-Up, Part 2: Extracurriculars My academic plans? I've got bigger plans. Better plans.

  

  Overheard at MIT (Fall 2012) [MIT Sophomore walks around in a circle ... ." is from a musical written by MIT students that I performed in. The ... 't have a dining plan, so it's up to the residents to feed ourselves

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to Maseeh! A look into MIT's newest dorm

  

  As you may or may not know, I'm a Maseehdonian (aka I live in the new ... new people since we're a new dorm. The culture at Maseeh is also unique. Each dorm at MIT has a distinct culture and feel (which is why MIT allows

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 30, 2011
• Blog / Class Projects

  Angry Birds Fly at MIT Students construct trubuchets, catapults, and air cannons to take out the dastardly pigs on Killian…

  

  each develop a prototype of a product that can (and in many cases does) go to market; they present their products at a huge event before ... The weapons set up in Killian Court The "pigs" and their defenses A

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / How to MIT

  Pay it forward I used to have a guilt complex.

  

  turning a funny mix of pink and orange. You (and everyone else in your little freshman psetting group) are stuck on a problem. Options? (1) Keep ... up until 3 or 4am on a regular basis; you check, and sure enough, the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW is for Parents too…really!! ...a helpful guide for parents (I hope

  

  us in the Admissions Office has a particular group of programs that we ... here are some thoughts on making this a worthwhile and even enjoyable ... them about their experiences. In addition we've enlisted the help of a

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 1, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An Open Letter Employers love students with dorm desk experience.

  

  Prime membership (with free two-day shipping) for a year. And, supposedly ... than anyone else on this matter. I purchased tea, a scrapbook, and several textbooks from Amazon, and I was considering buying a notebook (the

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 8, 2010
• Blog / MISTI

  This Entry is Really Long. And my pictures won't upload :(Edit: Actually, they finally did! Yay!

  

  I’m on a train right now, speeding away from Darmstadt and towards ... makes me feel like I’ve exercised enough to last a lifetime, though. On Friday, Linh ’13 and I took a train to a nearby city, R√ºdesheim, where Di

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 28, 2010
• Blog / How to Food

  Food Truck Song What do food trucks dream of?

  

  lunches from a kitchen that could technically scoot away from you whilst ... " from The Hangover. Ahem - Where do food trucks sleep at when they take a little food truck snooze? Do they dream of serving MIT kids or getting a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  T Minus One. BRASS RAT BRASS RAT BRASS RAT.

  

  each class's Rat are chosen by a Ring Committee, or "RingComm," a group ... at MIT, Mitra '07 was a member of her class's RingComm. It's all kind of a big deal around these parts, and wouldn't you know, it happens to

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 11, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meteor Shower For once, the title is relevant.

  

  something to do with magnetic monopoles and/or the Freemasons. (As a point of ... . If you ever want a brilliant critical review of the first 10 minutes ... .) ((*With the exception of Thank You For Smoking, a film which lulled me into

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 17, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do you live in Zambia? Malawi? Ghana? If you could send me some African dirt, that would be amazing! (And illegal. But…

  

  -Lab to my schedule. This involved dropping a few other activities of minor ... Interlocking Stabilized Soil Bricks. Basically, it's a machine that applies some ... to make a strong brick using pressure instead of heat. Also, the bricks

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 11, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s on my mind *insert witty caption here*

  

  It's been a busy week, and I've still got a lot on my mind. As long ... ) test getting a head start on my 18.700 (linear algebra) problem set ... from last year I never had time to post :) a look at MIT's tunnels

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Days My traditional end-of-summer recap post, in technicolor.

  

  how it took place, or if it had anything to do with me becoming a senior ... let me tell you, it wasn't pretty. Like a preteen boy with more bacne ... , began exercising on a daily basis, and even quit pulling the pigtails of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Two New Kittens hundreds of pictures.

  

  2 Kittens from mysterious origins came into my life about a month ago. They had appeared in our yard back home lonely and hungry, and in just a ... sure just a semester ago that I could never take care of an animal and a

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • August 12, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkeys and babies But no baby turkeys.

  

  entirely tuned out my surroundings when a thirty-something-ish man steps over ... shoes... BUT. However. There comes a point when you have not slept all ... him into a well.* (Why yes! I did watch 300 over Thanksgiving. My

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 25, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  Thanksgiving Reflections Be thankful.

  

  I was looking at the calendar a few days ago and thought to myself ... quickly here at MIT is no matter what you think, you still get 24 hours in a ... yearbook, running a Student Council errand, or teaching SAT classes at night

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 24, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  You Complete Me What makes an application complete for Early Action, and related Q&A.

  

  I see that there's been a bit of discussion in the comments about the ... to help clarify things a bit. Scores: We don't need to have your full ... we have enough information to make a decision. If we need further

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 15, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Nourishing bodies, enriching souls and minds There's more to the MIT community than just famous researchers and brilliant students.

  

  this: Mr. Jackson [was] a father figure to generations of young men in ... | November 4, 2007 A strange thing happened Oct. 19 at MIT's Delta Kappa ... kitchen where John Jackson had cooked for half a century suddenly went out

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 4, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Human Factor And String Theory Two links to start your weekend.

  

  Board Conference with a gazillion other admissions professionals. Things ... blogging more frequently in November. In the meantime, here are a couple of links to tide you over: First, The Human Factor is a video that MIT has

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 26, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Real Snow! Real pictures this time.

  

  Despite what I said last time, I did manage to snap a couple of ... food all weekend. There was a mix-up with our food order- we were ... event to buy more. The rest of the ice cream finally arrived. There was a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 20, 2007