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• Blog / Admissions

  The Ultimate Recognition You probably don't know what that is.

  

  I got an e-mail the other day from a deferred applicant, who said ... sympathize - I know how it feels to pour a lot of yourself into something, and ... anyone in the eye again. And then, over empty tubs of ice cream and a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 19, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  How to jump out of an airplane and live We have football, pistol, fencing, and TKD. . . but did you know we also…

  

  Hello again from out in the real world!  It's been a little more than a year since I've graduated and I'm happy to report that real life isn ... . Unfortunately, I've picked up a new hobby that makes that second rule a little

  • by Snively '11
  • July 31, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Weekend in Kendall Square I know I work here all week, but hey, it's MIT

  

   usually do on a Sunday morning with the dog, my partner, and the wood stove cranking  (even when it's too warm out), I flipped to a big section titled 24 ... pick a weekend in March to hang out in the city?" she asked again. "Well

  • by Kris Guay
  • February 29, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Manage Your Future

  

  been a very good opportunity to learn how the economic theory can be ... materials, class presentations and assignments. I also assisted with a ... regarding health and productivity. The host: The IFMR is a very

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 30, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Face Book And Study I have been doing all this and more. But mostly not this.

  

  Okay, hold up. I have a really good excuse for not blogging in ages. Two excuses, actually. Yes, I took my last final over a week ago, and ... ended up with a really awesome prospect...that isn’t sure when we can move

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 30, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Love Affair: 11.027 & New Orleans [by Janet Li '12] Spring break in NOLA.

  

  [by Janet Li '12] A house decked out in Mardi Gras swag in the ... different planning projects: working for a neighborhood advocacy group, blight ... encompasses a variety of different specializations, ranging from urban design to

  • by ARTalk
  • March 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bringing Down the (Lottery) House Like the movie '21,' but with scratch tickets.

  

  story centers on MIT alum Mohan Srivastava '79. Srivastava, a Course 12 ... goes, he won $3 on a "tic-tac-toe" scratch lottery ticket he received as a gift, and started thinking about how the algorithm behind the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 10, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  GEL-ing Gordon Engineering Leadership program, that is

  

  I am not your typical MIT student. In high school, I never built a robot, never coded on my TI-89, never watched Star Wars. I did not get a ... while attending a community service event at my high school, I broke into

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 14, 2010
• Blog / Events

  I Feel Cool Welcome to MIT, Mr. Gates!

  

  today! And thanks to the MIT Admissions Office, I got a ticket to see him :) (Thank you, Dave!!) He was scheduled to speak at 11:30 a.m., but the doors ... line at about 10:40 a.m., there were about 20 people ahead of me. Ten

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  No Pain, No Gain I wish it weren't so.

  

  . It would be somewhat forgivable if these minor wounds were a result of ... is coming up in just over a week, I've spent the past few days cycling ... haven't had a whole lot of experience on shift. The latter, though, might

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 5, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Top Ten Reasons I’m Thankful for Thanksgiving Breaaaaaaaaakkkkkkk!!!!!!

  

  all to me - so now, I understand it in a kind-of-not-really sort of way ... . I'll have time to watch TV. This is a big deal, guys. Be excited for ... ? Because they have a physics project that they're going to be working on all

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s Monday Actually, I think I just made it to Tuesday.

  

  his homework in a leather briefcase and can run from Random Hall to ... , Erons. Erons has to carry a wheelchair up the stairs when he pretends to ... disheartening than others. A friend of mine offers this: once the cycle of tests

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Grocery Store Run Run, Geza, run!

  

  escaped relatively unscathed, just a few scattered tree limbs here and there. The house was without electricity and running water for quite a while ... in a house with no utilities, sweltering in the humidity, standing in

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Replay… Who says you can't go home again? Or at least go back to school...

  

  . There were moments of frustration and exhaustion, but also a whole lot of ... I’ve spent time on campus. I haven’t missed a class reunion since I ... for a few hours or days. I also became an Educational Counselor and

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 11, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Boston’s 4th of July Boston has arguably the best 4th of July festivities in the country, and MIT has…

  

  , and MIT has a front row seat. Each year on July 4th, a concert by the ... nationwide (10pm et/pt on CBS). The concert occurs at Boston's Hatch Shell, a concert venue on the Esplanade, a nice park along the Charles River, which

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 3, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Diffusion Summer time!

  

  done and it was a wild ride. Like any wild ride it had its ups and downs ... 't had a whole lot of time to be nostalgic, mushy, and all that irritating stuff you don't want to read about (I'm not a philosopher or a romance

  • by Snively '11
  • May 23, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2008: So I think I’ll go to Boston (Guest Entry) More pictures than your body has room for!

  

  to take a physics league test before zooming off to Metropark station to catch my 10 AM train. A couple days before, I had arranged to travel with Edward, another ‘12 from a town near by mine. We met up at the

  • by Snively '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Burton 1 Cribs A look at the interiors of several rooms on Burton 1.

  

  walls, they often take it a step further and use their rooms to truly ... on my floor, Burton 1, all decorated in such a way that creates a place ... a team of hair and makeup artists, as well as relaxing in their

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 6, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT is going to pump you up! A bit about a cool new fitness program called getfit@mit

  

  , which always has a way of making me feel important… In any case, MIT is ... engineering, but I thought that today I’d focus on a great idea by MIT Medical. The program is called “getfit@mit” and it is a 12-week, team

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MIT vs. Chuck Norris Ever wonder how many math and science Chuck Norris jokes exist in cyberspace?

  

  noticed an article about a commercial that Chuck Norris filmed for ... with a mid morning Mountain Dew and a strict one hour limit and got down ... , a number I like much better. Feel free to add any Chuck Norris facts

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • February 5, 2008