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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to a Package of Dial Soap Substantial entries will come soon!

  

  -bar package of Dial Gold My mother said, with the old Asian flair, "Don't buy ... yesterday, I opened the last bar The last bar - The last bar of Dial ... -bars Of soap can last me for five semesters But I say, that's the magic of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 6, 2009
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, La Vita Nuova a selection of dishes, part 3

  

  Ciao. It is I, Jacky of the French Dormitory. My culinary journey, as ... that are authentic reflections of myself. A lot has happened in the ... Nuova (The New Life).[/annotation] And in one of his hands it seemed that

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 7, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happiness ...can now be found on a website

  

  time on the positive side of the emotional spectrum. She recently created ... could! Yayy. (2) I know many of you are at the point in your school year where the amount of work seems unending and the end of the semester always

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 22, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  ZOMG CPW rawr.

  

  've spent the past several weeks with many of my colleagues, working long days ... ) - Logarhythms (a cappella, all-male) These are, of course, just a sampling of the ... American Students) Culture Show, Fri 7pm in Kresge Auditorium - Battle of the

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • April 7, 2010
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can I submit the MIT application with my QuestBridge application?

  MIT application. We feel that the QuestBridge application provides ... the QuestBridge Match but were not selected as a Finalist, you are still ... application portal. If you are not a Finalist, you must fill out the entire MIT
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Vol. III Everyone gather 'round the laptop 'cause it's movie time!

  

  's a video. Boom. Sorry in advance for the singing. If any of the other ... poopy situations, and Anna has been dancing the night away in Cambridge, I've been going on to Facebook, enjoying plenty of potty humor and having

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • July 2, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  15.27182 – Lecture Anatomy 101 Prereq: None, Units: 1-0-1, Lecture: M EVE (11 PM-midnight) (iHouse), NO FINAL

  

  Practical introduction to the theory of lecture seating. Revolves mainly around the Oasis Model of Lecture Seating, along with practical applications to demonstrate the concepts. Emphasizes applicational examples, such

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 23, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Pi Day = Mail Day? Too Early To Know No official mail date yet.

  

  Hi everyone, There have been a lot of comments in the blogs that we're going to mail on Pi Day this year. This was indeed the case last year, but ... - it will indeed be in mid-March, but Mail Day depends on a variety of

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 21, 2006
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How does one attain a Pirate License?

  H. '20 is one of the students who has earned official MIT Pirate status. “The courses are cerebral,’’ said Carrie Sampson Moore, director ... undergraduates must complete eight points of physical education classes to graduate
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Disco balls in space From an antique bookstore to Drive-By Truckers, and back

  

  One of my NRAO friends is a big fan of the band "Drive-By Truckers ... because the woman standing right in front of me got to take home the ... playwright, who was piling boxes into the back of a truck. I asked him how it

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Scholarship Opportunity: Davidson Fellows A look at a scholarship worth up to $50,000, and some past MIT winners.

  

  original piece of work recognized by experts in the field as significant and ... . The scholarship must be used at an accredited institute of learning. For ... lead to the advancement of quantum computing, which could aid scientists

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 30, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Back From The West Coast ...with thoughts and conclusions on the recent serious posts.

  

  issues such as suicide. I respect the sentiments of the original poster, and am blown away by the humanity of this community in response to his ... Hi everyone, I am back in town after a crazy day of traveling across

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  8 Hypotheses Like Schubert, I never finished the Eighth.

  

  't get out of the bathroom within the next five seconds. Through regular ... its use of the word “subtle.” Consider the following: Ethnomusicology ... ponderous effect of reminding the listener that (s)he will eventually die

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 7, 2009
• Blog / Community Projects

  Stepping Up MIT brings the best out of people (in between psets of course)

  

  enjoyable and meaningful way," said Amanda. Over the span of five weeks, that ... weeks of the challenge, Eric had a harder time narrowing down volunteers ... trying out more engaging initiatives brought the best out of their

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 7, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Art Imitating Art well, at least blogs.

  

  Application, I included as one of the optional essays the following prompt: You ... excerpted on the entry announcing new bloggers: The smell of decomposing ... voice. The Gods of Metal replied by raining down utter carnage. Lightning

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 5, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Arts Party 2010! [by Ken Haggerty '11] Now that I'm about to graduate, it's time for some fun…

  

  the Arts), Pardis Parsa (Office of Arts Initiatives), myself, and Mei ... Media Lab building, and now the home of many MIT arts departments) and ... was in the mood for milk.) ABOVE: Pouring myself a nice big glass of 2

  • by ARTalk
  • September 27, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The CPW Weather Machine Strikes Again a frivolous day in the sun and grass

  

  -making process (the part where he explains his thoughts leading up to using vinegar to slow the breakdown of pectin in the potatoes is pretty cool). As ... The weather sobered up just in time for CPW, and we celebrated the

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 18, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Four Friendly Body Pillows body pillows are my love language

  

  could not stop thinking about mango orange body pillows for the rest of ... me as I traversed the streets of Central Square with my beloved slung over my shoulder. 10/10, probably my favorite purchase of the summer

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 1, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  poem snippets searching for hope amidst darkness

  

  good bit of hope and i jump at the sounds of passersby and each one ... measuring the times though it is hard to tell what time of the year i think ... of my presence is wafting through the air so you will know where to

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 4, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  False Precision ...and the advent of the cherry pie scale

  

  response because I was subsequently asked to rate the pie on a scale of 1 to ... with it Why does anyone care what I think of this pie The 1 to 10 ... pie had a hidden cost in the form of this rating inquisition. Not one to

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • April 7, 2023