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• Blog / About Decisions

  One last bit of advice Before all hell breaks loose

  

  shooting stuff out of air cannons, doing a ridiculous physics problem, or building something awesome. Don't spend it flaming people on the Internet ... -13 minutes prior to that, so be on the lookout. Good luck, pre-congrats to

  • by Snively '11
  • March 14, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Tragedy for MIT and Boston Devastating news for our community.

  

  on campus, apparently by one of the Marathon bombers. As of the time I write this (8:15am on April 19), one of the bombers is reportedly dead ... Campus Police on our behalf. Thank you to all members and friends of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 19, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  king of boston -> king of the world? the only good fight there is

  

  vision of myself five, ten years from now looking back on the time I spent ... specific set of passions; any mark they want to leave on the world is ... about what other kind of research goes on in the lab.  [carousel image1

  • by Angie F. '28
  • May 29, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  I watched the sunrise this morning

  

  one of the reasons I love dawn is it reminds me that the sun will always rise [embed]https://youtu.be/jdiaBZM0ZAo[/embed] on my worst of days during my best of times no matter what the world moves on

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 7, 2024
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can anyone join the Experimental Study Group (ESG)?

  their education. Instruction takes place in a 14-room suite on the top floor of one of the central buildings on campus. Eleven staff members and ... -year subjects of biology, chemistry, math, and physics through small, discussion
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  What is Splash?

  on origami? Lasers? Neuropharmacology? Over the course of 21 hours ... For one awesome weekend each November, thousands of high schoolers flood MIT’s campus to take classes, taught by MIT students, on anything
• Blog / Events

  The State of Things Deflated, that about sums it up.

  

  . I'm not really laying on my bed, I'm kind of shoved into it, feet ... that I have mastering physics tonight, a test on Wednesday, and a ton of ... exploring of campus, I'm not sure my body can handle much more of this. Let me

  • by Snively '11
  • April 13, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Story of Tonight (more like 730 nights ago)

  

  week since I watched Hamilton on tour. An entire week of attempting to do ... sea of people brought together on a mundane Thursday night. It hit me ... 's been exactly two years since I pressed the submit button on my MIT

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 1, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Seasons of Spam Next up: a Nostalgic entry about my frosh year. After Finals. Maybe.

  

  week ago - congratulations though, since one of the brakes on that bike ... cans of Red Bull. In tooling, in frats, in lectures, in hacks. In ten ... spam. Seasons of spam Seasons of spam Ten thousand thirty-two hundred

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mechanical Sense of Humor My Course 2 lab instructor is amazing.

  

  you the following, which was the first page of the background reading ... group of people in a pub in London, and when they find out you are a ... building a robot for a robot-wars type of competition, and have been having

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 29, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Eye Of The Storm Reflections in the brief moment between the last hours of selection committee and the release…

  

  -decision-release onslaught of comments. It's eerily quiet, which is both nice and unsettling at ... - I can't remember a time in which I was alone here. I hope that all of ... reflecting on the class we just admitted and feeling incredible about it. We

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Evil Institute of Technology Mystery Hunt, Day 1.

  

  Mystery Hunt has begun! Prof. Moriarty from the Evil Institute of ... job to stop him! At 12:17pm today, hundreds of hunters gathered in ... sign to gather our team, the Rubber Duck Hunters: I saw lots of people

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  flowers of fire and light making art with printed circuit boards!

  

  , variations on the basic flower pattern encompasses a whole family of poi tricks ... solid copper pads. The exact pattern of the exposed copper on the board ... ="aligncenter" width="718"] based on my limited knowledge of electrical engineering, it

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • August 16, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  World of Wires [by Emily '15] Are you living in a computer simulation?

  

  [by Emily LaVerriere '15] First of all, I need to second Miren ... talked about a play called World of Wires by MIT Associate Professor in Theater Arts, Jay Scheib. One of our FASAP advisors, Sara Brown, was the set

  • by ARTalk
  • January 9, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Hospital State of Mind The things I hate about being stuck here

  

  color pictures of dolphins.   6. Miscommunications between doctors ... . Basically, I want to go home. And I never plan on going to a hospital ever ... of doctors and nurses and I am afraid to talk to them. But there's a

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 6, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  T Minus One. BRASS RAT BRASS RAT BRASS RAT.

  

  semester. It's one of the most recognizable rings in the world, based on shape and the prominent beaver on its bezel, but the specific details of ... (Class of 2007's Ring) The Brass Rat is MIT's class ring, which is

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 11, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Cancer Research The history and future of cancer research at MIT.

  

  of MIT's Center for Cancer Research is the principal investigator on a ... program, is the principal investigator on a grant of the same magnitude that ... conference in Thailand focused on a range of global health issues, including

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / Events

  A Couple of Firsts With a picture game

  

  have gone on. Everyone’s so passionate about their posts, and all of us do a great job of describing life at MIT. They’re all creatively ... aspects of MIT. Then I noticed something that I had missed in my post

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 17, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Return of the Frog Queen Okay, it snowed this morning, end of story.

  

  while. I'm real sorry; I'm just not exactly on top of my life right now ... me 6 whole minutes of sleep passed out on the floor in my clothes. In a ... DID YOU KNOW? The entire state of Wyoming (population 509,300) has

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Cacophony of Coats Also, my courseload for this term!

  

  tears of frustration, they crystallized on my cheeks and shattered one by ... While waiting at a bus stop the other day, I witnessed one of the ... topic of winter coats -- a logical move given that it was fairly chilly

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 10, 2011