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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Tour of an MIT student’s notebook my brain is a mess so my pages have everything

  

  favorite part of my notebook. I use CAD (Solidworks, Fusion360, OnShape) for ... on everything from my interest in the subject, the pace of the lecture ... losing a sketchbook you’ve worked hard on is one of the most devastating

  • by Anika H. '26
  • July 8, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  FOMO: Fear of Mis-Optimizing ice cream teaches me a thing or two

  

  a brief respite finds me on the second floor of [annotation note="MIT's main entrance, located on 77 Mass Ave"]Lobby 7.[/annotation] i let my ... outline the rest of my day, but a [annotation note="i've gotten the freshman

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 18, 2019
• Blog / Hacks

  A couple of hacks from a couple of hacks CPW tends to bring out the best work from the esoteric pranksters

  

  Another CPW has come and gone, and with it the throes of prefrosh staring wide-eyed with smiles plastered on their face being carted from free ... for me, seeing all you guys excited to be here and the prospect of

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 30, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Who WIll Win the Nobel Prize? Vote for your favorite MIT professor!

  

  One week from today -- on Monday, October 8 -- the Nobel Foundation ... . Nobel Week is a pretty exciting time on campus, since a current or former ... pick to win a Nobel Prize this year? Vote Now on Facebook The "nominees

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 30, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Orientation Wrap-Up Reason #457 why I love Orientation: I don't have to pay for food for a…

  

  advantage of our free rides on the T, we went to JP Licks. Susan Hockfield ... on board that reminded me of my elementary school's cafeteria, it was a ... So Orientation is pretty much also a week of free food. The saying

  • by Bryan
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  In Memory of Sean Collier a memorial, to a member of our family

  

  killed in the line of duty by the Tsarnaev brothers on April 18th, 2013 ... Sean on campus. Last April, under cover of night, students installed ... into form. The design relies on the exact fit of the 32 stone blocks to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Legacy of a Media Storyteller [by Leila Kinney, Comparative Media Studies] Recently, Leila Kinney attended a Symposium at the Media…

  

  Media Studies] On Friday, June 20th, Media Lab alumni and colleagues gathered to recognize and remember Glorianna Davenport's 30-years of research and teaching at MIT. Above: Glorianna Davenport of the Media Lab

  • by ARTalk
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  One Month of Baby Steps my feet hurt

  

  greater independence. I’m a big fan of data. It can reduce complicated phenomena (like my transition to college) into comfortingly simple sets of ... collected data about the number of steps I’ve taken and flights of stairs I

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • September 26, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  In Defense of Peer Pressure or, why my hair is now purple

  

  trips to caves on the weekends. As another example, there are loads of ... of how much we love what we do. But on some level I don't think it ... taught “Don't give in to peer pressure!”--an oversimplification of a

  • by Kate R. '14
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  in the pursuit of knowledge want to see a MacArthur Genius dancing to gangnam style?

  

  the above sentence of a college essay that thankfully never made it into ... travesty of a sentence last year.  I still make lame over-the-top metaphors ... over the past few months, you know that there's been a lot of

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 19, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Institute of Contemporary Art College Night #2 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  reminiscent of Russian monarch fashion, carried a golden cardboard crown on a ... forever” (more here). The odd pieces of art on display reminded us of the ... before midnight with one of my friends encouraging me to get pumped about

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 27, 2015
• Blog / Events

  twerking, MIT style need more be said?

  

  , here's one of the ornaments on the Simmons Christmas tree: P ... Welcome to another edition of MIT Students Can Be Artsy™, aka We Do More Than Psets! Really!™, aka Things to Do On Saturday Nights at MIT

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 8, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Why no blogs!? I'm busy, ok?

  

  swing and everybody on campus is crazy busy. With what? Stuff like the East vs. West Water War from yesterday. Photos courtesy of our ever-friendly photographer Eric Schmiedl. Video courtesy of yours truly.

  • by Snively '11
  • August 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two quick items from the web Anthropology of War and Peace, and a ton of snow at Chi Phi.

  

  was delivered to the front lawn of MIT Fraternity house Chi Phi on the ... Today, two quick items I've recently seen on the web (more substantial entries to come this week): First, I saw a link on a military blog

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Don’t Dump I got stopped by the police.

  

  Awesome title, right? In short, my Friday involved graffiti, press conferences, and getting stopped by the police. Just one photo to whet your pallet. A series of updates on Orientation and the start of Rush are long

  • by Bryan
  • September 2, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Indra Nooyi presentation A presentation from Indra Nooyi, President & Chief Financial Officer for PepsiCo.

  

  This afternoon I went to a talk on Diversity in Action by Indra Nooyi. She spoke at Sloan (MIT's school of management) as part of a series that will host the following speakers later this semester:

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 28, 2006
• FAQ / Transfer

  Does MIT offer fee waivers for transfer applicants?

  't have any impact on your chances of admission. ... Fee waivers are available for all applicants, domestic and international. You can request one in the Fee Waiver Request section of the
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory?

  The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT focuses the talents of a diverse array of brain scientists on a single mission: unraveling the mechanisms that drive the quintessentially human capacity to
• FAQ / Transfer

  How much does the transfer application cost?

  Fee Waiver Request section of the application. MIT offers need-blind admissions, so requesting a fee waiver won’t have any impact on your chances of
• Blog / Events

  The Week of Weeks 9/19-9/23: Libraries, MISTI, and Career Weeks. In other news, 9/26-9/30 hangs its head in shame.

  

  Career Week. Events of Libraries Week include: Photos with Tim the Beaver ... accused me of having with the Lewis Music Library.) Events of MISTI Week include: Moonlight Cruise on the Charles Japanese Movie: Howl's Moving

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 20, 2005