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• Blog / People & Identities

  Amicus briefs and the ABCs of a diverse MIT A SCOTUS filing with Stanford et al, and a strategic action plan for an inclusive…

  

  depend on the availability of a diverse cross-section of talented graduates ... as ‘friend-of-the-court’ —  is filed by entities not themselves parties ... Fisher v. University of Texas back in 2015 (brief).']amicus brief

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 27, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  home

  

  was floating, ruminating on a series of fairly disjoint memories. It was ... thickets of trees. Vast expanses of green, morning dew accumulating on ... somewhere about how “crying on public transport” is symptomatic of being in

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • November 4, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Building a Ballpit The trials and tribulations of an impromptu rush project

  

  charge of organizing all of the projects and events that have gone on this ... everywhere. Many of these are "early returns"—desperate to get on campus ... , they trade 8 hour-days of working on rush projects in exchange for free

  • by Kate R. '14
  • August 30, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  i feel completely fine and maybe that's okay

  

  on the 'reading is very important' train."]with the explicit goal of ... whatever else lies on my plate, it will be a very palatable lifetime. Much of ... I've been reading a lot of slow, contemplative writing recently

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 12, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  January in Paris and two weeks of speaking French

  

  (on the right). Photo credit to Sophie de Loubens, one of our JSF guides ... day of JSF, we had on our schedule a tour of the Opéra Garnier. It ... art and architecture. We were accompanied on our tour of La Défense by

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 23, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  amongst the stars a comic

  

  in NYC.  In an attempt to get back part of my soul after what's honestly been a soulsucking semester so far, I went full-on retail therapy at ... been ... a lot. As a cherry on top, I tested positive for covid this week

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • April 15, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  first snow it snowed on campus

  

  courtesy of @jovilly_ on Twitter[/caption] [caption id="attachment_58337" align="alignnone" width="1152"] courtesy of CP_OD on Twitter ... 'll be leaving in a few weeks, along with most of the other students on

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 1, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007 Robot Competition 2016 robots dump (replica) tea bags in the (replica) Boston harbor

  

  inspired waves of more hands-on engineering programs around the country, like ... "No innovation without fabrication!" This is the motto of 2.007, a ... students design and manufacturing hands on and culminates in the annual 2

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 6, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Ode to the New, Part 3 "Your calendar looks like a clown threw up on it!" -my friend Jordan

  

  put lower on my priority list. On the other hand, I found plenty of ... of mind: activities that cheered me up on a bad day. I also tried to ... MIT. Week 1: Pre-Orientation Nothing really going on yet. Week 2

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  So How Does It Feel? Now all you have to do is wait.

  

  chance. And now I'm wondering - To all of you who just clicked 'submit' on ... memorized, and I grew tired of seeing the same little letters in the same ... found a spelling mistake. And nearly died of panic. After receiving

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 2, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Update We plan to release Early Action decisions on Monday, 12/15.

  

  on Monday, December 15th. In the next few days, we will send EA applicants an email on how to access the decisions online; I will also post a copy of that email here. We'll have more details on the decisions in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 8, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF Review Photos from the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair.

  

  & Engineering Fair in Indianapolis, Indiana. On Thursday, we had a reception at ... Faye '10, Sukrit '10, and Ian '10 address the crowd. On Wednesday night, I went out to dinner with a dozen of the 20+ MIT 2010s at Intel ISEF

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Back Bay 5K Cool running... so cool that my legs were numb. (11 pictures)

  

  the bridge in flip-flops. For those of you who were not at MIT last ... "freaking." While Sam '07 pins on his bib, I warm up my hands... ...so I can pin another bib on Veena '06. Don't let our smiles fool you. It is

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 10, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Just 5 Days Left! Mystery Hunt begins in 5 days.

  

  inspired courtesy of my friend Pete: 100 folks are caught on an island by cannibals and put to the following challenge: Each shall get one hat of either ... succession what color they believe is on their head. If they get it wrong, they

  • by Bryan
  • January 8, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Some Notes Misc. fun stuff.

  

  Times has an article on the length of the new SAT. Some students and ... Today is the first day of final exam week at MIT. [read more ... with a 7-1 record [read more: MITAthletics] So, Summer got a 2300 on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  You can get anything you want… ...excepting Alice. Or a good blog entry.

  

  circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one explaining what ... I've also been really busy working on problem sets. It'll just be another week or two before I get back in the swing of things. Incidentally

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 17, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Does MIT offer Army, Air Force, Navy ROTC?

  typically includes one or three hours of classroom training depending on year group and two hours a week of a hands-on, cadet or midshipman ... MIT is proud to offer Army, Air Force, and Naval ROTC programs on
• Blog / Challenges

  Days in lives that aren’t mine in a parallel universe

  

  bed and put on pants. The smell of scrambled eggs brings me downstairs ... rooms. And there was no one else on the floor, but I'd hear the voices of ... problem 6 on the 18.404 Theory of Computation problem set. Then I head back

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 22, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Underground An ode to the MIT tunnels

  

  any of the buildings on that side of campus. I've used the tunnels quite ... . I googled "how to write an ode" but then got distracted by one of my ... symbols on the tabs disappear and you have no idea where you are clicking

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 8, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday Night at Random Beautiful people at a beautiful hour.

  

  Destiny, one of our two remaining all-male floors (The other is Foo, also on ... desk, in Foo lounge on the floor Foo, on the first floor of the 290 side ... fifth of my life so far, I have lived in Random Hall, MIT’s smallest and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 31, 2014