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• Blog / MIT Life

  it’s thanksgiving or something and other things happening in my life

  

  the few people i interact with these days. and finally, on the topic of ... today, of all days, i feel it's appropriate to begin with a land acknowledgement statement, as adapted from mit's statement. the land on which i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 26, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An Alumni Barbecue I love living in a place with so much history!

  

  on and on about stories of the origin of many of the most famous hacks ... alumni that have lived on my hall, going all the way back to the MIT class of 1968. East Campus has a lot of history, and my floor Tetazoo is no

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 6, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Get excited for CPW! CPW= Campus Prefrosh? WHOA!

  

  diverse and talented group of individuals who use the space to work on any ... members of the former convene together to celebrate a 10M concentration of ... , food, a showcase of student organizations, food, sample lectures, food

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 6, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus Hall Rush: 1E So many packing peanuts

  

  /architecture). I live on the first floor of the east parallel of East Campus, which ... and personality. On one special night, freshmen visit all 10 halls and ... 40 bags of biodegradable (edible) packing peanuts and filled the lounge

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • September 14, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  The Early Action deadline is almost here The only thing scarier than October 31st is Nov 1st (just kidding, no need to…

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... : Early Action applications should be submitted by 11:59pm Eastern Time on November 1. (There is a small amount of grace period for students having

  • by Kris Guay
  • October 31, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Ops Air Force A summer spent with B-1Bs and C-130s.

  

  Bomb Wing with a fleet of B-1B bombers as well as the 317th Airlift group comprised of C-130s. Thirteen other cadets on the visit and I were split up ... Development Training (PDT) program designed to give cadets a better view of Air

  • by ROTC
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Answers, and live updates Live from a lecture by architect Steven Holl.

  

  architect of Simmons Hall. I'll update you on the lecture and also answer some pressing questions as the talk goes on... First, some CPW answers. I know that some of you have not heard from your host. Do not worry. I assure

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Study Break!

  

  break thing. All of the dorms were like "oh we go on these awesome trips ... value of the study break a couple of weeks ago when I was working on this ... slices. I wasa in charge of mixing the caramel mix on the stove. Then we

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 6, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  A Late Recap of IAP 2020 externing at Microsoft, baking butter mochi, and more!

  

  spanning the month of January called the Independent Activities Period, or ... travel abroad (with your expenses paid through various MISTI programs, of ... ") at a variety of companies with MIT alumni. I chose to do an externship

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 6, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Blogging Is The Salt Shaker Of My Life thinly veiled platitude included free in box of metaphors

  

  Facebook that I clicked on while bored. But this is what I get out of ... rest of the day in a bathrobe with my cat on my lap, reading weird ... instead of hunched over a table, or riding on someone's shoulders while

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Selling Point How to tell the difference between MIT and an infomercial

  

  same dilemma. On MIT’s admissions website, we claim that “MIT is one of ... Growing up, I admit that I watched a decent amount of television. I ... shaped sculptures in the sandbox with my friends. The magic of television

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 11, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The story of the most epic pset ever If you correct my problem set in the comments, I will get angry. And you…

  

  documented some of the sleepless night I spent the other day working on what ... far, it's pretty awesome. It's one of the few classes where I really ... lots of actual, concrete stuff in every lecture. So every Tuesday and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Roman Life A.k.a. not-Greek life.

  

  away on retreats, all of us non-Greek-life students (hence the title ... a picnic on the beach. Cape Cod is one of Massachusetts' more popular ... had no idea what kind of birds they were). We made one stop on the way

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 21, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Halls are Alive with the sound of mischief :)

  

  one of the most trafficked thoroughfares on campus, just outside of ... Listening There’s this person who will occasionally sit on the steps of ... of all college campuses. I personally like the mix of ultra

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 2, 2024
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Scholar

  

  choice. Filmed on location at the University of Southern California, The ... executive on two of the entertainment industry's grandest institutions, "The ... college admissions-themed scholarship competition. The first of six episodes

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dancing Days Nerd love, as the summer evening grows.

  

  some of my more outgoing classmates get their freaks on, then get sternly ... 'm on the dance floor all night, injuring the rest of the party guests ... night my dorm went on a three-hour tour of Boston Harbor with the Spirit

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 1, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Western Union A celebration of marriage, nanotechnology, and acrophobia in Seattle, WA.

  

  Pot, on Pier 57. The cool half of the group got a meal that requires the ... restaurant on the water's edge and taking countless photographs of the food is ... . What, you can't see it? The reception site was on the edge of Lake

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Matt Damon’s Commencement Speech to the Class of 2016 Turn towards the problems you see

  

  . Matt Damon was too. Yes, when he got up on stage, one of the first things ... ’s just put that out there. I mean, I’ve seen the list of previous ... of the World Bank. President of the United States. And who did you get

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 6, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Note of Hope for Freshmen at Career Fair Yes, freshmen can find jobs!

  

  ; students are printing leaflets of resumes before the printers get tied up on ... to do in Cali. In other words, I had to find a job.... On the eve of x ... student holiday on Friday so people can focus on finding employment. It

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 21, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  zero knowledge ^ not you after reading this post!

  

  one of the things i’m working on outside of class this semester is a ... ’s true that proof-of-identity on its own doesn’t do much. the interesting ... because of the potential for identity leakage) on the flip side, you can

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 25, 2022