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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  On sleep There's nothing certain in this world but sleep and taxes.

  

  night owls, although I think that's largely due to being 18-22 years old ... thing, you're talking to someone who loves sleep. Sleep and food are two ... , darn it. Being a biology major and dataphile and Excel-lover, I have

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 7, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Just A Small Town Girl Blogging in an awesome world.

  

  school. It's not as if suddenly I woke up one day wanting to be an engineer ... Well hey there, blogosphere. Newbie #4 here. To the admissions ... of being back and Matt McGann and Chris Peterson have already called me

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A major problem is not a major problem Why the text next to my picture is lying to you.

  

  information page, it appears that I will have to be identified as an aspiring ... decided to be undecided. This week, I'm a Materials Science and Engineering ... unguiltily return to Boston as someone with family values. That is, I'll be

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  One Giant Leap For beaver kind

  

  impressive as I think it was supposed to be, so I detoured from my studying ... powered but it does add a nice touch. So that's that! Happy soon-to-be 40th ... , it's because I woke up . . . to go study. Finals are coming up! You see

  • by Snively '11
  • May 17, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  Today is a Super Important Day This is kind of a big deal.

  

  one. I know that I, personally, have been counting down to this day for ... should be. For those of you living under a rock the last year, or just ... big, in fact, that the following email was sent out to the MIT community

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 20, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  IAP, and trivia answers IAP begins tomorrow.

  

  'll travel 13.7 billion years back to explore the Big Bang itself and how state ... , parallel universes or other things cosmological, this will be a great opportunity to ask them! HIV/AIDS in Africa: An Open Dialog About the Needs in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Put a Ring On It 2013 RING PREMIERE!

  

  somewhere? And the 8 ivy leaves (haha, get it?) our beaver happens to be ... with which every MIT student hopes to graduate (aside from a diploma, of course). Its been known to help MIT students snag internships, land jobs

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 11, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Follow Your Intuition It will lead you in the direction of Central Square

  

  : Economics) and I met there on Friday night to hear Jewel perform a free ... , because some commuters had trains to catch, but most of us. 2. On ... found this bookstore before I left MIT. In addition to a large fiction

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 11, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A New MIT “Alum” Many fictional characters are MIT alumni; the newest is Jessica Alba's Sue Storm in "Fantastic…

  

  ... Of course, it's nothing new for a film or other work of fiction to establish credibility for a character by giving them an MIT degree. Here are ... Contact (played by Jodie Foster in the film) Taz "Rat" Finch ("top of his

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  For the Love of Darties and ChemE An audio journey

  

  .” Okay, it’s actually supposed to say “one week ago” but it definitely wasn’t good a week ago. Come to think of it, it wasn't necessarily amazing two ... live in whole new world where we are connected by...our...screens? Okay

  • by kellen manning
  • March 26, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  2.009 LIVE BLOG 2025!!!!! ft. Veronica P. '27 and Taylor L. '29 !!!!!!!

  

  7:24  -- HELLO WORLD AND WELCOME TO THE 2.009 LIVE BLOG!!!!!!!! This is Kayode, here with Veronica and Taylor, fellow Bloggers!! We'll be ... presentation. And many go on to become real products, like the Avive AED

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 8, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  you may feel happy to be deferred. Some of you may feel sad. Some of you may have complicated feelings that you don’t know how to name; that ... may have some questions, so we’ve assembled some answers to FAQs. Many

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  There were many wonderful applicants to MIT this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an open forum for you to talk

  • by Decisions
  • December 19, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  There were many wonderful applicants to MIT this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an open forum for you to talk

  • by Decisions
  • December 14, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  The Class of 2020 Hacks Back

  

  As you probably know, we've taken to sending our acceptance letters ... few years ago, for example, we challenged students to hack their tubes ... for the pictures)  I strongly suspect the Class of 2020 is trying to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 8, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter Break and New Year Resolutions In which I try to express how wonderful being home is

  

  figured it'd be a good time to get back into this regular vlogging routine ... IAP, TA-ing a class (blog post to come) and continuing one of my UROPs ... hopefully IAP means I have more time to actually execute some of the blog post

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 10, 2015
• Blog / Community Projects

  MIT DDR Tetris on 6-foot LED Matrix "We did this because we were bored." -- Russell Cohen '13

  

  both, on a 6-foot tall LED display, thanks to three bored MIT students. Burton-Conner Tetris Battle (Burton Conner is the MIT dorm that is home to ... because we were bored." Want to try it yourself? Burton-Conner Tetris

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 20, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Inventional YoYo what the what

  

  be for the next few days and weeks. So though I've got a bunch of things to blog about most will have to wait. But this couldn't. John Chow, who was admitted to the class of 2015, is a professional yoyo-ist. Yoyo

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It Ends Tonight, It Ends Tonight On this evening / I give the final blow...

  

  .111 pset. One all-nighter. Wish me luck. ;) The semester is really coming to an end! Freshman year is almost finished...wow. I'll be back tomorrow (after I'm done with the exam and the two psets I have to do after the exam

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 8, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Harvard-MIT Student Debate on Pakistan this Friday

  

  's current state and future prospects: Date: Friday, 2/8 Time: 6:00pm to 7:30pm Location: 4-270 There'll be four panelists, all of whom have a strong ... 's assassination and the polarized dialogue to which it has given rise. I hope to

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • February 5, 2008