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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Trendy Reif Strikes Again this time with the ALS bucket challenge.

  

  university president. My favorite example of such continues to be MIT President ... to the ALS Association donation page. The trend has been questioned by ... video was to compete, I would have to get a great view. Shuffling my way

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 26, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in Internet in the bathtub! And a bunch of stuff on choosing a major.

  

  to be home for the first time in six months, and I'm looking forward to ... does not have to be what you actually major in -- there are no quotas for ... annoying, because it's alphabetical by school rather than what is to me the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Everyone at MIT should take this class. How often do you get to design toys in class?

  

  . When I woke up, I decided that the best way to find out what I really ... first few weeks. Most first lectures tend to be fairly dull.  Pass out ... .  And by that, I mean our instructor said: "I want you all to design a

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 3, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  How A Blog Became A Community ...in which The Nance waxes philosophic about The Nance Effect.

  

  you even weighed in with clever suggested names for my soon-to-be ... , many of you went out of your way to remind us that mutual respect is the ... being WICKED SMART, you are a witty lot. I am pleased that you continue to

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Openness This one's serious, no silly link. Read it.

  

  doorstep and as you flip through them, page by page, you get to see aspects ... your knowledge of the school be limited to what admissions wanted to tell ... . The goal is to try to show a bit of everything. To be fair, 12 students

  • by Snively '11
  • October 26, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  some small distractions to help with many weighty things

  

  . like, actually, this man is losing his damn mind in a way you have to see to believe. let his happiness infect you!!! maze being flooded: my ... together huh cat taking sled ride: also courtesy of my housemate! oh to be a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 18, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Splish Splash ♪ ♫ great programs at MIT and beyond!

  

  pretending to be becoming the master of a new kind of swing/slide-jazzy dance ... -of-classroom mathematical topics if it wasn't for the inspired students who decided to be ... ... It could be close to home! While programs like Splash originally

  • by Ana V. '15
  • November 19, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Doing research 277 feet off the ground A tour of the Green Building roof with the MIT Radio Society!

  

  to keep out the wind and rain but be permeable to radio waves. They ... the big radome dish to map out the rotation of our galaxy by finding the ... , helping everyone in the Cambridge area get their data where it needs to be

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 27, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  how to put together an ohms concert apparently we have a concert this weekend

  

  an ohms concert (which, by the way, we have a concert this saturday that you should come to if you happen to be a current mit student ... pitches, or there will be notes that are really hard to sing (because they

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 17, 2021
• Blog / Events

  The Third Side of Fraternities The way I see it...

  

  brothers and people who happen to be dropping by at the house (although I can ... . I'm just trying to be honest. 2. When I explain what goes on in ... heated. I just want to start off by saying that there's no reason to bash

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My night with 8.03 MONSTER ENTRY AHHHH

  

  've been to is on Plum Island (the website I linked, by the way, is ... by Walter Lewin on neutron stars, and now much more of it will be spent ... backlight, (not to be confused with) the background light. Key light is the

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 11, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  An Experiment in Independence: PART TWO.

  

  /suggestions/lifehacks/ways-to-not-be-clueless-in-a-kitchen, leave those below in ... that means that I'm very shameless or just very stupid remains to be seen ... in Maryland for about two weeks now, all by myself, working this NASA

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 17, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures in Chinatown Food and friends and pigeons.

  

  way out, I beheld a wonder of creative marketing. The sign is to be read ... To be honest, my weekend mornings are probably less exciting than ... I find Chinatown trips to be absolutely magnetizing. Emerging from the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Gingerbread Gone Horribly Right "run, run, as fast as you can..."

  

  was one of a series of events organized by The Committee, an elected ... wholesome gingerbread house and person decorating event quickly went off the rails, thanks to some wonderful teamwork—we’re all about the collaboration

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 8, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicant wishing you all the best and greatest

  

  to a stage not predetermined by government regulations. College is ... enthusiastic and eager.” I describe it as “being able to appreciate life and work ... love, and, even if things aren’t going well, being happy to complete them

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 6, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  socializing over zoom it's been rough

  

  who we are guaranteed to be placed into the same dorm as. many people ... be a good time to reflect on what a freshman fall over Zoom has looked ... screen all day is exhausting. Being online all day, even just by having

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 24, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  How to (Im)properly Get an Independent Study another step by step guide of our mistakes

  

  to take the easy way out by signing up for a different class that would ... best bet to be able to spend our last semester at MIT pursuing and ... , which made the process more complicated/drawn out than it had to be. So

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  what’s happening on campus tl;dr packing up & freaking out

  

  will not be allowed to return to campus after Spring Break. Classes are ... break will all be online. We've been instructed to move out, packing as if ... " actions to take from a health standpoint can still be extremely difficult

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 11, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 3 Connecting with your Educational Counselor

  

  still be trying to figure out who your EC is so let's talk a bit about the mechanics of how this all works. The best way to find out the name and ... to still set up a meeting, perhaps by each agreeing to drive a distance

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House Showers Bring No Flowers They're just really, REALLY bad showers. Like really, REALLY bad.

  

  possibility that there might be some cons to the pros - to me, MIT was perfect ... to be excited, you forget that there's no such thing as perfect. My ... that I was certain I would fail, I stepped into the shower to be greeted

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 3, 2007