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• Blog / Challenges

  bumpers a revelation i had while bowling

  

  went to work and was besieged by many work-related tasks, most of which ... didn't want to be xenon, so I went bowling. "I always use bumpers with ... might be wondering: but Rona, is it really better to forgo bumpers and be

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 2, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Off to Southeast Asia Even Admissions Officers get to take a vacation sometimes.

  

  . Nominally, the purpose of the trip is to be in Malaysia for a (Malay) friend ... ? So, I'll be visiting Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, and I'm pretty excited about all of those places. Should be a great trip. While I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I like romantic things like music and art ...so why don't I have a boyfriend?

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Andre 3000, from OutKast, has a son (by Erykah Badu ... "Sexiest Vegetarian of the Year 2004" by PETA. So maybe one of these days you'll go to an information session at an ivy league university, or

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Karma What goes around comes around.

  

  my life (fun)^-1. The only thing worse than being sick and wanting to ... will tell you, being sick isn't an excuse to not do homework, so the ... I am, holding a lever attached to what appears to be a very large

  • by Snively '11
  • February 27, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Memory of a Greatly Beloved Establishment rip the stud subway

  

  rocky, but I could always rely on it to be there for me. After long hours ... Center is no more. This past weekend, Subway closed abruptly due to issues ... longer an option for Lobdell Food Court customers. Some of you might be

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 3, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Doggy Birthday Meet Simmons Hall's smallest - and furriest - new resident, who just turned 8.

  

  pieces of vegan chocolate cake, to be had. The birthday girl lapped up ... break. Nadia M. '17 even taught Butterstick to spin by enticing her with ... zookeeper described as being the size of a stick of butter. Like a number of

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Avoid spelling errors! The most commonly misspelled words I see on MIT applications.

  

  's something to avoid if you can. It's unlikely to be the difference between ... thought I'd give some tips on how to avoid simple spelling errors. Most ... short answer essays. So be careful in these sections, too! What happens

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Public Art Projects ...for your amusement.

  

  journey tends to be a rather monotonous one. Until today. Bryan recently ... am very grateful for these tunnels as I travel from the T to my office. It took me 6 months to really get my bearings down there. Prior to that

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  We are suspending our SAT/ACT requirement for the 2021–2022 application cycle as well

  

  that this will continue to be true through at least the summer and early ... of all applicants, when so many students may not be able to take them ... for an application to be considered.']suspend[/annotation] our testing

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 6, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My design won an MIT merch contest I don't know why

  

  Author's note: The original title was going to be "I DUPED THE COOP ... !). Four winners were going to be picked overall, with one undergrad and one ... that because it'd be funny to write a serious justification for whatever

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • July 23, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  tim’s wardrobe legend has it, TIM changes clothes annually

  

  and real adults) can be hard to deal with, especially since it is tricky ... more spice to it. So, back in sophomore year, I thought it would be cool ... , Twenty Fourmal. It seemed like a fun side thing for me to do and also a way

  • by Waly N. '24
  • November 1, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Temporary Band Entry Title And we hope we passed the audition.

  

  that the money was actually being put to good use by a student group ... might also not be so smart, so we decided that a good place to start might ... down the Infinite to the tune of S'weight, which was requested of us by

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / Events

  emergency blog post because Lilly Chin ‘17 just won Jeopardy and is also the greatest of all time "who is the spiciest memelord?" it's you

  

  . But right now, I don't think I've ever been prouder to be an MIT ... ! And she was ahead by so much at the end that this was her final Jeopardy answer:       I have been privileged to know and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 24, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Roller Coasters and Dance Parties Sunday was the East Side party! Lots of loud music and prefrosh!! Still, no fun.

  

  about, including one of the new bloggers! I'm so grateful to be here at ... East Side and prefrosh (now frosh!?!?)  from all around MIT came to see ... from the party, enjoy! I even got to go on a ride

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 25, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  What do you do for fun around here? What,this isn't fun to you?

  

  number, and ATM machine. But if you want to be a functioning member of ... . As I walked her around the myriad of different labs that serve host to ... me off guard. To me, this was fun. I get to spend every waking hour

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 9, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist MIT admitted some applicants from the waitlist today.

  

  students on the waitlist that we will not be able to offer them admission. We ... years: we notified 30 students by email that they have been admitted from the waitlist. Thanks to some good yield prediction this year, using the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Not in our stars, but in ourselves Or in ourselves not to see our stars... or something.

  

  jumping from side to side. To their credit, they did so quickly, but in ... it a year and a half ago, I knew that the best place to check it out ... , along with Javier '08, I got to the far end of the infinite around 4:02 PM

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 12, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  faith in the future

  

  desperately want to think that I've found the one. I so desperately want to be ... 't because saying that would simply just not be true. I'm not ready. I need to be stupid and alone and I need to fuck up and I need to live on my own

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 1, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Party pics

  

  pretty white dress and a crown of black roses, and is being led to the ... . Sasen '05 seems to be enthralled, since her jaw looks like it's about to ... feeds on our suffering. Hey, it's MIT, you need something to feed on your

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 2, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  An Olympic Hack Floating rings above Brigg's Field?

  

  Upon entering MIT, every freshman gets a list of "101 Things To Do Before You Graduate", which varies a slightly by academic year (for example: 2011 and 2008.) On the Class of 2016's list, number 82 tells you to Hack

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • February 9, 2014