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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  #Winning the battle for awesome (fictitious) alumni

  

  suit to be a superhero. No "baby I was born this way" origin story for ... those entries. Instead, I want to focus on something much more grandiose ... poll on Doonesbury.com asking readers where Alex should go to college. As

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Two important reminders

  

  fast approaching. Today, Friday, April 29, is the regular deadline to sign up for the exam, while Wednesday, May 11, will be the final deadline for U.S. students to sign up. Remember that we require, in addition to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 29, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  The World Has Many Trees climb all of them!!

  

  ://jspaint.app/"]Microsoft Paint,[/annotation] to jumping off the swings! Being a beginner isn't scary. But, as we grow older, we learn how good it feels to be the best at something and how scary it can be to fail. Year upon year, as we build upon

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • March 17, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A…an…uh…a cappella concert? MIT's got non-Petri dish culture, too

  

  've missed (please direct all complaints to Chris Peterson.  thanks) And what better way to relax after a long week than a free a cappella concert by the ... A cappella is one of those things that is really weird to type.  It

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 22, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Admitted Student Gatherings we want to meet you!

  

  home of an MIT Alum and parent of an MIT Sophomore. Be sure to check the ... , and with my second season of reading applications behind me, its time to start getting to know all of the wonderful people I have been able to read

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 21, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  running out of time the woes of every single graduating student

  

  's weird to think that next year, my friends will be scattered around the ... to New York City with me. there's also the fact that I'll be in Africa ... know that's going to be a near impossible feat. I just really, really

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 27, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Thanksgiving on First East – Team Bemis makes hand turkeys!! (For justice and the greater common good.)

  

  REALLY bad. Oh by the way every hall in East Campus has a kitchen. Because ... couple of weeks ago putting their creative minds to use designing and ... use to trace with) on construction paper. 4.) Cut along the lines. 5

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 24, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A little bit about me and my trip to La Republica Dominicana A trip to the Dominican Republic to compensate for a bitterly cold Boston winter

  

  yellow and orange sail), I'm hoping one day I'll be good enough to go on ... me: I'm a rising sophomore planning to major in Mechanical Engineering ... just got back from my second visit to the beautiful town of Punta Cana in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  I Miss College Application Season The Good, The Bad, and the Casey Jones

  

  just can’t seem to get your essays the way you want them to be. Hear my ... listened to while I applied to college. I miss being Wasted on the Senate ... to be warm but not hoodie warm. I miss sitting in the school parking

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 31, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Weekend in Kendall Square I know I work here all week, but hey, it's MIT

  

  stopping a half a dozen times along the way to see what's going on around ... be on a weekend is roaming the infinite, but March just happens to be hopping with great things going on.   Come to think of it, I'd rather be at

  • by Kris Guay
  • February 29, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Newly Admitted Student Events… ...coming to your neighborhood.

  

  home of a Kansas City MIT Alum for a lovely Sunday afternoon. Be sure to ... Applications its time to start meeting you all! Kim was kind enough to let me guest post on her blog to let you know about some exciting opportunities

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hits from the ‘90s ♪ Why can't we be friends? ♫

  

  seeing all of my friends, I don't want you being able to see lots of ... other than that, I'm sorry I won't be able to accept your friend requests ... impression, I'm just trying to protect my privacy. People can be pretty

  • by Snively '11
  • July 2, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Isaac Lozada Isaac Lozada comes from Texas to MIT.

  

  said. ''Now, I'm finally going where I want to be going.'' He'll live in ... said it'll be Thanksgiving before he'll be able to come back home. He ... dream By ERIN QUINN San Angelo Standard-Times August 26, 2006 When

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Jeff Karp and his gecko-inspired band-aid Mimicking nature to create a better surgical adhesive

  

  to smooth surfaces by taking advantage of intermolecular forces, which ... polymer. This innovation would be as simple to use as a band-aid, and would ... working on taking this invention into the clinic, where it can be used to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Karen: A Short History Finally.

  

  's what led me to see life the way I do: The world isn't just something you ... 'm making it out to be, but it had a nice ring to it.) You'll have to get used to my parenthetical digressions if you're going to be reading this

  • by Karen F. '11
  • September 25, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My New Hobby…. It's Giga-cool.

  

  them leaves quite a bit to be desired. On a tangential note, I've been ... whole other blog) and if this course is to be believed, the Germans spend ... by sleep deprivation. So we decided to take the ambiguity out of it

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 4, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  A little something while you wait. Don't plan on doing work until we finish this.

  

  this by yourself, though I wouldn't put it past an MIT applicant to actually be able to do it. The game is pretty self-explanatory: you start ... , largely consisting of doing nothing, making random trips to Steak 'N Shake

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • March 10, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  a salmonella saga weekend outing tingz

  

  it off without much stress, and all it took was being willing to miss ... would still have enough space in our car on the way down. we planned to ... trip clocked out to be over nine hours. we pulled into the festival

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 17, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy November 1st! Halloween was yesterday. My costume was/is an embarassment. You should read about it!

  

  whole thing. There will be plenty of time to go crazy and lose sleep once ... there was no way that was going to happen. The suggestion about dressing ... -planned outfit that I could conveniently use to be a smart alec to anyone who gave

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  defining the future stop being vague

  

  future outcomes would be incredibly tedious. This reverence we give to the ... thus any adjectives may be attached to it. It can be apocalyptic. It can ... has not demanded anything from us, we can imagine it to be anything we

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 22, 2023