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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What I just did You'll never believe it.

  

  the score from my last test. Can you say "fail?" I can! Oh, 2.005 is ... is to provide a late-night, work-free food experience to desperate ... Food you are faced with two dropdown menus. As an MIT student, your goal is

  • by Snively '11
  • October 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action versus Regular Action Use this link when you get to the end of the post, you'll understand.

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... &A" because I'd like to answer your questions. My goal is for this to be the one-stop-shop for all EA questions you may have, let's see if I can do this. What is

  • by Snively '11
  • June 15, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Ah, TV… A super-sized value meal for the mind, not the body.

  

  funny! I crack me up!) I am stressed! Reviewing admissions applications is a stressful endeavor. I know, I know! Applying to college is beyond ... Galactica: Is this the best science fiction show ever? What do you think

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fuel from the Fields: MIT Charcoal Project a "simple and affordable solution" to charcoal production in Haiti, 21 pictures

  

  here's just one example of a) how hands on the class is, and b) how it ... to make charcoal Read on, grasshopper....   What is charcoal? Charcoal is the product of incomplete combustion of organic matter. This

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Lodger Third in a trilogy of Berlin photo entries, featuring the country of Moldova.

  

  event. One other thing that you can see in Berlin is two ... inscription "Made in England." For Mitra, here is the Iran bear. For Ruth ... Prep through ESP, here is the quite vibrant Georgia bear. For fans of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 15, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  I jumped into the river ...black-haired Asians swam with me.

  

  this river is so freaking cold. Stop making out and help me! Undaunted by my cries of agony, Ling clotheslines into the water. She is ... , under a few bridges, which is harrowing in itself, and into a romantic

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 30, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Trip to Princeton U Taking advantage of the three-day weekend by taking a trip to Princeton!

  

  . Princeton has 4,600 undergrads, which is only slightly more than MIT's 4,000. It is the fourth oldest university, chartered in 1746, compared to MIT ... climbing! Katherine is an avid climber and an employee at the wall, so we had

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Wheels on the Bus Go Round And Round what do you get when you cross the flinstones with public transportation?

  

  Let's start off with a little riddle. What is white, at least 2500 ... Busycle. The Busycle is a public art/community building/environment project funded by the Berwick Institute. One of the organizers of the project is an

  • by Bryan
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Events

  5 days until Mystery Hunt

  

  One of IAP's most exciting activities is the annual Mystery Hunt. In short, Mystery Hunt is a weekend long competition at MIT where students ... will last until the coin is found, probably sometime Sunday. Many teams

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 9, 2005
• Blog / Events

  This School’s Big Game: a fun way to think too hard (how MIT Mystery Hunt works, now in Up-Goer Five)

  

  🫠. But because the point of using only simple words is NOT to make ... [/annotation] happens once a year, and it is filled with up to 3 days of many very ... ="puzzle hunts"]big-games[/annotation], but ours is one of the oldest and most

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • January 25, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  notes from a week of new classes the prettiest peril of higher education

  

  (highkey) bad. The structure of the class really is made to give students as many materials to learn as possible, which is noble but very messy. Every ... which is put onto the slides/notes handout. You would think this would

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 15, 2025
• Blog / Community Projects

  [joint post] A Map of MIT Makerspaces ft MechE grad student and mapmaker Rima Das

  

  characteristic about MIT is its plethora of makerspaces. There are big basement ... makerspaces, if you know where to look. The issue is, it’s difficult for any one student to know where all the makerspaces are. PhD student Rima Das is

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 1, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  ignorance is a virtue

  

  wake up. the analogy is that when there's something i'm alarmed about ... . similarly, looking at my grades is a choice i can make. i don't have to look ... that so-and-so thing is graded, i can ignore it. and that ignorance is

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 8, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You should get this bundle right now definitely clickbait

  

  a Landlord is a deckbuilding roguelike, much like Slay the Spire ... slot machine theme, there is no real-world money or microtransactions ... "] taken from itch page[/caption] A Forgetful Loop is a time-based worker

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 8, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  20 Things I Learned In 2020 from a course 20 who is in her 20s

  

  . Enough said. There is a huge community of local mappers who chart out ... to use. Cartography is still very much a thing. It's okay to not be ... someone I didn't get a chance to say goodbye to :( Oftentimes, there is a

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 1, 2021
• Blog / Events

  The REX That Was a review of the most recent confusion

  

  Today is Reg Day, i.e. Registration Day, when MIT students make official their fall schedule (add/drop notwithstanding). Tomorrow is the ... which one major component is Residential Exploration, or REX for short

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 6, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Random Post While Reading Apps. Because we need some new posts...

  

  with the life of the Admissions Counselor at MIT, here it is: We get ... life, none of that is more important than your health. I also hope you ... willing to help - no strings attached. What else is going on around here

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • November 7, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s a freshman like me doing at Career Fair? hint: I'm not wearing a suit

  

  ". "Career" is not really a word in my vocabulary yet, blogging is the closest ... insights about Career Fair right now is kind of like expecting a gorilla to ... . What I do have, however, is an insatiable desire for free goodies and t

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 22, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  They say you learn more by living abroad than by going to school

  

  Cheng Mountain - Fun Fact: The scenery in Kungfu Panda is based on this mountain ... reason I’m in China is to intern at an architecture atelier at Beijing ... of which is apartment hunting. Bane.of.my.existence...for most of this

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 17, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Me again (but with flamethrowers this time) yup, it's a shameless ploy to catch your interest. But it's working, right?

  

  MIT these days is pretty up on the latest social media, as is ... , and there's even an iphone app, which is super useful for tracking all ... snow:no snow ratio is. I bid someone to go forth and Google! And then get

  • by Alina G. '11
  • February 1, 2011