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• 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
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Nerd Love Beauty and the Science!

  

  One of the stereotypes of sci/tech/engineering schools like MIT is that everyone is an incredibly awkward ugly nerd with acne and backne and voicecracks and so forth. However, I am happy to say this is quite false. True

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 25, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sunny day – Sweepin’ the clouds away On my way to where the air is sweet.Can you tell me how to get,…

  

  mentioned Sunny's, which I don't believe has ever been blogged about. What is ... awesome as it is to wake up 10 minutes before a class and not get to eat ... since I can remember I've been told that breakfast is the most important

  • by Snively '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Idol A selection committee fantasy.

  

  case, selection committee is a pretty intense exercise as far as the brain is concerned, so when you get home at night, you're not exactly ... 're looking to do something as mindless as possible. And this is where my

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Show your creativity: the Year of the Pig While we continue reading applications full time, another mini-contest.

  

  's blog, my colleague Joanne's dog Evie is somewhat of an office mascot. What you may not know is that Joanne is, like me, a die-hard Lost fan ... , she also thinks Sawyer is cute. So last week, I combined her two loves

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Delayed Reaction A day in the life.

  

  check if your computer is plugged in. It turned out that I wasn’t able to ... of physics is trying to figure out which angle is which? I mean, you ... . Where is theta, and is the component mgsin(theta) or mgcos(theta)? That

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Keeping it Green On a visit to NYC, I learned a little about environmentally friendly housing.

  

  is situated in Tribeca, right on the Hudson River. It is pretty ... is designed to be super energy-efficient and requires 67% less energy ... , rainwater is stored and used to water the garden, wastewater is treated in the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I have classes

  

  It is term, and now I have classes! Five of them, right now. I hope to be able to keep all five, but if it is too much work then I will ... in it with me, which is nice since it means I'll always have someone to

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 9, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  how to spend a summer Spending a summer in Boston a la Bryan

  

  list of things to do is by no means expansive and there are probably a ... thing I suggest is getting a T-Pass. During the semester, I don't plan on ... thing about Boston/Cambridge is that summer is a great time to celebrate

  • by Bryan
  • August 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An MIT FAQ Because it's better to laugh at blatant stereotypes than to let them make you angry

  

  Recently, in my wanderings around the internet (that is to say, the ... things like this, but my boyfriend is trying to make me into a better ... so what if we did? There are worse things to be. But anyway, MIT is

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Likelihood

  

  "likely letter" is, you should check out this Wall Street Journal article ... scholarship money to come. The idea is to win their affections by getting them ... , mit_hopefulgirl, is MIT doesn't send these "likely letters." One reason

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 19, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  telling the tale some thoughts on acting, change, and meaning

  

  hadestown is a tragedy. the narrator, hermes, tells you this in the ... to be done for comedy, or to emphasize the sad; rather, there is an ... something could be different. there is hope. [caption id="attachment_90965

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • August 3, 2023
• Blog / How to Food

  [guest post] crumbly fruit and the importance of keeping at it by Caleb M. '27

  

  Caleb is a rising sophomore at MIT. He is currently studying Computer ... . He is from Dallas, Texas, and is Ethiopian-American. He's a Radio DJ ... , and is a crazy thrifter (he actually has the craziest finds i've ever

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 13, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In many ways on average-posting

  

  In many ways, the work of a critic is easy.  In the summer of 2022, I ... .  There is something strange about writing for the public. You are giving up ... there is no direct way of getting criticism on the blogs, I am usually my

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • October 7, 2023
• Blog / Announcements

  Reaching for the STARS* *Small Town And Rural Students

  

  communities.  While the initiative is new, the concern for these students is not.  The partnership, initiated with significant philanthropic support, is ... foundational belief is that educational opportunities should be accessible to

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • April 4, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  a love letter to rice cookers and a recipe

  

  latter, specifically on the beautiful fact that it is made entirely with ... " align="aligncenter" width="256"] Here she is in all her glory ... my guesses for the reason.  A mother’s cooking is and will always be

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • August 16, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Memory of a Greatly Beloved Establishment rip the stud subway

  

  Center is no more. This past weekend, Subway closed abruptly due to issues ... . This happened with little warning and we are sorry that Subway is no ... wondering what all the fuss is about, but let me tell you: the Subway was, by

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Glassblowing at MIT my IAP excitement

  

  MIT is really cool. MIT has a glassblowing class. I took the ... lol). This blog post is about my journey into the art of glass ... very first class was safety day. Why? Because glass is super hot, and

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • March 10, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Beacon St. and Marlborough St. Rooftops and flowers on two streets in Boston.

  

  the Boston side, across the Charles from MIT. This is where we spent our ... , also from the bridge.   Below, somewhere on the left is Beacon Hill. Across from Boston is our beloved MIT and its pincer aliens

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 27, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Hospital State of Mind The things I hate about being stuck here

  

  Wednesday. It is driving me crazy. I started talking to my squishible monster ... Services is super great about sending emails to professors and letting them ... ; 4. The food is terrible   5. So bored. Bring art to play with

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 6, 2015