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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Felines of Fifth West meow meow

  

  So they say that the best part of MIT is the people. Is this true ... the best parts of MIT is the tiny furry people walking around on the ... personalities of the felines on Fifth West of East Campus.    Puru is a ragdoll

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 18, 2015
• Blog / How to Food

  A Continuing Experiment in Cooperative Eating or, every food picture I have ever posted from pika

  

  The streets are paved with slush, everything is cold, and my pajamas have penguins on them. It is decidedly winter. But at pika, it's spring ... pika.) In honor of this especially pika week, here is every pika food

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 3, 2015
• Blog / Events

  A Castle, a Jack, and a Beanstalk hacking culture @ MIT

  

  , which is both challenging for the perpetrators and amusing to the MIT ... . With this, my description is almost done. I’d rather show the hack than ... awesome is that? I rather enjoy such happy endings.          BONUS

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 18, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Career Fair Thoughts In which I didn't try to acquire 50 different company shirts

  

  is mostly because I've given away far too many company shirts to ... important takeaway for any prefrosh reading this is to please not worry about ... pressures is very conducive to happiness. So, even though I'm currently being

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 21, 2014
• Blog / Events

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

  

  This is Butterstick. Butterstick weighs 10 pounds. She was named ... , feel a bit less homesick. Butterstick's human, Shannon, is a Residential ... stay at Simmons, she brought Butterstick - who is hypoallergenic - along

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

  wow. my first three weeks being an actual student actually at mit

  

  'm still in a state of shock (so try to forgive me if this post is all over ... , trying again and again to master the tire swing (which, mind you, is no ... amazing and diverse place - all of MIT is, for that matter - and there

  • by Joe B. '18
  • September 19, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT: Round 2

  

  the knowledge that life after MIT is filled with rainbows, unicorns (and ... go is. In the past two years, I have been to: the Netherlands, Belgium ... short version is that after a summer spent questioning my major, I decided

  • by Becca H. '12
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / Events

  How to have dinner with your Professor and have it paid for by the UA!

  

  Organic Chemistry is notoriously hard. But what isn't hard is having dinner with your organic chemistry professor-- which can be sponsored by ... publications and 39 patents, but don't let that intimidate you. This is an

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • November 25, 2013
• Blog / Study Abroad

  From One Cambridge To The Other A year away from the Institute

  

  which is sometimes shortened to Trinity which is extremely confusing but uhh I digress). What this all means is that this summer has six weeks

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 12, 2013
• Blog / Events

  The Great Snowball Fight of 2013 fame. glory. snow. killian court.

  

  Did you know? "Nemo" is Latin for "no man" or "no one", and the name ... storms, so that is the last time I will mention Nemo in this post. It ... West Campus tried to take it down: and this is a very exhausted me

  • by Michael C. '16
  • February 9, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  For Applicants Admitsphere.org, four hens, two ducks, best wishes and high regard from Mac-town, Oregon

  

  I know it's late in the college application season--the deadline is near and the pressure is on--but for all of you who are still typing away ... offer advice/tutorials for younger students. Their ambition is "to become

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 27, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  From Markets to Math Class

  

  "treadmill" that MIT can be: Sometimes it's hard to take a step back. This is ... treadmill" is the straightest path through MIT. It means doing the basic ... treadmill. And the world is a better place for it.

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 12, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  “How to CPW 2012”…a Guide for Parents CPW can be overwheming...a parents' guide to making the most of it.

  

  us in the Admissions Office the weekend is more about getting ready for ... and this is our last chance to make certain that every detail is perfect ... from parents is, "what events should I attend with my child?" In truth

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 15, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Crew Florida Takeover My last trip to play with the dolphins

  

  So usually in the beginning of January, Boston is under a solid layer of snow and the crew team is stuck inside the boathouse while our beloved river is frozen over. While this year that isn’t exactly the case

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 1, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Flourish and Blogs how to be a professional harry potter fan

  

  , so I was super-excited with the opportunity to take CMS.790, which is ... Flourish Klink. Now, Flourish - as you will soon learn - is known around ... thankfully Schnoogle is still up). So everyone in the room is going around

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 30, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cute! an MIT mood meter – Are you smiling today?

  

  face. This mood meter is part of the MIT150 Festival of Arts, Sciences, and Technology (FAST) and is one of four mood meters installed by the ... need to get that happiness barometer up. The best part is walking the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • April 16, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  AgeLab I've seen troubles...

  

  weather is changing in my knees. Also I'm cranky and like to talk about the ... Lab can help you understand. AgeLab is a research group here at MIT devoted ... System": AGNES is a suit worn by students, product developers, designers

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 28, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Year (In Numbers) This belated post was written in English and with numbers, the Institvte's nth language

  

  fix that. I'll start with semester one, which is when the proverbial ... . I've been told 18.03, Differential Equations, is better about that ... hose is still hosing. Same deal: 100 words or less! Not including

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 13, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  like a pretty interesting place (SPOILER: It is.) and I happily obliged ... kill themselves while trying to build something that is both impressive ... is belongs to a class of acronymically redudant phrases (or ARP phrases

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

  ‘Just Chillax’ [about your college essays] My little brother is wicked smaht.

  

  ! With one! (The secret to life is to celebrate the little accomplishments ... get a point across.) The essay is your chance to show that you're not a ... wrote about my kick-butt little brother. (Not saying that this is the

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 22, 2010