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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Above MIT The sky's the limit.

  

  . Literally. The likelihood of you seeing MIT quite like this is somewhat small ... takeoff is a good place to start with a disclaimer: my father was in control ... air. This is Walden Pond.     Almost there!  

  • by Piper '13
  • May 29, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maker Faire 2011 cool people who make cool things

  

  On Friday I flew out to California to visit my friend Greg. Greg is ... opportunity to do so. Greg is one of the most talented makers I've ever met. He ... , like our own Chris M and Snively, is someone who is really fantastically

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 23, 2011
• Blog / Events

  MIT Open House Well, come on in y'all!

  

  . MIT is having an open house of its own this weekend, which will be the ... know, is going to be big. While Campus Preview Weekend welcomed several thousands of prefrosh and their families, the "Under the Dome" Open House is

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • April 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Oodles Of Doodles Chris Peterson once impersonated me as such: "Blah blah blah Irish people, cartoons blah blah…

  

  morning, meaning I woke up at 7:15 (the horror!). The house is empty and I have a cold so that means it is the perfect time... TO BLOG. In honor of ... Strongbad/Homestarrunner (is that still a popular thing? Am I just

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 3, 2011
• Blog / Events

  I THINK it’s time for a guest blog! WARNING: There will be shameless promotion of MIT TechFair’s THINK competition in this post.

  

  guest-blog about it, and I figured, hey, science is awesome, MIT is awesome, what's not to love about the combination? So here it is, *groan ... differs from other competitions in that it is more about innovation and

  • by Kate R. '14
  • December 7, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Rudolph Family Weekend Better late than never, right?

  

  Rudolph, the set of parents of those students is a subset of the set of ... here for what is now over nine weeks, the longest I've ever been away ... to spend the afternoon with me. That is... once they found me... Aside

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 24, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT XC, looking sharp In which Maggie unveils the most awesome flowchart ever!

  

  ’d argue the sample size, n=2, is too small to draw conclusions from), so ... . And what I’ve got is this pretty amazing flowchart my cross-country co ... before going out to dinner. Running is a great sport, but no one ever chose

  • by Alina G. '11
  • September 20, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Shot in the Life I now realize that this is probably a misleading title.

  

  really want an unedited look at what life is like as an MIT student... here is cross section of my semester in screen shots. 1) I hit exactly $0.00 on my TechCash account. Do you realize how hard this is? This is like

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • April 16, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT has a radio station!? [by Shelby Heinecke '13] Yes, it's true!

  

  —and that's precisely what I did! My show is called "Peaceful Purgatory" and ... this is prime psetting hour = more listeners). You're probably wondering ... name of my show conveys the unique combination of music I play; that is

  • by ARTalk
  • February 22, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Top Ten Reasons I’m Thankful for Thanksgiving Breaaaaaaaaakkkkkkk!!!!!!

  

  is unfortunately what we happen to be learning about in my 5.112 (Principles of Chemistry) class at the moment. Luckily, my TA is awesome, and he ... real food!!! Food is rather prominent in my thoughts right now, seeing as

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ruminations and room-inations Written on the anniversary of one year ago.

  

  The past year in retrospect is a telescoping compression of proper ... .” My goal for the upcoming academic year is to expand into as much ... couch as a bed and a chair as a desk in the past 2 days is a reliable sign

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 30, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Still Going… haha... yeah. It's not over for all of us.

  

  make. That is, next Thursday, May 21th. That is, if I want to graduate on ... until Thursday, May 21. It is the absolute last day I can accept a thesis ... text on the table between us. He is this German physicist with white hair

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 15, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask Yourself Can you really LTFP?

  

  just taken a leave of absence. Taking a break from the Institute is not ... 's something I want to convey to you. MIT is not for everyone!! It's not that ... study that's not even vaguely within your interests? I don't think it is

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 2 The next installment of my saga...

  

  which when completed is the picture of you. There is no bad essay or bad ... process is that we don’t as admissions officers get to meet each of you ... you. The interview is one of the ways that we can personalize the

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 30, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Alpha Phi Omega Leadership, FRIENDSHIP, Service

  

  ?" And there was Xavier '11, with a bag of Bertucci's rolls. (Bertucci's is ... Alpha Phi Omega, is a co-ed service fraternity on campus (Jessie '07 has ... because they're interested in doing community service. And indeed, this is a

  • by Kim D. '09
  • September 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ben’s Final Farewell Thank you, Ben Jones.

  

  remember most is how my friends and I used to play volleyball every week. A ... realized that sometimes bliss is not meant to last, if only so you can move ... too is Ben (in my humble, completely unbiased opinion) the biggest and

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Lip Sync ‘08 Because I want . . . you . . . back

  

  the work is completely overwhelming and any time not spent working is ... toy that is even close to being kinda done? Oh boy.) but there's just ... ?" My brain: *Hey! Melis is here, cool! She'll probably want to blog this

  • by Snively '11
  • April 27, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Fabulous Festivities & Fireworks for the Fourth The annual Boston Pops concert and fireworks show.

  

  Boston Pops is combined with an amazing fireworks show, and is televised ... separates Boston from Cambridge and MIT. The fireworks barge is moored in the ... : Okay, so I'm not much with Photoshop, but you can see the barge is right

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 3, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Oh look, an update

  

  I haven't posted in a long time. This is largely because I have been swamped with work. This term is a crash course in time management. I ... geeks, and this is a class that plays to the strengths of computer geeks

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 10, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Deadline November 1 is the Early Action deadline.

  

  The postmark/submission deadline for Early Action is tonight! How is ... after your folder is complete do we run an admissions summary card and ... , it can take a week or more to complete all of these steps. The mail is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2006