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• Blog / MIT Life

  Blogging Scholarship Go out and Vote!

  

  many applicants as last year, I'm extremely excited to announce that I am one of the top twenty finalists! Before I make my pitch I'd like to share my short essay that I submitted to apply. My blogging began during

  • by Snively '11
  • November 7, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Rubbing Elbows I have pizza with a famous person.

  

  MIT. At the same time, though, I have come to realize that MIT's faculty ... campus culture we have all come to know and love. The traditional image of ... intimidating old sequipidelian I've already introduced you to Jeremy, but he

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 6, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Alia Whitney-Johnson: Making a Difference in Sri Lanka Alia Whitney-Johnson, a Junior studying Civil and Environmental Engineering, spent three weeks teaching the art…

  

  The MIT Public Service Center provides fellowships for students to travel around the world to allow them apply their talent and knowledge ... teaching the art of jewelry making to eighteen Sri Lankan young mothers in a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  In Stereo

  

  serious time and energy into bringing you our snazzy new website, to answer ... Harold and Kumar go to White Castle, among others. I was planning to use today's entry to talk a little bit about school visits, so I won't let a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 8, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Conference Where Everyone Was Younger Than Me I'm talking highschool Thiel Fellows, 30 under 30 winners, and Shark Tank participants

  

  're looking to take care of everything from your Google search results to your ... student, you sort of get used to being one of the youngest. Everyone else is ... changed when I went to Next Gen Summit. I'm talking highschool Thiel Fellows

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 30, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  Out Sick aka, a subject line for too many emails

  

   terrible, opened my Google calendar, saw I had nothing I desperately needed to do ... headache, and yes, there have been days where I just couldn't bring myself to go to class due to fatigue. But the runny noses, cough drops, and Vicks

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 10, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Roombaaaa The longest trip I've ever taken in my life

  

  to make my way through the hustle and bustle of suited up MIT students in the Z-Center... I tried to orient myself to the layout of the booths and acclimatize myself to the craziness. Career fair is always an

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 21, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  June and Flaky Biscuits The first part of an epic summer and food, bien sur.

  

  telling people that I'm a blogger. (Which I then question due to my recent ... reason I'm writing this right now is because Snively '11 sent an email to ... me to be an MIT blogger is because THERE ARE SO MANY AWESOME THINGS

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Let the games begin! Last minute advice for your CPW.

  

  Hey prefrosh! Welcome to campus! If you're not here yet, hurry up ... you aren't sure what to do yet with your CPW, here are some tips from my ... this cool one MIT student and get to know them and blah blah blah

  • by Cam T. '13
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  It was the blurst of times? I'm a stupid monkey.

  

  going to keep typing Shyam's name because I want him to Google himself one ... get a piece of e-mail that's accidentally been replied-to-all, I say to ... to give them 19 years on the chain gang just for adding another letter

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 3, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  gratitude happy thanksgiving

  

  killer from the Saw movies, right? He forces his victims to endure so much ... I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about gratitude. That’s not to ... immeasurable amounts of gratitude but didn’t know how to express it adequately. I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 24, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  EAPS Field Trip In which I pretend to be Course 12 for a weekend

  

  September 14th, I will lead our “annual” field trip to central Massachusetts ... involve a brief introduction to the geology of Massachusetts and visits to ... footprints, 200 million year old rift-deposits with astronomically forced

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MIT vs. Chuck Norris Ever wonder how many math and science Chuck Norris jokes exist in cyberspace?

  

  to business. Find below the best 23 Chuck Norris MIT appropriate jokes. I hate the number 23 so I threw in 2 of my favorites to get us to 25, a number I like much better. Feel free to add any Chuck Norris facts

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The Igs Where Science meets Silly. Hello Silly!

  

  eventually cropped down to the final prize winners. I know you're saying to ... Nobel!" More power to you, but here's what you're up against: In the category of ... person speaking Dutch backwards. In the category of Peace -- The Air Force

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

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

  

  wanted to go there. Only she didn't - she couldn't. Her family, which had ... , Lozada had to work, and later, she started a family. Today, she will see ... MIT, the No. 1-ranked university in the nation, according to a

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

  A brief history of 2.007, the MIT class that inspired FIRST Robotics Complete with 1970s-era footage of Woodie Flowers

  

  If you're like me (and I'm willing to bet a lot of our readers), then ... , mentor, and (now) admissions liaison since 2002. Before I came to MIT, I ... United States and the former head of Google[x]. It's been called MIT's most

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Post-engagement, pre-Bahamas An exciting week!

  

  want to take ice dancing :P The DAPER website says that registration will ... during term and all month during IAP.) Be sure to check this website ... First, I want to thank everybody who left their good wishes with

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a brief walk to Caffè Nero alternatively titled: life update since i am comically bad at blogging this semester

  

  it's a cloudy Tuesday morning and i'm walking to Caffe Nero to get a ... my house in Central, and the latte is conveniently free thanks to a voucher sent to me by an upperclassmen. as i walk, a thought pops into my

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 27, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another one! The return to campus, round III

  

  Last Sunday may not have been my first time coming back to MIT, but I ... same energy. The streets were full of fraternity vans trying to snag new ... mayhem that is Registration Week was the perfect introduction to my Junior

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • September 11, 2017
• Blog / Hacks

  Practice Safe Hacking No, there are no LEDs

  

  Hacking at MIT is steeped in tradition and still occurs to this day. Hackers deploying any hack always subscribe to a strict code of ethics. This ... saying when it will be returned. # Brute force is the last resort of the

  • by Snively '11
  • April 24, 2009