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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Where are we going?

  

  . Whoever the new housemaster is, I'm only going to have to live with him or ... . Which means that we will have to find a new housemaster. The new housemaster will be chosen by a committee, which is comprised of other

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Just Because It’s 2/29 I apologize that this blog has nothing to do with MIT.

  

  : TODAY IS LEAP DAY! Leap Day, I'm sure you already know, comes from the fact that the earth's revolution around the Sun is not perfectly 365 days ... . Anyhow, I just wanted to point out and celebrate the 5th Leap Day in my

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Newsflash! Guess what!

  

  do is study real hard for the written test...yikes. And then maybe I'll actually get to be a real, certified EMT. Plus, I got an A on the paper I ... I'm really lucky, even through the 18.03 pset I have to do right after

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 9, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Year of the Origami Dog A beautiful folded-paper version of Evie the dog.

  

  gift: an origami Evie. The most amazing thing about the piece is just ... me among the very impressed. MIT is a great place for origami enthusiasts. We have an active origami club, OrigaMIT. It is currently run by

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Class of 2009 note #2

  

  awaiting your Interactive Introduction to the Institute (i3) video introduction to MIT's dorms, you can watch the trailer here: 2005 i3 Trailer ... lottery will run June 1-17. As a historical note, I helped to secure the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 8, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Tattoo ideas No, I'm not getting a tattoo. But I do need your tattoo advice.

  

  No, I'm not getting a tattoo. But I do need your tattoo advice. As a ... /funny/interesting/amusing/cool/awesome. Here are a few ideas to stir the imagination: What are your ideas? What would you like to see?

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2009
• Blog / Events

  NSUW Coffee Chat Casual conversations with professors

  

  among "Outstanding Faculty" in the Business Week Guide to the Best Business Schools. Dr. Aggarwal's expertise is in the areas of initial public ... ) event Coffee Chat with Professors. NSUW is a sponsored group of the Sloan

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  September Equinox Appreciation A Cambridge Autumn

  

  once rode my bike to the Square. And decided to walk the rest of the way ... Greater Boston. I don’t think much has changed about how amazing fall is to ... throughout the night Its haunting song implores me: “Look up from your desk

  • by Victor D. '27
  • September 22, 2025
• Blog / People & Identities

  living the sloth life regressing to my feral weeb childhood self

  

  these days, feel as if they've lost a lot of time to the pandemic. the ... time alone, which is why when all my friends left for the holidays, it ... fictional universes. i've always been someone who gets too invested in the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 2, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Mist in the streets of Boston monday wanderings

  

  what never was. How sad that I couldn’t get to know deeply all the cities ... minutes, a shadow crosses the window, cast by a pedestrian or two walking by on the street.  We meandered down Beacon Street and stopped to watch

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 20, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  End of term

  

  these, including the last 3.091 lecture (described here by Kevin), all of ... Jones. For me, I was happy to partake in the Lab for Chocolate Science ... this stuff up. Now, just as many of you are getting to take a vacation

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  Needles That was anticlimactic.

  

  from the horrible bleeding, only to get an infection that would last the ... point came when last weekend my friend Ami ’14 decided to get a cartilage ... pairs of earrings at the same time. Never again would I have to choose

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 24, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  print “Hello, World!\n”; Everything you ever needed to know about me

  

  time of day. My name is Lydia. We have a lot to catch up on. I was born ... War II and deepened by the collapse of the Soviet Union. Russia ... salaries and some help from the government, was just enough to buy half a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Turn around and pretend it wasn’t you Words of Wisdom

  

  across the river in Boston. It's basically an excuse for companies to give out tons of free stuff and market to the college crowd. Alas, I didn ... demoing to every mascot I saw. First was Wally, the Red Sox mascot. I

  • by Snively '11
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2014 Transfer Decisions Will Be Sent Today see title, more or less

  

  were admitted: welcome to MIT. For those who weren't: I wish you the best ... applicants, receive decisions via email from our office to the address listed ... to admit fewer than 20 students. It is a difficult process: as usual

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adventure Coming full circle at MIT

  

  in lab during the last month than I did in my own room... which is a little depressing. But in the end it was all worth it. I got to work with ... ugly mechanical monstrosity on the left to the more modern and sleek gate

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 21, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To the future! and beyond?

  

  tired after I get home from work and the gym to actually chop things up ... and meet.  Half of the week is devoted to the jamboree's theme: politics ... Life after college is scary.  I can't believe the time has come when

  • by Becca H. '12
  • July 13, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The Birth Of My Third Child The new admissions web site finally launches! Report any bugs here.

  

  to keep the other blog threads on topic (how often have you been in the ... 2399 on the SAT I, do I need to retake it?!?" :-) More on the Q ... any bugs along the way. -Ben

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 14, 2006
• Blog / Events

  total eclipse of the cruft

  

  the sun getting eaten by the moon like a cookie through eclipse glasses ... of others, I traveled to northern New England to see the total solar eclipse on April 8th. I had happened to see the total eclipse in 2017 in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 16, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  All Applicants Can Now Apply For Either Early or Regular Action MIT Admissions announces a policy change allowing international students access to either Early or Regular…

  

  I wanted to let you know of a change in the admissions process for ... , including undocumented students) could not apply to MIT during the Early ... . There is no preference in our process for early applicants. We use the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2015