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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yes, eat all our shirts! See MIT through the eyes of my prefrosh.

  

  complicated: Heh. This one is sold at the end of every fall and spring by ... Yesterday one lucky prefrosh got to be hosted by me through the MIT ... I midterm. Turns out Adam is from Beaver, PA and--yes, before you ask

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 22, 2005
• Blog / Summer

  my summer! a belated blog

  

  followed his instructions for the rest of the summer, not knowing exactly ... of balance, at least the attempt of finding one. This summer was a ... styles, cultures, etc. suit me best. I had the least amount of imposter

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 18, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Alum Adam Riess ‘92 Wins Nobel Prize Riess was a Course 8 Phi Delt with a minor in History.

  

  , who is just 41 years old, shares the prize with fellow researchers Saul ... of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae."  He is the ... Arthur "Genius Grant" Fellowship, the Shaw Prize, the Einstein Medal, and is a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 4, 2011
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Fitting in at MIT as a Latino family weekend 2014, day 2 and what I learned

  

  as a Latino. And a huge part of it is thanks to the ardent strides the ... Latino-centric organizations and clubs at MIT, with the Latino Cultural Center acting as the central hub for Latino students and student

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 18, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Great Glass Pumpkin Patch and a bonus video of a cat chasing a spider.

  

  The Great Glass Pumpkin Patch is one of my favorite events at MIT. It is annual, put on by the MIT Glass Lab (the people who make the pumpkins) in a tent on the Kresge oval. There is a one-evening showcase

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 5, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Thursday, 12/14/17, at 6:28PM ET

  

  tell you, as the title says, we will be releasing Early Action decisions ... your decision on the 14th, visit decisions.mit.edu and log in with your ... a decision on the 14th, you should visit decisions.mit.edu and log in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 7, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  I watched the sunrise this morning

  

  one of the reasons I love dawn is it reminds me that the sun will ... ; something in which the only constant is change because time marches forward ... of days during my best of times no matter what the world moves on

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 7, 2024
• Blog / MISTI

  Lost and Found I've been here for almost two weeks, and been lost at least half of that…

  

  There are no directions in Japan. The buildings are numbered, but in ... happened the moment when I got off the limousine bus from the airport to go to the landlord's office, and it happened even worse when I got off the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 12, 2009
• Blog / Summer

  Diving In transforming myself into a cs bro

  

  that was my biggest turn off from the moment I had originally booted it. For me, the hardest part is figuring out where to start. I started scouring sites like Reddit to try and figure out what the CS Bros recommended

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 23, 2020
• Blog / CPW

  Hottest ever CPW ouch global warming

  

  temperature scales and wow is the difference visible. The CPW weather machine is ... wondering what the weather machine is, you should read my CPW history post!) Here's the chart itself, larger version here. Each block is thick if

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 12, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fuel from the Fields: MIT Charcoal Project a "simple and affordable solution" to charcoal production in Haiti, 21 pictures

  

  here's just one example of a) how hands on the class is, and b) how it ... ? Charcoal is the product of incomplete combustion of organic matter. This occurs when the organic matter is heated in a low-oxygen environment, which

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Wednesday, 12/16/15, at 6:28PM ET

  

  reset it. Simply visit MyMIT and click on the lost password link. There is ... enough to tell you, as the title says, we will be releasing Early ... ET). To check your decision on the 16th, visit decisions.mit.edu and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 8, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/13/14, at 15:16 ET

  

  I've put down my burrito long enough to tell you, as the title ... , 12/13/14, at 15:16 (3:16PM) ET. To check your decision on the 13th ... .   In order to verify that you will receive a decision on the 13th

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 5, 2014
• Blog / Community Projects

  Activate Party Mode! Auctomated dorm controls at East Campus.

  

  dorm room in East Campus. The room is now 199 square feet of customized ... From the same file as the Disco Dance Floor... it's the Multifunction In-Dorm Automation System (MIDAS)! MIDAS is an elaborate automation

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Slump and an unexpected summer

  

  profound or at least informative on the subject. But the truth is, as a ... stagnating. I’m writing about this because I know I’m not the only one who ... discouraged. And sometimes, the best thing I can do for myself is have enough

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • June 2, 2017
• Blog / Advice

  falling in love with october swooning over foLiAGe

  

  weather patterns, until this fall. Maybe it’s because this is only the ... , where everything is saturated and the world feels surreal in a wonderful ... we fell in love in october that’s why i love fall looking at the

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 24, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  I walk a lonely road and it takes a lot of time

  

  the sculpture is lit up, how the numbers and mathematical symbols cast ... is in the Forge and Foundry space below the Infinite Corridor, where we ... "] the harvest is bountiful this season[/caption] Kresge Oval to Harvard

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • October 20, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  friendful life recently

  

  for the best." (all time ever does is pass) "I’ve completed one more ... one of my labmates has a friend from elementary school who was on the latest season of love on the spectrum. another labmate watched it and told

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 30, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  For applicants affected by natural disasters

  

  , and your safety. You will not be penalized in the application process ... ’s understandable that there’s a lot on your mind right now, and the last thing we want is for college applications to add to that stress. We know that some

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 25, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cows, Cheese, and Myristic Acid, Oh My! (Almost) everything I learned about fat (and educational videos), I learned from 7.S390.

  

  not have pondered before but I bet now need to know the answer to: what ... Biology, 7.S390, through the summer@future program, which allowed me to live ... videos. At the time, I was thinking a lot about the foods I eat and their

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 19, 2015