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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  rolltreppe I use the word funky loosely in conversation but these tunes are tight. um did…

  

  (here is a subset of the group at Dylan's Emerson recital): To crazy ... Chris Peterson once said, "rfong is a good photographer, and in order to do that you have to be really creepy." (Um...thanks?) It is that

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 21, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ETH Zürich, hier komme ich! A semester of all things Swiss German and chocolate to come

  

  the last 2.5 years here at the MIT. Inertia is real. Though a few Course ... , at ETH there is more of an emphasis on the final examination, and less ... happened very quickly. I first heard about the program during the summer from

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 1, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer plans

  

  I've spent the last two weeks enjoying a nice vacation at my mom ... caught up on all the sleep I missed during term (for some reason, while I ... when I'm here, I feel deprived if I'm not getting at least 9). But

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A Beautiful Day

  

  really miss sailing. Sailing, in my opinion, is the best PE Class you can take; I highly recommend it. MIT, btw, is the "birthplace of ... along the Charles River. Lots of people running along the river (doing a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 30, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Varsity Pistol Team Wins National Championship

  

  -10, register today on MyMIT!), I came across this article on the MIT Athletics ... -America Honors March 21, 2005 CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The MIT pistol team claimed its first national title since 1974 by upsetting the U.S. Naval Academy at the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Pi Day, Tau Time As the admissions decisions approach...

  

  on Pi Day, at Tau Time (that is tomorrow, March 14, at 6:28pm EDT). Some of you, though, may be wondering -- what's the deal with Tau? Well, check out this video from Vi Hart: (Did you know that Vi Hart is Khan

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 13, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Get Animated A holiday comic.

  

  A random highlight of some holidays is getting emailed the latest ... for Easter 2006: When Jen was an undergrad she wrote comics for The ... Jennifer's Comics. Jen is also a fantastic baker -- if you want to drool

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mistakes & the inspiration we need to move on

  

  which I've just forgotten what's important to me. This blog is about the ... wanted for myself. I think one thing that gets underestimated here is the ... My lack of blogging this semester is largely a reflection of how this

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 19, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Manolis Kellis: Combining computer science with biology An interview with Manolis Kellis, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, who was honored as one…

  

  what in the genome is important and how organisms might have evolved. For ... brilliant in their own ways but work together. The power of diversity is ... wiped out by a single antibiotic. In the same way, cloning is boring since

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes – Spring 07 Ending MIT with a literary bang. Can you hear it?

  

  Description: Studies important examples of the literary form that, between the beginning of the 18th century and the end of the 19th century, became an indispensable instrument for representing modern life, in the hands of such

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 14, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Even More for Admitted Students: Share Your Story Another open thread for '11s.

  

  high school. Man, the passage of time is a scary thing). ... So you got into MIT. Congratulations!! Today is December 13, which means it's exactly one year to the day when I discovered I got in. In

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 13, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Getting MISTI-fied There's a loud boom coming from Lobby 10.

  

  discovered that not only was there the booming, there was FREE FOOD. Cue the long lines of students. MIT students do not pass up free food. So ... So on my way back from my BE.370 recitation, walking down the

  • by Bryan
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Goldilocks and the n HASS classes too hot, too cold, just right. on picking a hass class.

  

  semester. Unfortunately this semester, I left the selection of my HASS ... my other classes. After using the search tool online, I managed to ... a couple. My approach to selecting a HASS class is that I want to take

  • by Bryan
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy New Year! how i celebrated the coming apocalypse

  

  , 12/17/2011. But I actually wrote that post on the 16th, because on the morning of the 17th, when it went live, I was on a plane to Denver with my ... to New Hampshire to spend the holidays with my family. As I've posted

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 3, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ode to PNR First semester in review

  

  the hard way that it’s really not like high school. Surrounded by the ... to the great and wonderful institutions that are Princeton and Yale. Without further ado, I present my expression of feelings for the first

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 20, 2017
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Patriots’ Day Rejuvenated by a Reenactment

  

  activities for the past two weeks have been working during the day, working at ... suggested biking to see the Battle of Lexington, I was THRILLED! We woke at ... just we cyclists, and we soared over the pavement, thrilled to use

  • by Kim D. '09
  • April 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cambridge Traditions and 5 Course Meals

  

  all stuffed by the end of it. No, it's not this extravagant everyday ... process in which you are formally admitted into the university and your college. I think all of the colleges has a matriculation ceremony on the

  • by Cambridge
  • October 18, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summiting Mount Monadnock camping trip!

  

  push us up and over. At the summit, the view we were promised was not ... "](Putz)![/annotation] Overall, it was a really fun but chaotic experience, largely because of the ... school so it was really nice to be able to experience the great outdoors

  • by Victor D. '27
  • October 18, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  #funhogging the best thing I did over IAP. also: INFINITE ICE CLIMBING GIF

  

  School is like, here are some of the photos I've taken over the past few ... sports.  These hardcore ice climbers and mountaineers, braving the unknown ... Angeles, though, I never got closer to these alpine pursuits than the pages

  • by Michael C. '16
  • February 3, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  “Who Needs Harvard?” Generating your college list based on which schools fit your personality, not your ideas of…

  

  the Ivies is as fierce as ever, but kids who look beyond the famous schools may be the smartest applicants of all" http ... , physics conferences, or keg parties? The best is to chat with random

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 15, 2006