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• Blog / Admissions

  A CPW Challenge I hope Chris Peterson doesn't fire me for too many prefrosh stealing his nametag...

  

  Wait wait! Stop! Hold the presses! I have one more thing to add to ... come to the Student Center to check in tomorrow*? Oh no! How will I ever ... : introducing... the 2011 CPW Scavenger Hunt!! You will have 4 days on the campus

  • by Kate R. '14
  • April 7, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  How to Make a Flashlight MIT-style that is.

  

  means I'll have to swing by the shop to make something awesome so I can take pictures of the machines (: In the meantime, in order to orient youself to some of the machines I mentioned, you should take a look at the

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • August 2, 2012
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory?

  The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT focuses the talents of a diverse array of brain scientists on a single mission: unraveling the mechanisms that drive the quintessentially human capacity to
• Blog / MIT Life

  We bring the sketch to you! The internet is full of weirdness!

  

  info I want to give away on the internet about this particular subject ... invention on the internet, and it's called Omegle! The theory behind it is ... our 60" HDTV and server, when we decided to tell the random stranger

  • by Snively '11
  • February 4, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Obama to speak on clean energy, visit MIT energy labs today You can watch the speech live... or wait for the bloggers' account of it!

  

  in, 2002, he has worked on fundamental improvements to the efficiency ... WebcastHere is the White House Press Release: BACKGROUND ON THE PRESIDENT ... Moniz, Director of the MIT Energy Initiative, will lead the President on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2009
• Blog / People & Identities

  experiences, or the lack thereof flailing around in a sea of adjectives trying to find the noun

  

  like I'm writing. It feels like words are appearing on the page. When it stops I look at the words I've typed and I see my own vomit on a screen ... the word. literally, african american refers to people who live in or

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 13, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How did MIT’s GIRs come to be? the Tech has some answers. Plus, the SATs from 1918, and a mascot on a…

  

  First, just to allay the inevitable questions in the comments: we ... once we know it; we'll likely make that announcement on the blogs late ... to post something I've had in the backlog for awhile.  Last year, I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 1, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Watch Ceri on SciShow! teenage mutant YOUTUBE NERDFIGHTERS

  

  went in front of the camera to nerd-fight SciShow creator Hank Green ... Longtime readers (i.e., those of you who didn't first tune into the blogs around the time the application went up) may recall Ceri, our

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 4, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  king cake and a run-on sentence busy week

  

  the truth? I was up at 7 today to work on a prelab and then went to a 9 ... at 1 where I worked until 5:15 and went back to my dorm but on the way ... you to have a wholesome Ash Wednesday David S. '21 is only eating the

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 13, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  choosing the abridged version

  

  was appropriate to put on the mit admissions blog; feel free to contact ... are staying on the east coast b) it wasn’t clear to me if they would be ... on. or, to explain this more generally: i thought about all the people

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 20, 2023
• Blog / Hacks

  50 Years of NASA One small hack for MIT, one giant leap for NASA.

  

  talking about in the morning, and I managed to catch a glimpse of it on my ... over to the hack, which had been put on the "Dot" in front of the Green ... to say MIT is one of the few places on earth that would choose to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How To Make (almost) Anything

  

  hedge my bets, I've set out on a crusade to learn more about regular old ... Gershenfeld. The class "How To Make (almost) Anything" (also "How To Make" or ... week we cover a different fabrication technique on our quest to make

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 25, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Introducing: La Maison Française (French House) No, you don't have to speak French to live here.

  

  on your way back to the lounge, amazing opera floats out the door ... second thoughts, maybe you shouldn't talk to Ben. Instead, talk to the girl ... the following sign: You have arrived at New House: home to all of MIT

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 29, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Remember to Breathe Chicken Soup for the Applicant's Soul

  

  OMG there aren't enough blanks on my application to talk about the 20 ... mom in a frenzy exclaiming that I'm not going to get into any of the ... biggest things I think we want to get caught up in is the number game

  • by Bryan
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Kick to the limit! The Korean Flying Tigers! What could possibly sound more exciting than that?

  

  suprisingly similar to the third picture on this promo page. Just lucky I guess ... die instantly. So, it's better to err on the side of caution here. And ... decided to head down to the athletic center to check it out. I happened to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to college, Kid. My first week at MIT.

  

  Square in Cambridge on the Red Line; you can get to the airport by subway ... On the hallowed grounds of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ... forge enduring relationships and learn to acquire the tools of both his

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  some thoughts i have a few

  

  bit. I'm hoping luck will be on my side and I'll be able to pursue the ... back from being social on campus. I started to realize I felt the same ... escape to on chilly winter nights with friends. I loved the quick walk to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 10, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  from me to you burn it all down

  

  talk about it on the blogs, but when I actually sit down to write it, I ... the people I’ve met on hall, learning how to skate down in the tunnels ... contents. There was a space on the envelope for me to write an address. I

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • October 17, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Report on the Status of Undergraduate Women at MIT in honor of International Women's Day

  

  class of 2016) released a report on the status of undergraduate women at ... and artists, we have not yet managed to liberate women from the ... undergraduate women at MIT, including the two who wrote it. I encourage you to

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 8, 2016
• Blog / Classes

  Prof. Catherine D’Ignazio on Urban Science for Public Good

  

  /labmates from when I was in my master's program have gone on to build careers in ... on our own identities and learn critical concepts to navigate gender ... /change technology to make the world less awful, and Catherine is one of the central

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 1, 2020