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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Power of suggestion This entry will tell you whether you'll get into MIT or not in two minutes.

  

  winning science fairs, some spent them cow-tipping. Some like to sit on the beach alone and read physics textbooks, some like to watch the worst ... to say something like, "Oh, the campus is incredibly diverse but all

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Know when to hold ‘em Know when to fold 'em

  

  . This is probably due to the fact that I'm not on campus and, while I ... 't going to be possible. I wasn't going to be able to ace two finals on the ... to help you learn about MIT. Since getting home from MIT I've had the

  • by Snively '11
  • June 21, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Hold your breath my first CPW

  

  what happens, the show must go on. You have to maintain composure and ... leaves. I put on rain clothes and walk to the admitted student welcome in ... to stare into space and reflect on the weekend, as much as I wanted to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 13, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  And So It Ends, And So It Begins May 1 marks the end of this admissions cycle and the beginning of the next.

  

  on, but become even better - because he owes it to the mentor to do so ... It's almost May. For those of us who are not on the waitlist ... , it's time to say farewell to the class of 2009 and hello to the class

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 29, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  [live blogging] astronomy field camp sky stalking in tenerife

  

  targets to become high enough to be visible because we were unclear on the ... final presentations and write-ups to the PI that explain the data taken ... to use it. the procedure for running Artemis is fairly automated so I

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • January 14, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Our students, their stories. Andy Partridge in a zamboni purple monkey dishwasher.

  

  demonstration of some modern music. On Saturday the marching band headed over to ... DID YOU KNOW? Every IP address of the form 18.x.x.x belongs to MIT ... . There are two parts to this entry. Part the First: Our Students So here

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  See me, feel me, milq me, heal me Picture entry! Don't read if you're on dialup! DON'T DO IT! Sorry, but it's for…

  

  still be real good time. On Saturday, I went to the Taste of Boston. It ... positive. I wanted to practice for the game on Saturday but they didn't give ... , remember in the summer when you used to get nice, well-cropped color pictures

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 22, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  Mussels and Brussels Lessons in engineering and culture from a nation of kindness

  

  -rest-of-my-life opportunity. It was a great idea in my opinion! So there I am, sitting on the ... know to work on a project that covers subjects in chemical engineering ... miles) south of Brussels. On my first day, the Research and Development

  • by MISTI Program
  • August 6, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Day 1 A recap, with pictures.

  

  Logs. Before heading back to the Reg Room for my second shift, I stopped ... registration desk until a little after 8PM, went to the Prefrosh Welcome Event in ... nitrogen ice cream via the Prefrosh Festival on the way back, and I've been

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  I Think I’ve Found Paradise (Guest Entry) Work hard, play hard. For the next four years.

  

  my norm. From the hackers of East Campus to the frat brothers on the ... of guy. So from the minute I leapt off my five-hour plane flight to ... Student Center to Skullhouse across the river, music of some kind never

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Events

  2026 ring premiere! and what led up to it!

  

  , walked on stage to kick us off with the Hacker’s Map, the decibel levels in ... , it was time for me and Ann L. ‘26, two of the artists on RingComm, to ... managed to feature a beaver on every face of the ring!) If you’re curious

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • March 28, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a few things from civic media race in sports, human experimentation, and hidden figures

  

  take the month to catch up on sleep, work on personal projects (or bad ... research. still others take the opportunity to travel through MIT MISTI. some ...  recently got published online. the first is this research snippet on race in

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 13, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  On Friendship how my beliefs have changed over the years

  

  school, they would not match it to me. For the most part, I didn’t really talk to anyone outside of the people I knew from different extracurriculars or the people who sat next to me in class. I was the proud introvert

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • November 2, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Dah noo-loo Hey kah ay-ay u-nye

  

  bubble in that, as an MIT student, you start to forget what the outside ... actually were given a 15 minute talk in the bus about how to behave while not at MIT. As students, we tend to forget that looking people in the eyes

  • by Snively '11
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesday is the new black. The world moves on MIT's hips. The world moves and it swivels and bops.

  

  coolest people on campus, moved up to the top two or three when she showed ... telling people, things all over the world start to unravel. Three totally ... passions of chocolate" card from the nearby gift shop and took it to Jonathan

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You’re Still Our No.1 :) less than 2 days left!

  

  !) --- While we are on the subject of speeches - for all to-be valedictorians ... QUOTE(S): "If I have kids, I'm going to name the first one "Control" and the second one "Experiment."" -an embarrassed '12 "Can anyone help

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 12, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Random Hall Rooms Six rooms and ten stuffed animals.

  

  rooms’ windows. This is 221, a lounge-facing 2-room on the second floor ... a door to the hallway. The second half has a window looking out into ... , viewed from the door. Below is the second half, with the arches on the left

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / Advice

  Exploring Classes a guide

  

  nice, long "want to take" list, split the classes on your list into ... factors to consider: staying on track with HASS classes, completing major requirements, finishing up the GIRs, avoiding schedule conflicts, and trying to

  • by Alex M. '21
  • August 29, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  people keep leaving their things in my room and other stories from sophomore fall

  

  on for her drowsy walk from the fifth floor to the second. S.'s black ... monument, listening to "Things Fall Apart" by ayokay on repeat to the ... syndrome, for the whole world to see, while on a train to New York"]taking a

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 17, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Toons and Tasty Burgers adventures in chalk and tasty-burger-tasting

  

  ...later! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/10/2013: The burgers were fairly tasty. On a scale of 1 to 5, where ... catching up on sleep and singing with the Toons. Which brings me to the third ... the burgers are tasty. > "The Fox" is playing on the speakers. Loudly

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 11, 2013