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• Blog / MIT Life

  summer scraps life updates

  

  meaningful and interesting out of context (the context being the stories that ... interest of privacy, but this has got to be both the most blissful and the ... where i am The downstairs door is open; I can feel it because

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 30, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Literature Tea & Mural Contest Artwork on cookies and walls.

  

  : Literature. The event (which occurs weekly!) is open to everyone, so even if ... talked with Teesa '08 (Course 8: Physics) about Kiss of the Spider Woman ... : Chemical Engineering), who is at MIT on the Cambridge-MIT Undergraduate

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] A Journey to the W I D E by Wide Tim (Margaret Z. ‘23, MEng ‘24)

  

  .  A Tale of the Widest Tim of All the Land Part 1: Born to be WIDE What ... who has dreamed to be WIDE since Day 1! On the day I was born ... the secrets to being WIDE.  Anyway, that’s beside the point for now

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • February 13, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s Making Me Happy: Week 3 Independent Video Games, X-Men, and Interstellar

  

  Indie Games The Humble Bundle, an independent video game "pay what you can ... reconsider sales we missed. With summer vacation being a short 2-3 weeks away it's a good time to stock up on cheap games! The Boston Festival of

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • May 18, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt Highlights Highlights from the Hunt complete with the first puzzle we solved!

  

  Soon I'll be posting some photos and such from the hunt, but for now I'll leave you with some of the funny quotes from the weekend. Also, this week, I'll be highlighting some of the puzzles from the hunt. The

  • by Bryan
  • January 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lazy hazy crazy Summer for me means lab and cooking. I'm not sure which I like better.

  

  in charge of my lab? I do this in person all the time -- I'll be ... 's your boyfriend". So if you know that Morgan is the Big Boss, be nice and ... used to be that you could swim the last lap on your back if you wanted to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / Events

  A Burton Jew Thanksgiving Because I'm game for any excuse to eat stuffing.

  

  live on Burton 2, known primarily for being right below the Burton Third ... that I could never be a good Jew in the case I decided to spontaneously ... half of these have to be Kosher. The result is a weekend extravaganza of

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Spring Concert An annual tradition bringing famous bands to campus.

  

  Today is the official beginning of Spring Weekend at MIT. The highlights include the always-popular International Fair ("I-Fair"), the colorful Holi festival, AXO LipSync, and the Fierce Forever drag show. But

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 23, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Eye Of The Storm Reflections in the brief moment between the last hours of selection committee and the release…

  

  Hi all, I am here in the office preparing the blogs for the post ... the same time. In the last two months - days, nights, weekends, whenever ... reflecting on the class we just admitted and feeling incredible about it. We

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Should I include my ethnicity on the MIT Application? As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment about someone of…

  

  rumors to the contrary, being Black, Latino, Native, or any other minority ... about someone of color getting into college because of their race? The ... be hesitant to report your ethnicity because you don't want to be

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thank Goodness! "There are bridges you cross / You didn't know you crossed / until you've crossed."

  

  to do well in Orgo? It's supposed to be the most basic of all my ... leaving with five of my peers to The Hague, Netherlands, where we'll be representing MIT (well, and the nation of Belize) at WorldMUN. Should be quite

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 21, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Stu Schmill ‘86 Name: Stu Schmill; Job title: Associate Director of Admissions and Director of the Educational Council;…

  

  Director of the Educational CouncilHometown: Little Neck, NY (in Queens ... Favorite thing about MIT: The people. That students and staff are engaged in so ... , the place is remarkably fun and laid-back.Favorite things about Boston

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Too Good to Just Tweet About Hello blogosphere! Yes, I'm still alive and tweeting (@MikeyMIT)...

  

  Hello blogosphere! Yes, I'm still alive and tweeting (@MikeyMIT). The ... at the Media Lab here at MIT. She gave a talk at the TEDWomen ... , I couldn't just tweet about it - I had to post it on the blog, too

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • February 14, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  camer-AHHHHH! redux

  

  entry the other day, which I won't steal outright but will link to: a post about the door to my office. Stop by if you're ever in the area! ... -related blues... so sad. But Amrys, formerly the coolest MIT Admissions Officer

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 23, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why It Pays…

  

  communication skills are key to long-term career success. 'Being the best ... Why it Pays to Be a Math Geek (from msn.com) Selected passages ... might just be worth it -- in terms of job outlook and high starting pay

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Branching out

  

  should be my largest meeting of the year. My best estimate is that we ... -- it should be great, since I really feed off of the energy of large ... With two Central Meetings down and two to go in the Bay Area, I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 1, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Christy ‘13 The first in a series of articles about students coming to MIT in the fall.

  

  , and the students are going to be great members of the MIT community. A ... Christy, 17, who sees math and science everywhere, be it the sound waves ... I'm frequently asked about the students that are admitted to MIT. Who

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 17, 2009
• Blog / How to MIT

  7 Rings actually just one but ya know

  

  be 100% prepared. Wave goodbye to the days of spelling lists and map ... . The Stealth Learn to spend time with yourself. Being alone and being ... , so so so many blog posts that talk about the tradition of the MIT brass

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • April 23, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  extraordinary and everyday beauty the city in fall is my city

  

  the best version of myself I can be. [caption id ... I got up a little early this morning thanks to the time change and ... nearby, but the slightly closer one, at about 25 minutes' walk, is the

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 4, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: And That’s A Wrap! tracing back three months

  

  ? I became slightly obsessed with the way my writing was being received ... every submission would make it to the blogs. I wanted to be able to follow ... be open, but controlled. When it came to tackling the question of

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 7, 2018