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• Blog / Athletics

  Bang! Update [3] Gotcha!

  

  It's 11:42 am Eastern time and I'm packing my bags. ¿Porque? The MIT ... . In fact, last year the MIT pistol team won the National Championships ... , MIT is awesome at pistol, and the range is on campus, why not join? I

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to make a glass pumpkin In celebration of the 2023 Great Glass Pumpkin Patch

  

  ![/caption] Every year, the MIT Glass Lab sells over two thousand blown glass pumpkins to fund ourselves. The revenue from these pumpkins is a big reason why ... anywhere else! If you’ve ever been to the Great Glass Pumpkin Patch before

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 29, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Still Alive! sorry, this has nothing to do with portal

  

  more beautiful and mind-bending. Even without considering the weird ... shivering despite the toasty warm weather, I woke up from a 20-hour nap and ... saved the day yet again and told my classes to push back a few project

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • October 22, 2011
• Blog / Events

  MIT International Or how a local Model UN conference broke molds and expectations by going abroad

  

  Time to state the obvious: the world knows MIT pretty dang well for its contributions to science. That includes the obvious disciplines falling under the term: every branch of engineering - from aeronautics, to

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 11, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UPOP Program and a look at Jay Dweck (‘77) UPOP is a one-week seminar that teaches leadership and work-place dynamics to sophomores studying engineering…

  

  and has $22.5 billion in sales. Basically, being the CTO of such a ... hydrate, the gas inside can be stored at a higher temperature, which would ... I participated in the Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Global Languages Freshman Learning Community engaging frosh done right

  

  can be. Check out this interactive visualization of the course here ... I'm the undergraduate assistant for a Freshman Learning Community (FLC) hosted by the Global Languages department and MISTI (MIT

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 6, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  I moved to Maine just a wisconsin girl in an east coast world

  

  someone might be listening as I scream into the internet’s void. I ... HELLO. So the last three weeks of my life have been absolutely ... apocalypse vibes) Driven 24+ hours and 1000+ miles over the course of three

  • by Powers '23
  • March 29, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Things to do before you graduate

  

  they're all part of the MIT experience. I realize that many people will ... done a respectable 51 out of the 101 Things listed. Though I was ... that I've actually done, including getting published in the Tech. In

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  Rate My Setup a guide to my room in Simmons

  

  can be used as an oscilloscope and waveform generator (in the pink box).[annotation note="basically, it can be used to generate voltage signals with the ... Since the end of August, I've been living on-campus in Simmons in a

  • by Alex M. '21
  • November 17, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  rand.random Random photos of 2016

  

  , Google photos and Snapchat) the random moments of daily life can be more ... ...but hopefully it can be immortalized here on the internet. March Seen on a trip ... about, that we easily forget, that comprise the in-between points of time

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 16, 2017
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  A New Time, A New Place 2011 and India!

  

  beauty of this place is reason enough to be here – but the actual purpose ... hogging wifi and using the textplus app on my iTouch to wish my friends back ... ☺ And that happens to be just a little too far away, haha. Following two

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 1, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  back 2 school

  

  to be anxious about returning to school for my last semester. there was a big window in our house and i sat on the couch in front of it and watched the colors in the sky changing.   soon after that i was in

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 10, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Come Visit! I promise we'll be nice.

  

  roommates (Jeanne '13) discovered that she'd be hosting a prefrosh. In quick ... ). And then we played host! In the course of 24 hours, our visitor got a ... wandered all about the MIT campus, past Athena clusters, through the Infinite

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 14, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Remember to Breathe Chicken Soup for the Applicant's Soul

  

  is supposed to be fun; don't let the application get you even before ... summarize and capture the important things in your college application, and OMG there aren't enough blanks on my application to talk about the 20

  • by Bryan
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT’s Newest Nobel Laureate Can you autograph my problem set?

  

  the Nobel committee for being the first to produce an efficient metal ... , Robert Grubbs, and Professor Richard Schrock. Professor Schrock won the Nobel prize for his "for the development of the metathesis method in

  • by Bryan
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 2

  

  are expected to be influenced by MIT's approach. Read the full story at ... , I ate at the brand new Steam Cafe, a very yummy new dining option! I might also add that the two bearded admissions officers, Ben and Stu, were

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 17, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  Home is where the Heart is visiting my grandparents

  

  . Despite being guests ourselves, we spent a lot of time entertaining the ... other little things around the house. It felt nice to be depended on ... China for the first time in 6 years this summer. Although 9th grade of

  • by Anika H. '26
  • August 4, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Stressful Times in my opinion, the best advice, ever.

  

  senior in high school, I used to be the kid who pulled all-nighters, just ... 's or about getting in to your dream school. "Being the best you can be ... their application package in the snow while chanting, "Accept me, oh

  • by Ana V. '15
  • December 11, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  carly SLAY jepsen concerts > psets

  

  , and being the number one Carly Rae Jepsen fan in most of my social ... bring up the fact that there'd be flash mobs at my elementary school ... forehead," I told Chris. It was at the Roadrunner, which also happened to be

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 28, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  feeling grown up walking in adult clothing

  

  one of the prompts i answered, when i applied to be a blogger (and ... beyond semesters. hearing people plan where they'll be next year, or the ... families. seeing people's children, and talking to them. being the youngest

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 17, 2022