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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in Internet in the bathtub! And a bunch of stuff on choosing a major.

  

  will pile in the Family Vehicle and drive past several cow farms (but not ... to be home for the first time in six months, and I'm looking forward to ... or may not be aware, the major you write down on your MIT application

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Out of Context Quoteboard SFW for the blogs, unfortunately

  

  light to be pretty" "Have you tried going on a boy detox? Aka being not ... 'll be able to say the same magnitude of stupid shit, and still be able to ... that is surviving an MIT semester. The concentration of emails sent to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 25, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  A Random [Hall] Sophomore’s Guide to CPW OMG! CPW! OMG! CPW! OMG! :D

  

  . Your goal over CPW is to meet everybody. EVERYBODY. You will not reach ... there will be root beer floats and circular tables. Battle of the ... . Coincidentally, 17 also happens to be the number of prefrosh living at Random for

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 19, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT is going to pump you up! A bit about a cool new fitness program called getfit@mit

  

  Have any of you read “The Idea Factory: Learning to Think at MIT”? If not, then I’d recommend it. The author, Pepper White, got his Masters ... known for being the breeding ground of the next big idea in science and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Color by Numbers

  

  temporary rooms: Not very inviting, is it? So we set right to work. The first task was to figure out how big the room was. This posed an immediate ... Economy Hardware? Sam's blog, of course.) To be fair, it's really not that

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Odds & Evens & Ends Notes on CPW, Veronica Mars, and more.

  

  , we are in the process of matching you to an MIT student host. If you ... . For one thing, the weekend is not planned out for you, it's more of a ... span of 4 days!). And, while there will be parties, CPW is a 100% dry

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  An Enigma Wrapped In A Riddle A prize will go to the first person to unwrap this mystery.

  

  applications and I promise you that no one will be harmed! Take a moment to ... in the neighborhood, I can speak with some certainty that he is not Noah and said construction in not an ark. Good Luck! P.S. A prize will

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 27, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Monday A Boston institution.

  

  brothers) was willing to take a dunk. Oh, yeah, but the marathon. See, it ... managed to get a shot of the frenzy over the final few paces. Now, I’m not ... ’m referring to the Boston Marathon (won by Kenyan runner Geoffrey Mutai in

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • April 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All Hail the Working People Living down the 40-hour work week.

  

  TV, and the company of old friends, I was definitely not looking forward to the alarm ringing at 6:45 AM. I drive an hour to work – which ... suburban Coach bus that will take them to work. Inspiring!) I’m interning at

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 31, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  It was the blurst of times? I'm a stupid monkey.

  

  entire 10.28 class the fact that my talk will be titled "Detection and ... summarily delete it. Not so. One hour later, Shyam '07 came up to me in the ... to give them 19 years on the chain gang just for adding another letter

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 3, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Womanhood

  

  the fact that I want it to merit laughter, not because I mean it ... lilt of my voice and the curl of my hair. I’ve chosen to be the man ... food to the table, and watch your every move. Eat enough, but not too

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • October 28, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  a season of secondhand joy on mudita and vicarious delight

  

  do want to try to cultivate this feeling. not for the sake of being ... not even go to all the ones i wanted to, like next sing or the ... performances. i had already forgotten the joy of listening to live music. it

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 12, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  “There is No Place Like Home” ...especially when you are a long way from home

  

  . Has life been perfect in the Alpha Phi House? Of course not and to say ... incredibly convenient. The house is not always as neat as it could be, but I ... company to watch a movie that person can be found just by walking into the

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • July 12, 2013
• Blog / MISTI

  Springtime for Interns in Germany Watch out, Europe: I'm going on tour.

  

  speech turned out to be excellent, delving into the nature of reality, mass ... 'm going to be singing Brahms' "Ein Deutsches Requiem" with the MIT Concert ... , they pronounce diphthongs backwards. We'll be going to Switzerland at the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons on How to Start a Hard Tech Startup, with Sam Altman hard tech is hard(er).

  

  ).  That's why the fundamental motivation of Y Combinator is to reignite technological innovation.  Not just to make money, but to change the world.  And I ... .  Here's the main lessons I took away from his talk: How to know when to

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 13, 2016
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT files lawsuit on behalf of international students alleges ICE policy “arbitrary and capricious and an abuse of discretion”

  

  its policy will be interpreted or implemented. And the guidance comes ... Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that it will not permit international ... living in the United States. Since last March, MIT has offered housing to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 9, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  A reminder that there is no advantage to applying Early Action to MIT As always, you should apply when you feel ready

  

  perfectly clear.']again,[/annotation] you will not be penalized or ... I'm writing today to remind our applicants that we do not give any ... typical SAT/ACT requirement for this year, due to the pandemic.']take tests

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 21, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  My First Visit I... got lost on the tour, actually...

  

  . A brave few will not even be able to visit until they set foot on ... I realize that some of my readers may not have had the opportunity to ... bathroom are hard at work.So my visit happened to be awesome, although the

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Learning about the ABCs Apple Bake Competition, At Burton Conner

  

  , “the floor smells like ASMR for my nose”.  Now, I will be the first to ... DEFINITELY couldn’t lose.  I am the Resident Peer [annotation note="to be clear the M does not stand for anything else, contrary to what my floor

  • by Janet G. '27
  • October 29, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hope for the Axolotl: On the Amphibian Extinction Crisis Happy Save the Frogs Day!

  

  , metamorphose into their adult forms, and crawl out onto the land, not to return ... the axolotl does not metamorphose, its cells are capable of reverting to ... the axolotl has fallen sixtyfold. Today there are estimated to be

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 27, 2013