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• Blog / Hacks

  A hack, for cap 🇺🇸 spoilers-free

  

  on the roof of the Great Dome as an homage to the Marvel hero. Via the ... Marvel movie was going to be released.   Chris Evans, who plays Cap in the MCU (and is from the Boston suburb of Sudbury), seemed to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 7, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hydrate Happy Sent by the magic of mobile technology

  

  revolution and its consequences...[/caption] If you were lucky enough to be ... minutes for me to have the misfortune of using a Bevi machine. (The reason ... that. I want the MIT Admissions Blogs to remain a platform for positivity

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • July 3, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I (don’t) want the summer to end me writing poetry? what a concept

  

  I don't want the summer to end. I don't want to pack the rice cooker ... the summer to end. I want to move to Floorpi and sleep in my new room with the nice gray couch. I want to put posters without worrying about

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 6, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  king cake and a run-on sentence busy week

  

  you to have a wholesome Ash Wednesday David S. '21 is only eating the ... 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

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 13, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  SCIENCE ALERT: “smoking gun” evidence for Alan Guth’s theory of inflation! Good thing I already have Alan Guth's signature on all of my class registration forms.

  

  course, live in the Milky Way, although it's hopeless to try and see that ... section by accident I marched up to him and said "Hello, my section did not ... Alan: 8.286, The Early Universe. It was a great privilege to learn about

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 17, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Hot Crosswalk Buns free food and football cleats

  

  It's beginning to warm up here - still in the 20s, but sunny and nice - so during a break in committee I took the opportunity to cross the Mass ... Niketown, to ask the resident experts what kind of cleats I should get for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  setting up a house will it take an entire semester? stay tuned

  

  10 am to 4 pm. Since everyone in the house has classes and work, it took a few days to get the essential furniture set up. Boxes were so ... to get our common spaces more together, though. The living room was in

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 5, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Antici A long time ago in a suburb far away...

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The name of the "avocado" comes from the Spanish "abogado," or "lawyer." This is because the Spaniards who came to the New ... the Spanish word that sounded closest to it. Hey, according to Matt

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  , and unfortunately we could not take all of them. If your decision was deferred, then we will reconsider your application anew in Regular Action ... students shortly, to help you manage those complicated feelings. 

  • by Decisions
  • December 13, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Evil Institute of Technology Mystery Hunt, Day 1.

  

  Nth letter to spell the message: CAN BE EATEN. Fourth: Determine that ... sign to gather our team, the Rubber Duck Hunters: I saw lots of people ... throughout the weekend. Finally, here's the answer to yesterday's puzzle

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 13, 2006
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What kind of student support services are available?

  're considering taking time away from the Institute, or you just don’t know who to talk to, S3 can help. The S3 mission is to promote the academic success ... Being a student at MIT can sometimes feel like drinking from a fire
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Boston Pops John Williams and a bottle of wine -- on a school night!

  

  Thanks to the organizational prowess of the Tau Beta Pi (engineering ... engineer, I went to the Boston Pops last Thursday night. Happy 125th anniversary to the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO)! This is how lovely Symphony

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 15, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Birth Of My Third Child The new admissions web site finally launches! Report any bugs here.

  

  to keep the other blog threads on topic (how often have you been in the ... 2399 on the SAT I, do I need to retake it?!?" :-) More on the Q ... Hi folks, Well here you have it - the new-and-improved MIT

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  How to take the Bebras Computing Challenge this fall an international introduction to computational thinking

  

  in the midwest and mountain states, which have not historically been as ... rudimentary to very advanced. It also provides data to the schools where the ... reasons as) ours. Last week, Daphne from Bebras sent an email blast to the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / Events

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

  

  actually were given a 15 minute talk in the bus about how to behave while not ... to get the attention of the representative. While maybe not as ... their "talk to people not from MIT" routines. It's funny, MIT is in a

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

  Right back where we started from You can call me Dr. Mollie.

  

  being in California means that I needed to move, so I’ve moved out of the ... and listening to the same music in the same spot almost a decade ago ... , wear the same clothes and listen to the same music…), there’s been so

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 6, 2014
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What are GIRs?

  the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. During your first semester, most of your program will involve the GIRs, which will lay the ... subjects to help you explore your anticipated major. MIT’s GIRs ensure that
• Blog / Admissions

  Pi Day, Tau Time As the admissions decisions approach...

  

  As you know, MIT regular action admissions decisions will be released ... ). Some of you, though, may be wondering -- what's the deal with Tau? Well ... Academy's newest employee? And did you see the story about Sal Khan '98 on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 13, 2012
• Blog / Events

  5 days until Mystery Hunt

  

  will have "warm-up" activities prior to the beginning of the Hunt, and at ... and others team up to solve lots of puzzles, with the ultimate goal of ... Friday, January 14, at 12 noon in Lobby 7 (the "main entrance" to MIT). It

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 9, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  We Wear Matching Hats Very nearly one year ago, I wore the hat you're all wearing this week.

  

  forward to what is still to do. -- Goethe So I spent the Thanksgiving ... thing in the world you want right now is an acceptance to MIT. You ... it's good enough to take the place of all your future gifts. :-) I was

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 6, 2005