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• Blog / MIT Life

  merry christmas from MIT and my newsfeed a snapshot of holiday cheer from cambridge to new zealand

  

  the urgent desire to leave this place whenever possible is subject to ... spent somewhat-to-completely productively. This leaves only the two weeks ... . See more: The eye of the storm. This christmas, I decided to un-wind by

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • December 25, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Psycho kitten, que’st-ce que c’est? Settling a long-standing question in the midst of finals week.

  

  , at least it's not as bad as the freshmen on the floor who, thanks to the P/NR system, have spent the past week playing Final Fantasy X on the big screen in our floor lounge. Anyway, thanks to the apparent lack of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Your college application motivation soundtrack for November Reflect, rewrite, repeat

  

  A lot of the people reading this have probably spent the past two months furiously writing and rewriting their personal essays to [annotation note="Congrats! You made it!"]meet the early action deadline

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 2, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  tote bag tour i have so many things to carry

  

  floppy rectangle of yellow there. I tried my best to retreat under the ... that one’s foldable enough to take on the go, I cried silently. I need ... short enough to swing from my grasp without scraping the ground. That one

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • May 2, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dear Mom, Vol. 1 If I told you my life was a circus, would you believe me?

  

  some of these people are supposed to be in class right now, but the ... would write back in the days of old at WJ Bryan. To: [email protected] From: [email protected] Dear Mommy, Today the circus came to school. They

  • by Bryan
  • October 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Matt McGann ‘00 Name: Matt McGann; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Hampton Bays, NY

  

  idealism & commitment to the mission of helping the world Favorite things ... character: Nekobasu? Advice about applying to college/MIT: be open and honest ... you speak the language, let's try to have a (very basic) conversation

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Scholarship for future engineers Chance to win $2,000

  

  ? Want to be an engineer? Then consider applying for the 2008 Future Engineers Scholarship. The application has been posted on the ASHRAE's Boston Chapter website (ashraeboston.org). They are awarding 14 scholarships in the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 3, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  9000 Words This post doesn't have 'em.

  

  proceeded to write little messages all over the beach... D) Mark Zuckerberg ... something to my cello case while I was out of the room. G) My hallmates and I have taken to sitting out in the hall. This is one of our handful of

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 9, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  Food That Makes You Feel Like Home Are there foods that make you think of special places?

  Thanks to all of the students, parents, and EC's who made my admissions travels to the Midwest so much fun. I had really terrific meetings ... are reading, thanks for all the hospitality and to my folks who took

  • by mitblogs
  • October 11, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  road trip here in my car I feel safest of all I can lock all my doors…

  

  I got kind of used to walking places and taking the T. Eventually I ... or so on the weekends) because I needed to drive. It's a calming ... do I drive to? The short answer is "food." I go to Star Market for

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 21, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Commencement Webcast MIT gives me a diploma in T-3 hours...

  

  Well, here it is- the big day. I have to report to the athletics center in about 20 minutes to get ready to line up for the procession into ... get to turn it around, and that's going to be awesome. Maybe in a few

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 5, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007 Robot Competition 2016 robots dump (replica) tea bags in the (replica) Boston harbor

  

  was inspired by the American Revolution. The competing robots had to ... like ejecting a mini robot to complete a subtask. Aside from the ... "No innovation without fabrication!" This is the motto of 2.007, a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 6, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Physics professors have a charming sense of humour Excerpts from relativity problem sets

  

  amusing excerpts with you. Enjoy! (The point of the problem was to show that this is not the case, using the fact that velocities don't add linearly at relativistic speeds.) (Again, the problem was to prove

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 23, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Weekend of Hacking three events, one weekend

  

  screen as the narrator's voice warmly speaks "Welcome back to MIT Planet ... students as well as other students from all over the country flocked to MIT ... projects over the span of 24 hours. Throughout the week leading up to Hack

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 24, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three from MIT! Three MIT Young Futurists

  

  current students at MIT! <3 it!!!! Click the links to find out about ... ! ______________________________ On a personal note, I must say that in addition to being super ... are some of the most down-to-earth, generous, and sincere people who I

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • February 7, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  All About The Author A bit about me and my job as Director of this site.

  

  keep my finger on the MIT pulse and chase people around campus to get ... informational pages are helpful in the same way that a college viewbook might be ... and alive in the context of your own experience? Being MIT, we weren

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 6, 2004
• Blog / About Decisions

  Facebook. Because social networking makes you cool.

  

  'll hear from me after that :) However, in the meantime: Congratulations to ... linked to here on the blogs (although I wasn't a part of the "we", then ... * official. I'll see if they guy who started it will make one of the bloggers

  • by Cam T. '13
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  8 / Fresh start A month of eating and sleeping and other fun things

  

  To set the mood: Armstrong Cabin - Justin Hurwitz, from the First Man ... since I started college and tried my best to make the most of my time off ... , My first priority was to focus on eating well and to cook most, if not

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • March 3, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Regarding The Tech Article Some clarifications.

  

  are limited to 8% of the class, not 10%. There's other weird stuff in ... number of international applicants admitted to 10 percent of the total ... The Tech published an article today that contains some significant

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Math = Broken Whatchu know about math?

  

  Mathematica could do it." Jon: "I know, the same thing happened to me. I think I ... This OFFICIAL MIT blog is probably not designed for late ... ). Here's when you know it's time to go to bed. Roommate Jon: "Did you get

  • by Snively '11
  • February 22, 2008