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• Blog / Hacks

  Athena, Deliver Us From Finals And lead us not into temptation of crying ourselves to sleep at night.

  

  the hack's serene majesty. Naturally, I was no exception. In spite of ... running out of battery!), I prevailed against all odds and secured a photo ... week. Pretty impressive stuff. If you're so inclined, you can see more

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 20, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Virginia Tech’s Commencement

  

  wrong goal. It suggests that we "get over it" while the only goal you can ... ingredient in healing. I have always had a gut feeling that the whole closure thing was wrong, but it wasn't until I heard Ed Linethal's talk The

  • by Laurie Everett
  • May 31, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ISEF Reception MIT will be present at the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair in Albuquerque this…

  

  ) to me (in the comments or via email). I hope you can join us! MIT ISEF ... international students at ISEF, I will be presenting a shoptalk: Admission to US ... , and Ian '10 address the crowd. On Wednesday night, I went out to dinner

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Future of Work How can people and computers be connected so that—collectively—they act more intelligently than any individuals,…

  

  When I was in high school one of the most influential non-fiction books that I read was Studs Terkel's "Working" (which was subtitled ... . "Working" had a profound affect on me as I thought about work, and the basic

  • by Laurie Everett
  • March 6, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  By the numbers Who needs words to talk?

  

  ...no joke. But I think the fact that we can name any precise location on ... else that I know of. They’re the kind of thing that serve as a dead ... immersed in the MIT culture. I am certainly a full-blooded MIT student, and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action A summary of this year's early action admissions process.

  

  to regular action for further consideration. I am often asked why MIT ... , and I know that those students will be very competitive during the ... ) I know I speak for all of the admissions officers when I say that this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Democrats, Republicans, sportsmanship, books The unbearable awesomeness of literature at MIT.

  

  sheep, at least one side of which is black." So today I came home and started a conversation with Mitra. "Blah blee blah blee blah." I said. "La la la la I'm going to read Interpreter of Maladies and then The

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 1, 2006
• Blog / Events

  This Particular [T-] REX Tuesday (No actual tyrant lizards in this blog post.) Frosh come chill with me!

  

  The young kids are now the age I thought I’d be when I thought I’d be old (I’m not): the people running REX events are the people REX was for when I ran REX events (still not). This year I get to experience R

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Summer to Remember – Interphase or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Institvte!

  

  the board (including the Law of Exponentials) I can't imagine learning ... necessity but out of enjoyment, and wakes up when it can no longer be ... hours a week, I never lost that boyish charm when it comes to the two and

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 5, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Human After All Unlike customer service nowadays, MIT (and its admissions office) is 100% human. Give or take…

  

  . I know, I know, you're probably going crazy right now - real live ... 's almost like we're not crippled by our social awkwardness! I may be being a ... student sets foot here, he or she can suddenly manipulate atoms and stuff to

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 19, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  A Snively CPW By: Snively' 11

  

  time when I'm not sleep-deprived and can argue with her without totally ... energy drink 1 energy drink water thing 5 cups of coffee I slept 5 hours ... a funny story that I'll share shortly). So, from the beginning: I

  • by Bryan
  • April 17, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Repainting the Smoots A Wacky MIT Tradition

  

  boy enthusiasm. I can’t help but get as hyped as them, and soon enough ... than usual. I am holding pallets of bright green, yellow, and purple ... , fast forward all the way from 1958 to 2023. How did I end up here on this

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 27, 2023
• Blog / Community Projects

  Friends, Carafes, and the Infinite Corridor What a week! Watch Tim play his instrument after a morning of camaraderie and cheap…

  

  (Note: to everyone who has emailed or commented with questions, I got your messages! I will reply in detail soon. Thanks!) This has been a ... . While I rested most of the weekend, Sunday proved interesting. Join me for

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reactors are my friends. Four things you would never expect to find in a real MIT laboratory.

  

  products. Basically, my grad student Andy and I are building a reactor and ... H, buffer concentration, and residence time to see if we can prevent the ... our defective sand bath back to New Jersey. You can read all about it

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Centimeters to Inches A Guest Post by the talented Antonella Masini '21

  

  App, The one million “I miss you” through texts, And the longing for that ... alone, Because sometimes the heart can travel where your voice can’t go ... with tears in her eyes she’ll say: I’m home.   MIT is a truly

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • May 4, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT (Turbo)Votes making voting easier by/for MIT students

  

  several nonpartisan ways we can work to make that happen.     I ... tl;dr: As of this fall, any member of the MIT community can use Turbo ... initiative. Because I was involved a bit at the beginning, and because I think

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  New Year, New Semester Celebrating Lunar New Year and a new spring schedule

  

  wow and dazzle them on stage. This year was the first time that I had gone (they host one every year), so I didn’t really know what to expect, but I was excited because the headliner was Shin Lim, a Boston

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 15, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Cambridge, Boston, and MIT in the Snow Santa and Poseidon in a winter wonderland.

  

  Here’s what I woke up to on Friday morning: massive snowflakes, falling sideways and sticking to everything. I wasn’t brave enough to take photos during the actual storm (I also thought I’d be fine with a sweater

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 10, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet The (New) Bloggers! I promised myself I wouldn't cry...

  

  A few weeks ago I posted the Blogger Application 2011. We received ... emailed me, "i cannot imagine how difficult comparing 17000 applicants must be...there are actually like, too many good applicants. i weep

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  North to Peru Not too far from Norway, just south of Mexico.

  

  . Round two came around 11pm in the form of steak tips. I can’t tell you ... sleeping marathons. Per tradition, I partook in the first of the three, as ... unauthorized boats in the lake. "TOGETHER WE CAN WIN THE WAR AGAINST AQUATIC

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 12, 2010