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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Decide my major! Because putting your future up for a democratic vote is clearly the way to go.

  

  really like getting my hands dirty and designing things. It’s pretty cool ... enough to sway me 5. AND we get them for free when we declare. Course 7 ... freshmen can’t actually declare course 20- you have to apply sophomore year

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • April 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP: The Class Edition I'm back in class

  

  Engineering Tools." 2.670's job is to get students familiar with the tools and ... aggressively screening e-mails (ie, not answering e-mails that I feel can be ... sanity. ALSO . . . Mystery Hunt was AWESOME. I didn't really get a chance

  • by Snively '11
  • January 22, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Making friends

  

  have the same question. It can be intimidating to go alone to a new place ... . After several minutes of nobody getting a pin, we gave up called it a draw ... then... Anyway, by now you get my point, and hopefully enjoyed those

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  How To Fumble Your Way Through MIT and Still Turn Out Pretty Okay Step 1: Fumble. Step 2: Turn out pretty okay.

  

  't redirect me to youarenotblack.com again." You can see why none of this is ... get me everywhere I needed to go, and to an extent, it did. This turned ... 'll get back to you on my 30th birthday. Anyway, MIT did quite a bit to

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  24 Hours From sleeping in a homeless shelter to waltzing in La Sala

  

  , then read it again. Kirstyn sat out in the hall, on her laptop. To get to ... to rope along. The waltz lesson was: short. It can be summarized as: "Here are the steps. Try it. Eh, most of you kind of get it. Great! Time

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 24, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Week of Chocolate and Octagons Some thoughts and some pictures.

  

  integrals and electron configurations, getting all the work done before the ... for "freshman," and "pre-"... well, you get the idea. It's interesting ... real people too, and try to be as true to yourself as you can. Don

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  BREAK MY BODY, LIBERATE MY SOUL a student-made installation in the Stata Center R&D pub

  

  pick up spot where you can find a variety of abandoned technological ... immediately came to mind. the next step was figuring out how to get permission ... 're graded based on how well you can adhere to them. Karyn stated that many of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 19, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Making of Embrace the backstory to a gender-bending concept dance video, written by Ayomide F. '18

  

  smiled up at her as I struggled to get back on my feet and cheekily replied ... times to go easy on the glitter, but why listen when you can glow, you ... longer see ourselves as bad. Don’t get me wrong, I love my family to death

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 11, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Admitted Early

  

  YOU GOT IN! It's time to Later today you'll get more information about next steps for admitted students via email and MyMIT. But for now, go celebrate!  

  • by Decisions
  • December 14, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Admitted Early

  

  YOU GOT IN! Later today you'll get more information about next steps for admitted students via email and MyMIT. But for now, go celebrate!      

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Something is coming, part 3… And the anticipation builds!

  

  To begin, add to Next, mix in a little of this (slightly nsfw for about 3 seconds) Now, put Jess and I in charge, give us a couple of months to stir, and what do you get? Wait and see! (no spoilers in the

  • by Snively '11
  • March 17, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  10 Red Balloons Gotta catch 'em all!

  

  , you get $2,000. Period. Simple as that. The person who invited you gets $1,000. The person who invited that person gets $500. Get it? The rest

  • by Snively '11
  • December 4, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Anatomy of a Late Night There are some problems caffeine can't solve. But only a few.

  

  2 liters of Mountain Dew: $2.75 Mint Milanos: $3.39 Artichoke Spinach Hummus: $2.99 Wheat Thins: $2.29 Getting all your work done... priceless And now, I sleep, perchance to dream...

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Victoria’s Secret Update UPDATE!

  

  Ok, quick update to my post immediately below this one. Read that one before this one, otherwise this one won't be nearly as exciting. Ok, so, now when you go to vote for MIT you get this lovely screen: YAY!

  • by Snively '11
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Don’t Dump I got stopped by the police.

  

  Awesome title, right? In short, my Friday involved graffiti, press conferences, and getting stopped by the police. Just one photo to whet your pallet. A series of updates on Orientation and the start of Rush are long

  • by Bryan
  • September 2, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  ZigZag Episode 8 A new video podcast episode.

  

  Episode 8 of MIT's video podcast ZigZag is out now; I serve as host for this episode. My favorite part was getting to interview the "red jackets," MIT's 50 year reunion class: the Class of 1956. Check it out

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fold, Throw, Recycle I used to get in trouble for doing things like this.

  

  In kindergarten, I used to get in trouble for throwing paper airplanes in class, but apparently, that's not the case at MIT. I received this email just now in my inbox. I might try to revive my skills. For

  • by Bryan
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Happy Cinco De Mayo!!! Admissions counselors make the sexiest models. Oh, and a probability question.

  

  gets two reads, what is the probability that both of them read your ... correctly gets a prize. Then again, how would I even know what the correct ... (with documented process) that gets a stamp of approval from Keith gets

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 5, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Why is it called the Brass Rat?

  It's the goal of every incoming student at MIT to get their own Brass Rat—MIT's version of a class ring. The phrase "Brass Rat" is derived from the alleged resemblance of the brass beaver featured on the ring to
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What do you mean by “MIT Speak”?

  to get an answer.)