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• Blog / Events

  Trick or Treat! Smashing pumpkins, and no I don't mean the band.

  

  evening. Here, try this physics problem on for size. If I have a pumpkin ... chunks go in the radial direction when it crashes to the ground? Answer ... . Now I must admit by the end of the evening, I did have a slight crick in

  • by Bryan
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a driver, I’m a winner Things are gonna change, I can feel it.

  

  competition for me in the field of SPAM. Here's my award-winning speech. "My ... doing now that I've won this most presitigious of awards? Sitting in lab and organizing data to send to Andy in Switzerland so he can keep

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions Are Beginning To Arrive Some thoughts for everyone.

  

  in, please continue to hold your heads up high. We didn't have room for ... . To even be in the applicant pool means that you are among the best of the best. Don't let this stop you from doing all of the great things in

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Very, Very Important News That title is written to tantalize your RSS readers.

  

  Hi folks, Today was the 8th day in a row of selection committee ... in the next few days; in the meantime I really need to say something that has been on my mind for the last half hour and will probably consume

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 24, 2005
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What kind of things can I do during IAP?

  If you think MIT is all work and no play, let us take you for a spin in the big, wacky, comfortable chair called IAP. Sandwiched between the ... four-week term at MIT that fills the month of January. For more than 50
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT recruit athletes?

  contribution to MIT's varsity athletics, they may choose to advocate for you in ... MIT is one of the top Division III athletic programs in the country. MIT is always looking for students-athletes. Almost 20 percent of
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What’s MIT’s mission statement?

  The mission of MIT is to advance knowledge and educate students in ... nation and the world in the 21st century. The Institute is committed to ... intellectual stimulation of a diverse campus community. We seek to develop in
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Let’s see those cell phones up in the air” cause every little thing's gonna be alright

  

  space for my architecture studio, I got a call from my friend saying that Lifehouse is performing for free across the river. I decide to take an ... wave my cell phone in the air.) Despite sleeping something like 16 hours

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 25, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Moving Out oooh, I am, moving out, mmhmm..

  

  singles are not for the claustrophobic, the faint of heart, or in this ... out great for Marty's dad in Back to the Future, my main purpose behind ... can flail my arms wildly about in circles FOR NO REASON! Man, it's great

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 15, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Sounding Stupid More Ramblings Of A Spring Semester Senior

  

  in class; everyone around you will think you’re stupid for not ... you to clarify what’s on the board; they’ll ridicule you for poor eye sight and tendency to zone out. Don’t ask for clarification in an

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 1, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Celebrate the Good Times just another good reason to eat more cake

  

  hosted a graduation barbecue in the backyard for 40 people. We set up a big ... , which would take place for the next six months and culminate in a final ... in a circle. We bought balloons, we bought beer and hard lemonade, we

  • by Kris Guay
  • June 6, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hi, I’m Lulu ...a different kind of blogger; I take pictures.

  

  basic things you need to know about me and this blog you can read about in my biography, but here's a little more! I was born in China, grew up there in a valley between the mountains, moved to the outskirts of DC when

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Molly Pounds Chicagoland's Molly Pounds '10.

  

  bought by saving for half the cost and having her parents chip in the rest ... influential in society," she said. "I want to do something for the world. I want ... prompted her to study hard and earn good grades. That hard work paid off in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Parafilm Effect The center cannot hold... unless you stick it together with Parafilm.

  

  film for numerous uses in the typical laboratory including the typical ... time, no possibility for the making of the product in any other thickness ... because my friend Ariel '09 is writing a paper for Colossal Failures in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To stay at MIT over the summer, or to not stay at MIT over the summer…that is the question With so many summer employment options, what's the best choice?

  

  ,700-$2,100 for a single. -Boston is reallllly nice in the summer! The winter ... different options next summer... thanks." In response, I have to say that my ... allowed me to live at home. For this summer, it was more economical and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Killing Time…Not Really guest post by Sheila B.'21

  

  anything lined up. I cursed myself for wandering through Career Fair with a ... searched the job postings and email lists for something to tide me over the summer. I even stuck a note on the door for myself and my roommate (who

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 15, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Supporting our DACA Students MIT’s commitment to the safety and well-being of all students has not changed and will…

  

  assure you that MIT is stepping up for our DACA students." In it, she ... support for undocumented students, and, in this uncertain time, I wanted to ... Administration is reportedly reconsidering Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  ST PATRICKS DAY RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

  

  daylightBut then you wake up for the sunriseYou know you don't gotta pretend ... ?Smelling like a bonfire, lost in a haze?If you're drunk on life, babe, I think it's greatBut while in this world I think I'll take my whiskey neatMy coffee

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • March 17, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  hey hey HAYMARKET slicing and dicing all over the place.

  

  for a new show for high school kids. We were too old :-( In the ... advertising auditions for a show on WGBH, so we decided to follow the posters to ... for a week for Diana, Rebecca (Diana's roommate), and myself. After

  • by Bryan
  • July 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Third times the charm or so I hope

  

  family got 2 new Maltese puppers!); at a ski resort in Salt Lake City for a ... just for fun (more on all that in a future post) -- I was back on campus ... day -- and I still needed to train in between everything as well. For

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 1, 2017