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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Beyond the Iron Cur…I mean, Mass Ave

  

  the Cold War to mind in entertaining ways. Here's the difference: West ... Bombers or the Cultural Houses in New House). The walls are more likely to ... spring to celebrate Drop Date. Burton 3rd...is Burton 3rd, in all its glory

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The ‘How to College’ Masterpost A comprehensive guide for frosh, from all corners of the interwebz.

  

  ; Academics   How to Study (well, how I study...) Putting the Organs in ... can’t wait to arrive! Remember to be careful around the muggles when ... also concern elephant-in-the-room topics--drinking, sexual encounters

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Match Game

  

  be autonomous. The competition is so popular, they hold it in the 1200 ... 'll start with the question that seems to be most prominent: what does it mean ... over the Institute. The homework ("problem sets") at MIT is designed to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 27, 2005
• Blog / Events

  PumpkiNerd Carving My dorm had a pumpkin carving contest, and categories were funniest, scariest, geekiest, most original,…

  

  "vegetabletarian" is more accurate.) Me? Not so much. For the handful of you ... in? Here's Veena '06, who lives in Baker House. Look at the ... As I pasted in my previous entry, my dorm had a pumpkin carving

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MTV Wait, I think that name might already be taken

  

  Book, but let me tell you that HD video is not kind to CPUs. On the plus side ... to Web design are limited). Also added to the site is a Webcast ... and discover what MIT is really like. The videos are one way to discover

  • by Dave McOwen
  • April 30, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  MITwitter That's possible the worst portmanteau I've ever made.

  

  title, this has something to do with twitter. It is in fact a historic day for me, much like the day I bought my Mac, after being vehemently opposed to all things apple, I've shared my dislike and disinterest in the

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 19, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Share Your CPW With Us! I can haz guest blogs?

  

  since then. Holla to the MA, NY, CT, NH, MD, RI, NJ, CA, MI, IL, IN, MO ... met this weekend!! :) (this is why I like to ask you where ya'll are from :P one of the best things about CPW is meeting you all who come from

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 11, 2010
• Blog / People & Identities

  on the atlanta shootings from an asian american woman

  

  also as an Asian woman. It feels like a brutal knife to the heart in a ... that feels lost in the conversation is intersectionality. Six out of ... ’m lucky to be fetishized, that this is a form of acceptance. It is the same

  • by Rona W. '23
  • March 26, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Picking A Southwest Flight Seat How to Make Flying Bearable

  

  the person to your right will decide that your shoulder is the optimal ... , or FR) This is the seat you'll probably get if you check in late and it ... . Have to store all of your luggage in the overhead bins, annoying if you

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 22, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer & the Coming Commencement stuff and things.

  

  back then I managed the walk to work every day in half an hour on my ... opposing windows to use in my EC room and mixed the air all up with the fan ... my room, I get to come back to it finally after the summer is over and

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The other 2 of the 3 R’s About reading and writing on campus -- forget the 'rithmetic.

  

  Trivia: What is the name of MIT's literary magazine, and which MIT Admissions blogger is its Editor-in-Chief? [answer at the end of the entry ... reading to hear Prof. Díaz, as he is teaching the following courses this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  New York Trips that we went on with Arts Scholars!

  

  the biggest perks of being an Arts Scholar is getting to go on an all ... everyone is sitting in a small booth, inches away from the rotating cylinder ... Gander, Canada comes together to take in the hundreds of passengers from

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 5, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  New Blog: Humanitarian Work At MIT My name is Ali Wyne, and I'll be this year's host for the new Humanitarian…

  

  'll list the ones that first come to mind. My favorite band is Slipknot, with ... My name is Ali Wyne, and I'll be this year's host for the new Humanitarian Blog. I wanted mitadmissions.org to have an area devoted to the many

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • October 19, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Debunked I clear things up.

  

  propped up in bed and listening to the Toy Story soundtrack. Anywho, I ... Confidential" to the search* *Gags at the cesspool that is CollegeConfidential while ... said e-mails are in the works). I am a student. Students don't get to

  • by Snively '11
  • March 3, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When September Ends on career fair, life, and other occurrences

  

  is designing a skintight spacesuit akin to the one in the movie. I ... Life is back on the MIT track… I ended my most recent blog post with ... folder of resumes in the hopes of getting a dream job. There are always

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 7, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  AIDS Walk San Francisco Shameless solicitation -- join the fun

  

  fundraising goal. I want to do as much as I can to make a difference in the ... This Sunday, I am participating in the 2006 AIDS Walk San Francisco ... '06 will be walking with us as well. If you're in the Bay Area this

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  avatar a weird metaphor for careers

  

  ’t really believe in obligation to the past, especially because obligation is ... the need to be attended to most of the time. i should be allowed to take ... they feel the need to work on impactful research, and after a while they

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 10, 2022
• Blog / Personal Travel

  seven scenes from Paris a simple story

  

  ,” I told Uzay, sitting there next to him in the park, breaking off bits ... steps to Montmartre, easel in hand, dreading the next ten towers they ... on a train to Berlin. In a few days I would bring the Fujifilm

  • by Kai V. '25
  • March 31, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Art? It's late, but not too late.

  

  -envelope calculations to determine to what temperature the chocolate had to be heated in ... in the 223 suite. The plot: An evil clam comes to Boston to unleash ... sheets. The most review sheets I ever had for a class was 12, front and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Early Morning Construction and other bexley woes.

  

  consecutive days now and the noise is making it impossible to sleep as I live on ... window yesterday is certainly being put to good use. The view has changed ... , sometimes, all you need to do is ask. Because within the day, I received 3

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 5, 2008