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• Blog / MIT Life

  This is my spork.

  

  everywhere in between.   It’s been used to eat freeze ... . Today I used it to pry a Simmons window shut when the handle failed. My ... participation in the fight to save them, and to help reverse the steep decline in

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 20, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Toilet @ MIT The Ben Schreck Shits 2015 Calendar.

  

  we're donating 50% of the profits to Doctors Without Borders. Is this ... home in LA, we were talking about how we wanted to one-up it. The next ... decided to clean up the toilet, which was also a photoshoot on its own, with

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 16, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Enjoying the Little Things In which I ramble about happiness and taking breaks

  

  -changing moments (of which I've had none in the past two weeks, to my knowledge), I decided to make a vlog about the little things that make me happy. If you want to see more Inktober things, feel free to scroll through my Twitter

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 27, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Makers @ MIT how MIT supports student creativity and craft

  

  opportunity to recognize and encourage a new generation of makers and manufacturers to share their talents and hone their skills. As part of the ... and organizations have come together to support the National Day of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 18, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  AMA Ask Me Anything.

  

  not for at least another week. I want to talk to you, especially since some of you need to decide whether or not to come to MIT and the rest of ... advanced fiction workshop with Junot Díaz). When I grow up I want to write

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 20, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Ask Me Anything or discuss anything. or whatever really. what i'm trying to say is: open thread.

  

  This summer I wrote a bloggerGuilt script to help me keep track of ... various excuses and instead try to make it up to you. I'm sitting at home in ... decorations. Tomorrow I'm moving, and then we're starting to meet in Early

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 30, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Documents Deadline please check MyMIT

  

  everything into our system. If you have applied to us Early Action, please ... ’t panic. We have not yet begun to review partial applications. But we will ... , fax the missing documents to 617.687.9184. Please allow for five

  • by Kris Guay
  • November 14, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Spontaneous 5-Minute Classes on Whatever You Want These are too good not to share

  

  before. A few weeks ago, I agreed to teach a class with my friend Davie '12 ... ." Every time I re-read that, I wonder what possessed me to agree to do this. To practice, I e-mailed French House to ask for sample prompts. Every

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 14, 2013
• Blog / Events

  The Boston Festival of Indie Games In which I geek out on campus with a bunch of gamers

  

  in Boston to celebrate gaming, and it is completely free to the public ... around 10am, got my pass and a guidebook around 10:45, and headed over to ... should abandon the biological sciences and devote my time to animation or

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 16, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  in the pursuit of knowledge want to see a MacArthur Genius dancing to gangnam style?

  

  .  But primary sources are so hard to find, right?  Right? Michael's Knowledge Theorem: if you want to learn more about any topic, there's a world ... offer that expert food, he or she is probably more than happy to talk to

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 19, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Maker Faire 2012 the Dean is going - are you?

  

  huge convention/fair of creative people getting together to show off the ... to that very exciting sentence above, just go here. Now, here's an another important point to mention: MIT Dean of Admissions, Stu Schmill will

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Tale of 8 Instagrams Low resolution, high flavor

  

  Once upon a time, I developed an Instagramming problem and started to ... retreated, and I woke up to sunshine and a gentle old man painting the Boston ... can change from pleasant to ominous in a matter of minutes. And that

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 21, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s my age again? Spring semester so far

  

  , suspiciously asking the class to introduce itself and not talking about protein ... hope that biochemistry was that trendy now. The class turned to me. “Hi ... , orange juice, and large coffee from Café Four to my favorite empty

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 3, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  An Awesome Autobiography in rage comic form

  

  a tesseract - an 86 year old man posted his autobiography to reddit in ... to me, and on to you. It is pretty awesome, and another piece of data ... does this have to do with MIT Admissions? Nothing really. Then again

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 14, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Beauty, xkcd, and my classes The problem with me.

  

  's point. Without further ado, allow me to introduce you to... 8.03: Physics ... to some speakers, and turned up the volume (I covered my ears) until it shattered with a bang. *In contrast to "ood", an alien species from Doctor

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 9, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Help@MIT welcome to student resources

  

  It's August.  Campus is already buzzing to life.  Those friends who went off to distant lands for the summer are finally coming home, and freshmen are just starting to filter in due to FPOPs or international

  • by Piper '13
  • August 24, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Sorting Hat of Sorts Where you live may be one of the most important parts of your time here…

  

  (HA!). The Temporary Housing Assignments. Hard to believe that it was ... it's worth saying that for me at least, where you choose to live can be ... success. Thankfully the MIT Housing system is designed to give everyone the

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How the Career Fair saved my summer And forced me to try something new

  

  rented my first apartment; I had to find furniture for said apartment; I have to rely on my kitchen for dinner, not a dining hall; I have to wake up before 5 a.m.; I therefore try to fall asleep before 9 p.m.; I don

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 17, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Rachel was at SF Pride with Facebook

  

  signs last Sunday, coming out to downtown San Francisco to support the ... was actually a cupcake. Practically all of the interns managed to roll ... stamps for us to spam irreverently. We proceeded to arrange them in every

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • July 1, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Presenting MIT’s Newest Truman Scholar! Yeah, I know I've been blogging a lot this week - but believe me, you…

  

  , "Whatttt. How can one person be so. incredibly. happy?!" I quickly came to ... those things - and a Truman Scholar as well! I got a chance to interview ... questions for Anjali, feel free to contact her at [email protected] - or just

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 7, 2011