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• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT is easy if you study rastrology. Getting into awkward positions, at the Bank of London, with penguins.

  

  . The Rime of the Ancient Mariner can be sung to the tune of the "Gilligan ... " but "Friderick." 3. The male emperor penguin must hike 80 miles to the ... . After yoga, I decided to go running for half an hour, which was of course

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meeting FAQ The answers to the FAQs at our Central Meetings.

  

  handful of questions I'm almost always asked. So, what I'm going to do is ... you don't have to ask (not that I mind questions). All of the below ... statistics? Is it easier to get in if I apply early? Last year, early action

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 28, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Avoiding moonlight on an empty stomach Late-night snack cravings lead me underground on meandering routes to Massachusetts Avenue.

  

  accessible and become quite useful when you want to avoid various above ... . Once said novelty is firmly affixed to said vacuum attachment, the lid ... approached. Not wanting to look like a complete weirdo taking pictures of a

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  What pretty hair… This entry is about my dorm, hair dye, pork dumplings, and, of course, Alain Boublil.

  

  So, in my dorm, there seems to be this really close, almost familial ... job you can get at MIT; you get paid $9 an hour to play Snood, press the ... assume were red highlights. I didn't stick around long enough to get an

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 7, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston becomes Pottersville The MIT area is full of celebrations for the release of "Harry Potter and the…

  

  geeks, and thus you might be asking yourself, if I went to MIT, what would ... away), there promises to be possibly the best of the area's events ... Newtonville Books' party so awesome? For one, there's going to be a musical

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Time-sensitive matters

  

  Lots of questions waiting to be answered, but for today I'll just ... @MIT website. During CPW, I had the opportunity to check out the brand new ... to answer in time, but i'm STILL struggling to decide between Yale and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thoughts from Science Bowl 🥣 a story about now-nostalgic times

  

  “Fiona, next round, you should use your thumb to push the buzzer, not ... your thumb above the buzzer, so you’re always ready to buzz in.” “Okay.” Apart from that advice, J was silent as we walked through the corridor to

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • March 30, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  ‘Til the Net Breaks Championship Szn

  

  Hi, everyone! The soccer season has just wrapped up, and I wanted to give y’all a little recap.  For starters, it's important to know that ... : where we show up two weeks before school starts in order to start training

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • December 3, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  rating classes from this semester the good, the bad & the underrated

  

  have so much to do. In the last few months, my writing career got pushed to the back burner so I could survive my classes (four technicals, all on grades...the most I've ever taken), so I opted to stay on campus

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 26, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Notes From Atlanta I heart Exploding Bacon

  

  applying to MIT were even born. The goal of FIRST, broadly speaking, is to inspire students towards a lifelong devotion to science, technology, and ... -studded team of engineers on the Game Design Committee unveil that year's game to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 26, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Neil Gaiman! The uncensored version =P

  

  1. As you apparently know already, Neil Gaiman came to speak at MIT ... an overachiever =P), there's not much else to say. Except that the part that Paul was too shy to blog (come on now. we're all adults) was that

  • by Karen F. '11
  • May 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Whew! A brief interlude before I go back to studying.

  

  a harsh mistress. But I'd like to use this post to get back into the ... . After my abysmal performance in ICE back in the fall, I decided to put my ... grade hasn't posted to WebSIS yet, but I'm pretty sure it's an A. I can

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • March 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Nourishing bodies, enriching souls and minds There's more to the MIT community than just famous researchers and brilliant students.

  

  Almost three years ago, I wrote an entry which was very special to me ... : James "Big Jimmy" Roberts and Howard Brown. My annual donation to MIT ever ... this: Mr. Jackson [was] a father figure to generations of young men in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 4, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How phonology explains wordplay in Tagalog songs armchair linguistics

  

  's more suited to use Filipino here."]Filipino[/annotation] words related to ... music, although it's rather dated. I draw on Tagalog to show ... image or It's cool to care. Despite this, I think I still haven't done

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 9, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  Always Moving Forward: An entry by Prof. Patrick Henry Winston MIT has the nation's leading running back in Division III football?!? And he's a Computer…

  

  . Winston links to. Enjoy! Always Moving Forward by Professor Patrick Henry Winston ’65, SM ’67, PhD ’70 I went to the last football game of ... game, it was DeRon Brown’s last football game. I was drawn to it as if it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 8, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Dorms: Burton Conner House Why is BC awesome? Because three bloggers live there. Plus, lots of other stuff too.…

  

  dorm collection, or borrow the pool cues/ping pong paddles/etc to use in ... conveniently labeled. Ta-da! The laundry room. Not much to say here, really ... awful lot of clean socks they forgot to pick up. This is Burton

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 2 Hearing Amazônia

  

  If you missed part 1 of the Fredventure, be sure to check that out in addition to this post. We also recently performed our Brazilian music at MIT ... first stop was the Museu da Amazônia (MUSA for short), where we got to

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 1, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  blogger wrapped 2021 taking on the legacy

  

  the grip Spotify Wrapped has on society is truly astounding. time to contribute to the buzz with another year of blogger wrapped! minutes spent ... listening to Spotify constantly. this is not true because i am at the lower

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 9, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Ring Delivery 2021 meet me halfway

  

  Delivery typically happens in your sophomore spring, to mark not only the ... result of the pandemic, we weren't able to have a ring delivery in the ... freaking cool, we were able to get it rescheduled for this fall. It's been

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 19, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  All the advice you’ll need for the next twelve hours not clickbait

  

  It's okay to feel anxious or excited or nervous. But if you can ... to handle, there's no shame in distracting yourself with things to do ... ". In hindsight, it's tempting to be black-and-white, and say that you

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 14, 2021