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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Repainting the Smoots A Wacky MIT Tradition

  

  group of older men wearing Lambda Alpha Chi shirts. It’s time to continue ... ’s rewind 65 years ago to when it all began.  POV: it's 1958 In the fall of ... -a-mile bridge all the way to MIT — that it was basically walking to hell.  One

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 27, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Discuss Disqus launching our new commenting system

  

  Day coming up next week. We also want to make sure it is as clearly and ... for admissions officers and current students to share their stories. It ... equipped for is the sort of conversation we hope to foster on the blogs. The

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 10, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Questions and Answers Evan Broder is taking over my job.

  

  , but I wonder how hard it is to keep a pet at college. Do you have a pet ... own comments like 2 weeks before I got around to doing it. Way to make ... paint job the way it is. And most people agree, because who wouldn't like

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Our students, their stories. Andy Partridge in a zamboni purple monkey dishwasher.

  

  to name the dragon "Angelina," because it is both hot and kind of scary ... you it was okay If you want to see what MIT is really like, though, I ... '08 drew attention to the fact that it was, in fact, moving, smelling

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 15, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2020!

  

  weightlifting (more on this later) it is time for those of you who might want to ... been interrupted by the pandemic. However, despite this, now that it is summer in Cambridge, it is still true that: my neighbor's adorable and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back and ready for action! Saying goodbye to summer and hello to my sophomore year

  

  It feels good to be back at the 'Tute!!! My family drove me up to ... that nobody can seem to find the key to! Anyway, we made it to Boston ... witness a dramatic transformation. I loved our room to begin with, since it

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Building, building, building, building This one goes out to the one I've left behind.

  

  10 least attractive college campuses. Is it hard going to school there ... , in which students were asked to write an essay analyzing its use of ... 're going to forget that it's a Frank O. Gehry building." I actually really

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 28, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Delicious Things Mmmmm.

  

  here you really have to pick and choose what is important to you. I do ... Verde's. (In fact, the only time I even ever use TechCash is to do laundry. I mostly live off my credit card.) It's always good how to learn to cook new

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 26, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Poetry and Physics You don’t have to get theoretical physics to get Frank Wilczek.

  

  "how is it possible to construct heavy objects out of things that don ... can do anything" or the world is open to you, and then be told that ... Princeton. This is an amazing talk. You don’t have to get theoretical physics

  • by Laurie Everett
  • January 24, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  What have I been doing this break?

  

  with my sister while on a walk, which is to say that the tornado touched ... office is looking in a transfer applicant. Thanks." To answer this, I ... transfers is very low, but it can be done. Aidan asked: "How much will we be

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  101 questions we’ve asked ourselves at MIT we're all just trying to figure it/life/ourselves out

  

  you are? Is it a balance?  How do I apply to grad school? How do I ... ? Am I just bad at managing my time? Is it even possible to achieve the ... the hell is a cover letter? What does it mean to “hang out”? Do I

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • March 27, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 1

  

  [extracurricular] responsibilities. I think it is more about having the passion to ... - It is important to remember that the "frat" designation by itself doesn ... , about 50% of all males at MIT decide to live in frats and it is actually a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  to the 2019s in anticipation of pi day with love

  

  no role in a student’s success. “you can make it anywhere,” we want to say to you. it’s true. i have proof from an admissions officer (from 50 ... ’t prerequisites to success. in the end, you’ll be yourself wherever you go. mit is

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Nationals! In which MIT XC goes to Iowa

  

  're definitely not in Boston anymore... After a three hour drive, we made it to ... to give it another going over. This time we made time for a photo op ... and so clumped together that all you can do is hope to hear snatches of

  • by Alina G. '11
  • November 27, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life (3)… [Biochemistry] Another biochemist sharing his experience as an exchange student.

  

  . Moreover, this set is rather rigidly defined for undergrads; it's an old ... not know how to use a pipette: Cambridge teaches passion. It assumes ... academics, MIT or Cambridge?" To me, the question is meaningless. My second

  • by Cambridge
  • May 13, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus, Part Two Interior photos of vacant East Campus dormitory rooms. (Photos of occupied/"lived-in" rooms are to come.)

  

  . House management requires the rooms to be vacated unless a student is ... empty rooms during the school year, as EC is a pretty popular place to ... didn't mean that I don't like it here! It's just that MIT is located in a

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 18, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  me, existing one day at a time

  

  is why it’s so insane that i managed to do that ... . I really like my lab! The short version of what I'm doing is to ... mentioned it briefly at the beginning of this post, but Pika is an ILG behind

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 2, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  places around and at mit godless and holy

  

  great things about MIT is its location. You're in this hub of great ... 've tried to make an effort to explore campus and its surrounding city area ... closed Raymond asked for a hamburger It was served to him on a sandwich

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 13, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Come in, we’re open

  

  I survived moving to my fall room! (I realize this is silly. But moving is very difficult for me due to a) impatience, b) anal ... -Entry is a wonderful place. People like Mitra even hang out here. It's like

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Pulsar Discoveries How to discover a pulsar.

  

  . One day, to us on Earth, is defined as the time it takes for the Sun to ... , which is why we only receive little signal blips, and why it appears to ... the same thing. Before you go on to read my explanation of what it is

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 30, 2012