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• Blog / MIT Life

  He Zigs, He Zags MIT's new video podcast.

  

  four episodes into its trial run, "ZigZag is a periodic video magazine ... ! Hosting is harder than it looks! I have a newfound respect for Jon Stewart ... the cellphone ringtone competition and IAP. It's fun to watch Zig

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 6, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Ponderings of a lifeguard Why are white water rapids white?

  

  at the bottom. And suddenly I wondered, why is it white? So I sat ... form as it drifted lazily towards the drain. Of course, the foam is ... there's nothing in the water that is white, how does it suddenly turn

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  No Flip Flops The original title of this entry was "YakTrax."

  

  're getting dressed in the winter. Layering is key, but you don't want to over ... also taught the freshmen about the best ways to get around when it ... flops are my shoeware of choice, even I have to give in at some point and

  • by Bryan
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  last concert

  

  mixer to the amp to the speakers, and it worked! it was cool to actually ... next sing speaker to serve as a monitor during the concert (a monitor is ... combined equipment from three different systems, and it fun to talk through

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 26, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Pi Day = Mail Day? Too Early To Know No official mail date yet.

  

  're going to mail on Pi Day this year. This was indeed the case last year, but we don't yet have a mail date set for this year. Just wanted to clarify - it will indeed be in mid-March, but Mail Day depends on a variety of

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Putting The Pieces Together: Hacking at MakeMIT in which four biological engineers spend 16 straight hours making something

  

  . Two: remember that it is never too late to learn something new! Though ... precariously, though we like to pretend that it is fluttering its wings with ... How many biological engineers does it take to make a motorized

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 12, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Global Poverty Initiative Because you’re reading this while 1/6 of the world is illiterate.

  

  .) Following this trend, then, it shouldn’t be surprising that food is in large ... wanted to get into it, too, but honestly wasn’t sure how much time I’d have ... !), which is designed to promote poverty awareness and promote community

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Hate the Last but at least, I'm trying not to

  

  Paige, On behalf of the Admissions Committee, it is my pleasure to offer ... strange, and how lovely, it is to be anything at all."- John Green (2 ... grab my iPad and go to the decision website in anticipation. It's 9

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 22, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Why I Love Taylor Swift I finally explain the reason...or at least try to...

  

  , Nameless Soulmate and I. I think the simpler way to say it is this: at a ... stress-relief jam is usually Shake It Off, and after several hums of “I ... time, she’s been one of my role models. The why is a bit tricky to

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 6, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Twins Chandler ‘13 and Taylor ‘13 The fifth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  school, so it's just wonderful that we're able to do this together and ... the fall. They say it's not because they want to be together, but because MIT is such a great school. "When we were deciding where to go to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 7, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Application advice Read this. Now. It's important. Promise.

  

  [Productivity! This is my second entry of the day. Be sure to check ... South Street Diner, which, according to both Ruth and the How to GAMIT is ... that they had to be especially witty and entertaining so that it would

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, musicals, teaching, research, sports, and wisdom tooth surgery. I think I can I think I can I think I can I think I…

  

  graduated to eating an entire stick of string cheese. It's just as well ... SPRING BREAK. This is a nice introduction to what I have going on this ... legend. It honestly seems like there is nowhere he would rather be than in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  EAPS Field Trip In which I pretend to be Course 12 for a weekend

  

  that they are welcome. It is a great opportunity to meet new people and ... return at approximately 1-2 PM on Sunday. Everyone is invited to ... . Basically, if you take anything away from this, it's that Course 12 is

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  No Good Deed Goes Unpunished ...in which I introduce myself and set the tone for this "theater of the absurd."

  

  tawk? DISCLAMER: THIS BLOG IS NOT THE PLACE TO WORK OUT POLITICAL OR ... contraire, mon frere! This is a place to recognize and support all diversity ... questions - remember, the only way out is to THINK your way out. Enough said

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Announcing New Bloggers for 2010! A digital debutante ball...

  

  to land a job as a blogger than it is to get into MIT in the first ... , in this case Chris Su - met to choose new bloggers who will be joining the team for the coming year. It was an incredibly tough job to do

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 16, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Growing Up bringing it back to 2007

  

  you, huh? Well, here's the latest model if you want to look at it ... orders in the computer. It might hard to imagine, but one day you'll be able to read this CT scan with ease: Hey, it sucks in the beginning

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 20, 2016
• Blog / Classes

  Life Changing Classes at MIT ft. ec-discuss

  

  where it is so easy to just stop reading! "21w.757 (fiction workshop ... of time on it though." "Personal answer is definitely 11.011 or 6 ... lifting pe class...no but actually" "6.004, if I had to narrow it down to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 20, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  “we have the winter olympics at home” the winter olympics at home:

  

  choice of MIT, I mean it. I'm on a mission to spread the New England winter propaganda, and that means more snow shenanigans! This time brought to you by ... the graduate dorms. Compared to the urban landscape that is the Boston

  • by Allison E. '27
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Class of 2009 Ring Delivery The '09s get our brass rats. We think this makes us like, so cool.

  

  ," as we call it, is a Big Deal. Each class selects a ring committee which creates its own design specific to your class year. Then they reveal the ... . Adelaide sits on the floor in the hallway to strap on her heels. Adelaide is

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 24, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, La Vita Nuova a selection of dishes, part 3

  

  ! Unfortunately, it is rare for a recipe to involve all three elements like this one ... mature meaty flavor to the soup, so it is highly recommended. Setting the ... Ciao. It is I, Jacky of the French Dormitory. My culinary journey, as

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 7, 2022