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• Blog / How to Human

  Life, the Universe, and Everything I’m significant! …screamed the dust speck.

  

  glowing clouds, the news cleverly satirizes many a public policy, and the ... the slight urge to huddle under a blanket with a warm cup of tea and ... third essay prompt on a college app. And it'll probably happen more than

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 13, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fran Sancisco and Spother Oonerisms Racing tays and fighting lires

  

  44th President of the United States and Beyonce is identified as an ... -boiled icicle" (a well-oiled bicycle); and so on. These became known as spoonerisms (or oonerspisms for the similarly absent-minded), and at this rate

  • by Joel G. '18
  • August 7, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s May 2nd. Have you replied to your colleges yet? The music has stopped -- the last dance is over.

  

  dance that happens between students and colleges where the power dynamic shifts back and forth several times; one courts the other, then the other courts the first, and so on. We spend time and money trying to identify

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 2, 2014
• Blog / How to MIT

  Deadlines and Habits Staying sane

  

  and read the news for a while. And you can never really feel guilty ... in fellowship deadlines and requirements, graduate school applications, and the possibility of a full-time job; occasionally, it comes up for

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 19, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 1 Yay, power tools! A look at places to find them around campus.

  

  and Hand," MIT is very big on hands-on projects. To facilitate this ... classes like 2.004 and 2.14 (controls) and 2.671 (experimentation). Luckily ... generator, and an oscilloscope. In other words, there's a high concentration

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap Gap years are a good option for some students.

  

  picked up by news organizations across the country. I first saw it at cnn.com/education, but it's been in newspapers and on websites from Kentucky.com to San ... year" between high school and college isn't for everyone -- and that just

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Of MUN and Academia What is Course X in Chinese?

  

  conferences, and hosted one conference for high schoolers. These are the ... crisis staff and logistical stuff. For this conference, I was able to vice ... ), and it was an interesting experience meeting these students and seeing

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 18, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  Number Münchners Eaten by a Trogglus Nicoise.

  

  Barker had died. I realized that here, since most news outlets talk about ... than I am at MIT, and Bob Barker could die and I wouldn't even know about it for three months! This is like the time Tony Randall died and I didn

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 28, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Killing Time…Not Really guest post by Sheila B.'21

  

  frosh who realized that holy crap, summer was coming and I didn't have ... name tag that blatantly announced my inexperience and non-Course-6-ness ... searched the job postings and email lists for something to tide me over the

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 15, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Resolved: MIT Rocks Even the Senate thinks so

  

  I came across a news article on a friend’s Facebook page the other ... Senate Resolution 195. "Mr. BROWN of Massachusetts (for himself and Mr. Kerry) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed

  • by Becca H. '12
  • May 28, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Gustavo Dudamel Conducts MITSO! [by Shelby Heinecke '13] Because we are THAT good.

  

  Newletter and MIT News website. Music is more than just notes and rhythm. It ... , vivacious, and inspiring Venezuelan conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic ... Arts (i.e. $75,000 cash prize and on-campus residency). In addition, he

  • by ARTalk
  • April 26, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  snapshot of the last two weeks picture of my brain

  

  SONG: days and days - fun home WALK: memorial drive > harvard bridge ... who can't fix BART, or have never taken BART. And if Google offers to ... the world? civilization and government seem doomed in the face of

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 1, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Day 1 A recap, with pictures.

  

  Rockwell (where Marilee spoke and the Logs sang), picked up some liquid nitrogen ice cream via the Prefrosh Festival on the way back, and I've been ... here at midnight and can proudly say that my registration butt has been

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 7, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  The Aftershock In memory of Kate Hunter ‘20 (1997-2017), who will always be remembered for her big…

  

  remembered for her big heart, bright mind, and beautiful smile. According to psychiatrists, when you hear terrible news, you go through 5 stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. But that’s not quite

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 18, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Alum Adam Riess ‘92 Wins Nobel Prize Riess was a Course 8 Phi Delt with a minor in History.

  

  that year could be deduced from news reports and box score statistics ... Perlmutter and Brian Schmidt for "the discovery of the accelerating expansion ... retailer. His "jaw dropped" when he heard the news, he said. Adam Riess

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 4, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Otra Vez, Como Siempre Some J-Pop to cheer you up. =p

  

  . *blushes* Last year, I posted Taiwanese pop songs to "encourage" the EA and ... the students new (and hilarious) methods of approaching math, literature ... enjoyable drama (to waste time on while procrastinating for psets, lol =p) and

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 12, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Behind the scenes of Glamour: Part 2 A recap of three incredible days

  

  Mariane Pearl to health tips, in addition to the expected celebrity news and ... What do the United Nations, the Four Seasons Hotel, Broadway, and ... extremely accomplished and talented women who were former winners (including

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 20, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bored at work My weekend, a favor to all of you, and some questions to answer

  

  It is currently 10:53 AM. I have been at work for three hours and fifty-three minutes, and I want to take a nap. Since that is not really an ... wonderful and rewarding career, is not really a nine-to-five type of job

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 17, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  This is a song about being happy. Not a song about a whale. Sorry. But there's haute couture.

  

  premiere of Beauty and the Geek 2, which Matt's friend Ankur '03 is on. I don ... ! And I hear Ankur was even there! I could have gotten to meet a reality ... at Harvard and only came to the BSO to get off campus for a few hours

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / Events

  When Friday Arrives… A glimpse into my social life, among other things.

  

  Oh, hey, the weekend's here. Awesome. In other news, the last full week of spring classes has come and gone. I spent last night finishing up ... novel) and, of course, finals. Easier said than done? Yeah, just a little

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 10, 2008