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• Blog / MIT Life

  MITwitter That's possible the worst portmanteau I've ever made.

  

  opposed to all things apple, I've shared my dislike and disinterest in the ... the twitter phenomena seems to be gaining some clout. It just might be ... Hello Interwebs, it's me Chris. As you can probably guess from the

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 19, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  iap: this year vs. last

  

  choreographers, so I'm going to get a lot of the technical training that I never ... , go back to my dorm for a couple of hours, and then spend my night running between dance studios on campus. I'd get back to the dorm at 10 or

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 10, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Wild Parties, Vaginas and Suburbia Can you possibly guess where this entry is going? No. You can't.

  

  I've recently had the opportunity to see three MIT productions - I ... Keri produced entirely during "the Month of January/IAP." It was about a couple during the 1920's that decides to throw a party to make themselves

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 16, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Blogger Wrapped 2024 Episode 7: The Apple Music Awakens

  

  the number of songs she listened to, with over 1.5x more unique songs ... range of songs. But when comparing the number of artists we listened to ... on to top songs, Jebby easily takes the crown here with 503 streams of

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 14, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Videos and photos and more Lots of cool coverage of MIT stuff from sites, blogs, and vlogs across the web.

  

  Lots of fun stuff to check out! Peter Houk, director of the MIT ... (though the subsequent traffic seems to have taken down Dheera's site): Check out (also: 1, 2) the annual parade of elephants, which delighted

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wow, work! Mid-IAP update.

  

  of bed, into my clothes and out the door to building 14. Few people ... Latin (an area high school) the other night to see the Boston-area early ... free time and leisure. I think the balance is something to strive for. It

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Dig if you will a picture. My name appeared in The Tech; now I am immortal.

  

  So there's this list of 101 things to do before you graduate from MIT ... serves me correctly, the things you're supposed to do are along the lines of, "Go to Garment District," "go to a BSO concert," "pull an all

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  Waiting… and a more serious note about pre-decisions at the end

  

  about some of the things I did to avoid thinking about decisions ... 't hold any of these quizzes to have any merit or influence in my life, but I think they're a fun way to take your mind off of something. Here are

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • December 15, 2023
• Blog / Residential Life

  1.1 miles as the crow flies and it takes me forever to run there

  

  the end of this they’ll have worn away my aversion to all things comp ... , alerts me that my microphone is off. This is the MIT I’ve come to. When I ... ’m in Cambridge, reeling with a move cross-country and the start of the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 17, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  Belated Guest Entry by Carin '13 - a little late perhaps but incredible nonetheless

  

  to post a long long time ago, regarding the epic IAP 2010 travels of ... decreasing the amount of time required to produce fertilizer. • Waterproof ... over to England to visit a childhood friend. I've spent the past week

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 2, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do in four years?

  

  Okay, now for the next post addressing one of your requested topics. Question: "What about Are Four years enough to get advantage of all the ... you take advantage of what MIT has to offer, there are going to be

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cubes, Tetrahedrons, and Wind Chimes Silly lil musical instruments for a silly lil guy (me)

  

  semester (although I haven't had the chance to build most of them... yet). Tetrahedron I think we can all agree that the triangle is the pinnacle of ... encourages us to go wild with our imaginations, as long as the end product

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 5, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Application: August 19 In a few short weeks, the MIT 2012 Freshman Application will be posted.

  

  possible jump on the nerve-racking process of applying to college, as if they were securing tickets to a soon-to-be-sold-out rock concert, the deans of ... Doc of the various deadlines and requirements for all of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 1, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Guessing game results MIT's student newspaper publishes the number of freshman applications.

  

  last year's 11,373 applications. So, the results of the guessing game ... ,000 applications. The mean of all guesses was 12,323 (not bad!) and the median was 12 ... Today, MIT's student newspaper, The Tech, published a story with our

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 6, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  For pi are cubed. There can only be one winner.

  

  Center in w11. Join MIT Hillel for an evening packed to the brim with pi. We'll view the movie "Pi", while simultaneously enjoying a dinner of pizza pies. To top the evening off we'll have a Pi competition; the person

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Around the world in 30 days ...ok, maybe more like I'm Traveling a Lot this IAP

  

  2018 is turning out to be quite the adventurous year. I kicked off the year by packing up all my stuff in Boston, hauling most to storage ... mattress pad, cooking utensils, etc.), and the rest to bring with me on a

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 15, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Off six months of things being just a little weird

  

  adjusted to the lack of actionable emails. My new thing is going to work and ... the mechanical routine of a [annotation note="closer to a 9:45ish-to-5 ... like this? Why did the ants want to eat it? There are plenty of healthy

  • by Abby H. '20
  • June 23, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  General Advice Application advice for HS juniors and sophomores, inspired by a student's question

  

  , though, Alex.) The admissions staff doesn't have some set list of priority ... -curriculars, either in an essay or on the application form, try to make it more than a ... cheating, etc.). You haven't changed yourself for the sake of getting into

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Someone saved my life tonight Survived my squalor, like a butterfly.

  

  reason for me to be such a huge downer all the time. Meara, of course ... to help "chronically messy" individuals around the work survive their ... . You are not the tidy person you once were. Little piles are starting to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 12, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  is everyone growing up without me? we're only getting older

  

  the grand scheme of things, it felt odd to see a couple that had met ... The other day, my friend sent me photos of herself trying on ... of my best friends from MIT finished his two-year fellowship in the

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 6, 2022