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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  That time MIT was almost rebuilt on an artificial island in the middle of the Charles River we were THIS CLOSE to being a pirate fortress university

  

  quickly ran out of room. There's an incredibly interesting story to how MIT ... almost closed again, only to be saved by a last ... ," which allowed it to move to Cambridge and build the core of the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 22, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  College Application Anxiety what if your biggest fear is getting *into* MIT

  

  -chris-peterson-and-scrambles-his-brain-to-send-the-acceptance-magic. Fear! Panic! To address the worry that follows the question what if I actually ... possibly getting into not only MIT, but to any rigorous, awesome school

  • by Connie H. '15
  • June 26, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Finals Week at MIT Free food, procrastination, cats, free food...

  

  to make us feel better. However, there are some nice things about ... reading their parts in French when it was their turn to read from the book ... to make veggie lasagna on Wednesday. We also have a finals board

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 19, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  TEDxCambridge! 1. How TED talks can improve your life 2. Recently hosted and filmed right here…

  

  open to it. It's 11:44 am right now and there are 24 hours and 30 minutes ... 17.5 minutes, and that you're probably too excited to sleep tonight ... remarkable people, free to the world." I started watching them in high school

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • December 13, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Christmas: The Playlist and much music was had.

  

  But first I'm going to talk about the Toons. Some of you might ... like crazy to put together a kick-ass performance. There's a song by ...  a cappella. Of course, the concert's not limited to just singing, because who

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 7, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HackMIT: Coding over Cookies sights from the hackathon [pictures inside!]

  

  flocked to HackMIT to crowd themselves into a gym for 30 hours and make ... a steady flow of snacks that ranged from burritos to late-night "insomnia cookies" to breakfast bagels with half-and-half milk. Toss in a

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 13, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Seemingly Stressful Survey The Tech publishes about stress at the institute

  

  Now I get to mention something cool that I do with my life here! It ... that there’s stuff to go on the front page. It falls on the shoulders of me and the two other news editors to make sure that you get your bi

  • by Stanley G.
  • December 7, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Sigma ChIgloo MIT Fraternity brothers engineer a 10 foot igloo while relaxing in Maine

  

  Brothers of MIT Sigma Chi retreat to Maine from Thursday -> Sunday ... ideas for how to approximate better. Now that the math is out of the way, let's move on to the pictures... John '11 gets serious with the

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • March 6, 2012
• Blog / Events

  The Making of a Mystery A James Grimmelmann Guest Blog

  

  hilarious), I try to end my days reading journal articles, policy books, and other things full of ideas that tend to keep me up thinking. Few ... breathtakingly well written and fun to read. His Ethical Visions of Copyright Law

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 17, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  We are artists & writers extracting creative talent around campus

  

  It's important to recognize that while MIT is known for top-notch engineering and science programs, this school actually has the resources to foster all kinds of creative juice. I wanted to introduce one such example

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 12, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  (K)onstantly not good enough baby's first sabremetrics

  

  Patriots lost to the Giants. It was pretty painful. But the midst of it all - and in between flashbacks to the Superbowl-That-Didn't-Happen - I started thinking. Mostly to distract myself from the pain as I did this over

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 7, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  #Winning the battle for awesome (fictitious) alumni

  

  those entries. Instead, I want to focus on something much more grandiose ... poll on Doonesbury.com asking readers where Alex should go to college. As nerds procrastinating psets are want to do, MIT students hacked the poll

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Not About the Name First impressions

  

  About a week and a half ago, I arrived at Logan airport to start this ... commented, “Oh, MIT. My siblings went there,” and proceeded to talk to us ... into a metal detector, and used on an overturned beach to find coins with

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 3, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons Learned in Lab Applicable to life.

  

  Yes, I know it's a Sunday, but nonetheless, I went to lab around 2 ... 've learned a little about life - and how to live it: 1. Tell the truth. I ... but honestly gone to my graduate student and reported each of my

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT (Maker) Women Rock We are what we celebrate

  

  traumatic brain injury, the NFL continues to sell photos of "big hits" and stupid sportswriters continue to laud players who play through injury. What we celebrate, and whom we praise as heroes, becomes what we want to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 23, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Life as an Artist things I discovered about myself as it relates to the artsy stuff I have in…

  

  ... "Things I Discovered About Myself as it Relates to the Artsy Stuff I Have in My Life...". But "Life as an Artist" has a better ring to it, don't you ... with this group/family/community and it has been a blast! To make matters

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • November 2, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW on the Web CPW comes to you...ON THE INTERNET

  

  , including how to make it more accessible for the students who attend. One ... 25% to the undergraduate population for the weekend they're here. The MIT community is incredibly devoted to CPW, hosts a ton of excellent

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 2, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Snow On working in a winter wonderland.

  

  that number isn't actually that high by comparison to the coastal cities ... winter. You have to know how to dress for the cold. A few simple rules ... about all of this? Well, winter's finally come to Cambridge, along with

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 21, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Christy ‘13 The first in a series of articles about students coming to MIT in the fall.

  

  I'm frequently asked about the students that are admitted to MIT. Who are they? What is their story? Beginning today, I'm going to be posting ... , and the students are going to be great members of the MIT community. A

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 17, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Info for the Class of 2013 The "Next Big Mailing" is on its way out, and with it lots of goodies…

  

  Office to the Undergraduate Advising & Academic Programming (UAAP) office ... fewer questions about admission, we encourage you to start reading and ... folks are super-excited to help answer your questions as you transition to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 8, 2009