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• Blog / IAP

  Teaching Abroad: a Guest Blog Post by Elizabeth Q. ‘14 Learn a new language, teach science.

  

  things to love about the MIT student community, and one of them is that we ... teaching at MIT help me learn to speak Italian?? Good question! As part of ... seminars on Special Relativity, Gyroscopes, and the Physics of Flight

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 13, 2014
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  rural winter, city winter haven't shoveled snow here once

  

  statement, and the sharp crack of ice breaking in the horse trough signals the ... to the cozy warmth and twinkling lights of Boston's snow-covered brick ... 't just about picturesque scenes of snow and charming moments by the fire

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • February 26, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Keep in mind I try to be helpful sometimes.

  

  you the most good. Interpretations of each can be found on a page of ... , back when I was in the thick of it. Now, my role as a blogger, is to ... . However, over the years, I've heard a lot of advice and have even given some

  • by Snively '11
  • July 16, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  what’s on my desk? creative furniture

  

  corner. the blankets on the floor are on top of a standard foam mattress ... Doctrine -- the enthusiastic belief in the liberating power of technology ... cyber-utopianism: a naive belief in the emancipatory nature of online

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 8, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Monday A Boston institution.

  

  around 11:20 am; thanks to the number of spectators heading that direction ... intermittent use – i.e. when one of the Phi Sig brothers (or friends of Phi Sig ... the Back Bay are. The number of spectators increases one walks the

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • April 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summerteeth Are you afraid of the dark reaction?

  

  "The Adventures of Pete and Pete." Happy Groundhog Day! Wow, thanks for ... at MIT. I mean, come on--he grows ears out of the backs of lab mice! How cool is that? However, not every single UROP in the history of MIT

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 2, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  last concert

  

  the day of the concert - they bring in their own equipment, set it up ... sets of mics, mixers, and speakers so the safe bet was to acquire as much ... different locations would hear different mixes. then i had the idea of setting

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

  Fondue: fun and done A break from admissions at the Fondue party.

  

  long Saturday of working to select the class, I hopped on the Safe ... one of the most anticipated parties of the year, a great MIT tradition ... , Eric Klopfer, and Margery Resnick. One of the big appeals of the party

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 5, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  ‘Twas the night before Christmas Happy holidays to everyone!

  

  traditional decorating of the tree. Just a few miles from my house is the ... The Christmas holiday is a pretty big deal in my family. On Christmas Eve, Santa visits our annual family gathering, with dozens of McGanns in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 25, 2006
• Blog / Events

  The Great Debate Can MIT brainpower, with the help of the LHC, finally put the matter to rest?

  

  -100 in a quest to solve one of the greatest conundrums of our time: latke ... that have long divided the world, being the source of almost every battle, economic downturn, and cataclysmic natural event (including the extinction of

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • March 8, 2011
• Blog / CPW

  how to tackle CPW ...i totally have the authority to write this

  

  imagine how excited the Class of '26 is when their last two years of high ... . valid! I'm a member of one of the two classes that experienced an in ... the hazy memories of my CPW to guide me. this is totally credible and

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 6, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Infinite Corridor, set alight or, why dozens of people were crammed into a tiny stairwell at 4:19:53 PM EST

  

  best not written about on the blogs. Some of these phenomena can be written about on the blogs, though, and this is one of them. The central ... the entire length of MIT's main buildings.  And a few days a year, the

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 10, 2012
• Blog / Events

  MITHenge Blinded by the light.

  

  Every June 21st, thousands of people flock to Stonehenge to watch a very special sunrise. On this day, the summer solstice, the sun is perfectly positioned to shine through the narrow opening between the heel

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 31, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  I Think I’ve Found Paradise (Guest Entry) Work hard, play hard. For the next four years.

  

  of guy. So from the minute I leapt off my five-hour plane flight to ... of two constants during the four-day trip was the cacophonous racket ... Student Center to Skullhouse across the river, music of some kind never

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Can I play football at MIT?

  The 2014 Engineers were the winningest (real word!) MIT football team ever! In front of an enthusiastic home crowd on Senior Night, the MIT ... that most of the team members had a better chance of "owning" an NFL team
• Blog / Challenges

  I’M BACK!!!!! (and MIT is hard)

  

  the ‘tvte, I have something that all of you should know: MIT is really ... , and I made A’s and graduated in the top of my class. I never really ... of you are probably thinking “Really? The kid who didn’t know MIT was

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 11, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Shoulder Season Treat A little something for rising seniors to jump-start their exploration of MIT

  

  of time here in the Northeast between heating and cooling seasons (or ... current crop of graduating seniors but is also engaged with the the next ... utterly listenable 51 minutes.Recently, I had the privilege and pleasure of

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 12, 2025
• Blog / Events

  A Brief History of Thursday I met Kip Thorne.

  

  I'm the type of person who never wins the lottery. Were this a ... me by uncountable rounds of cereal box giveaways, I won the lottery ... Hawking and Professor Xavier* from X-Men. My dreams of parsing the grammar

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 9, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Of MUN and Academia What is Course X in Chinese?

  

  , when I went to UPMUNC in November. One of the most common questions the ... (two weekends ago) Members of the BU or MIT MUN program are given the ... the conference from the other side of the spectrum. Joining MUN

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

  The ‘Game’ Supporting inter-collegiate relations.

  

  , MIT is in the mix too. MIT has a long standing tradition of hacking the ... So last week, I made a trek out to the school down the street for The ... I had the chance to go to the game. We started off by visiting the

  • by Bryan
  • November 25, 2006