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• Blog / Academics & Research

  An OME Welcome to the Institute I took Tsegball, and I have no regrets.

  

  was selected as one of the seventy members of Interphase EDGE that is ... -in. I had a cartful of crap spilling over the sides, that I was ... the picture perfect start to ease my wave of nerves and angst, for what

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Google Maps is NOT the best. But everything else seems to be right.

  

  , supplying 45% of the nation's mushrooms. California, in second place, provides ... grandmothers' house in the middle of the night. In the words of a great man, I ... obvious set pieces, including the giant kiss-shaped mountain of Hershey

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  [Guest Post] The Alleyway by Isabella Y. '24

  

  During the storms of May, the Charles rages toward the ocean while ... as they laugh at the sheer amount of water pouring from the sky. I’d observe them from [annotation note="room on the second floor of tEp, the

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 11, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Day at Stanford University wait, what?

  

  . The buildings are built out of tasteful sandstone and, as a bonus ... half-day sample of the Stanford Experience. Being home briefly for summer ... the Land of Palm Trees and Californian Paradise. That satanist a

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 3, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobody’s Got No Class! I was browsing through the MIT Course Catalog, and thought these classes looked pretty thought-provoking.

  

  favorites. SEM.142 Sex and the [City] Institute: An Exploration of Gender ... experiences of characters in "Sex and the City" are generalizable to people of ... complete a final written project. No prior knowledge of "Sex and the City" is

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Formula SAE: A Turbocharged Experience Join the MIT Formula SAE team to design, engineer, and build a small formula-style autocross…

  

  classroom to an exciting real-world project. The purpose of the competition is to assume the position of a manufacturing firm that has just been ... Chrysler on the performance characteristics of acceleration, braking, and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Random Hall REX! Residence Exploration events at Random Hall. Your orientation booklet is WRONG. :D

  

  Late August is upon us: the last of the graduating seniors have ... haven’t felt since the last time we did p-sets, and one fourth of my ... sing along. We know all of the words, too.  Loop Lounge 12

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 26, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 3 A Valentine's Day surprise

  

  this time of year, it could be mistaken for a painting of the snow ... little plastic bag of chocolates with pink wrappers. The rest of the ... . Two of them, and my professor, pulled out camers and smartphones. As the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Memories I know this feelin', yes I know it very well (Thutmose)

  

  of my students heard about finding their puzzle piece and the magic ... at the end of your college application journey? What's the point of ... CPWs past on the walls, and a picture of the quad near room 3-108 rested

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  The Mystery Of The Missing Application Tracking Portlet A quick clarification.

  

  I apologize for the confusion surrounding the removal of the ... did an incredible job of processing things well beyond the deadline. On ... excuse to let go of the process a little bit. You've done everything you

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 3, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Sorting Hat of Sorts Where you live may be one of the most important parts of your time here…

  

    Ahh summer. The fresh air. The copious amounts of free time ... being at school I've lived in many different parts of the housing system ... (Residence Exploration). REX is where each of the dorms pulls out all the stops

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m just curious as to why you keep invoking William Faulkner. "MIT is so charmingly nerdy" entries #12 and 35.

  

  destroy the organic unity of this entry. Anyway, in the midst of this not the greatest week, I was thinking about limericks, which of course led ... the work of William Faulkner is set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Moving Out oooh, I am, moving out, mmhmm..

  

  At the end of last year, I transferred from Burton 2 to Burton 1, and ... singles are not for the claustrophobic, the faint of heart, or in this ... into singles if they choose to stay in the dorms (about 50% of MIT guys

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 15, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Waitlist This is not an easy entry to write so I'll just keep it short. No…

  

  wrong. To those of you who were on the waitlist, particularly those of ... nutshell, we're not going to be able to admit anyone from the waitlist this year. Our yield was simply too high - unprecedented, as a matter of fact

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  On the Flip Side I'm a host instead of a prefrosh this year - but CPW has still been…

  

  year instead a prefrosh's: there's less of the aimless wandering, the ... of the sleep loss, the mingling with prefrosh, and the unreserved excitement for being here, at MIT, with some of the most incredible people in

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 10, 2010
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What are the residence halls/housing like?

  where they feel best. Detailed descriptions of the undergraduate residence halls are available on the Housing site. ... More than 70% of our undergrads live on campus, including all first
• Blog / MIT Life

  Epilogue An open letter about blogging, growing up, and the end of my first year at…

  

  Dear reader: It's time that I confess one of the most soul-wrenching facts of the blogging profession. (Pardon me, did I just call it a ... all!) fully enjoying the anonymity of the Internet as I subtly brainwash

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 21, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Stop and Smell the Seasons Before it's winter and your nose is so numb you can't smell anything.

  

  consider the brisk weather a welcome change. My impressions of fall, in the ... buses arrived in a cloud of dust and we stormed the orchard, wielding ... and a bottle of apple cider, we sat down between the animal pens and the

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor Ernesto Blanco: A Lesson in Creative Engineering "Science and engineering are like two sides of a coin, where the value of the…

  

  teaches us about the FUNdaMENTALs of design and we have guest speakers share ... included the Chief Engineer of General Motors and an engineer from Texas Instruments who designed a sensor that detects the weight of a passenger and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 28, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Two Valentine’s Day Serenades Happiness and hearts and the MIT Logarhythms and Muses in cell biology!

  

  to join us in the aisle?” By now the rest of the MIT Logarhythms were in the room. “Madeline,” one of them said, “meet the Logs.” And then, in unison, “Hi Madeline.” One of the boys kneeled. “We actually have a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 16, 2013