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  Lobby 7 Gotta love it

  

  taking pictures in front of the seal. I’ve stopped to watch the practice sessions of more than one student dance troupe late at night.  I’ve heard the ... group of students jamming with guitars, passed by the MIT marching band

  • by Kris Guay
  • October 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Meet TOFU Warning: post may contain dangerously high amounts of "daaaaaaaawwwwww"

  

  First of all, apologies for the radio silence. I've been sequestered in reading and committee for the last few weeks. Today may be a Sunday ... . This thing is TOFU. TOFU is the baby of Ryan Wistort, a grad student

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 27, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Alia Whitney-Johnson: Making a Difference in Sri Lanka Alia Whitney-Johnson, a Junior studying Civil and Environmental Engineering, spent three weeks teaching the art…

  

  towards the advancement of underserved communities. Alia Whitney-Johnson, a ... teaching the art of jewelry making to eighteen Sri Lankan young mothers in a ... language barrier and recalls discovering the power of non

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Snapshot Statshot A quick look at some numbers from this year's admissions process.

  

  of the year to date in MIT Admissions. This year, we had 13 ... colleges in terms of waitlist size, usually keeping one of the proportionally ... uncertainty around yield, we decided to significantly increase the size of our

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  5 Halloween Costume Ideas for MIT Students but they're pretty bad

  

  different tech school Tired of spelling "Massachusetts"? This is just the ... 't Massachusetts. #2 – Alchemist Show some love for one of the most notable ... : (Whether it's a scream of joy or anguish is a different question.) #3 – The

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 15, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s Making Me Happy This Week: Week 1 Spider-Man, Nina Yuen, and More!

  

  the early UK release date, and I absolutely loved it. A huge fan of the ... '15 and I visited Amsterdam a few weeks back one of our stops was at the ... video above, Heather Who, was my favorite of the bunch. Ghost Ship - Sarah

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • May 2, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Product Design, MIT style Sometimes, lab is the best place for a dance party.

  

  it. It's infamous for the inordinate amount of time that it requires of ... of the seniors in Mechanincal Engineering are split into teams, which ... "The Home") and all of the students brainstorm potential products that

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 28, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Study Breaks, Apple Pies, and Formal Halls

  

  of us visited Girton College, which (I think) is the farthest college ... there's the apple orchard. I really wish we had taken some pictures of ... promise I will get off the topic of food (soon).

  • by Cambridge
  • November 3, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 1: Quito Old Town The hostel, the basilica, and Embarrassing Spanish Attempt #2

  

  , the hostel bed is very cozy and has lots of wool blankets and a big ... we were impatient to explore Quito's Old Town. Quito is the capital of ... 's first time traveling outside of the US, and he remarked that "this feels

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus, Part One Photos and commentary of a sample floor of the East Campus dormitory.

  

  reasons that are still unclear, the sampling of East Campus bloggers has yet ... the dorm, for what it may be worth. Yes, each of East Campus' ten floors ... resident tutor). The dormitory consists of two parallel buildings officially

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • June 26, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  I jumped into the river ...black-haired Asians swam with me.

  

  line up to surf in it. Kind of like the swan boats in Boston Common, but more EXTREME! You even see a bunch of people swimming in it all the ... ! Undaunted by my cries of agony, Ling clotheslines into the water. She is

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Test Taking at MIT The beauty of The Cheat Sheet

  

  while I was cleaning things out for the new semester, a gentle reminder of ... between the size of my handwriting and my grade point average, a fact that ... order to maximize the amount of information that I am able to distill into

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Thing-A-Mah-Bobs Never walk up to a duck trying to cross the street

  

  '?] “Whatever -- anywhere the wind blows is cool” In other news: one of the ... combinations. One of the strangest I’ve had so far has been Loco Moco. Besides the name sounding really fun, the dish is made of two beef patties over

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • July 8, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Aftermath Literally.

  

  . This is understandable behavior. The past few months of your life were ... of the biggest perks about getting accepted early is also getting on ... longing for the “chill and settled” state-of-mind SSSs had since say

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 17, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Human Factor And String Theory Two links to start your weekend.

  

  Manhattan, but I'm not complaining. That's one of the things I love about New ... blogging more frequently in November. In the meantime, here are a couple of ... video was designed to remind alums of all the reasons they love MIT, but I

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 26, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  What is Simmons Hall Like? part of my freshman year experience

  

  cardboard). One of the others was holding up a picture of my high school ... end of the building, then walk up back to the same level. For my FPOP and half of orientation, I lived on the floor 3C. My dorm room was

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 16, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  The MIT Application is now available! You can now access the MIT freshman application at MyMIT.

  

  different parts of your application. On your MyMIT site, you will find the ... with each recommendation letter. You will submit your part of the ... note that MIT is not a member of the Common Application. MIT has its own

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Greetings from Cambodia: D-Lab students in the field Janet Li from D-Lab blogs from Cambodia

  

  composting bins and a low-cost biodigester under the guidance of an expert in ... heading back to Massachusetts tomorrow, and the rest of us have less than ... two rounds of interviews as part of the D-Lab Technology Evaluation

  • by OEL
  • January 25, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Announcing New Bloggers for 2010! A digital debutante ball...

  

  Last week, the blogging committee - comprised, as always, of the ... difficulty of the decisions is no excuse for not making them. Decide we must ... her research at last summer's RSI was voted one of the top-five papers

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 16, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Shakespeare Ensemble This ain't your AP English class's Shakespeare.

  

  he doesn't like the arts - but the truth of the matter is that MIT students have quite a bit of respect for drama, music, poetry, and all the ... and I went to see the one of these 50 student groups in action

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 23, 2008