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  In Transit The people and ideas traversing MIT

  

  watched the second presidential debate. How do I make the most out of MIT ... -lecture on "What MUJI and Design Can Offer the World of the Future". They challenged us to think about the "optimal, ideal inhabitant of the world" and

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 22, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Y U NO HAVE ROLLERCOASTER this is why

  

  in the courtyard, which temporarily becomes a sprawling playground of 2 ... bit less glorious, because the city of Cambridge decreed, for the first ... . Which probably would have been trivial, given the sheer quantity of

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Academic Love Poetry The amount of poetry I write is inversely proportional to the amount of sleep I…

  

  In the middle of 5.12 (Organic Chemistry) lecture, 16 men dressed in ... remember) here?" A brunette near the front of the room slowly stood up, and ... , they sprinted out of the room to thunderous applause. These charming men

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  This will default to miscellaneous Finishing this blog entry was my biggest accomplishment today

  

  way. Like watching 6 episodes of the magic school bus. Like exfoliating ... , without the routine of classes and classmates and well-defined goals ... years. So here it is, what became the biggest dilemma of my day: picking

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Goodbye, Hope to See You Again For those moving on today...

  

  admissions process, we chose you from the thousands upon thousands of super ... that approximately one-third of all of the students we admitted would ... choice for yourself. This isn't the end of the road, and I hope you'll feel

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Professorial Help Thanks to the faculty.

  

  While we continue working 7 days a week toward selecting the Class of ... at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, works to make metal ... in the cadre of engineers and scientists who come up with solutions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 26, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  (Not) Home for the Holidays a very late Thanksgiving post…

  

  12-person feasts on random weekends in the middle of the semester (very ... comes to you in 4 parts. Part 1: The menu I write from ye olden days of ... on some of the classic American Thanksgiving dishes–turkey, mashed

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 3, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work and Energy Can't do the former if you don't have the latter.

  

  Having spent the majority of orientation meeting new people, staying up late, and climbing on roofs, I met the start of school with a dangerous sense of nonchalance. Consequently, I spent the first month of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 7, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I hurt myself again And again and again and again.

  

  things. My failings at life from the last couple of weeks include tripping ... myself in the face on the railing, skidding across six (6) feet of ice ... whatever), and repeatedly getting caught on the laces of my badass new shoes

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 9, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Making house calls "Uhh, someone from MIT wants to talk to you."

  

  As part of the 2011 Early Action Telethon, today I had the opportunity to talk to some of the prospective members of the Class of 2011 ... , the transition depends greatly on the rigor of your high school

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Cake Concert, Wing Dinner, and Senior Ball An action packed 2 weekends: Cake, a wing dinner, and Senior Ball!

  

  yelled out songs that they wanted to hear. Some of the songs that they ... picture of 4 out of the 12 people who came (including my roommate who ... little animals out of napkins.) Notice the huge plates of food

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 7, 2006
• Blog / Events

  RecomMITted On Ring Delivery and the halfway mark

  

  every time I turned on my phone the number of days until Delivery. It ... finally committed the last of my code at 7:15p, and hastily dressed up and headed over to the State Room. Luckily, groups of people were still

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • May 2, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2 Classes For 0 Credit: Beethoven to Mahler and Paradise Lost That can be rearranged to say: Paradise lost to Beethoven and Mahler.

  

  composers is, in my mind, an abstract idea and not a human being. The idea of ... opera, or was that just me?) We spent the first ten minutes of class or ... . I didn't recognize the name of the piece, but my ears recognized the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 17, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Ben Jones Name: Ben Jones; Job title: Communications Dude, MIT Office of Admissions; Hometown: Baltimore, MD

  

  . Favorite things about Boston: The local music scene, the youthful feel of the ... little mermaid was HOT. But in the spirit of MIT, I'll go with Speed Racer ... /MIT: Two things - first, put yourself - your true self - into all of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 1, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  and Notes Form. Because of the competitiveness of our pool, we have ... rest of your college applications this cycle. The balance of the ... . Thank you. Again, congratulations to the newest members of the Class of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 13, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yoga The joys of physical education

  

  successful completion of the swim test (or beginning swimming class) and a ... fulfill this requirement by the end of your sophomore year. (Mitra note ... schedule to ensure completion of this General Institute Requirement. The

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  We bring the sketch to you! The internet is full of weirdness!

  

  I don't know if you've heard of this website, but there's a new invention on the internet, and it's called Omegle! The theory behind it is ... 's with a complete and total stranger. Most of these conversations consist

  • by Snively '11
  • February 4, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Rediscovering en Plein Air Painting by Elisa X. '26, MEng '26

  

  undergrad degree with the rest of my class in Spring 2026 then with my MEng in ... my horizons and get out of my comfort zone. Over the past three years at MIT, I chased all sorts of side adventures, determined to make the

  • by Allison E. '27
  • September 17, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Tim Is So Beautiful to me

  

  . Or at least one of the rotating cast of characters who played Tim. Now ... Earlier this month we launched one of our new admissions videos called MIT Imagination. A lot of work went into that video. Elizabeth and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 19, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorms The closest I'll get to an entry about the different dorms

  

  the author of Beaver Scope Almost a year ago I stumbled upon an ... . The release of the WikiWatcher suite near pranking season makes for a ... . Theoretically, this could be used to generalize the types of people who live there

  • by Snively '11
  • June 24, 2009