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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  how dorm structure shapes social life in more ways than i can count, actually

  

  Random Hall also allow cats to wander the halls of floors designated as cat ... suite/floor/hall, or will they return to their rooms only at the end of ... [annotation note="demolished in 2015, RIP"]Bexley Hall.[/annotation] In spite of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 11, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s Pi Day, Pi Day the infinite is alive with the buzz of drones, and the 2020s bake pies

  

  MIT, whose offer I accepted), and denied seven times. In fact, two of ... lot of work to do. So, when I arrived on campus, I was pleased to see ... ;         A helpful hacker forwarded the text of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Liveblog] MARC 2025 A sciencey science conference, feature Anika '26 and me

  

  Day 1, 6 PM Today is the first day of MARC 2025 (the Microsystems ... 's (MTL) annual conference, featuring two days of MIT students presenting ... underestimated the difficulty of snowboarding, which I quickly realized as I fell

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 14, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to Do While Waiting for Decisions Like elevator music, except without the awkwardness of standing next to a stranger whose priorities…

  

  few things I can think of.. Things To Do While Waiting For College ... 'Belle and Sebastian University.' I was like, 'Belle and Sebastian! Awesome ... about your future. Then write a song about it. Preferably in the style of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Reischauer Scholars Program For those interested in Japan or international relations.

  

  entry including the secrets of how to live your life, get into MIT and ... year, I applied and was selected for a scholarship program that studied ... school juniors and seniors to apply to the Reischauer Scholars Program (RSP

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regional Meetings begin Texas, Puerto Rico, and Florida are first up.

  

  first regional meeting of the year, Thursday night in Orlando/Winter Park, FL. Amy has already flown to Texas in advance of her meeting in Dallas ... other universities? How might you know whether or not MIT is a good match

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Radia Perlman ‘73, Mother of the Internet Radia Perlman has three MIT degrees and more than 80 patents.

  

  University of Washington. She's also penned books and technical articles on ... know about the MIT alumna who is known as the "Mother of the Internet ... Sun Microsystems, inventor of the spanning tree algorithm (!). Check

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT History Makes MIT Spotlight! Again, bringing you live reporting from the underappreciated MIT History department.

  

  her treatise on the formation of the Constitution of United States ... , and she is an absolutely fascinating speaker. She has done decades of research on colonial United States up to the Declaration of Independence and

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 4, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Jigsaw Puzzle of Opinions Ramblings Of A Spring Semester Senior

  

  doesn’t offer me a bite. 99.999% of the time I don’t actually want the ... . Going to university puts you in a dorm with dozens of people with ... bit of a culture shock that made me want to better understand my

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • March 25, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  PSA: there’s a new mit.edu!

  

  , the right side offers a daily glimpse of the culture and output of MIT ... before.) The page has been well-liked and well-used. But research of ... perform better (it’s both highly used and a frequent source of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 25, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Supporting our DACA Students MIT’s commitment to the safety and well-being of all students has not changed and will…

  

  of their own. And when offered an opportunity to come out of the ... rumored for awhile, but now seems to be approaching some kind of decision ... Reif argued against the possible repeal of DACA. You should read the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Story of Tim Tebow My friend Steve '11 wrote a blog for the not admitted.

  

  University of Florida. Tim Tebow could easily be known as the wunderkind who ... friend Steve '11 (freshman ex-roommate) was reminded of the story of Tim ... I thought it was really a good story, and maybe some of you would

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2010
• Blog / Blog Projects

  10 Fun (and REAL) Facts About MIT! Incredibly Correct Facts about MIT!

  

  student #1661 #5 - The Oracle of Smell-phi Inside Random Hall resides The ... often collaborates with other universities in Boston and Cambridge, one of which are Harvard University. One of the more well-known projects with

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 1, 2022
• Blog / Events

  17 Days "Hey baby, I motion for an one-on-one unmoderated caucus!"

  

  your Swim Test offered in the beginning of the year, and it basically ... . The conference is hosted by the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia from Thursday to Sunday. (UPMUNC = University of Pennsylvania Model

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 12, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  October Questions Omnibus 1 More Q, and more A.

  

  to ask whether MIT considers the University Level courses of EPGY ... there are people who are primarily motivated to apply to MIT because of ... the moon(that was used by my school's team( I was a leader of that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Yay, weekend!

  

  months of his life on hall. When the evening came, we decided it was such ... lights of Black Bemis and talked, which is a popular quiet-night activity on 5th East. We were soon joined by Lex '00. One of my favorite things

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Writing Science Fiction [by Susan Shepherd '11] Writing takes time, but fortunately MIT gives you good excuses to…

  

  . Even more fortunately, MIT offers a wide variety of courses ... of people periodically have brilliant ideas which they then go over in ... and intricacies of a satisfying plot. Unfortunately, not all of these

  • by ARTalk
  • March 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mexico things my MISTI experience

  

  research at a tiny university on the outskirts of Mexico City, which was a ... impression is that at least a good majority of students who apply to MISTI do ... university. I ended up living there for the majority of my time in Mexico and

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • August 10, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Siete Ciudades de España A very busy IAP

  

  year, I ended up applying for the IAP Madrid program offered by the ... This IAP was my first time ever outside of the United States! El Mirador del Valle--the most beautiful view of Toledo. Photo credit: Rachel

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second Home You're in your room doing a pset. I'm in my lab making science happen.

  

  yeah, I haven't written a blog in too long anyways, so I owe all of you ... kidding. My research deals with the characterization of a novel gene in the aging pathway of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans (a roundworm that is

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 30, 2010