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• Blog / Community Projects

  Guest Post: Simmons Hall Finishes 18,239 Piece Puzzle in 40 days and 5 hours

  

  took Simmons 40 days and 5 hours. I am incredibly grateful for the help ... ,000 piece puzzle to leave out in Simmons for people to solve over IAP? If this ... success. After an hour in which nobody showed up, followed by another hour

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 29, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  Rowing at MIT: a guest post by Connor M. ‘16

  

  for MIT. I had never rowed before college, but I fell in love with the ... : Growing up, I never thought I’d become a college rower. I was a swimmer in ... was important to stay in shape and to keep my mind off school for some

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 26, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Sorting of the Frosh (MacGregor Style) We don't have a Sorting Hat, but this is how MacGregor does In-House Rush

  

  and/or answer an email! For starters, MacGregor is divided up into 9 ... there are tens of other resources out there for the general process ... , when the last of the freshmen are moving onto campus for orientation into

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 24, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Adventures on the Charles Aka we go outdoors sometimes

  

  weekend, we signed up for a canoeing trip and picnic lunch along the Charles ... announcements for free activities. Over Memorial Day weekend, we met the Boston 1 ... “trained” for half an hour to compete in a mock-race. Everyone was super

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 15, 2014
• Blog / Events

  (Paint)Ballin’ Hey, if you're already hosed, you might as well have a good reason for it

  

  to run up until the Friday of that week. So basically, you're learning ... bigger!): Not pictured: The wake for my recently-lost composure Couple ... IT IS IMPORTANTYes. That's MIT tip number one: when studying for long

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 19, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Let the games begin! Last minute advice for your CPW.

  

  Hey prefrosh! Welcome to campus! If you're not here yet, hurry up ... ". Although your host is probably a fairly awesome person, they'll be around for ... ). CPW is a chance for you to meet people in your grade and go to once

  • by Cam T. '13
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sabar drums, Rwanda, and the C.I.A Can you guess what all this stuff has in common?

  

  what he's up to. "What d-d-d-did you have for d-d-d-dinner? EASY ... over for a job at the C.I.A Whoa, hold up, what? Yea, the C.I.A was ... stroking for the day, the real reason is because today was so cool, so

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Happy Valentine’s Day from MIT Because theobromine is delicious.

  

  the Admissions Department has cooked up for its Early Action admits. If ... dreaming up MyMIT and the blogs, and to everything else that goes on behind ... , arriving in mailboxes across the nation just in time for everyone to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / Events

  1 Month, 0 Classes IAP tomorrow and an opportunity to mystery hunt!

  

  looking for a team can sign up as unattached hunters. New hunters always ... and historian for Opera Boston Tue Jan 16, Thu Jan 18, Tue Jan 23, Thu Jan 25, 10:30am-01:00pm, 4-160 No enrollment limit, no advance sign up

  • by Bryan
  • January 7, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You don’t know what a robot is? I dig Roger Ebert. Roger Ebert digs MIT. Thus, I dig MIT.

  

  : All of this is just a way of leading up to the gut reaction I had all ... subtle ideas for science fiction movies is invaded in this film by an ... " column--and guess who he asked for scientific advice. Seeking an expert

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  wednesday at wai & aina (liveblog) and leaving the mit bubble

  

  Hallee prepped it in the morning; and Courtney cooked it all up for our ... right now, but it's been sunny these past few weeks. for the most part ... were essentially entirely up in the air at that point, he sent me a

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • January 21, 2026
• Blog / MIT Life

  500 Days of Summer (or 104 days, if you believe that phineas and ferb counted correctly)

  

  - it's a scenic drive up in northern New Hampshire and perfect for a day ... and some other friends up to the roof for fireworks, and these pictures ... actually are. Also, summer is sort of nebulously defined for me as an MIT

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 17, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Being Home and Answering Questions some changes, some constants, and the end of pass/no record

  

  up to the East Coast influence, maybe? Regardless (for me at least ... degrees and the skies are probably going to be blue for the next three ... , final grades are coming out, with little "P" for Passes appearing on

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 21, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  13/101 Things To Do Before You Graduate 2 of my favorite days at MIT, to date.

  

  Graduate" list. See here, here, and here, for example. To summarize: during ... years at MIT, (b) leave in the closet for all four years, then pull it out ... as a placemat for his jade plants. He pulled it out after finals, and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 22, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Week of Music Eight bands in nine days, and I still missed five performances.

  

  fascists!" Not surprisingly, he urged everyone to pick up fliers for an anti ... much it. We can talk—or argue—about music for hours upon hours. We have ... like a baby fresh out of the womb. I stood there in awe for about an hour

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 28, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Give Me Liberty . . . Or Give Me a Towel!!!

  

  One thing you can totally count on as a student at MIT is for Boston ... included city-wide pillow fights, web-comic meet-ups, no-pants subway rides ... summer. I checked out the Banditos Misteriosos website for the details. The

  • by Snively '11
  • August 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Holy Grail of Classes Think of the coolest class you can. Then think of one that's a million times…

  

  ourselves up the best we could and waited for any final comments from our ... left in high spirits, knowing that we had all signed up for the best ... class on Tuesday (a math recitation at 1 o'clock for an hour). I

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  snapshot diary 2.0 an image a day keeps the psets (and workday) away

  

  in about a month for an internship, so I was reading up on Sound ... frog for a Korean Soju brand and it is adorable. There was a pop-up store ... way too sleepy for it. My friend was dressed up as Emo Jimmy Butler, if

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 14, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  glassblowing & me a series of memories

  

  prompt for our weekly poem; this week, what we write is up to us. Purely on ... -250 for an hour with 250 other very hopeful people, and feel like the ... . March 12, 2020: After my afternoon classes, I walk into the glass lab for

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 18, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Night Off Campus and some dancing

  

  UberPool. Kamoya is Nigerian like me. He lived in Lagos for several ... Pool arrives, and a dollar and fifty cents worth of travel later (that ends up ... way for a lot, but when we knock on the door, and it opens, the light

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 21, 2016