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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Half Harvard, Half MIT My schedule this term is split down the middle. Like the movie Grindhouse. Or Korea.

  

  fellows); and of course there's the whole dressing up for class thing. (I ... glory of Tuesdays, in which I get up at 7 to bus over to Harvard for a ... Nick, who was recently sued by Apple for defending free speech on the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Home on the range Dorm choice timeline and advice.

  

  don't want to not get lotteried into dorm X and set yourself up for ... 's really important that you end up in the best dorm for you and don't succumb ... process a little mysterious at best, so I thought I'd clear up the timeline

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 15, 2006
• Blog / Events

  life, with the brass rat we're halfway there????????????

  

  . Everyone wanted a bite out of everyone for photos, which panned out ... another group photo and that other group is waiting for another person who ... managed to figure it out, for the most part. [caption id="attachment_91429

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • August 26, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Things I Know to Be True Introductions and peanut butter Oreos

  

  be best to eat Oreos upon waking up for class. But if you slather ... to be true. Some truths are easy. For example, the addition of peanut ... ? Easy. On the other hand, some truths are difficult. For example, MIT is

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • September 29, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Engineering Digital Communities reflecting on the start of the zoomester and the months prior

  

  bit, as we all get ready for the day. … After my first class, I meet up ... in a new milestone for me. It was the first day of[annotation note ... exercise I did before for the program I participated in last summer. A little

  • by Waly N. '24
  • September 8, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Adventures of Flat Tim And his admissions officer friend!

  

  for the ‘Gram? Yes, he would.” Then I muster up the energy to go to see ... regional term you use for a major road that you drive relatively fast on"]highway.[/annotation] I grew up in Nashville, TN, a driving city, but I somehow avoided

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • June 6, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Denied by MIT, Now A Goldwater Scholar finding her way four years later

  

  elsewhere. For me, this is one of the most important blog posts I've ever ... sorry for her disappointment but sure she would be a fantastic student at ... ... For a while, I really felt like a failure that I didn't get in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 18, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Before You Arrive on Campus: Orientation Edition On REX, safety, free stuff, and making the most out of it all!

  

  better way for you to feel welcome and pick the perfect-est living space ... friends from home. I’ve had to make up too many months of silence after the ... Library, the second largest in the country. Purchase tickets for performers

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 12, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Late-Night Juggler In which I spend about twenty minutes trying to transcribe the Mass Ave cross signal…

  

  Note: The following is adapted from an article I wrote for CMS.350 ... too :-) It's three in the morning and MIT's campus is, for once, pretty much quiet. Walking up the main steps into Lobby 7, the tweetweet

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 3, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Weekend Shenanigans the adventures (and photographs) continue

  

  This weekend, in some order, I: 1. slept for twelve hours straight ... activity, if not necessarily for the content, then at least for the musical ... about Rocky Horror: for some reason, the showing started at midnight. More

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 20, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Introducing…Stan! Passing the blogger torch

  

  other direction (as in, now that I’m an alumna), it’s time for me to ... Tech for the past two years and know that he is not only an enthusiastic ... less surprising that I ended up at MIT. I mean, if you replace all

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 24, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Deep Breath what's next for all our applicants

  

  minister 50 years ago today. He is responsible for much of whatever good ... really choked up at CPW when I met some students I'd worked with at MITES. A big tear welled up in his eye, and he said: "you know, that's what

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 11, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Some Hosed Down Hodgepodge In which I breathe, then return to my business

  

  for my brain to remember things, as I'll tend to ramble on and on like ... order to isolate the more notable parts of my MIT experience for the past ... did really, really horribly. For some reason, I doubt that is the case

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 23, 2011
• Blog / Events

  (Still) Celebrating the 150th! Boy oh boy is it delicious (and free!)

  

  inviting. For Chipotle lovers and strangers to Mexican food alike, I have but this to say: you have to try a burrito from Anna's. If you're up for it, it's a delicious experience for the mind, the mouth, and the wallet

  • by Cam T. '13
  • July 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ye Olde Career Fair An MIT tradition...and a great opportunity for a discussion on leadership!

  

  When I was first applying for the GEL program, I heard a lot of ... program designed specifically for engineers, or is there really a difference ... leader, chats up a student at the GEL Career Fair boothThe Career Fair is

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • September 28, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Institute of Smashing What do you think MIT and a garbage compactor have in common?

  

  Webster's dictionary has two entries for the word smashing when used ... :   It's good for you   You see, in the many conversations I ... 's only pay attention to the dominant traits. For students who are

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Circus but like a nerd circus. So you know, less elephants and more calculus. Just as…

  

  the others!). Sometimes I go through these periods where I end up doing ... readers may have picked up on, this is one of those times, as my summer has ... -solutions into one more refined package. It's a great job for me, as it's goal

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 7, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Paris Hilton comes to MIT Just kidding, but I bet that got your attention

  

  can go home, enjoy Boston, catch up with friends, and hey, maybe even catch up on work and sleep. And yet, there’s never really time for ... ;? Congrats to Bryan for completing it! Bloggers have strong track record; Mitra

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 24, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Seamless And A Seamless Transition [by Sadie Scheffer '10] I present to you "Seamless: Computational Couture," a smart-fashion show and…

  

  starting up again on campus. Today I received my toolkit for my first ever ... bed in a case that smells like mildew. Luckily for fashion, not everyone ... embellished garments and an umbrella that shrinks on command for space

  • by ARTalk
  • February 27, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Paul Farmer at the Broad Lander update October 28

  

  up for our futures (and our afternoon classes). For both of these ... reimburse us for taking a faculty member out to dinner, since they want to ... "shoot for the moon" in terms of faculty, and emailed Professor Eric Lander

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 20, 2006