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  The Great Debate: Latke vs. Hamentashen The post-coverage.

  

  , Jewish food is not. However, tonight, one of the largest lecture halls at ... year, his defense of latkes resorted to significant mudslinging. At one ... unique is that the professors use their own field of expertise to support

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 6, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Congratulations! You have been named… Time Magazine's Person of the Year!

  

  . Hacking and open-source both have deep roots at MIT. (I always get kind of annoyed when people outside of MIT laugh at us for calling pranks "hacks ... Time Magazine's Person of the Year. It's you. The person reading

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 18, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I “less than 3” the Chorallaries My relaxing and enjoyable vaction draws to a close. *sigh*

  

  Well, it's been quite a week of spring break adventures! I basically ... important on Monday, spent some time at the public library on Tuesday (I'm not ashamed to say that I adore that place), and picked April up at the bus stop

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Seen and Not Seen I wonder, twice, if I might have made a similar mistake.

  

  -perfect meatballs to show for my work. I ended up with half of one at the end of the ... DID YOU KNOW? The melody of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber's "I Don't Know How To Love Him" is remarkably similar to that of the second movement of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  CMS.621: Fans & Fan Culture the class that changed my career trajectory?

  

  shifted over time. At first, listening to this new wave music was an act of ... 've never been the best at argumentative papers. I researched a lot of ... I usually reserve these kinds of posts for life-changing classes, the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 17, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT is a jock school the secret is out

  

  not this much success at a national level, too?  WRONG!  The limits of ... famously nerdy culture. But also: the MIT where 25% of the undergraduates participate in one of the 33 varsity sports. The MIT where, underneath all the

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • May 11, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  hihi i’m back featuring all my favorite excuses

  

  seemed a weird and out of character, or at least been uninteresting. Out of ... of the way by taking two CI-Ms (communication intensive class in the ... [/caption] technological issues For most of the past few months, my 10-year old ipad that I

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 30, 2024
• Blog / Announcements

  FYI: Undergraduates with family income below $200,000 can expect to attend MIT tuition-free starting in 2025 what it says on the tin

  

  : sorry for not blogging much lately. With my new-ish role —  Director of ... kind that is often read by a half dozen people within MIT. It's sort of like [annotation note='In fact, now that I think of it, many aspects of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 20, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  last concert

  

  a speaker pointed at the performers instead of the audience, so that ... the day of the concert - they bring in their own equipment, set it up ... sets of mics, mixers, and speakers so the safe bet was to acquire as much

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 26, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  I Feel *a* Last or at least, I'm trying to

  

  halfway mark of my time at MIT. I felt like there were too many stories left ... bedroom, but a classroom. The camera pans over tens of student's heads bent over blue examination booklets, and stops at me scribbling away at my

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 22, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  aquaporin adventures a livestream of my brain while working on my urop

  

  cells exchange their water in the matter of milliseconds. Proof?" The Science Problem: How fast does water get in/out of cells? 1:31 am: I’m going to work on this for half an hour Thought 1: Rate of water swooshing

  • by Alice L. '24
  • February 25, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicant wishing you all the best and greatest

  

  Dear Applicant to the Class of 2019, The long awaited season of ... most formative (and simply the best) years of your academic path. With ... ’t Procrastinate. Enjoy.You are among the oldest generation of students in your

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 6, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Mustaches in the airport, Daleks in the library, and Food in many stomachs French House winter traditions

  

  lounge at the bottom of the New House 6 staircase: And, as is our nature ... lasagna, tiramisu, and some kind of pumpkin roll cake thing. At this point ... traditions that outlast any particular generation of residents. I live in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 27, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  We Treat You Nicely VOTE VOTE VOTE!

  

  of those ways is to attend MIT. Another one of those ways is to visit ... MIT into that day as possible, but that's kind of what MIT is like, right? Cramming a ton of stuff into a really short time period? I have

  • by Snively '11
  • November 13, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Sam Survey I'M HOSED.

  

  easy, in that order Record for number of grapes held in mouth at one time ... feel like I'm at Disneyland Song used as the opening credits of your ... ..), but I haven't posted at all in March, and if I stopped posted entirely

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All About the MCATs All about the MCATs and what you need to take to prepare for it!

  

  joy of working at the NIH National Human Genome Research Institute ... amassed a boatload of excuses so feel free to complain and I'll send you one back. I assume that most of you have taken the SATs and that you studied

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  a shocking look inside a macgregor single where my loners at

  

  I have to move out of my room that I've lived in for four semesters and a summer. It stings a little, but I figured I'd introduce you to my ... (askabby at mit dot edu) or comment below if you have any questions.

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 23, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Freshman App Questions We're happy to help.

  

  Ahoy! I hope you arrr having a great September. As you know, the MIT Freshman Application is available at MyMIT. The Early Action ... Application section of the site. I am happy to answer your questions (that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 19, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Ask Me Anything no, really

  

  've passed all of my classes, so that means I am officially done with ... ? Well, it means I not only have a lot of free time for writing blog posts, but I'm also feeling reflective. I have a lot of wisdom to share

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • December 29, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Life On Mars and by "Mars" I actually mean "3AB, Simmons Hall."

  

  When it comes to housing at MIT, you've got quite the array of ... love Simmons. I like being able to come "home" at the end of the day and ... ? There's East Campus. Dining plan got you leery? Cook with your friends at

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • February 15, 2011