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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Ponderings of a lifeguard Why are white water rapids white?

  

  So the other day at work, I was sitting at the bottom of one of the water slides. And I was bored out of my mind. There were about 3 people in ... week. Whenever I'm at a spot with any kind of cascading water (which is

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / Events

  4th of July Celebrations Boston, and the MIT campus, are great places to celebrate the 4th of July.

  

  arguably the best 4th of July festivities in the country, and MIT has a front ... concert occurs at Boston's Hatch Shell, a concert venue on the Esplanade, a ... and MIT. The fireworks barge is moored in the middle of the Charles

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 2, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Making of Embrace the backstory to a gender-bending concept dance video, written by Ayomide F. '18

  

  really beautiful. Anyway, I met CK at the very beginning of my freshman ... out at the time and we loved the way it colorfully explored the topic of ... with the world isn’t always something we’re capable of. At the end of the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 11, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Three Tales of Junior Year Accidental Harvard Class, UROPs, Experimenting in College

  

  (that’s 46.5% of the total class load!). The ones at MIT were: 17 ... , on the history of early international students at MIT, with a professor ... class time at the end of the semester to just chat about her field. I can

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 10, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels More on the evolution of the MIT class ring.

  

  To go along with Chris' entry about excitement for the unveiling of the ring, here's a bit of history and background. Each class year at MIT officially gathers three times -- once, at the beginning, for the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  a week of summer ft. cafes, lab, and assorted thoughts

  

  plays, there’s always at least one free table, and most of the clientele ... unlimited breadsticks. We as a household had near-unlimited stores of cake at ... flower pressed between pages. Here’s a snapshot of a week: https

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 8, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Laptop Stickers of MIT and their stories~

  

  Camp Kesem at MIT. "Part of Your World" is the best Disney song, hands ... the worst of TFP, and advocate for better services at MIT Medical. 2020 ... are NASA faded stickers I got at career fair a couple of years ago. And

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 2, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Catalogue of Fridays Like the unsolicited kind you get in the mail, but with more pictures!

  

  weekdays. Sure, Monday is a pain. Tuesday is kind of meh. Wednesday at least ... December, I somehow managed to pull myself out of bed at 6:30AM and trek over ... semester at MIT and only one more day of actual classes tomorrow. The days

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Years of the Rat More about MIT's famous class ring: the "Brass Rat."

  

  Following up on JKim's entry about excitement for the unveiling of the ring, here's a bit of history and background. Each class year at MIT ... two years at MIT, and drawing upon suggestions and ideas of the entire

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 21, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Four days of fun! I did so much last long weekend and very little of it was productive.

  

  Boston right at sunset showed me a view of the city I had never seen before ... small amount of work done, but a pretty large amount of good memories, so I thought I would share some of the things I did. Who says MIT

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 17, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Of MUN and Academia What is Course X in Chinese?

  

  credits before the beginning of the second semester (one semester at MIT ... additional credits, you will qualify for sophomore standing at the end of your ... Model United Nations at MIT. I covered this issue somewhat in this entry

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 18, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The Coin Is Found! The Mystery Hunt ends after 36 hours.

  

  What Bomb at Midnight in a refridgerator in the basement of E18. It was a great 36 hours of hunting! I'll post some fun puzzles in my next ... Hunt! "The Evil Midnight Bombers What Bomb at Midnight" is the team

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 15, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do dual enrollment students apply as a first-year or transfer applicant?

  -year applicant regardless of how many units of study you may have taken at the university level. Information on transfer credit is available at the Office of ... -level courses while in high school apply for first-year admission at MIT. If you
• Blog / Admissions

  Juniors: MIT and other summer programs Juniors may want to start thinking about summer programs including MITES, RSI, and WTP.

  

  juniors. MITES and RSI are free; WTP is subsidized and offers financial aid ... to one of these programs, don't procrastinate! The MIT programs are just three of many terrific math & science summer programs that high

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 16, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Semester of poetry

  

  lot of endeavors here at MIT you need this form of precision and rigor ... enjoying the class and like how it kind of naturally allows me to set time ... an exercise in building up a gradual picture of how people answer

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • November 24, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Meaning of August It's time for classes, moving, colorful dorm rooms, and new bloggers.

  

  all of the dorms at MIT remain open for summer residents, my floor was ... you want to paint and he always says yes. Then at the end of the year ... starting, summer was over - all kinds of depressing things like that. This

  • by Evan B. '10
  • August 15, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  The Complexity of Simplicity Not as paradoxical as it sounds

  

    Did you know the soda can top (or "pop" can for those of you so inclined) took ~5 years to perfect and develop? And look at it. It's simply a tab on a lever that punches out a precut piece of aluminum. It

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 8, 2011
• Blog / Events

  TBT: The Science of Chocolate The school down the street does cool things

  

  of the best things about going to school at MIT is that you get to live ... learned about the different phases of chocolate at different temperatures ... this is a chart :/ At the end of the presentation, Enric did some

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 9, 2015
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What programs fall under the School of Architecture & Planning?

  Architecture was one of the four original departments at MIT, and it ... humanities at MIT. The Department of Architecture is one of five divisions ... and technology. Through recognition of architecture as a liberal
• Blog / Events

  The State of Things Deflated, that about sums it up.

  

  exploring of campus, I'm not sure my body can handle much more of this. Let me describe my last couple minutes for you. [background] I've just woken up at 11 o'clock after going to bed at 6. I drag myself up, into the bathroom

  • by Snively '11
  • April 13, 2008