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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  As Winter Melts things are gonna change so fast

  

  their mark upon the Institute. By saying this, I don't mean to say that

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 3, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Waxing nostalgic, in a zen kind of way I've heard of zen. This is not zen.

  

  Junior-Senior P/D/F, and they can't satisfy any Institute or departmental

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  American culture at its finest: Thanksgiving How my family celebrates the holiday. Plus a crash course in U.S. culture for internationals.

  

  : apparently, engineering students from Stevens Institute of Technology in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Odds and ends and Canada A study break, plus some other highlights of the week

  

  -renowned Whitehead Institute. Speaking of unfortunate product advertising, my

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 12, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  The Bad Week, or How To Lose Sleep and Alienate People I'm giving out life advice today. I know you didn't ask for it, but I'm…

  

  Institute Requirements). They may also be an underclassman. Or a professor or

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 3, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  My Application Story Modified (but mostly plagiarized) from my personal blog. Enjoy the copy pasta.

  

  , and hopefully attending, the institution. To me, at that point, there

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 17, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Fall Formal My Saturday evening.

  

  One of the most common misconceptions about MIT is that the Institute is all about working hard, finishing problem sets, writing code, curing cancer, and otherwise having no fun at all. I know this is a common

  • by Paul B. '11
  • September 24, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  :00 a.m. EST- Sabar Drumming Class Before you graduate, the Institute not

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The other 2 of the 3 R’s About reading and writing on campus -- forget the 'rithmetic.

  

  Institute's best-kept secrets. I was surprised to find Pulizter Prize

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Shakespeare Ensemble This ain't your AP English class's Shakespeare.

  

  One all-too-common misunderstanding I've encountered about MIT is that "no one" at the Institute appreciates, let alone participates, in the humanities or the fine arts. Well, I don't know about No One, maybe

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All-You-Can-Eat Summer I hit food coma at the first paragraph.

  

  Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. And so, we employed our favorite technique

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 10, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Ben’s Farewell The conclusion to the Ben tribute entries, and a little advice.

  

  's done for me and the institute. We'll miss you, Ben. Best of luck.

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 28, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  I’m Poor!!! But I don't have to be!

  

  students who call alumni and solicit donations to the institute. A third of

  • by Snively '11
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Art Keeps Me Sane At MIT [by Danbee Kim '09] The beautiful irony is that the analytical, obsessive, and perfectionist mindset…

  

  to an institute of technology that costs more than $45,000 a year to

  • by ARTalk
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Into the Sunset [by Cadet Paul Estrada, '09] My fascination with color guard, and participation in a colonel's…

  

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a proud cadet at Air Force ROTC Det 365

  • by ROTC
  • October 19, 2007
• Blog / Events

  A sample of life in the past week A summary of a million events in 7 days!

  

  to court her. She ultimately chose the Massachusetts Institute of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 21, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Pre-MIT prep How to prepare yourself for life at MIT -- hint: watch Chappelle's Show. Everyone else…

  

  often help with funding if you do it through the Institute. Prepare for

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work Hard, Play Hard MIT students actually have lives, occasionally.

  

  Sila queries: How good are the social departments at MIT? And, at the risk of sounding like a complete idiot, I have to ask: do people always talk about science at MIT? I mean, obviously it IS the institute of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you do with a BS in econ? Answering Karen's question about my degree

  

  think tank, like the Brookings Institute. There are more varieties of

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 9, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh, sweet freedom? One girl's tale of how to (try and) fend for herself in college. Tire swing…

  

  a half, since painting is allowed in Senior House and Institute White

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 23, 2006