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• Blog / About Decisions

  The Beard, The Name, The Response, and EC Why does it say E.Jones on my door when I am B.Jones, and why is…

  

  'm getting kindof hairy, much to the chagrin of my wife. There's a story behind ... 'd gone to MIT I totally would have lived in EC. I'm not saying it's the ... 's differences. I dig that. I'll try to dig up perspectives on the other dorms in

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 28, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt begins tomorrow A fun puzzle to solve.

  

  The annual Mystery Hunt (history here) begins tomorrow at 12:17pm in MIT's Lobby 7. To give you a flavor of the Hunt, I decided I'd post ... don't spoil the fun too much! Solution tomorrow.

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Sailing Spring Break a trip to Charleston and why the sailing team is awesome

  

  My spring break consisted of some of the things I love most in this ... , the sailing team goes to the College of Charleston in South Carolina for ... sailing on the Charles River (which, in case you didn't know, is dammed and

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • April 7, 2017
• Blog / How to Food

  to build a (taste of) home ft. some topologically challenged zongzi

  

  to make zongzi. There is a proper way -- the kind seen in every youtube ... little Cantonese growing up, our ability to communicate in Chinese is ... turns out that trying to make not-well-known-Chinese-food in Boston is

  • by Alice L. '24
  • June 24, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Talk to Strangers you might want to keep what they have to say forever

  

  great to actually be able to just stop someone in the middle of the ... like this, or even this.* Last semester, I found the remedy to most ... Programs, which you could listen to here). The final project in the class

  • by Ana V. '15
  • July 22, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  International conference followup A post especially for international students: casting a wide net to find a good college…

  

  things to come from this group in terms of information is the international ... you might imagine, MIT is near the top in terms of total money awarded; on the most recent list, we're third, supplying $8,628,074 in aid to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Report on the Status of Undergraduate Women at MIT in honor of International Women's Day

  

  proven competence, the average woman at MIT is less confident in her ... statistical findings in the report reflect this. But most importantly, the ... designed and administered in 2014. The takeaway: young women at MIT are every

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 8, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  My How Times Change… ...and yet, they are much the same.

  

  challenge in the weeks ahead is to ultimately select a school from the list of ... home than MIT and I was the first child in my family going off to college ... place for me to be, I kept thinking to myself. But, in the long run, what

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I painted a mural for Borderline! bird-erline mural

  

  is a playlist of the mostly 90's-00's music I listened to while I ... in an art classroom. To get the straight edges for the background, I ... what I wanted. I stuck with wall paints for the most part. I had to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • May 5, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tales From Turning Twenty They range from "a little peculiar" to "utterly bizarre."

  

  sitting in the kitchen at 6am, one hand writing an equation to show that the ... Martin Rees’ dog.” “The good news is that life goes on somewhere in the ... me to take a much-needed break from writing the J-Lab paper by playing

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 7, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW on the Web CPW comes to you...ON THE INTERNET

  

  awesomeness is how to keep track of it all! In the past, we've given our CPW ... it is on campus. The ability to "favorite" or "bookmark" events that ... people in Göd öf Wär III*, I, like everyone else in the office, have

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 2, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  More questions

  

  submissions of art, music, etc, but it is starting to get a little late in the ... lots and lots of applications, is the best way to gain insight. "Question ... question, how much does getting recruited help you in the admissions process

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 31, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Digging through old bookmarks time for some blasts from the past

  

  say no to things too. Why selection bias is the most powerful force in ... window into the kinds of things I was interested in three to five years ago ... a Santa Claus. Supposedly one of the most reprinted newspaper

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 18, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  When You Yourself Are Far Away Donuts, used books, and some wonderful/terrible recipes you need not try.

  

  Career Fair is a magical time: in addition to the opportunity and the ... is much closer to us now that we live closer to Harvard than to MIT ... Store is a book store. In the basement, however, the Harvard Book Store is

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Ninth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 2PM on 02/14/06.

  

  ). ------------------------------------- Monique wrote: "Is it possible, maybe next year, to have the blogs in the ... . ------------------------------------- Swissinsenegal wrote: "Hi, i plan to apply next year. The thing is that i am in the ... fit into a tube. This material is not ready in time to send to the EA

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  infinite corridors can’t believe there are no posts with this title yet

  

  ’d like to get there eventually from the answer is not a hut in the woods ... is the picture i have in mind: i was so preoccupied during undergrad ... all the code myself, most of the heavy lifting is done by tools like

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  Choosing Classes: Choice Paralysis [skye from valorant voice] help a girl out would ya!

  

  Sign Language I (?) TR 9-10:15 AM This course is an introduction to the ... -building strategies in the various media and genres in order to develop a critical and ... since I'm not sure what I want to concentrate in yet1 Cons: is a night

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 3, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  The Lessons I’ve Learned and it only took three full semesters and a summer

  

  need to know to learn When the first exam week came in late September, I ... and to learn the material in a way that I'd remember it. They also told ... because the model I had formed in my mind wasn't robust enough to handle it

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  bloggers.addAll( newBloggers); System.out.println("Hello, World!");

  

  is planning to major in course 6 or course 18, in part to find out what ... . So is the sentence before it. Right now he lives in Burton-Conner and is thinking about majoring in course 6, maybe. Joel wants to show you

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  A New Year’s Resolution, MyMIT-Style Thoughts on my proposal to make MyMIT more community-based.

  

  seems to demand attention. Alas. Hoping to be back in the office tomorrow ... with the authors of our features. I think we'll be able to get there in ... Happy new year everyone! I've been out with the flu most of this

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 7, 2005