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  PumpkiNerd Carving My dorm had a pumpkin carving contest, and categories were funniest, scariest, geekiest, most original,…

  

  "vegetabletarian" is more accurate.) Me? Not so much. For the handful of you ... in? Here's Veena '06, who lives in Baker House. Look at the ... As I pasted in my previous entry, my dorm had a pumpkin carving

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Art? It's late, but not too late.

  

  -envelope calculations to determine to what temperature the chocolate had to be heated in ... in the 223 suite. The plot: An evil clam comes to Boston to unleash ... sheets. The most review sheets I ever had for a class was 12, front and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A with Prof. Jonathan Gruber ‘87 (CPW Preview!) Our second CPW Keynote Speaker, Economics Professor Jonathan Gruber '87, answers a few questions in…

  

  elected to the Institute of Medicine in 2005, and in 2006 he received the ... the 19th most powerful person in health care in the United States by ... incredibly exciting is that we have the best faculty in the world along with

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Don’t Worry, Be Happy A few words of advice.

  

  So the title is pretty obvious, I'm modeling this entry after Sam's. Back in the Fall of 2002, I set out on a journey that is still ongoing. I ... school." To me at that point, it was like this castle in the sky. I didn

  • by Bryan
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  AIDS Walk San Francisco Shameless solicitation -- join the fun

  

  fundraising goal. I want to do as much as I can to make a difference in the ... This Sunday, I am participating in the 2006 AIDS Walk San Francisco ... '06 will be walking with us as well. If you're in the Bay Area this

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freebie Part II My schedule

  

  freebie entry, an entry in which all we have to do is share with you our ... are Wednesdays with that gap in the middle, but the rest is pretty full ... movies related in some form or fashion. It has the potential to be an

  • by Snively '11
  • February 12, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Hartford meeting wrap-up Giving a better answer to a question I was asked in my Hartford meeting.

  

  exciting activities. In the spirit of "better late than never," here is a more full answer to that question: In addition to lab classes and the ... % of its solar array, and yet still the MIT team was able to finish in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Singing with a Local Filk Group [by Susan Shepherd '11] At MIT, I discovered that my "unusual" hobbies weren't all that…

  

  is the culture. It's hard to describe, but there's a peculiar mix of ... hear about and have the chance to particupate in. And that's how I ... a treat to join in on. And if you enjoy guitar or the flute or the

  • by ARTalk
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Rush Course 12 what it’s like to study Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at MIT

  

  non-double major in the class of 2022 and physics (course 8) is by far the most popular course to pair with course 12. Field Work One of the ... get a UROP in EAPS - generally all you need to do is find a professor

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 6, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Early Morning Construction and other bexley woes.

  

  consecutive days now and the noise is making it impossible to sleep as I live on ... window yesterday is certainly being put to good use. The view has changed ... , sometimes, all you need to do is ask. Because within the day, I received 3

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The ‘How to College’ Masterpost A comprehensive guide for frosh, from all corners of the interwebz.

  

  ; Academics   How to Study (well, how I study...) Putting the Organs in ... can’t wait to arrive! Remember to be careful around the muggles when ... also concern elephant-in-the-room topics--drinking, sexual encounters

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Denied by MIT, now a PhD student at the Media Lab

  

  undergraduate admission in the past, who went on to pursue their ambitions ... accepted to MIT Media Lab, the place that I was dreaming of in high school ... are among the many stellar students to whom we are not offering

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 24, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s a freshman like me doing at Career Fair? hint: I'm not wearing a suit

  

  ". "Career" is not really a word in my vocabulary yet, blogging is the closest ... , I subscribe to the British style, which is naturally the more correct ... If you're looking for an in-depth view of Career Fair and all the

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 22, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SONIC JUBILANCE A day at the new Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building at MIT

  

  Open House In the afternoon leading up to the much-anticipated SONIC ... recitation-room, is to be heated and lighted, and, through the kindness of ... for a college orchestra. The success of this concert will have much to

  • by Jeremy W.
  • February 22, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Forbes and MIT there's graphs in this one

  

  alums in the 30 Under 30 for the past three years. (Slice of MIT is a cool ... knowing how what industries Forbes thinks MIT is innovating the most, so I ... suits. The MIT alum in Education is the founder of eduCanon (now known as

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 19, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Dreams How MIT has helped me keep a life long promise

  

  For many people, the idea of "what do I want to be when I grow up" is ... answered by just saying the first thing that comes to mind. There is time ... . If you are new to the MIT blogs, mine in particular, there are a few

  • by Ben O. '19
  • August 22, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Blog Action Day Did you ever get the feeling that the Internet is full of nonsense?

  

  help, and the great insight you provide to those of us looking in from ... Did you ever get the feeling that the Internet is full of nonsense? Well, you're not alone. Tomorrow is the second annual Blog Action Day

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 14, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Hawk Flies High Spontaneous jazz improv at 77 Massachusetts Avenue.

  

  was in the presence of a true artist. He wasn't there to busk or beg, or ... night. At first I attributed it to the loudspeakers that blast rock and ... back and looked at the stars, listening to the cars hiss by underneath

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • August 7, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Doggy Birthday Meet Simmons Hall's smallest - and furriest - new resident, who just turned 8.

  

  Maseeh and Burton Conner, to have one on the premises. In honor of ... for Tai Shan, the giant panda born at the National Zoo in 2005, whom a ... pieces of vegan chocolate cake, to be had. The birthday girl lapped up

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Clinging to the Coattails of Identity Who am I now?

  

  culture. If you’re in the market for somewhere to be from, I give Hawaii a ... The summer before you come to MIT, there’s a bunch of forms to fill ... !"]FPOP applications[/annotation], advisor forms… You thought the get-to

  • by Allison E. '27
  • August 29, 2025