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• Blog / How to Food

  [guest post] crumbly fruit and the importance of keeping at it by Caleb M. '27

  

  simple it is. I make it every week or so for my family in the evenings and ... position it's sitting in so you have to turn off the food processor, open it ... move in there, close it, and turn it back on. But the fruit is still just

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 13, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Helicopter Flight Training [by CDT Greg Wellman '09] 500 feet above Boston with two MIT Deans.

  

  hard to get caught up in this experience and miss the whole takeoff. I ... [by CDT Greg Wellman '09] For the second time in my life, I had the chance to ride in a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter. My first experience was

  • by ROTC
  • October 3, 2007
• Blog / How to MIT

  Better ways to get around campus as in "better" i mean "objectively worse"

  

  I’m now in my third year at Next House, so the long walk to campus is ... carry me. But sometimes, the Tech Shuttle is so far from the nearest stop that just walking to Next is the faster option. I have a skateboard, but

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 14, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two quick items from the web Anthropology of War and Peace, and a ton of snow at Chi Phi.

  

  . The course, which recently has focused on the war in Iraq, is described ... corner of Commonwealth Ave. and Hereford Street in the Back Bay to welcome ... whether war is intrinsic to human nature, what causes war, how particular

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Night at da Opera A Jolly Splendid Time!!

  

  in elementary school. Ah, the glory days.[/caption] The class is a lot ... armies," even though she had decided in herself to leave the cause to be ... , not a sprint. I don't have to run the same pace as the guys in the front

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 1, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Literature Tea & Mural Contest Artwork on cookies and walls.

  

  : Literature. The event (which occurs weekly!) is open to everyone, so even if ... the Stata Center. "The Student Mural Project is a competition open to ... themes... in German. She introduced me to her housemate (at Student House

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Stephen, I’m Putting You On Notice!

  

  besides reading applications to MIT. One of the things I enjoy doing in my downtime (besides playing with Legos) is watching the Colbert Report, which ... about MIT. (Thanks Richard. The check from Tim Beaver is in the mail

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 30, 2012
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Why is it called the Brass Rat?

  It's the goal of every incoming student at MIT to get their own Brass Rat—MIT's version of a class ring. The phrase "Brass Rat" is derived from the alleged resemblance of the brass beaver featured on the ring to
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ah, those inspirational Germans! The Magdeburg Bridge in Germany is an engineering marvel and an inspiration to all Beavers!

  

  life?" I was a bit down in the dumps when I got this email from my mom ... Engineering) but this picture made me envious of everyone who is. The bridge is ... current 4 million tons per year to 7 million tons of goods in 2015. Some

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 18, 2005
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What programs fall under the School of Architecture & Planning?

  discipline, the department has long contributed to learning in the arts and humanities at MIT. The Department of Architecture is one of five divisions ... was the first signal that MIT would not be narrowly defined in science
• Blog / Admissions

  Everyday Is Like Sunday

  

  , truly. And each of you is going to make the world a better place, whether ... over the phone to the applicant only. People have asked about the ... of the early pool, I must say just how difficult it was to narrow it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 12, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  quiz: what halloween candy are you? based on your college applicant personality

  

  ... Whatever’s in the top ten of the U.S. News & World Report rankings ... I do at a nearby lab, or the volunteer trip I took to Africa. or should I go in the quirky direction? unclear but you would not believe

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 22, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maine, Episode III: Ain’t No Mountain The one with more pictures than text.

  

  the low 80's, so I got to hike the Baldface Circle Trail in New ... the senior thesis Mike Short '05 had to write to get his BS in Course 22 ... treacherous stream in rustic fashion. This is the best picture, so it goes first

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Trick or Treat! Smashing pumpkins, and no I don't mean the band.

  

  and I drop it off the Green Building which is 295 ft, how far will the chunks go in the radial direction when it crashes to the ground? Answer ... . Now I must admit by the end of the evening, I did have a slight crick in

  • by Bryan
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Things to do before you graduate

  

  . Submit a piece to Voodoo 15. Participate in the annual Voodoo Telethon 16. Participate in a political demonstation at the State Capitol 17. Subscribe to a ... that I've actually done, including getting published in the Tech. In

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection begins Picking the Class of 2010.

  

  discussion without needing to resort to a formal "vote." In the very rare ... . As is my custom, I wore a tie today, out of respect for the applicants and the difficult decisions we make in selection. This year, we received

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist We have admitted 20 waitlisted students.

  

  extremely difficult. In the end, we were very happy to be able to admit these students from the waitlist -- in an email to the office, Stu wrote, "These ... is too early to know. In a week or two, we'll once again look at where

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2007
• Blog / How to MIT

  A Comprehensive Guide to Course Lounges press F to pay respects to the entirety of course 21 and CMS

  

  tl;dr: the google map of course lounges is here Here at MIT ... their own course lounge - a designated space for majors in each course to ... Course 6, I can firmly attest to the fact that our lounge sucks, and as a

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 27, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Different Kind of Learning

  

  Course 1 allows me the opportunity to participate in a program such as this ... . Well we haven’t actually left the country yet, in many ways Detroit faces ... course of the semester. I am spending the semester in Detroit; Sao Paulo

  • by Becca H. '12
  • August 25, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Snowpeople & a hammershark more post-blizzard sights around campus --

  

  scrambling to finish the Sketchbook Project (introduced in this post), and this ... some quick shots of all the snowpeople-and-other-things in sight. They're all pretty cute, but the hammershark is definitely my favorite. c

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 15, 2011