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• Blog / MIT Life

  a state of moving ny --> ma, macg adventures

  

  on the walls, which I liked quite a bit. Since we can't use the vast ... . We didn't initially have a name for the bear, but one day we were ... 's lights from the courtyard. I didn't think a little disco ball and led

  • by Waly N. '24
  • April 5, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hwæt! Did you know that you can study Old English at MIT? The language of Beowulf and J.R.R. Tolkien's Rohan

  

  .R.R. Tolkien, Old English (also called Anglo-Saxon) is a language of long, cold ... poignant account of the Crucifixion (The Dream of the Rood), and a host of ... a scene from Tom Stoppard's 1993 play Arcadia (which MIT is currently

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sentimental Objects (part two) sophomore trinkets

  

  This is part 2 of a four part series spread across our four years at ... these things in a ceramic, mushroom-shaped container (which we ... ! And our really awesome friend was in it, performing with a sword that

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 25, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IvyPlus some reflections from an admissions conference

  

  conference, and very informative. I didn't know a lot about admissions before I ... officer more than 30 years ago, it wasn't uncommon for a single applicant to ... outreach is by the raw number of applicants, even if it isn't a good metric

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Cool Data Stuff, ft. Immersion I just really like data visualizations, plz don't judge

  

  your emails. Guess I’m just a sucker for Cool Data Things. In general ... group at the Media Lab put together a VERY COOL THING (that seems to be ... ’s a node graph that shows you who sends you emails and who sends emails

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 5, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  USA Wins 2nd in International Math Olympiad Three MIT '09s won Gold Medals.

  

  themselves here). The problems are stated in a straightforward fashion, making ... 's hardest problems: In a mathematical competition, 6 problems were posed to ... students each year are given a Gold Medal; the next 2/12, a Silver Medal; and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I Climbed a Mountain Today there's always gonna be another mountain!

  

  weeks. I'm working in Oakland, at an Asian health center there, serving as one of their summer interns. I'm really learning a lot (including more ... sleep, eating many yummy things, and completed a 3000 piece puzzle. (sadly

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 28, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Professor Creates DEATH RAY! I'm not making this up.

  

  . It's generally a mixture of pop culture and local political coverage with a healthy dose of comedy thrown in. So when I saw a headline about a professor inventing a real DEATH RAY, I didn't figure it would be a real

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 19, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Solar Car Pulled Over The MIT Solar Car Team got in a little trouble.

  

  Yesterday's Boston Herald had a story about the MIT Solar Electric Vehicle Team (SEVT) getting into a little trouble:   A group of MIT students were taking out the Tesseract - a solar powered car that took third

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The story behind TIMtalks In other words, a story about stories

  

  , and I stumbled a lot and begged to see the sheet, but she wouldn't let ... This semester, a great thing was born. MIT hosted its first annual ... , or failed at a wide range of ventures or ideas told their stories

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 5, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UROP Deadlines and Openings The deadline for Fall Direct Funding is September 15, so hurry up and find yourself…

  

  A reminder: Fall 2005 UROP Direct Funding (Funds from UROP) Deadline ... options when doing a UROP: - UROP for Pay: Up to $1,250 per semester, which ... was funded by the Cathy M. Comeau Memorial Fund which supports women

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 7, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  Practice Safe Hacking No, there are no LEDs

  

  -ins exhibit one's pride in having found a location. Most hackers aren't proud of ... (without a ground crew). # Don't hack alone. # Above all, exercise common ... the bomb squad wasn't so happy with a giant fake bomb and so they ended

  • by Snively '11
  • April 24, 2009
• Blog / Events

  December Events

  

  a brief presentation by the panel members, which will be followed by a ... Fatigue or A Ten Second Sting?? you decide. WHAT? Flu Walk-in Flu Shot ... first prize: IPOD runner ups: MASSAGE vouchers! WHAT? Design a poster

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 3, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Fancy Feast & Happy People an accumulation of details

  

  over a fire--I'm crossing my fingers that it's a part of the process ... Chapter 1: A Formal Account of a Fancy Feast in February. Location: pika. Across the train tracks, just a few blocks into Cambridge, a big

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 19, 2013
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, Paradiso A selection of dishes that define my MIT dining experience, part 4

  

  ="There aren’t a lot of those at MIT, I think"]“normal people”[/annotation] I ... most striking, and it certainly isn’t the most complex, but it holds a ... Why do I cook? It’s a question that many of my friends have asked me

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 28, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Meeting FAQ The answers to the FAQs at our Central Meetings.

  

  I'm in Southern California now, preparing for the following Central ... Golden Shore, Long Beach, CA 90802 At my Central Meetings, there are a handful of questions I'm almost always asked. So, what I'm going to do is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 28, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  career fair haikus this post contains your Daily Value of sodium

  

  weekends” Pray they don’t swipe left ⬅️   “Are you a course 6️⃣?  Cause ... job be mine?🎶   Please accept me please I want a job so badly ... the large crowds Stand in long lines for your turn But this ain't Disney

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • August 28, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  MITAdmissions.org: Now 100% More Clickable also, report any other bugs you have here

  

  We've recently had a few readers email / comment that they were ... first blog weren't clickable. The upshot is that our CDN was for some injecting visibility:hidden to a div at the top of the page. It's been

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 21, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to do while waiting for decisions on Saturday Clicking the "refresh" button repeatedly between now and Saturday afternoon is NOT an option.

  

  fiction isn't for you, you can always read a newspaper. Any newspaper ... how you aren't allowed to do that. -Leave a comment on the blogs that ... come out in a couple of days (I love the word "tenterhooks." It's amazing

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 13, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview: 10/20 Approaches Some thoughts on the interview, as the EA deadline nears.

  

  a little crazy. If you have already contacted your EC but haven't yet heard back from them, don't worry. Give your EC at least a few days to ... like a conversation, not like a quiz. You won't get any calculus or

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2006