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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  All these days I spend away What does "home" mean to you?

  

  've mostly been enjoying myself. I am, by the by, back home in South Bend. I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 25, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Jhumpa Lahiri visited MIT today! ...and all of Cambridge (it seemed) wanted to see her!

  

  sponsored by the MIT Literary Society. I literally jhumped for joy (ouch, yea ... my neck to see the TV. After a brief introduction, Lahiri began by

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  It’s not all happy I know, shocker!

  

  it's all balanced by a fair amount of mental strangulation and rigorous ... you just have to keep going and try to make up for it by working harder

  • by Snively '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Fun in NYC Part 1 Never be afraid to go straight to the top.

  

  , we all packed into the charter bus (and by packed I mean sat ... jovially all the way there. When we arrived we were greeted by a giant ... Head, and immediately inside we were met by My Little Pony, more Mr

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas ...and the universities that encourage them.

  

  run by herself, so I thought, "well, what the heck." I ventured up. I ... , so as long as you don’t go out at night by yourself, you should be okay

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 30, 2008
• Blog / Events

  What’s This Mystery Hunt Thing?

  

  hunting remotely, instead of from on campus. Smaller teams can coordinate by ... , we have an Operator (inspired by the Matrix). It's the Operator's job

  • by Evan B. '10
  • January 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Juniors: MIT and other summer programs Juniors may want to start thinking about summer programs including MITES, RSI, and WTP.

  

  programs hosted by MIT -- MITES, RSI, and WTP -- have their application ... entrepreneurship. The Research Science Institute (RSI), sponsored by the Center for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 16, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST Robotics Kickoff Things go into Overdrive at a reception at Dean Kamen's house.

  

  battling traffic caused by the likes of Barack Obama and Ron Paul, I arrived ... FIRST Robotics FIRST Team 97, mentored by MIT students Personal Robots

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 5, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  My Home Warning: Graphics Intensive.

  

  about you, but I remembered the first half of my senior year flew by in no time - consumed by drafting my college application essays and turning in

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The City On A Hill The "M" of " MIT"

  

  Massachusetts, and not a day has gone by without me thinking "TGI Boston" (even ... where you want to go. By itself, I think the T is kind of expensive, but

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Choosing a Major I hope this is helpful to you at some point

  

  "popular"? There are about 50 physics (full 8) majors each year (judging by ... physics majors is slightly more reasonable. I'm thinking, just by looking ... , but you are very wrong and you are doing freshmen a disservice by

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  Remember, Remember the Fifth of November Celebrating Guy Fawkes Day as only MIT can.

  

  celebrates "Guy Fawkes Night" on November 5 by building bonfires, lighting ... , no doubt, by the recent blockbuster movie V for Vendetta. The email

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  There Are No Uninteresting Things I'm taking classes. If you ask nicely, I might tell you about them.

  

  has already been pointed out by several others, and during term, classes ... very good. It's taught by Patrick Winston. Winston has written several

  • by Evan B. '10
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First Day of School Fall term classes began today at MIT.

  

  , but no less beloved by current MIT students, is Denis Auroux. Prof ... .02 [Multivariable Calculus] class. Brought to you by the "frosh" MIT Class of 2010

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  Harry Potter and the Infinite Corridor (updated!) Don't even try to post a spoiler.

  

  spoiler, think again. I've been given permission by admissions to deny or ... home where I finished the book the next morning by 1 pm ... if you'd like

  • by Bryan
  • July 20, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Dig me, but don’t bury me This entry is brought to you by McDonalds and Google. I mean, literally.

  

  being contacted by a wireless host called MCDONALDS. Yeah, I can't really ... -en-Provence, France. I think. I'll probably be in Spain by the next time I blog, so

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 12, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Fabulous Festivities & Fireworks for the Fourth The annual Boston Pops concert and fireworks show.

  

  Boston has arguably the best 4th of July festivities in the country, and MIT has a front row seat. Each year on July 4th, a concert by the ... , composed by the Pops' own John Williams, but always includes Tchaikovsky

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 3, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  A blog post about blog posts Superstar blogger emeritus Mollie gives us some of her favorite entries [now its own post!].

  

  written by an MIT blogger, by all means link to it below. Academics Mind

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 9, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Oh look, an update

  

  .170 (Laboratory in Software Engineering) - Death by Java. The computer language, not ... your time well it could be death by that form of Java too. It lives up to

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Pictures that don’t belong anywhere else – Part I because i'm a slackslackslackball.

  

  kelly's: You might be upset by the fact that there are 4x4's running ... a couple of pictures. But don't be fooled by its grandeur

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • February 17, 2007