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• Blog / MIT Life

  Where are you going, where have you been? The answer is "to a fast food restaurant to blog; to four countries in one…

  

  by Joyce Carol Oates that we read in AP English. When I read it, I ... couldn't be all bad. MORAL OF THE ENTRY: Read Everything is Illuminated by ... apparent reason. I love Labyrinth, but it was closed by the time we made the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blended Learning at MIT benefits of technology in MIT classrooms

  

  (MOOC) provider, created by MIT and Harvard and used by over 70 ... classes at MIT as part of a series of xTalks hosted by the Office of ... MITx videos on the cell cycle and cell cycle terms by blogger Ceri R

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 23, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How To Make (almost) Anything

  

  . I decided to make a soccer ball. Step 1: Parametric Polygons Soccer balls have both hexagonal and pentagonal sides, so I wanted a parametric ... joint, minus the width of the laser. Step 3: Cut with Laser A soccer ball

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 25, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Autumn Questions Omnibus Answers to questions asked in my blog's comments. And there have been a lot of…

  

  resumes disliked by the admissions office?" I would recommend describing to ... ---well what do I do?" The answer to this can be best provided by the MIT Careers ... scores, or leave the boxes blank?" Either way is fine. We will use the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Get It Done Keep On Keeping "On"

  

  you must get in touch with your alumni interviewer by October 20th to ... itself must be postmarked by November 1st. And if you need to take more ... the final testing date from which we will accept scores for EA

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 10, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thomas Friedman on Energy & MIT A NY Times article highlights MIT's innovative energy solutions

  

  M.I.T. Energy Club, which was founded in 2004 by a few grad students ... have put on scores of events focused on building energy expertise among M ... effort, managed by M.I.T. students, that has 25 college teams around the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 2, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Spirit of Competition [by MIDN Brendan McCord, '08] Every year, the Army, Navy, and Air Force duke it…

  

  [by MIDN Brendan McCord, '08] The night still hung in the air at 0630 ... decisively took out the last enemy unit. The whistle blew. "The score of the ... favorite, dodgeball. The event is run entirely by Midshipmen and Cadets and

  • by ROTC
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The Number Game A few words of advice before applying to college.

  

  nuts. Now, I'll admit I was kind of shocked by the number of posts that ... that mean MIT made a mistake by taking me and not them? Maybe, but it ... . It's important to realize that it's not just about what the scores and

  • by Bryan
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Three Weeks a short summary of this crazy place

  

  . People are diving into ball pits at Simmons. An upperclassman shows me how ... to leave. I love it here. IHTFP. My name is Joonho, but I also go by

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 12, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2014! That...that's not a factorial

  

  resolution this year. -- It’s 2014! 2013 was the year of Wrecking Ball, What ... that appears to have whizzed by. 2013 is also alliterative, composite

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Sleep is (not) for the weak Myth: All engineers are insomniacs

  

  This post is brought to you by the 20 hours of sleep I got this weekend! Wait, that’s a normal amount of sleep to get? Missed that ... use the provided parts to make air cannon to get a ping pong ball to

  • by Stanley G.
  • October 24, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Linkdump: Smart Leaves, Burritos, and Shaq cool things on the Internet

  

  records in the dead ball era. Same for songs. I swear I remember the lyrics ... organized by students — at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology." And

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 10, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Swag … I mean, Career Fair What I did not acquire at the career fair:A job.

  

  balls, yoyos, bottle openers, sunglasses, cozies And my personal ... never occurred to me that it’s run by real people! People who may have

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 30, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The sun is out but why is it so cold outside?

  

  My cat is a little ball of static lately. It can't be too much fun to be a cat in the winter time. Today I wrested the last fateful drop out ... the final drafts of my essays looked at by the writing department staff

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Genesis Embrace me Blogosphere!!!!

  

  Inspired by the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Theme Song Now this is the story all about how My life got flipped turned upside down And I’d like to ... playing Whiffle ball with my little bro When I finished 12th grade and

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Remember the Fourth Another reason why I'm happy I chose MIT over Stanford.

  

  My most vivid recollection of a July 4 celebration came from a book that I read in middle school. The Westing Game, by Ellen Raskin ... take me out to the ball game or casey at the bat. =p The uber

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 6, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Updates for the Admitted There's good stuff on your MyMIT portal.

  

  Bouncy Ball Drop, Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream, Archery Club Open Practice ... know), but be sure to let us know by May 1. Overnight Program

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  50 (First) Dates You and your significant other -- where to meet on campus, where to go out,…

  

  Restaurant & Club Senior Ball -- pop quiz: which blogger inspired this one ... do many of these things by yourself, with friends, or with family)

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 29, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Belonging Who belongs at MIT?

  

  I'm a little exhausted from answering questions right now, so this is going to be brief -- the new freshmen remind me of bouncy balls and are ... hugely entertained by the idea (or the sight!) of people wrestling in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Human After All Unlike customer service nowadays, MIT (and its admissions office) is 100% human. Give or take…

  

  's almost like we're not crippled by our social awkwardness! I may be being a ... academic demigod-ness? What about SAT scores? AP/IB scores? Grades? Class ... chances of success by adhering to a set of guidelines as a passionless means

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 19, 2010