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• Blog / Residential Life

  What’s Happening at McCormick? Guest Post by MC^2's REX Chairs

  

  ?  That event is probably a sneak peak into how the residents have fun with ... prefrosh I hope you have a great time during REX and do not hesitate to ask ... tell you stories of what living in McCormick is really like because it

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 27, 2019
• Blog / Community Projects

  A Picture is Worth a Thousand Balloons Literally. One thousand. Like, a one with 3 zeros. One times ten to the third.…

  

  in her room and didn't even realize that... a few...had leaked out ... So about a month ago, back when I actually wrote blog entries and stuff, Ruth ‘07 spent a week in New Orleans, so we, her floormates

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 2, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  An Awesome Autobiography in rage comic form

  

  have learned now in my advanced age. On the same day, in a very different ... a tesseract - an 86 year old man posted his autobiography to reddit in rage comic form. I don't actually read reddit, but most of my friends do

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 14, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting How about 'em EA decisions?

  

  know that as well. A great deal is involved in the admissions process ... Waiting is hard. Waiting is incredibly hard. Well, I guess that depends on how patient of a person you are, but I don’t think I’ve ever

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 13, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT or Bust Our story begins here...

  

  . I'm a member of the Class of 2007. I was born here in Massachusetts ... in Baker but that year, I also joined ZBT, one of MIT's fraternities ... in my two truths and a lie was: 1. The first day of high school, I rode

  • by Bryan
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Past, present, and future

  

  , especially among the undergraduates. Already a couple of the talk lists that I ... reaction to it, illustrates something about MIT that I think is very ... 'm kind of a history geek, and also because I care about the future. That

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 16, 2006
• Blog / Residential Life

  water wars, lovecrafting, and 361 other REX events your annotated guide to everything currently unfolding on campus

  

  for you [ed: in case you want to move via FYRE]. Most of all, REX is a ... Residential Exploration (REX), which is part of how housing is assigned. According to MIT's Dormitory Council: REX (Residence Exploration) is a fun

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 27, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Great Glass Pumpkin Patch and a bonus video of a cat chasing a spider.

  

  pumpkins) in a tent on the Kresge oval. There is a one-evening showcase ... created by a team of about six artists. In this blog post, I want to convey ... art. The Great Glass Pumpkin Patch is like a free outdoor museum exhibit

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 5, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Welcome Susan Hockfield A recap of Susan Hockfield's inauguration.

  

  up! I love how fast MIT is with that stuff... you can find it here.] ... I've failed you in the photo department. But I'll try to describe the event for you as best I can. The ceremony took place in Killian Court. It

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  14.11: Putting Social Science to the Test—Field Experiments in Economics A new class on experimental social science, including: race discrimination, gender differences in behavior, persuasion,…

  

  new class on the topic of field (that is, "in situ") and laboratory ... One of the economics electives I have signed up for is 14.11: Putting Social Science to the Test - Field Experiments in Economics. From what I

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reflections and Decisions Take advantage of every opportunity you can

  

  had a realization the other day that Cambridge is my home. I will always hold a place in my heart for Colorado, and I will be comfortable where ... craziness of the semester is already over, that I have completed my finals and

  • by Becca H. '12
  • December 20, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  NACAC Conference Wrap-up from the national admissions conference.

  

  a blog is, and 2) how blogs can be used to demystify the admissions ... are reading this, I hope you'll say a quick "hi" in the comments section ... , where Crucial Admissions Business is voted upon. I also learned a bit

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Cambridge-MIT Exchange

  

  , "I would never do a program like that. I would hate to leave MIT for a ... experience. I think in some ways I've been able to develop a healthier ... you a different sort of feeling. I hope that I will be able to use some

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Progression of Spirit You must be this tall to ride the MIT Emotional Rollercoaster

  

  I realize that the title for this post could be the title of a hymn ... the workload. This is evidenced by our test subject, Jon, in Exhibit A: Exhibit A Jon is the one closest to you, sitting at his computer after

  • by Snively '11
  • January 8, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  [Guest Post] The Alleyway by Isabella Y. '24

  

  everything that is usually in shadow; I once saw an old man holding a bouquet ... back side over and over again in a routine that might resemble love. i ... moon. A more imaginative time in my life perhaps, one I associate with

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 11, 2022
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Haiti Day 2: DINEPA and mosquito bites

  

  speaking about our projects for television. And that is the story of how we ... , many of them run out of power in the morning - and electricity is a major ... ’Assainissement, which is the national Haitian drinking water association - they organize a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 27, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  anatomy of a hell week do not try at home

  

  make that up the next morning at 8 a.m. i hadn't studied nearly enough ... for the week was half of a 14.121 pset that i'd gotten stuck on. if mit is hell, i have descended to the 9th circle and am hangin' out in the

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 27, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Collecting information about my friends im like if a corporation loved you

  

  oscillating my bones  3. why do i know you  Two people think this is a “good ... two birthdays since getting to MIT, I’ve been afforded a happiness that ... collecting that data, I had to do what any company worth their salt does

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 30, 2026
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  Ebony Affair as a Pre-Frosh A Recap of my Experience from the 49th year of the Program

  

  that I continue to interact with and get support from on a daily basis ... it would be like. So with that, I wanted to put together a little recap ... the Chocolate City community that I’m a part of now. [carousel image1

  • by Richard O. '28
  • March 25, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Celebrate the Good Times just another good reason to eat more cake

  

  MIT.” “We are?! Why is that?” “Because MIT is having a party and I ... hosted a graduation barbecue in the backyard for 40 people. We set up a big ... in a circle. We bought balloons, we bought beer and hard lemonade, we

  • by Kris Guay
  • June 6, 2011