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• Blog / MIT Life

  Terrible Traffic Don't even THINK about bringing a car to MIT

  

  to lure them closer so that I could hop on and take one for a ride ... Once upon a time, in a land far far away (called New Jersey), a young ... life behind the wheel of a car getting to and from the job that he loved

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / Events

  ZigZag 10 A new episode of MIT's video podcast, hosted by me. And there's mariachi.

  

  about their groups. Check it out! WARNING: The host (me) is wearing a ... get it automatically in your iTunes, you can subscribe to the iTunes Podcast. If you'd like to subscribe and use a podcatcher other than i

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 22, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Tribute This is not the best joke in the world... actually, maybe it is.

  

  that I need to have written by tomorrow, I spent the afternoon in the ... . DARTH VADER: And what is that? LUKE: I... am not left-handed! [switches ... was covered in the Boston Globe and slashdotted, MTG had quite a larger

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  [Guest Post] 202.9 (slightly cursed) Tims from the Class of ‘29 by Joy X. '29

  

  2029, but I ran out of time. Maybe that will come in the future. Anyway ... Great Dome police car as his vehicle form (is that what it’s called? idk I ... ="attachment_120878" align="aligncenter" width="719"] Spherical Tim (in a vacuum) - he

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • December 11, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Tracking update All EA application mail has been processed; check your MyMIT Tracking.

  

  Educational Counselor. I know that the MId-Year Grade Report box is sitting ... for EA applicants. This is a good time for you to check your application ... system is missing something? First, do not worry. We do not assign blame on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Pi(e) Day: The Baking Of created with love (and pies) by the bloggers

  

  admissions blogs is to humanize MIT. I hope that this video, in turn, humanizes ... and many arguments of "is that pie hit two hundredths of a second too ... the tense scene. In slow motion, Tim waddles over to a table full of

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 10, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Facebook. Because social networking makes you cool.

  

  Hey all, I'm sorry you haven't heard from me in a while; I'm working ... 'll hear from me after that :) However, in the meantime: Congratulations to ... linked to here on the blogs (although I wasn't a part of the "we", then

  • by Cam T. '13
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Since U Been Gone While I was out, the world changed. (UPDATED)

  

  Ben. I then remembered the best April Fool's joke that I ever had a hand ... T tokens that I have accumulated before Charlie Ticket comes to a ... semisweet chocolate and tossed it into her chocolate cookie recipe. I had a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Overnight Program: Now Taking Requests Plus... a fun mitadmissions.org milestone!

  

  In case you haven't checked your MyMIT account lately, I thought I'd mention here that the MIT Overnight Program is open for business. You can ... , finals week, etc.) Please try not to request a visit less than 2 weeks in

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 18, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Holiday Stories Here's mine. What are some of yours?

  

  's class decided this would be a fun event for the dads, and that's how this whole thing got started. Laird, Tim, and I found ourselves in a room full ... and thus I had to avoid Miss April that night. But that's a different

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Remember? A Blast from the Past

  

  Second semester is just two weeks old, and I've already decided that ... slightly embellished story that is nonetheless true in its essentials. Before ... times two is four!” I chanted with a rhythm fit to rival a metronome. “Two

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 16, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Trendy Reif Strikes Again this time with the ALS bucket challenge.

  

  as by volunteers in the audience. The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is a ... I didn't worry about it. That is, until... ... in an otherwise formal job, like taking a selfie before giving his

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 26, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Dewey Love Libraries? Yes we dew!

  

  oftentimes embark on library crawls, during which I visit up to 3 libraries in 2 hours. You really should try one. (That is me.) Dewey is the ... for the Dewey furniture survey. (Clearly, I don't have enough work to do

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 10, 2006
• Blog / Personal Projects

  [liveblog] presenting at the Open Sauce maker expo! built a funky microscope with my friends

  

  broke my leg. (don’t worry, I’ll walk again in a few months and be fully ... built Waterscope, a microscope that uses water instead of glass for ... , which is impossible with glass. At Open Sauce, the maker expo in San

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 20, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT, Medicine, and Success from Any School thirteen years in a thousand words

  

  [annotation note="Not a joke. I earned a B in 5.12 with difficulty. The following semester in 5.13, I had a C on drop day so I disenrolled. Next ... getting into the weeds, this decision is a longstanding dilemma in devising

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • January 22, 2025
• Blog / Residential Life

  meet the simmons elevators! aka me thinking wayyy too much about elevators

  

  have never felt more important in my life. Alevator is a golden retriever in mechanical box form and if she was a real person I think our ... during midterms season. In fact, he is so reliably unreliable that the

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 12, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Happy Belated Hearts Day copy/paste irl, afk and everything

  

  and apparently scratch and sniff is trendy. A few evenings ago I drew a ... everything. I had a wonderful day copy/pasting in the physical world ... can and cannot leave behind. I’ve realized over the past year that some

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  2,822 applications

  

  So, after two entries that seemed to relax people a bit, I do need to come back with a reality check: It was reported today that we received 2 ... 's Thanksgiving Day Parade. After that, I'll have the traditional Thanksgiving Day

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 23, 2004
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In the Darkness of the Night one of the strangest things I have ever experienced

  

  had. In lieu of a proper picture, I have made a diagram to try and ... ethnic minority in Vietnam. It is beautiful, and there is clean air, a ... small children kicking a soccer ball or sitting in a circle. While in

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 24, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Person Who Inspired Me to Start this Blog The girls of Sri Lanka have in Alia an incredible beacon of hope and defender…

  

  . Enough about me, though. The point is that I’d grown to be quite ... babies. Their tiny bodies left me in disbelief that they could even bare a ... her jewelry sale, I can’t help but think that her heart is among

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • December 9, 2007