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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Structure and function, dorms and culture

  

  "normal" (though really, there's a limit to how normal anyone at MIT is ... relative to the general MIT population. How did this happen? There are ... buildings in this area of campus, but in addition to the many dorms it

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  There’s antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium… ...and hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium...

  

  !) just in time to help the 213 suite put together a study break. Every ... hanging out in the floor lounge since then, trying to do some programming ... you can figure out how to do it without making them mad. Usually. 21M

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  From Charlottesville to Cambridge photos from a gathering for solidarity

  

  We're at a strange point in the political climate where white supremacists, klansmen, and outright Nazis have become comfortable enough to publicize their misconceptions in broad daylight. The people of Cambridge

  • by Abby H. '20
  • August 15, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Month of Novembeard a cultural exchange

  

  to share a bit of my own culture with you. It is, in fact, my home ... bacterial sense). You see, though it is impossible to see in this photo, I ... , personally, and to the leadership I have shown in the realm of proper beards

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 20, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi(e) No, not π times e.

  

  play both of these videos at the same time, you get an interesting little ... an apple pie for the office today and I was going to take a picture of ... a transcript of the email that was sent this morning: From: Erin To

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 10, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  November summary: books, playlist, gratitude

  

  looking forward to it. A few things that happened in November: I spent a ... out in order to follow new friends around. I felt, in addition, that we ... we were not really getting to know each other. I spent my freshman

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 25, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  tim’s wardrobe legend has it, TIM changes clothes annually

  

  I’m going to pretend I have not been AWOL. Life updates shall come in ... to satisfy everyone in a class of over 1000 students o__o. Despite the ... more spice to it. So, back in sophomore year, I thought it would be cool

  • by Waly N. '24
  • November 1, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Name in Flashing Lights Or maybe just mitadmissions.org

  

  Did you ever try to call in for radio shows? Ever want your five minutes of fame? Well here's your chance to be a blogger. Last year, I piloted an effort to capture CPW through the eyes of a prefrosh, and this

  • by Bryan
  • April 1, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Telethon FAQs from a small but enthusiastic sample of prefroshies

  

  together in a concentrated burst of effort to do everything that lies at the ... 'm getting at is that you will likely be able to find a variety of student ... composer, and once I went to a Boston Pops concert and this girl who was in

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 5, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Photos of Freshman Spring 📸 My attempt to take a photo a day for an entire semester.

  

  interest in art in his last year of high school and resolves to get into art ... be entered in a lottery for a $1000 dollar scholarship. For kids up to ... ![/caption] Somewhere, deep inside me, I also had the desire to improve massively in art

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • October 31, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  The MIT Midyear Report Further information about completing the MYR.

  

  MIT Tracking. The MIT Midyear Report serves two purposes: to get your updated grades since you have applied ("Midyear Grades"). to get any other ... to report -- so if you're in a school that doesn't have midyear grades

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 1, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An Alumni Barbecue I love living in a place with so much history!

  

  who used to be in our shoes so many years ago!  I just kept thinking how ... my friends and I sat in our lounge for hours listening to a '71 alum go ... F. '31 to play in the dirt, and everyone had a great time! A bunch

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 6, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  my room an evolution

  

  carpet to match with my roommate, which in hindsight was not the best ... that I’d have to unpack in just four months. Instead, I focused my energy ... design class I took to get them printed. But given that there's only a

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • February 8, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s driving me nuts Did I tell you about the time when we hijacked a harbor patrol boat?

  

  to take a pirate-themed boating/camping trip to Bumpkin Island in the ... covered in mutilated duck carcasses. Oh, whatever happened to eminent domain?! Jeremy '09 and Mark '09, who arrived at the island earlier in the day to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Having Survived Rejection (guest post) About receiving a rejection letter from the 'Tvte.

  

  cousin, and my best friend all made it in, so it was my turn to follow suit ... learned how to write about myself, how to create the froyo flavor that ... where I felt I was meant to go, imagining how I’d install a WiFi enabled

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 15, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Typical Friday Night Done with 6.046 exam, time to chill

  

  Cormick, the dorm I live in. There, Anuhya '14 used her mad design skills to ... As you might have read in my last entry, I had a 6.046 (Design and ... , post-6.046 exam. I know that before I came to MIT, my impression of the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Class of 2009 Ring Delivery The '09s get our brass rats. We think this makes us like, so cool.

  

  . Adelaide sits on the floor in the hallway to strap on her heels. Adelaide is ... a huge part of the undergrad tradition at MIT. Getting your "brass rat ... creates its own design specific to your class year. Then they reveal the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 24, 2007
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  What is Weekend Immersion in Science & Engineering?

  WISE (Weekend Immersion in Science and Engineering) is a three-day experience for rising seniors to learn what it is like to be an MIT student. The program is completely free, including the cost of transportation to
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So you think you want to be a doctor: Pre-med at MIT

  

  your major's requirements. However, if you want to major in engineering ... Harvard is B+/A- centered.) There is pressure to get good grades, but you ... repeat, do NOT put yourself though being pre-med if you only want to hang

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Dig if you will a picture. My name appeared in The Tech; now I am immortal.

  

  're definitely going to get an entry on it in the near future. 9. I mentioned the ... excursion to Garment District. Well, anyway, I remember that one is "get ... surprise to any of you that my first (and likely only) appearance in our

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 10, 2005