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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Chancellor? What’s a Chancellor? What does the Chancellor do and how does that affect student life?

  

  ’t tell my colleagues in other departments I said that) department at MIT ... ? Given the interest in and demand for interdisciplinary careers, how can ... ambition. I also hope that this gives you a sense of how MIT is wrestling

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • August 16, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nuns, fret not! Like baby alligators in the sewers, you too will grow up fast.

  

  seemingly obvious hole in the middle. So I know how easy it is to dwell on ... found at my high school - it put me in a place where I was utterly ... I'm a little nervous right now, because I have my first major exam

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Metropolis and the Alloy Orchestra "The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must be the Heart!"

  

  event. There was a sold-out showing of Metropolis (1927) that I had the ... ! You may wonder how the showing of a classic silent film could pack an ... shown, a large orchestra would play a score made especially for the film

  • by ARTalk
  • March 13, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Battle of the Boot storytime with Yuliya #1

  

  else in my boot. I was quite certain of that. But I still needed to check. The women’s bathroom in Simmons shone with a clean metallic glow. I ... vitality. In my stall, I tossed the boot as far as possible. I also prepared

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 23, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Political Process For the civic-minded

  

  ?" etc etc) I've gotten more exposure to politics than I ever had in my ... I will say that I believe politics are relevant, and in my mission to ... night. In fact, Clinton and McCain were both here, though as far as I know

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  N.Y. Times, Page B11: “MIT Guard Shows Brains and Hoops Can Mix” Jimmy Bartolotta '09 leads the 16-5 MIT Men's Varsity Basketball team.

  

  .0. He would be a sure thing to land a lucrative job in business or science ... . If so, he would become the first player from M.I.T., a Division III ... scorer in M.I.T. history with more than 2,000 career points. He scored 32

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 6, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Stephen, I’m Putting You On Notice!

  

  besides reading applications to MIT. One of the things I enjoy doing in my ... recently coauthored a book on how higher education is failing in America. During that interview Hersh - who I think it is fair to say is somewhat

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 30, 2012
• 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 on passing the aforementioned 18.022 exam. Final in 8 hours, you ... -based administration. I would've done that before posting this, but because of finals I

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

  PSA: Attend Local MIT Admitted Meetings! Note to ADMITTED, CURRENT, and FORMER Students

  

  and see what I may become in the future. I am incredibly grateful for ... Meeting. I’ll be attending in Central Ohio. Hope to see you there! If you ... it’s ok with you, I will include your experiences in a similar PSA next

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 26, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  HT@MIT: Cantab Lounge Poetry Slam An Amazing Show For A 10 Minute Walk And $3

  

  time since I've been at MIT, that location is Boston! In fact, quite a ... campus during the week due to the general hustle and bussle of psets, I take every chance I can to drop by Central Square and listen to a few

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • May 4, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Opening doors How being an MIT cheerleader can help you get a job.

  

  A few entries back, I was asked by amino21 how I got hooked up with ... to do it in high school, but I was afraid I'd get homesick and wasn ... . Since I hadn't taken any lab classes or worked in any labs, I wrote about

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The good advice The many different flavors of advising at MIT.

  

  So in case anybody's unaware, I finished my project at the lab at the ... archives!" Boo hoo. I've read and tagged them all in four days. Don't be a ... traditional advising, and I turned out just fine. In a more practical sense

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where do Trees Come From?

  

  how to keep students from cheating on them. Yesterday in 11.125, we ... does that huge increase in mass come from? I want to hear your answers and reasoning in the comments... just think about it; no Wikipedia! I

  • by Kim D. '09
  • February 10, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Transporting In & Around MIT Everything you need to know about how easy it is to get around MIT.

  

  the only method I am fully capable of doing after years of training in ... few parking lots around. I hear that driving in the city is no easy feat ... summer to get to and from his job in Providence. I've used it to go to

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pommes et manus Turkeys into oil, apples into beavers... it's all good.

  

  The Annual Burton-Conner Apple Bake: Sunday, October 23 in the ... Sunday the 23rd at 3:00pm in the Porter Room. Winners will be announced around 4:00pm and eating will commence. $500 in prize money will be

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 24, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Do These Numbers Have in Common? 7, 8, 12, 17, 18.

  

  difficulty of 8.012, but after seeing the work in the first couple of weeks, I ... .01 is taught using the TEAL method, which I kind of explained in this ... Physics C! that works too. I regret being lazy in high school now

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 13, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Semester of poetry

  

  somewhat crowding the stage. In highschool actually, the professors I liked ... an exercise in building up a gradual picture of how people answer ... Sciences). I wanted to talk a bit about why I like poetry. I feel like in a

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • November 24, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  8 Hypotheses Like Schubert, I never finished the Eighth.

  

  coconut curry flatbread. Although in retrospect, I think it would have ... the horizontal. In an effort to convince Matt McGann that I am an ... transcript follows] Me: I think I'm taking intro class on programming in C

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 7, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Central Square Dance Party You can even play the videos and dance along to them. It'll be like you…

  

  doesn't mean that there's less to do - in fact, I find my days are STILL ... in case anyone was wondering, the one part I hate most from Sex and The ... "Eggggghhhhhhh." I don't think it was at all acceptable to say "Google dot com" in

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 12, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorms The closest I'll get to an entry about the different dorms

  

  . Even if I described my own dorm, a lot of people would probably disagree ... I know enough to stay away from trying to describe the different dorms because unless you've lived there, you can't describe it. Sure, I

  • by Snively '11
  • June 24, 2009