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  Fancy Feast & Happy People an accumulation of details

  

  , but I was heedlessly hungry, and by the time I'd taken something from each dish, I had enough on my plate to feed all the chickens for a month. Afterwards, basking in the glow of good conversation and satiety, I talked

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 19, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To D or not to D? MIT's Design Lab is tempting me.

  

  I included this picture in a previous blog. I was tired of working ... related to MIT. Going to Honduras was a sort of Grand Finale to a class I took in the Fall of 2007 about Development. It's also known as D-Lab I

  • by Kim D. '09
  • February 17, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Week MIT: It's so dangerous, you'll have to sign a waiver.

  

  really, it's only slightly more work than usual (other weeks, I would have ... interests, it's really hard to classify anything as "typical." Academically, I know kids who are taking four classes, but I also know plenty are taking

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW: The Story So Far An update from the frontlines.

  

  would have thought I could be envious of a pre-frosh?), because Dr ... Come one, come all to CPW! I don't know about you guys, but the ... Center are thronging with people - and I know thing are only going to get

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 10, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  Harry Potter and the Infinite Corridor (updated!) Don't even try to post a spoiler.

  

  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I figured it would be cool to take ... everyone at Hogwarts has special abilities, you could say the same for MIT. I've never had a professor I despised as much as Harry despised as Snape, but I

  • by Bryan
  • July 20, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back and ready for action! Saying goodbye to summer and hello to my sophomore year

  

  back-up into the pump to save some time. Since I thought the driver was potentially a fellow Engineer, I took a snapshot. Though I love driving, I am definitely happy that I will not have to surrender my wallet at any gas

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Classes (or, Gettin’ Classy) I made a series of Biology videos about blood and learned about digital education!

  

  and energized for 3 hours. (I honestly don't know how people at ... This summer, I was enrolled in one of the five summer@future classes ... , since these courses are all experimental). I took 7.S390, creating Digital

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  We Treat You Nicely VOTE VOTE VOTE!

  

  new Macbook) and so I just used that. I don't know how to resize them ... 're considering MIT then you should come visit. I realize that depending on where ... , right? Cramming a ton of stuff into a really short time period? I have

  • by Snively '11
  • November 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Look at Unified Engineering and the Aero/Astro Department Back in business.

  

  questions such as 'Just how excited are you, really, about airplanes??' and ... entire thermodynamics lecture to just talking about how cool airplanes are ... are psyched about airplanes." I felt really glad to be a part of Course

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 30, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freedom isn’t free. ...but a biology minor is, sometimes.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? "Hey Ruth ['07], I need a did you know?" "Oh, those are always the best part... how about the milk vending machine in the basement of building 2?" "I don't know, I dont think milk vending machines are

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Jenny Rifken Name:Jenny Rifken; Job title: Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions; Hometown: Elgin, Illlinois

  

  Literature Favorite things about MIT: I love that the people take their studies ... seriously. There is a great sense of humor here. I also love the collaborative ... - Christina's, Toscanini's, JP Licks, Herrell's. How it's such a walkable city

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The reading season begins

  

  I came into my office on Friday and guess what was waiting for me ... each folders are the summary cards (or "E-3 cards," I have no idea why ... will be an exciting month. By now, I've read my first folders of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 6, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  The Class of 2018 Graduates from MIT

  

  community in my career, and I remember how scary and surreal it was for ... ;   As I wrote when we admitted them: These 1419 students are truly ... -deserved diploma. https://youtu.be/AdwPeNsMmGM I helped select the Class of 2018

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s the terror of knowing Ten dollars for my thoughts on grad school.

  

  Shankar. So I've got a photographic record of picturesque Barcelona, but I figure that can wait a few days. Because I got to thinking this afternoon. The other day Mike, who I may or may not know, asked... "What are you

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2016-17 Application Essay Questions For those of you rarin' to go.

  

  weeks, I know many of you are eager to start thinking about how you ... manage the situation? (200-250 words) People often ask me, "How do I stand ... , school, community, city, or town. How has that world shaped your dreams and

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • July 26, 2016
• Blog / Residential Life

  river and rainwater a rainy walk home

  

  rusty old bike is 19 mph; I wonder how fast I'd be able to go on a sleek ... Living off campus this year means that I don't head home until my last on campus Thing, which is almost always late into the evening. I

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 29, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Balancing Act… ...or not

  

  sometimes hard to maintain, and I live in perpetual fear of messing it up even ... days are rougher than others, and more often than not I find myself ... all the shenanigans they involve deserve a longer post than I can do

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • September 28, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  of thing I would have liked as a kid. Some reflections: My left ... precious I’ve stripped away hobbies and for-fun activities and learned what I can and cannot leave behind. I’ve realized over the past year that some

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

  So you want to be a student-athlete? Finding the balance

  

  concept. If I didn't play sports, I hope I would be in shape-- but competing ... Hi everybody, I play ice hockey in the winter and lacrosse in the ... competing in my sports. I want to share my perspective on the pros and cons of

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 29, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to Senior Haus According to Joel '10 from New House, we eat your babies.

  

  Some of you asked for pictures of a Senior House dorm room, and I ... indicator of whether or not you were a resident of Senior House - from what I ... MIT administratrivia still uses "House" rather than "Haus." But I

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 15, 2007