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• Blog / Personal Travel

  retreating and proceeding favorite thing about mit's campus? leaving it

  

  week, which was how often I checked before MIT) you'll read: "I am ... 'estaloam', which can be stretched to mean 'this soil' in Spanish. As in 'Mira esta loam! Me alegro de que yo viajo por lo menos una vez al mes.' ). I

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • April 13, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  what’s in a name mr. sushi - winner of the first annual name bryan's fish contest!

  

  In a close name contest between Groker and Mr. Sushi, Mr. Sushi edged out Groker in a 8 to 7 win, but remember we're all winners here. Katy, congratulations! I'll be in touch so you can redeem your prize.

  • by Bryan
  • July 24, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  “we have the winter olympics at home” the winter olympics at home:

  

  When I say that snow was a statistically significant factor in my choice of MIT, I mean it. I'm on a mission to spread the New England winter ... of snow. Even better, right outside of the dorm where Siyi and I live

  • by Allison E. '27
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / Community Projects

  A “World Record Attempt” We can do it!

  

  way to get more mattresses than that. I beg to differ. In a few days ... It's Thursday. On Monday I'm heading back to campus, along with ... to campus as a freshman, for almost more reasons than I can count. My

  • by Snively '11
  • August 20, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  No scissors allowed: OrigaMIT You never know what cool stuff is going on around the Institute.

  

  I am notorious for showing up at the right place at the wrong time. For instance, two weeks ago, I opened the door to room 3-343 expecting to attend 5.13 (Organic Chemistry II) office hours, but instead I found

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Cacophony of Coats Also, my courseload for this term!

  

  interminably for the bus, wrapped beseechingly in our coats. As I silently wept ... drug. And I want to learn how to make it. Last week we discussed the ... While waiting at a bus stop the other day, I witnessed one of the

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 10, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let’s Build a Snowman [CRITICAL UPDATE!] We can make him our best friend

  

  reports that the snowman's head had indeed been removed and destroyed in a ... gave it a ceremonial sending off in the moat and sought a replacement. A ... survival of snowmen everywhere! We will defend! If I could give them out

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All Over Again Applying to college all over again.

  

  'm at it again. :-o When I was a young one in kindergarten, I thought the ... . I want more school? Yes. Why you might ask? In my opinion, I ... worry and fret and take tests, I'll be in the same boat as you almost. I

  • by Bryan
  • June 8, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Decisions Are Not In The Mail Bad language on MyMIT.

  

  Hi folks, I see in the comments from my last entry that MyMIT is telling people that decisions have been mailed. I've asked the tech folks to look into this; I have no idea why it's happening. Selection committee

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 20, 2006
• Blog / Events

  More free stuff Free sneak previews of films and how to beat the casino.

  

  readers may remember that last year around this time I attended a free sneak of the film I Heart Huckabees, and also listed some other sneaks that ... , School of Rock and Harold and Kumar go to White Castle. LSC frequently (i

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  A Letter to CPW Prefrosh let the onslaught of CPW-related posts continue

  

  in London, so decided to make a trip out of it. Unfortunately, I'm not ... sister Lisa sat in on my classes - they got a crash course on galaxy ... even got to hear me read out loud in Middle English), the art of writing

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 9, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bridge Building: In Progress The culmination of what I've learned in civil engineering

  

  though I will likely have very little to do with structural engineering in ... In order to graduate from Course 1, you have to take a class called 1 ... in MIT speak). There are a LOT of components to this class, but one of

  • by Becca H. '12
  • May 4, 2012
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What’s the campus life and culture like?

  It would be impossible to tell you about campus life and culture at MIT in just a few words, so we're going to have to send you to another page on our site—hopefully, you'll get a feel for the vibrancy of our
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobody’s Got No Class! I was browsing through the MIT Course Catalog, and thought these classes looked pretty thought-provoking.

  

  (It's from "Chicago," people) I was browsing through the MIT Course Catalog, and thought these classes looked pretty thought-provoking. (I stuck ... changes in gender role and expectation over the past two decades and the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / Residential Life

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

  

  Residential Exploration (REX), which is part of how housing is assigned ... for you [ed: in case you want to move via FYRE]. Most of all, REX is a ... . Shuli blogged about REX the other day and you should go read that. But I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 27, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  The DHL Fiasco I really want to thank those of you (you know who you are) who turned…

  

  could have been. I really want to thank those of you (you know who you are) who did the right thing. I was incredibly impressed with your integrity ... figured out how to track all of the admit packs going to international

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  A blog post about blog posts Superstar blogger emeritus Mollie gives us some of her favorite entries [now its own post!].

  

  should I do in order to know MIT better?" A great starting point for how ... ://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/...ork_hard.shtml I think I can, I think I can (Bryan): How do you have time to have fun ... Susan commented on the blog, "Because I live far away from MIT, I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 9, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Conference Where Everyone Was Younger Than Me I'm talking highschool Thiel Fellows, 30 under 30 winners, and Shark Tank participants

  

  the first day. How did I find myself at one of the most incredible ... who were interning in NYC. They didn't have a couch, I literally just ... either also in college or a recent graduate working on their startup. Even

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 30, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Thursday, 12/14/17, at 6:28PM ET

  

  I've stopped watching this baby lion trying to roar long enough to ... online next Thursday, 12/14/17, at Tau Time (i.e. 6:28PM ET). To check your decision on the 14th, visit decisions.mit.edu and log in with your

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 7, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Decisions 2012

  

  As the May 1st reply date has passed, I know many people on the ... waitlist this year. This is the first time in the last seven years that we ... students this year for the Class of 2016. I know many of you have been

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 4, 2012