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• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  On Tortillas and Community An update from a year and a half ago.

  

  there were a couple of things that I needed to ensure my happiness, sense ... -shop, but there were still a couple of things missing from my list. Ahem ... instance, a tortilla can either make or break a meal: corn tortillas bring

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • December 12, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Brain Dump This is going to be ~14 entries in one - my fault for being too…

  

  to blog much lately. If you get through it all in one sitting, you're a ... announced that the hawks had returned. There were a few hundred people in the ... half a squirrel (and not the pretty half, let me tell you). ~300 people

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Application season

  

  application materials. Try to get it done soon so you can have a rockin' New ... for financial aid applicants (and remember, MIT is need blind for all applicants). These forms can be pretty confusing, so if you have any questions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2004
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Alum Helps the Red Sox’ Keith Foulke Every Sunday ESPN nationally televises one baseball game, and last night they showed the final…

  

  graduated from MIT with a degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1984. Clara is a ... : Like many people out there, I had dreams of being a major league player ... breaking down a golf swing. I didn't know you could use these principles to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 30, 2005
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can I study Global Change Science/Climate?

  address fundamental questions about climate processes with a multidisciplinary approach. The Center's goal is to improve the ability to accurately predict changes in the global environment. Additionally, a variety of
• Blog / How to Food

  Six Recent Life-Changing Thoughts on Food There's six lessons (and a recipe) somewhere in there.

  

  pungent mushrooms, like a million thimble-sized cans of tomato paste, tempeh ... aborted experiment in homemade black bean burgers is sublimated into a thick ... is a breeding ground for weirdly poignant relationships with food. A

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 21, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  rolltreppe I use the word funky loosely in conversation but these tunes are tight. um did…

  

  Chris Peterson once said, "rfong is a good photographer, and in order to do that you have to be really creepy." (Um...thanks?) It is that ... , is about to graduate with a course 6 degree, numerous musical accolades

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 21, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  We met an alumnus from the Class of 1952 and fixed a window, and went bouldering.

  

  woman called out: “Please, will you help us? We need somebody who is very strong!” Building 14 is shaped like a square and has a square courtyard ... since his freshman year and is now a staff member, which means that he has

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 16, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking 3 math classes this semester as someone who isn't a fan of math

  

  can be a lifesaver. Office hours are great. Math is okay, I guess ... math itself is a lot rockier, swinging between begrudging acceptance and ... 's understandable, since math is what you need to understand old systems and build new

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 3, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Story of the 5 Wits A look back on my externship at 5 Wits

  

  , you may be wondering why this is the story of the 5 Wits. Well, there ... selected to work at a magical company called 5 Wits Productions, where many ... , you could be a spy and infiltrate an evil corporation or discover

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • February 4, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Re-Introduction of Sorts Hi, my name is Bryan.

  

  can do one step better?) Perhaps this is why? Or maybe had MIT heard ... . You're in college now." Here's the catch. It's MIT, a place with as many ... here like I'd describe a science experiment, I guess you could say: Step

  • by Bryan
  • September 14, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  unquantifiable growth progress that can't be measured

  

  the way, is 12.) But even at MIT, not everything can be measured. When ... As for the first time, after a freshman year that can best be described ... time better (thanks, iCalendar) and how to use a mop (apparently you

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 5, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You Guys Are Used To Getting No Sleep, But I Am Old To those of you who have siblings: what's the one piece of sibling-related parenting advice…

  

  when I can find time. Hope you guys are having a great start to your summers. To those of you who have siblings: what's the one piece of sibling ... that there are things can be done to nurture such relationships... any

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 1, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Football home opener College football is as American as apple pie.

  

  there are very few pictures of me in a cheerleading uniform on good hair ... I realized the other day that, despite the fact that most of you are probably at least dimly aware that I'm a cheerleader, I never write anything

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Remembering Woodie Flowers they say don't meet your heroes, but some exceed your expectations

  

  : there is a memorial fund, benefiting FIRST, set up by Woodie's widow ... . They say never meet your heroes, but I am here to tell you that Woodie is ... already miss you more than I can say. The world still needed you so much

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 12, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  every book I read in 2022 all nine-plus of them

  

  History is, of course, a famous book, particularly in certain circles. I ... intrigue, mysticism, and references to the classics. Is it a little corny ... of my closest friends is a biology and philosophy double major, and

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • January 8, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I failed an exam last week and it will be okay

  

  . I'm mad at myself -- I'm at risk of failing a math class, and there ... withdraw from MIT entirely and become a hermit in the woods -- surely I can ... pretty well on the psets, where I can look up what terms like "marginal

  • by Alice L. '24
  • November 21, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Gendered language y/n?

  

  encouraged to use in official communications. The title is a little misleading ... news. To be clear, this idea is different from the push to integrate a ... going to happen. A cool thing about our generation is that we're less

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • August 30, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mitra, it’s your birthday. Happy birthday, Mitra!

  

  was because she is really a vampire and does not show up on film, but ... Jeannie, where she has to make a robot Jeannie to walk down the aisle with ... . Happy birthday, Mitra! Don't eat too much cake; you have got a marathon to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 4, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  It’s The Time To Disco

  

  If you've haven't yet read about (or danced on!) the MIT East Campus First East Disco Dance Floor, then what are you waiting for? First, go ... video: [AVI (DIVX), 5MB] [Quicktime (MPEG4), 28MB] That's a lot of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 26, 2005