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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Week 1 Autumn tastes like warm apple pie covered in bacon.

  

  pound. I'm sure CMS.100 is a worthwhile class, but grapes at 88 cents ... piled on top of each other in the middle of a circuit board where nothing ... Registration week was a heinous tangle of scheduling; seven (7

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 13, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 6

  

  long time, but I assure you, it is better not to rush such important ... Today I got in early, giving me a chance to read my copy of the New York Times; also, Ben and I had a nice conversation about the Clay

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

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

  

  As a lot of you probably know, the MIT class ring is a little more than a simple piece of jewlery. First of all, it's huge. Like, as rings ... ," as we call it, is a Big Deal. Each class selects a ring committee which

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 24, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  2 AM Destiny An early evening snapshot of an MIT kitchen

  

  a ghost, two fridges have been nommed, and the exit sign is breeding ... right— Phillip ’15, hiding behind the Cheez-Its. Phillip is a freshman on ... in Zimbabwe and Hungary. Devin is Course 18 (Math). Cory ’13, a Course

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 12, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Reischauer Scholars Program For those interested in Japan or international relations.

  

  and the United States. The format is pretty cool - you watch a video ... Don't you hate it when your computer freezes and you lose a huge ... let you guys know about a program that I participated in back in high

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 10, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Fondue: fun and done A break from admissions at the Fondue party.

  

  usually said "A-Kai-Oh") sorority's annual Fondue party. AXO Fondue is ... is, of course, chocolate. Lots of it. Including a yummy chocolate ... [see also: Melis and the AXO Chocolate Factory] Last night, after a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 5, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Monkey Dance

  

  appeal to some of you... The (27th annual!) LSC Sci-Fi Marathon is a ... film, Monkey Dance, is a documentary about the lives of three Cambodian ... the time. For those of you with an Asian Students Club or a Film

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Jargon

  

  students and alums, you should learn a bunch of the jargon that we MIT folks ... useful, is a badge of honor. drop - (1) v. To de-register for a subject ... which something is effectively but inelegantly made to perform a function

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Amy Perez Name: Amy Perez; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Lubbock, TX

  

  funny story. It shows a human side of you that we'll relate to. Fun fact about yourself: I can wiggle my ears but I can't whistle (you just got two ... 's Wheel (which was actually challenging!), cooking classes, and a Walking

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  9000 Words This post doesn't have 'em.

  

  after we made these posters (you'd be surpised how handy a stack of ... Figure 1. Life outside of classes. A) Study break to make Matt (or rather, Papa Matt!) a congratulatory card. B) On Wednesdays and Fridays, I

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 9, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Quarrying Around Ice skating in an underground tunnel

  

  Skating place at a Vermont quarry, I immediately responded that I wanted to ... Grotto has to the Freedlyville Quarry. The quarry entrance was about a mile hike uphill in the snow, and it was absolutely beautiful. There was snow

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 21, 2013
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do I have to submit a February Updates & Notes Form (FUN)?

  The February Updates & Notes Form (FUN) is required for Early ... opportunity for you to update us on anything important that has occurred since you submitted your application.
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Festival

  

  currently at MIT for Campus Preview Weekend (this post is dedicated to the other 42%!). This is the "before" picture, T-minus 2 hours until the event... And this is the "after" picture, a half hour into the event

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Dinner With Goobers Yeah food! Yeah people!

  

  YEAH! Frame one: Like I said, CHESS IS INTENSE. (As a side note ... to the family... but eating dinner all together as a family. I wasn't even allowed to read, which is lame because my little brother is allowed

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • February 27, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Scenes From Admissions Round One What's going on in this picture?!?

  

  Occasionally I'll show you a picture and give you some clues to see if you can figure out what's going on in the scene. Often I don't even ... . :-) So here goes the first session of this little game... a picture from

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Alums Direct New OK Go Video OK Go always has the awesomest videos. Jeff and Eric don't disappoint.

  

  You know the band OK Go, right? You remember, the guys with the ... video (among many others)? OK Go has a new video for their song "End Love," and it is directed by two of my MIT classmates, Jeff Lieberman '00 and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 16, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Anna’s Taqueria

  

  , because today is the grand opening of Anna's Taqueria on campus! Anna's Taqueria is perhaps the best know Boston restaurant of the variety "cheap AND ... food for free to MIT's students. I wasn't there, but I'm told that the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 10, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  tetacats the furry fish of tetazoo

  

  .[/annotation] Within on campus dorms, there are a couple of other halls in East Campus and Random that allow cats. It's a story that gets told at every MIT ... For context, Tetazoo is the name of the cat friendly hall that I live

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 25, 2022
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the Koch Institute?

  The Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, a National Cancer Institute (NCI) designated Cancer Center, is a state-of-the-art cancer ... -faceted group of investigators is at the core of the Koch Institute’s mission to
• Blog / MIT Life

  Gotta Catch ‘Em All! A DUCT TAPE COW!!!

  

  Boston is a living GameBoy game this summer with the Cow Parade. All across ... involves a bunch of artistic cows placed over the city. A friend of mine has ... must have been someone after my own heart. A DUCT TAPE COW!!! Duct tape

  • by Bryan
  • July 23, 2006