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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  #Winning the battle for awesome (fictitious) alumni

  

  good things" goes, but you can't deny that he's super smart. Maybe just a ... "likes". Cornell is super jealous, and they started trash talking a bit ... they're whining about is that in 2006, the writer of Doonesbury put up a

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  3 Lessons Learned While Hiking and what they'll teach me here

  

  celebrations and fireworks. I kept a blog (which you can read at gabehikestheat ... money do not equal happiness So long as you have a certain amount of each, you don’t need more. Give it away. Living out of a 38-liter backpack

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • July 26, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Feedback Works Warning: analogy ahead

  

  track one's progress in a leadership program, when you can't really assign ... last race for Cross Country ever." There's a lot on the line. And then ... can hear it: "M-I-T! M-I-T! M-I-T! GO MAGGIE! YOU’VE GOT THIS!" A blur

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • November 14, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Friday liveblog Let's see how long I can keep this up...

  

  campus to discover there's been a hack in Lobby 10! The hack is two giant ... choice?" President Hockfield: "There is a huge amount of choice at MIT, and ... : "Living and learning at MIT is not a spectator sport." 9:24am: President

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 13, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 2) The dog days of summer.

  

  camp means a lot to me (and that is an understatement if I've ever seen ... -tagged (and there's an antenna sitting in a pan that holds up the glass plate ... in the Center for Ultracold Atoms (a part of MIT's RLE). The CUA is

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  Wiimote Fun in Spain What I'm actually doing with my time over here, when I'm not learning Spanish insults…

  

  before your trip, so you can learn a little about the country you're going ... world, where I am much more comfortable. So, my job is to design a system ... . Can you think of anything that comes prepackaged with a 3 axis

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 25, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  Laptops! It goes on the top of your lap.

  

  you'll notice that there is a huge price spike when you get above a ... is that there are laptops everywhere! Proof? I love having a ... you should avoid a Mac. That's not to say you can't have one, but your

  • by Snively '11
  • March 22, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Reliving the good ol’ days Tombs, Smurfs, and Halloween

  

  did take a lot of pictures from the event, there is one that I think ... -WITS is the brainchild of a MIT course 2 alumnus, and it's basically an interactive puzzle adventure that you do in teams where you go from room to room

  • by Bryan
  • November 3, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Nationals! In which MIT XC goes to Iowa

  

  nationals, you can't know what your teammates are doing; the field is so large and so clumped together that all you can do is hope to hear snatches of ... Championships. As you may recall from where Maggie left off, our women's team

  • by Alina G. '11
  • November 27, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  December Questions Omnibus 1 Post-decision questions answered.

  

  student." Even as I'm away on vacation, I assure you there is a large team ... 't recieved any sort of letter yet. Is there one still coming?" If you still ... entries that I neglected to answer here, you can repost in the comments and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 24, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT offer a foundation year?

  the country where they study. ... MIT does not offer a foundation year program. Students currently enrolled in a foundation year program may apply for first-year admission if
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Dorms: Really Random 19 pictures. Don't open on a dialup.

  

  was so excited about wishing you a happy April 31, because, as Ling ... Random Hall is named "Destiny." Why would a floor be named Destiny? Well ... , and I'll give him or her credit where it is due. So, don't read any

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 13, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Support MIT Sports!! Vote for MIT Crew!

  

  Another blogget for you all. MIT Men's Heavyweight Crew is a finalist for "Crew of the Week" and you can all help our crew team be recognized ... little support! For those of you unfamiliar, Crew is sort of a big deal

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  shifting seasons something reflective

  

  can be a little intimidating 😅 Overall you seem like a really warm ... campus to pick up my monthly t-pass (since you can get a discounted pass as ... started poking around the house. there were lots of goodies that were a

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • January 15, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Unfolding of Language Your high school English teacher may hate it, but "gonna" really is a word.

  

  look closer, you'll see that "gonna" is actually becoming a grammatical ... 'm going to buy that book" is a perfect candidate for the use of the word ... 'm sure you can con a new friend into teaching you how to read music. =)

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 9, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In the Music Cubes, no one can hear you scream…

  

  “art is created inside this space,” but after three long years, I can ... .[/caption] The room is apparently also a small performance space (Galak Tika already has a concert scheduled there). Though I'm not entirely sure how

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 25, 2024
• Blog / Events

  “Where art thou, O Higgs?” *insert shimmering transition into the past here*

  

  in a while, you can pull out something (an "event") which could have ... Hey, there, it's been a while. Sorry about that; it turns out that blogging momentum is really hard to start up again after a certain point. I

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 7, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  gesturing around MIT drawing sights and sites around MIT

  

  , where the ring is presented. Then, there is a delivery event, where you ... that floor. There is a tree, and it faces Mass Ave, where Lobby 7 is. I ... sketches of random things. You can think of it as a warm-up for drawing. For

  • by Waly N. '24
  • March 6, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UROP 101 – The Intro Entry Each week, I will explore a different MIT student's unique research project and the insight…

  

  privilege is mostly a result of the Undergraduate Research Opportunities ... join a biology lab. Luckily, this is what the UROP program is all about ... and embryonated chickens. My research is part of a project to use these

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Plot Twist And what MIT Architecture has taught me about design and life.

  

  your face. It’s a course where how much you work is directly proportional ... . --- At MIT, architecture is one of the most personal educations you can get. There is no skipping studio class. Your professor expects to see you every

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 9, 2012