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• Blog / Events

  MIT’s Once-a-Century Party

  

  themed for a certain decade and most featuring open bars:   And ... transformed into a huge sports stadium, with gigantic spotlights emanating from ... ):   ...or President Reif taking a selfie (Reif-ie?) with the MIT seal

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 8, 2016
• Blog / Personal Travel

  The Grandest of Road Trips Reflections on a cross-country road trip, on an international plane flight, on a full bladder.

  

  to San Francisco with my boyfriend CV, who just graduated and has a ... -making committee? What kinds of requirements are there for becoming a canyon with the ... . Summer 2K9, guys; it's gonna be a blast. AND I PROMISE TO BLOG IT! For

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 1, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The ratio of people to cake is too big.

  

  tools needed for when I read (along with a highlighter, a staple remover ... !, 2003 (this puzzle, instead of a word answer, has an image for an answer ... reading day, which, for our office, is every Monday, Wednesday and Friday

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 13, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Professors Are Human Too (Really!) My name is Eric Grimson, and I am a professor at MIT.

  

  deal with the faculty and fellow students a few at a time, in your classes and in research groups you may end up working with. We are a very ... succeed at MIT. My name is Eric Grimson, and I am a professor at MIT. I

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Application season

  

  for financial aid applicants (and remember, MIT is need blind for all ... With the Regular Action deadline just days away, I want to wish all ... application materials. Try to get it done soon so you can have a rockin' New

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection

  

  've even worn a tie (*gasp*) for the occasion! I'm excited but also nervous ... assure you we'll treat your application with the utmost skill and ... for the purpose) is very quiet, but in 2 hours it will be abuzz

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 3, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF Review Photos from the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair.

  

  , I went out to dinner with a dozen of the 20+ MIT 2010s at Intel ISEF ... ISEF is a huge fair, with nearly 1500 students from 40+ countries. On ... . Anneke '10 at her project, with her sign, which became a hit of the fair

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Selling Point How to tell the difference between MIT and an infomercial

  

  down with a case of the sniffles and the best place to curl up and nap ... viewings were fraught with empty promises and enticing offers for magical ... wasn’t a couch potato by any means; I loved to go fishing with my

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 11, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  SF AIDS Walk – Part II

  

  generous donations, I qualified as a Star Walker, and was eligible to wear a ... special. I owe a huge thanks to Tiffany '06 (white hat) and Accenture/PG&E for sponsoring my participation in the walk. (... and my shirt

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / Events

  IAP & Mystery Hunt preview Four Mystery Hunt puzzles for you to try.

  

  Period, is a special four-week mini-term full of interesting, fun and ... Food: Ancient and Medieval Cooking, Experiencing Health Policy: A Week in ... more puzzles), with the ultimate goal of finding a coin hidden somewhere

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2007
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if I’m having a hard time completing the recommendation requirement?

  recommend having one letter from a math/science teacher, and one from a ... curriculum. You should do your best and use your judgment in asking for letters ... preferred recommender may be struggling with their own challenges and may be
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Day 7: Philly Part 4 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  price of a subcompact. Dude. I opened the door and was flooded with "new ... car for hours at a time on busy city streets, where dings and scratches ... meeting. I had dinner with two of the Philly EC's, Mark and Steve, at a nice

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  life lessons from my internship career choices moving forward

  

  a lot of tasks that are currently tedious and unpleasant for humans to ... to optimize for interestingness instead, and such a future is certainly ... This summer, I worked for fourteen weeks as a software engineering

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 1, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Human Factor And String Theory Two links to start your weekend.

  

  Stu, Matt, Nance, Daniel and I are all down in NYC for the College Board Conference with a gazillion other admissions professionals. Things ... developed for its new Campaign For Students, a big fundraising campaign that

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 26, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Nourishing bodies, enriching souls and minds There's more to the MIT community than just famous researchers and brilliant students.

  

  bananas with vanilla and poured the mixture over a wafer crust. At Mr ... kitchen where John Jackson had cooked for half a century suddenly went out ... Institute of Technology fraternity said. He gave them a connection with the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 4, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  baby steps something tender and new

  

  butch blues by leslie feinberg"]reading[/annotation], and a lot of ... like a canned statement, but it couldn’t ring truer for me. i wallowed for much of sophomore year, hardening my shell and building my walls up

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • August 25, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s Making Me Happy This Week: Week 1 Spider-Man, Nina Yuen, and More!

  

  , ran the country and their businesses. This is a must read for anyone who ... and her new poem Ghost Ship is a great example why.   And with ... As exams become more and more of a reality that I can't ignore, I

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • May 2, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A ditch on the side of the New Jersey Turnpike

  

  ) Lex lives in a house called "Malkovich." Coming up with a name for a ... to come in heavily. I decided I'd help with the buckets and buckets of ... with a doctor: Dr. Lester: Which of these two letters comes first, this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Adventures of Comic Artist Girl (+ Doodles!) In which comics class gets a talk from an award-winning cartoonist

  

  (traditional). She cranks out a page per day, and works for twelve hours (with a ... a bummer week, and my days were punctuated with a lot of downs. But ... comics. She drew a webcomic (Demonology 101) for five years—700 pages—and

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  An unexpected discovery, from a few centuries ago It takes more than four years to get to know a place

  

  started out with a typical walk to the grocery store, and instead I stumbled ... 't bode well for my dish. Well it turns out there's a big Whole Foods ... than a "village" of around 1500 people, but for a short while it served

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 20, 2018