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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ring Committee Wrap Up For those interested . . .

  

  be rectified continued for a number of days, and due to finals and ... for your patience, and have a restful and satisfying summer! Sincerely ... , filled with its ups and downs, and we hope that all of you are enjoying

  • by Snively '11
  • June 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Music and Mayhem by Jess ‘12 Minus the mayhem. Also features running commentary by Yan. p.s.: Jess, your italics didn't show…

  

  with the letter V and ended with the letters “for Vendetta,” you can ... .org/topics/life/student_life_culture/valentines_day_special_1.shtml) and continued to run into her with increasing frequency until ... recall we journeyed to New York City at the end of July and survived a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  No Child Gets Ahead?

  

  7 spent less than $1 million and 8 spent nothing. "For a nation, I ... country's brightest children and calls the lack of more programs for them "a ... National Association for Gifted Children, said that state and local efforts

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I don’t like SPAM! Technology to the rescue!

  

  for a few days. For those unfamiliar with anti-SPAM technology, Re ... with Bacon!*)? Perhaps a photo of SPAM carved to resemble some bit of ... ’ve been getting more than usual on the blogs lately, and it’s a trend that

  • by Dave McOwen
  • October 6, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Role Of A Teacher A discussion regarding recent events in a Colorado classroom.

  

  While you guys are waiting for decisions to be released, here's a ... a question of politics. It's a discussion about teaching and what ... thinking for themselves and coming to their own conclusions. In that light

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 8, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  When MIT Gets Tough, CAAAATTTT Everything was terrible, and then I cat

  

  I was feeling particularly stressed out and at a loss for how to deal with MIT. I was stressed, I was upset, and I made a completely rational and reasonable major life decision. I ADOPTED A SEVEN WEEK OLD KITTEN

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 7, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I’m studying poetry to be a better engineer, and this is why

  

  hours in class analyzing those poems, and written 5000 words on a few ... , em-dashes and alliteration. Why? There is a good argument to be made ... alive for…That you are here - that life exists, and identity; that the

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fixing a hole First figuratively, then literally.

  

  again. He demonstrated this. Then he turned on his trusty MP3 player and ... up at 4 AM after I-forget-how-many hours' sleep and start on a thermo ... shift tonight and noticed that there is a large, person-sized indentation

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 17, 2005
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Self-Discovery Within An Internship guest post by Grace C. '21

  

  packet to a TA and I waltz out of the Z-Center, the sun bathing me in its warmth. "I finished the GIRS, am in a super romantic relationship with ... buried and unearthed cyclically throughout the year in hues but never with

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 27, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Toga, Toga, Toga On being in a fraternity (info for parents too)

  

  House, and I was on my way to Baker. (pause for information) Just a few ... Orientation and lasts for up to two weeks. - Over those two weeks, you get to ... like them and they like you, you probably end up getting a bid to join

  • by Bryan
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / How to School

  Today Was A Long Day and it's not over yet.

  

  ). So basically I averaged about six and a half hours of sleep. And for ... hall before it closed kind of a day. My alarm was set for 7:30 am this ... , giving me exactly half an hour to look somewhat decent, chomp down a

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 25, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  a fun bet spicing up the admissions process

  

  . Then we were jumping around and screaming for a solid five minutes. I ... research , or swing from a giant rope in the trees, I held it with such high ... sat back on my bed with Erinn, expecting a full day of writing other

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • December 3, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Majors Trying an Evel Knievel approach with my studies.

  

  I am double majoring in Mechanical Engineering and Biology, with a ... ? Reality check: There are only 24 hours in a day, and 7 days in a week. When ... home for Thanksgiving and was so tired that I slept straight through

  • by Bryan
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Future of Work How can people and computers be connected so that—collectively—they act more intelligently than any individuals,…

  

  that stayed with me for many years was called Car Hiker, a profile of Al, a man who for thirty years, parked cars in a garage. HIs nickname was ... . "Working" had a profound affect on me as I thought about work, and the basic

  • by Laurie Everett
  • March 6, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adventures in Math Conversations in the world of math.

  

  include great textbooks for gifted math students, an active and interactive forum (merged with MathLinks) for discussions of math and math problems ... sit down with Richard Rusczyk and Dave Patrick PhD '97, two of the folks

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 15, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  hello deferred applicants, i, again, don’t know what to say, but i can try

  

  day for a few months, and the night i got deferred, i just stopped ... and pay application fees, for many schools and not just one, in but just ... is, and as much as i want to look at this paragraph and say that i was

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 20, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dear prefrosh, a letter to you

  

  to mit. how do i cope with impostor syndrome?? And a lot of things ... with. Instead, I'm here to improve and grow as an individual and as a ... this? During this time, I've been able to talk and spend a lot of time

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 25, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT IS … reflections of a bright sunday afternoon

  

  filled with SO MUCH LIFE. I’ve turned in a total of 15 problem sets. I ... ’ve failed a midterm. I’ve aced a midterm. I’ve laser cut and assembled a ... ’ve stood in line at Maseeh’s dining hall at 12 pm for a halal burger. I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • October 22, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A…an…uh…a cappella concert? MIT's got non-Petri dish culture, too

  

  's one phrase - "a cappella", Italian for "in the manner of the church ... 're not familiar with a cappella, it's basically singing without ... - who, if you recall, I'm a big fan of. ...and there was dancing

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 22, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let the Rush Begin On Greek Life at MIT.

  

  Saturday with a luau followed by steak and lobster dinner then casino night ... . Tuesday was more low key with a day out bowling, a roofdeck bbq, and then a ... and help bring in a new awesome class to share the house with. It's also

  • by Bryan
  • September 8, 2005