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• Blog / Athletics

  Miscellany In which I talk about my life and Fancy sportsball DNA folk songs

  

  the Rolling Stones in 2006 for his song "Vans," and he is one of the ... hope in my heart that our commencement speaker might be an inspirational ... Hey Internet! After not posting a video for a couple weeks I totally

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Moving Forward I, and the outstanding staff in the admissions office, re-affirm our pledge to uphold the…

  

  , came at an important time for our culture, and is one that resonated ... as an undergraduate. After four years in Course 2, and twenty years in ... We were all saddened by the news of Marilee Jones' resignation. In

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • May 4, 2007
• Blog / Events

  MIT Mystery Hunt is happening! watch the kickoff at 12 PM EDT today, 1/15

  

  Hunt is a time-honored tradition, which you can learn more about in CJ ... part of the winning team last year. Here's an excerpt: A puzzlehunt is a ... in order to do it. Puzzles have some sort of answer, which is usually a

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 15, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Hug Your History Teacher Because it's 9/11

  

  second for that to make sense. But we have an agreement. I don't tell them ... 't is because they might think it's outside of the scope of an admissions ... controversy, we just had a blogger deftly navigate an analysis of the Penn State

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • September 11, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Language (die Sprache) MIT-Germany student discusses language

  

  ;advantageous" for being recognized. But the decision to write in German wasn't ... rather in guiding what we tend to think about most often. As an example ... difficult, you can still learn an entirely new way to think, to communicate

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s All Going To Be Okay I won The Game!

  

  'm currently in the middle of finishing an 8.022 p-set with some friends, one of ... -semester seniors. I know the month of March is an incredibly stressful time (I was in ... Have you ever heard of The Game? I've referenced it several times in

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 3, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Sean ‘13 The third in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class. Plus, a related…

  

  cards in Las Vegas. Although such an unorthodox use of mathematical ... .* Perhaps lesser known is the fact that an institution specializing in science ... -year varsity starter in the outfield for the Warriors, applied to the MIT with

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things I Learned From Freshman Year Overanalyzing all my bad habits.

  

  have an obsession with productivity for the pure sake of productivity ... on the internet, I was surprised in the last couple years to find an ... (^how to make studying for finals in December cozy) I have had ADHD since

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 23, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi Day Eve A doodle and some old advice

  

  comforting words, my friends and I made a video in December for EA applicants, and it definitely still applies now. I wrote an open letter about how I ... To everyone who's waiting for a pi(e) day decision: It's all going

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / Classes

  On IAP A time for P E R S O N A L P R O J…

  

  (people on my hall have been playing it :P) for around $20! Just in time ... not finishing it. I had nothing. When I went to give my presentation in ... hang out. Here is a full outline of all of my plans for IAP. Physics

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • December 27, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  100% Completion It’s pretty hard to do, but I’m going to try.

  

  tunnel systems. In theory, there is no need for winter jackets, which is ... courtyard and staring in awe as my dormmates constructed an entire ... own adventure, and there are an infinity of options to choose from

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Like a freshman Getting a P+ isn't just for frosh anymore.

  

  calculating last year that if I got an A in every one of my six classes this ... giants--like, people over 6'6"--hit them over the head, and put them in his ... until November. No no, today I felt I like a freshman, hosed for the very

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 6, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  Hacks and meta-hacks

  

  of my hall's freshmen, when one of them noticed something odd in the Guide to Facilities for Individuals with Disabilities campus map psoted on the wall. You can't really see anything in that picture. But what my

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT is a jock school the secret is out

  

  saw how girls in my sorority would leave for a weekend and return as ... school. Yes, that MIT. The one that has swept the Putnam competition for ... participate in one of the 33 varsity sports. The MIT where, underneath all the

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • May 11, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  This Day, the Year I Applied what I learned in college about application struggles

  

  in the woods for an hour, meditating in a special way. You watched a ... apply to MIT if…?” I’m not an expert in this matter, nor can I pretend to ... bit of my inner self for flaws and merits. Why, on December 13, I had to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 20, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Juggling Act When you're used to life in Hell...

  

  take place in Building 4. (Yes, that's its actual name: Building 4. What ... features include an über-convenient café, an Athena computer cluster (not to mention two other clusters nearby, in Buildings 12 and 2), Killian Court

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670- Mechanical Engineering Tools- Week 1 Mechanical Engineering Tools (2.670) teaches us the fundamentals of machine and computer tool use so…

  

  In an engineering class with a lecture format, you get to learn a lot ... time in the Pappalardo Lab and the Lab for Manufacturing and Productivity ... attractive engine. I'll post an exact time and place for those of you who want

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Art Imitating Art well, at least blogs.

  

  stuck in Beijing. "I've gotta beat them somehow," I said, in an impromptu ... Alcide from True Blood! I waited in line for maybe 30 minutes to get ... Happy Labor Day Weekend y'all! I'm up north in my ancestral woods of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 5, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Our students, their stories. Andy Partridge in a zamboni purple monkey dishwasher.

  

  liberated from solid food for the rest of my life by an errant puck. Yes, we ... . Thus, MIT effectively has 1 / 256 of all the IP addresses in the world ... 's what's been going on in my life. Yesterday in 6.002, somebody brought a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 15, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  624 Hours: Columbia, MO or, Things I Made While I Was Home

  

  altitude over some undetermined state in the Midwest. I’m now writing, I can ... the last 26 days in my hometown – Columbia, MO. Located in the heart of the Show-Me State, Columbia is a lively college town, except for the

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 19, 2012