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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I can tell that we are gonna be friends (part 1) I'm talking to you, Alan Guth.

  

  wrong building, which irked me (in the wrong building for my first final ... later, I realized that the random proctor looked familiar because he was ... the most of your time at MIT, and for working towards completion of your

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 2, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Interview with a Mystery Hunt Winner An interview with Kat '10, a member of Palindrome, last year's winning team and this…

  

  hunt for the HS. I took a lot of his classes and after I got into MIT, he ... for finishing the hunt first is getting to write next year's puzzle) I ... times, all the rooms for the teams, permission to put a device in lobby 7

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  conversations with friends so many different ways to feel lost

  

  , and he’s suggesting all these schemes for how he can turn the fishing ... and now i have a chunk of work to do for my urop but it's the weekend i dont wannaaa p: just ride the A train for a full loop m: it's too hot for

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 21, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Funnies An Appetizer

  

  Sorry for the slight gap in entries, this weekend was crazy. I've got ... -mailing myself. The e-mail looked perfectly legit, it was sent from my MIT account ... me. This confused me for a good 20 seconds as I stared at the screen of

  • by Snively '11
  • February 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Senior Spring! What I did (and didn't) do over IAP...and plans for my last semester!

  

  powers of browned butter). Click here for the recipe. (Substitute white chocolate chips for toffee and your life will be changed forever). Also the ... depending on the start date for my job, I might go to Germany. MISTI is very

  • by Alina G. '11
  • January 30, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Advising Folders! Lots of fun discoveries about advising and such. Also, how I managed to confuse MIT…

  

  elective credit for my score on the Spanish Language AP, so that was a ... elsewhere for information about them.) I did alright on the test overall, but ... , MAS.A17 (Designing Technologies for Kids). Basically I get to play with

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 18, 2005
• FAQ / Interview

  What is the interview deadline?

  There isn't a specific deadline for the interview. Students submit their application by November 1 for Early Action or January 6 for Regular ... Educational Counselor (EC) if there’s one available. ECs will typically use the
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Things You Won’t Have to Buy (or spend *that* much on) This one's especially for the incoming freshmen.

  

  is normally $25) is absolutely free for MIT students. One of the last ... 'll be easy for IST to tell the difference, so no funny business. But what ... parking If the fare hikes for the MBTA made you a little sad on the inside

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 18, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Eating my words at Area Four Mushroom and fontina pizza my beloved

  

  , as I believe their pizza defies all known laws of reality. For one, the ... ordered the "mushroom and fontina" pizza. Mel must have felt sorry for me ... Area Four (A4) is a popular pizzeria/cafe near MIT. Known for their

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 29, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Cake Concert, Wing Dinner, and Senior Ball An action packed 2 weekends: Cake, a wing dinner, and Senior Ball!

  

  around the world - a Habitat for Humanity event, this year they built walls ... event and all proceeds went to the Cambridge YWCA, a shelter for abused ... sentimental overall, but rather anticlimactic for a sophomore. The most

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 7, 2006
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  living the dream: UROP edition! in which i run experiments on children (well, kinda)

  

  do my part for the statistic that 90% of students have had a UROP by ... semester, I get to work with the Language Acquisition Lab. The Lab looks at ... this past Tuesday that I visited a daycare for the first time. I was

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 22, 2019
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Moving Across The Pond From One Cambridge to Another

  

  (clubs). One aspect of University that is often over looked is the fact that ... The same day the United States Government furloughed non ... . Patiently waiting to be interrogated and yelled at for misplacing all my

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • February 6, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 3) Thailand and Israel and Columbia, oh my!

  

  is that I got the position without really looking for it. I was ... there is for science and engineering, but many of the humanities ... support systems for the class from scratch. Coming soon, the website will be

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 8, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  art things #1 illustration, graphic design, ceramics, and photography

  

  sad to me now that for the past year, I’ve been making very slow ... ="attachment_94558" align="aligncenter" width="550"] my submission for the class of ... again in order for the glaze to melt and solidify into glass. I just got

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • December 1, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  done done done end-of-semester happiness

  

  the semester! the final was for 14.64 (labor economics), a class i ... (gender and media studies), for which i got to write a final paper about the ... for this class was pretty interesting, and i appreciated the flexibility

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 24, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Making Your Dorm Room a Piece of Art! [by Elise '14]...and how MIT'll help you!

  

  some fantastic art for your walls through the Student Loan Art Program ... ://listart.mit.edu/student_loan_art_collection. It’s a really cool program that lets you keep art for the entire ... using shelves and drawers for our electronics. We’ve even used the

  • by ARTalk
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Events

  CityDays and ClayNights Clay Aiken concert, CityDays volunteering, and West Campus luau (lots of pictures)

  

  . People hold up cell phones and stream the concert onto the web. It looks ... Clay Aiken! I'm not sure how to explain the phenomenon I witnessed on Sunday night. There are many hundreds of thousands of women across the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 30, 2005
• Blog / Events

  5 days until Mystery Hunt

  

  Waffle" (based out of the Simmons Hall dormitory, which looks like a space ... One of IAP's most exciting activities is the annual Mystery Hunt. In ... and others team up to solve lots of puzzles, with the ultimate goal of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 9, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  fun. the band, but also the form

  

  the time for it? This part of the song comes near the end, acting as ... 'm standing on a mountain looking out On the street, and I can hear kids in low ... of people for the better. I used to feel uncomfortable with the fact

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 11, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Followup

  

  Thanks, everyone, for your feedback on the admitted students parties ... was unscheduled, but that made it all the more better. For example, Les ... of amazing as well. First thing in the Fall, I'm trying out for both

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 30, 2005