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• Blog / MIT Life

  REX continued The rain killed my hawaiian outfit.

  

  kickoff that started in Kresge. The real fun started at about 5 pm on Sunday afternoon with the annual East vs. West water war. The past two ... for their own contraption. Sunday night, East Campus threw a party

  • by Bryan
  • August 31, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  New stuff on MyMIT, and more

  

  I'm back in Boston now after two trips to Washington, DC in the past ... at MIT, including the Latke versus Hamentashen Debate [editorial comment: where's the debate? Latkes are clearly superior!] and another Nobel

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick update

  

  I guess the folks who staff the phones in MIT Admissions received lots of calls today, with many references to my blog. Below are the FAQs. Q. If selection is over, can I have my decision? A. The selection

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection Day 3

  

  Selection can be pretty mentally taxing, so luckily the days tend to ... one of the breaks today, Stu, Amy, Mari and I headed over to the Student ... ). Several minutes later, another half dozen or so folks from the Admissions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 6, 2004
• Blog / Blog Projects

  This blog post was written by a winner my entry for #BlogstonCommons

  

  the Bunker Hill Monument! On a whim, I stood in line for anyone who ... Author's note: I wrote this for a challenge that I participated in ... 500 words first, which was the goal, but I was also trying so hard to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 9, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Doonesbury Conclusion Official Doonesbury news.

  

  Cornellians to the poll in numbers sufficient for Big Red to catch up. "We ... Doonesbury Straw Poll Congeniality Award. As for the question at hand -- Where ... 's Doonesbury FAQ: The previous Straw Poll invited readers to choose among three

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 26, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  It’s been a long road… ...gettin from there to here

  

  ’m raising money for the National Organization for Rare Disorders. I have ... organization that puts on the Marathon) for the past two years. [caption id ... and religious restrictions as they fill food bags for the clients

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  had i known how to save a life on self-care

  

  someone? i opted for the more conservative hi, i’m here for walk-in hours ... content warning: multiple mentions of suicide.     the friday before the last one, i received some bad news. one of my close

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 17, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  reviewing my classes this semester but unthoroughly

  

  goal. For example, the Google search engine uses distributed technologies ... statement” or “for loop” is. Thus, a compiler is a program that does the hard ... classes, totaling 96 units. In the spirit of procrastinating finals studying

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • May 17, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Integration no, not the math one

  

  ’s easy to take for granted the haven that is created Under the Dome, where ... its doors for students FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD and make it possible for ... , and sometimes in the middle of juggling classes, p-sets, terrifying

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • November 8, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fantastic Course Numbers and Where to Find Them A List of Ways MIT is like Hogwarts

  

  fierce the cultures of MIT dorms can be. Also, for reference, this post on ... Hello friends, it is near the end of term (*cries*) and so today, I ... /not good it was, did at least spark the pottermania once again :3) 1. The

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 30, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Makers @ MIT how MIT supports student creativity and craft

  

  help promote the 'useful arts,' the 'arts' is short for 'artisanship,' as ... manufacturers to share their talents and hone their skills. As part of the celebration, the President is hosting an inaugural White House Maker Faire

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 18, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you do with a BS in econ? Answering Karen's question about my degree

  

  list as many as I can. The most popular jobs for the graduating economics ... , health care, etc. And for people who want to take UROPing to the next level, there is research assisting for the World Bank, International Monetary

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 9, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Harvard Square Photoblog Complete with funny captions. At least, I think they're funny. You be the judge.

  

  . Now pardon me, I'm going to play with the iPhone 3G for a few minutes ... Apple store on Boylston Street. Although the store's actually less than a ... around downtown Boston to do a little shopping (which had the added benefit

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 26, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anatomy of a Problem, Part 2 and the power of the many

  

  , accuracy) and understanding the compromises settled for in attaining this ... , with the following caveat: for each single comparison made in the ... running our comparator on the same 2 numbers 40 log N times. For ALG to work

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 22, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  On the Flip Side I'm a host instead of a prefrosh this year - but CPW has still been…

  

  excitement for being here, at MIT, with some of the most incredible people in ... year instead a prefrosh's: there's less of the aimless wandering, the obsessive map-scanning, and the free stuff-hoarding, but there's still plenty

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 10, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  January Blues living alone, daily grind, angsty music

  

  early and on time, do your work for long hours, and hope to win the favor ... , but my opinions are too premmature for the Internet. I'm still not sure how I feel about the pace--I like that it is demanding (particularly for

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  present tense “you've got to let go of the fear”

  

  the pools. i remember milling around the locker room waiting for eleven ... pattern. for the past five nights i have constantly felt on the verge of ... in swim class, our instructor emphasizes the importance of relaxing

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 23, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PSA: new HASS concentration in Computing and Society studying humans? studying computers? porque no los dos?

  

  're in the area for any of them and want to drop by! ... The Tech has an article out this morning about a new HASS ... share with you. First things first: as you may know, the foundation of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 29, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Wolverine Wolverine, creme brulee, Ina Garten, BOOM. You symbiotic patriotic slam book neck, right?

  

  . This is the best recipe for soup I have ever tasted in my short life ... pset, woke up for no reason at 6 AM, and finished the rest of it in under ... now typing this--the computers, the oven, the HPLC pumps..." That was

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 27, 2006