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• Blog / Summer

  “How was your day?” asked and answered

  

  been happening for the last two weeks, and I don’t know why. I bitterly get up, say good morning to my roommate, and head for the bathrooms ... immediately thank the gods for finals week. My GRT, bless his soul, cooked up an

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 2, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Going for the Au An MIT alum will compete in Olympic skeleton.

  

  Today, MIT alum Pat Antaki '84 will compete in the Olympics. He will compete in the luge-like, super-crazy event of skeleton, where he will race ... in the Dallas suburb of Plano, the Dallas Morning News has the full

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  A quick plug

  

  for some of the hacks, since the last time I went to the site. Well done, folks! For the curious, there are other sources of information about ... fondness for, among others, the Wright Flyer, which happened during my

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Making friends by learning languages Welcome to the Language Conversation Exchange

  

  Ciudad de México for Dia de los Muertos was not a real tradition at the ... try something new for lunches this semester. We've gotten rid of the ... of the lunch and then switch to their table's language for the second

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 6, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Preparing for CPW

  

  about in the blogs all year (me included). You can follow Ben's blog for ... Scandinavia and I think it's time for a little update. Forgive me, though, for ... I'm really exhausted :-) I'm working the CPW registration desk during

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two cakes and six cupcakes ...they may or may not resemble astronomical objects.

  

  is what the Very Large Array looks like: This is what his Very Small Array (of red velvet cupcakes) looked like: The cupcakes took ... I mentioned that I'm in the midst of a summer research program at the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 15, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Radia Perlman ‘73, Mother of the Internet Radia Perlman has three MIT degrees and more than 80 patents.

  

  earlier this year. (And, for the record, I think in the picture at right she ... software acts like a virtual road map for moving information on the streets of the Internet, says Greg Papadopoulos, chief technology officer for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  classes are hard but i’m sure you knew that already an academic case of murphy's law

  

  'm optimistic though. According to the official guidelines for an OX, The OX grade ... 's like trying to pop a pimple, where you'd poke and prod at the pimple for ... help, I received it. I wasn't prepared for the level of rigor that this

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 29, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Visual Arts @ MIT part 2 our experience trying to prepare for the animation industry at MIT

  

  clicking through and looking at the specific classes required for each of the ... was a super fun class! We also signed up for 21W.744, The Art of Comic ... Comics class at MIT, but got more of a grasp for this skill in the two

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 22, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Highlight Reel Parents! A cappella! Thesis! Superheroes! Film class! And generally hanging in there @ MIT

  

  seeing and doing on campus. They didn’t even register for the weekend ... year is for the concert Saturday evening, when MIT’s a cappella groups ... you could buy a 31-class pass, good only for the month, for a supreme

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / How to Food

  MIT Dining Halls my controversial ranking

  

  official ranking so as to close any debate around the subject. I will be ... anything here. Quantity: ⭐ - This is the reason McCormick is so low for me ... any staff. Vibes: ⭐ - The dining area is way too cramped for seating

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • March 19, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Incentive to Drop Out Two MIT students get $100,000 and lots of opportunities in a two-year fellowship.

  

  other 22 Fellows are male. Here are the official bios from the Thiel Foundation: Laura Deming wants to extend the human lifespan for a few more ... to MIT in two years, I wish you all the best for the future

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 26, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  More About Reading ...based on your questions!

  

  application becomes complete, it goes to the staff to be read. For applications ... applications for most of the rest of the day, listening to my new music. Tomorrow ... and include us into the adventure too? :)" That's what the blogs are for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Harvard Friends, Part 2 finding my quarantine dream team

  

  ' reassurance and my own empathy for the difficulty in finding balance didn ... lots of opinions and ideas about how the fall plans might look and how we ... wait for MIT to announce its plans to begin thinking about the future. I

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 29, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  [Guest Post] Things to do while waiting for decisions by emily '22, alison '23, felix '23

  

  inbox Look through AirBnB and save all the beautiful apartments in Hawaii ... backpack for a week Try to get over your fear of how ugly the titans are and ... things you’re proud of yourself for POSITIVITY ONLY Check every inch of the

  • by kellen manning
  • February 1, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  August, Airplanes, and why not throw in Spring Break, too? My traveling styles. And, I don't even know, maybe a catch-up thing?

  

  thing was from a display in the airport. I was looking for more proof that ... -just-walked-3-miles-for-this look my face. After getting on the wrong train in DC ... about it some more once I hear the jet engines whirlin'. :) But for now

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 31, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  What We Did In High School pls don't be as stressed as we were

  

  to look up. After not winning anything for most of 11th grade, at the ...  standing) at the college forum, wearing our high school shirts and MIT caps for ... to-blog list, because it is truly special. But for the purposes of this

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • July 11, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bringing Down the (Lottery) House Like the movie '21,' but with scratch tickets.

  

  Srivastava take the lottery for millions, like the MIT Blackjack Team took Las ... ." Maybe there's something to be said for the old saying, "The Lottery is a ... If you enjoyed the story of the MIT Blackjack Team -- the movie "21

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 10, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Credit for Reddit i am internet and so can you

  

  think about/with/through it. For more than ten years I've taught at the ... undergraduate too, for that matter) I studied social media. I worked at the MIT Center for Civic Media, which builds, supports, and researches at the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 29, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Reading Season Kickoff We are indeed looking for human beings in every sense, not just looking for numbers.

  

  preparation for the meeting, we were all assigned the same three applications to ... is completely true: we are indeed looking for human beings in every sense, not just looking for numbers. As we say in our "Preparing For MIT

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 25, 2004