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• Blog / Admissions

  Facebook & Google Plus open thread on social media. teach me something.

  

  think about it this way, it’s a striking transformation. What began, by ... built around profound sharing with supposedly strong ties. It’s a complete overhaul of the entire social ecosystem, and a complete reversal of Facebook’s

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 23, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What Are We Waiting For besides this video from the freshman arts program

  

  like to support the band, you can download it from iTunes here. p.s. if

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Thing-A-Mah-Bobs Never walk up to a duck trying to cross the street

  

  ’ve been attacking people at grocery stores and farmer’s markets around the ... that my granddad was African American and I was like whoa that’s cool ... Dixie Queen :D Well, that’s all for now. Hope you could keep up... This

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • July 8, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A fortnight of Boston summer +1 for using the word "fortnight" outside of an SAT or literature class

  

  It’s funny how one month can entirely change your perspective on life ... Boston. There’s a list of “101 things to do before you graduate” that ... singing (sort of)! But it’s not like I spent all my free time going to

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 23, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Dang Right, We’re Cooler Than You On the eve of Decision Day (D-Day), I bring you three things that adds to…

  

  (1) So this past weekend was Spring Weekend (when MIT invites a singer to come to campus and give a concert), and guess who came! :D (no offense, but the…

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 30, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Sabrosura! ...yeah so some variation of deliciousness/tastefulness

  

  night, Boston’s own DJ Phix turned the tables with the latest Salsa and

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • March 13, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final Forty-Five Still somehow worse than last term

  

  of MIT’s Sailing Pavilion, the revitalization in South Florida’s Cowbone Marsh, and the improvement of South Florida’s coastal structures. I ... set, everyone in the class responds, “What time?” He’s never going to

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • February 28, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  NSBE MUSE Colloquium my first video

  

  Last week, I attended the MUSE Colloquium hosted by MIT’s NSBE Chapter at the Black Students Union on campus. NSBE is a wonderful organization that promotes academic excellence, professional development

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • February 21, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Preparing for the real world An alum's perspective!

  

  . That’s why it’s so great that programs like GEL are becoming part of the ... coursework, and that’s how to deal with all the parts of your job that aren ... academia changing rapidly, it’s reasonable to say that you too might be

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 18, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  Most delicious deliverables ever Also, I'm not having a bad hair day. I'm having a bad hair fortnight.

  

  a 1-mile radius of my room which is significant since it’s snowy and ... ). I could do all that, but there’s a pear clafouti recipe I’m dying to ... MIT Dramashop’s production of Hydriotaphia, in which I basically played

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 12, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Survey says… A LOT of freshmen report that they were leaders in high school!

  

  for the MIT Cross Country and Track teams, it’s a whole different ... than the identical role in high school. It’s a delicate balance of ... said. Since then, he’s been Executive Officer of a 600-soldier engineer

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • January 25, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spaghettuna and Lego aircraft If my first week of IAP is any indication of how 2011 will treat me,…

  

  , but we know what it is. It’s very easy to make, but I realize the name ... contractions to refer to everything, and it’s taken me two decades to realize no ... team with a good idea or a good team with a bad idea? There’s another

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • January 10, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Alan Guth and Day 1 on the Navajo Reservation Warning: this post may blow your mind

  

  nearest grocery store. There’s a gas station, two schools, and a cluster of houses occupied by teachers…and that’s it. It looks like this in every ... hogan: Is your mind blown yet? It’s a completely different world. This

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 3, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Restoring Sanity… and Fear And love of cats.

  

  , was the chance to go home and see my family, including my sister’s cat ... make your flight. Even though it’s rush hour, the Silver Line to the ... see whether your ID matches the name on your boarding pass will feel it’s

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Most Importantly, No Reddit This is actually how people lived.

  

  On Friday evening, I made the disturbing discovery that my computer’s ... were all I needed. I now feel moderately prepared for tomorrow’s exam ... pictures, just two weeks earlier (and not emptied my camera’s memory card

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 19, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Enterlude Brought to you by the letter "L", for Late, Lame, and real Life. Or something…

  

  from “decent” to “huh, that’s a little weird, but okay” and “is that even ... is that there’s a pretty universal handful of questions that all ... because oh it’s still summer there. I’ll be fine. HAH. WRONG. I didn’t see

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • September 18, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Coffee Talk Random things I love about MIT #1

  

  hundreds or perhaps thousands of years, rather than the 10s of years in

  • by Dave McOwen
  • September 13, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  San Francisco, je t’aime nothing to do with mit :3 (...intern in cali! )

  

  Back in March, I typed into our internship database: “california health internship.” Little did I know that this would turn out to be an AMAZING summer. I worked at an…

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 23, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I Climbed a Mountain Today there's always gonna be another mountain!

  

  grades on absolute letter grades, which means +'s and -'s have no meaning. thus, +'s are the grades that are most frustrating to get at MIT, since

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 28, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW is for Parents Too… ...enjoy your visit!

  

  . Parent’s Hospitality Lounge Grab a cup of coffee or tea and chat with ... ’ll ask lots of questions. It’s the way our students learn and will work for ... be at MIT, I’ll never forget the look on my mother’s face when I told

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 14, 2009