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• Blog / MIT Life

  Who needs Black Friday anyway? a slightly different take.

  

  immune. But there’s also something sentimental about celebrating stuff you ... memories of middle school. That’s something that a shiny new parka will ... places in Yosemite, and swapped some old gear I had for other people’s used

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 29, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Great Expectations i've never read the book, but the title seemed to fit

  

  better. Hi, I’m Michelle, and it’s super nice to meet you! If you didn ... can happen, I’ve learned that sometimes they don’t, and that’s totally ... expected them to. Have a few anecdotes!! Expectation: I start using my dorm’s

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 17, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Climb Every Mountain: a Guest Blog Post by Davie R. ‘12 Davie R.: MOTH HUNTER.

  

  mist, but evidently the clouds had taken New Year’s Eve off. Despite the ... .. - - - First, an explanation of who I am and why I’m posting on Anna’s blog. I ... ecosystem has been destroyed: it’s much more endangered than the Amazon. About

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 28, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Skies over MacGregor Views of campus, Boston, and the Charles River from ten stories up.

  

  lounge on the tenth floor a few doors down from Cory’s room. The suite ... alarm at Simmons, from 400 feet away in Cory’s room in MacGregor, just in case you were especially excited for MIT’s fire alarms.

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 21, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Our Essay Questions i am havink qvestion

  

  work on these essays is up to you! My only advice is to read Chris S. '11's excellent post Show, Don’t Tell! (the College Essay, Pt. 2) from a few years back before you do so. It's a terrific

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 1, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  rate this year is the lowest in MIT's 151 years; we had to turn away ... special. It's awesome because of the people here. The corollary of this ... .  Congratulations to the Class of 2016. I wish all of our applicants well. It's

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Things That Have Happened To Me Recently in no particular order

  

  they were really popular about five years ago, and that's about how ... ;t. Loser. Also, that broken screen's sharp now. It's going to

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • January 28, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Pumpkin Drop Trick-or-treating is not enough.

  

  cold, wet pumpkins for the sake of simplicity. This past weekend’s wind ... 54, was built on stilts in 1964 to circumvent Cambridge’s height limit ... footage of the event. On the bottom is Isaque '15’s version, which is much

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 31, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Bloggerduction a challenger appears

  

  Hi! I'm Qiaochu Yuan. That's "chow-chew," as in ... will blog about, but I learned from my math blog that it's hard to keep blogging promises. I blog about what's on my mind, and I can'

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 1, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  NIGHTMARISH THOUGHTS fear of technology

  

  ’m like - HEY! That’s great! And then I remember, the public library IS MY ... will love it. At this point, I am really scared of technology. It’s ... . And that’s also one thing you can’t change about technology: it won

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Looking Backwards Sherman, set the WABAC machine to....

  

  Like Bellamy’s young hero, I too am back in Boston. Except its been ... everything I brought with me), I paid a visit to Kim’s office and did some ... for the admissions officers, that’s for sure... Of course, in 1918

  • by Alina G. '11
  • March 27, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Not so FAST heading to MIT on Saturday for some FAST Thinking

  

  reception in the MIT Museum celebrating the kick-off to MIT”s 150 Celebration ... exhibition was equally dazzling, showcasing 150 of MIT”s best inventions ... Auditorium. And it”s all free!’ Wow. This is why this MIT is such a great

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 3, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Put a Ring On It 2013 RING PREMIERE!

  

  left the warmth of my dorm to line up with the other '13s outside of ... laughing. The clapping. 2013s! Without further ado ~ I present to you all the 2013 MIT Brass Rat: :) What up, '13s! Do you see the "13" in

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 11, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Weekend Adventures Part One the first of several "a day in the life of Cyd" posts

  

  wendy’s for dinner with friend 2 8:30 pm – ran home to change for the next ... with a few friends to hang out 4:52 am – bed time ☺ Saturday: (P.S. in ... A's** Dia de la Revolucion Pozole Dinner 8:27 pm – go to friend 1’s room to

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • November 23, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Upside-down and Reversed: Photography at MIT [by Biyeun Buczyk ‘10] I came to MIT thinking I’d put art aside for the…

  

  , and it’s where you can put his invention to work in 6.163: Strobe ... at MIT’s Visual Arts Program until his death in 1976. White was ... ;75 continues to come to MIT’s photo classes to share that inspiration (I

  • by ARTalk
  • March 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  As if course numbers weren’t enough: Learning your A, B, Cs, and OEs Different majors at MIT, and why I chose mine

  

  evolution of course numbers can be found here. It’s actually pretty fun to ... taking 6-7 classes in my self-defined concentration. Here’s some info from ... of the student’s choosing. A wide variety of popular concentrations are

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 11, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ISEF Reception MIT will be present at the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair in Albuquerque this…

  

  's international students, we will discuss admission to U.S. universities, providing ... with a dozen of the 20+ MIT 2010s at Intel ISEF. The table at dinner. In ... finally, Ian, Manuel, Zihao, and Reynaldo (MIT '10s). Intel ISEF is a huge

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Design Squad: Pretty much the opposite of The O.C. A show where 8 teenagers use their engineering skills to build some really cool stuff.

  

  series produced by Boston’s public broadcasting station, WGBH – maybe my ... MIT and he graduated last year with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. I ... Lorentz-force actuator that is being used in the lab’s needle-free injector

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 21, 2007
• Blog / Blog Projects

  [Announcement] The MIT Bloggers are hosting an AMA! Ask us anything this Friday and Saturday!

  

  people’s questions if you really want to see them answered. Seriously ... ’re a high schooler, MIT student, someone’s parent, or if you just ... anonymously, but use this power responsibly! You can address your question(s

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 15, 2025
• Blog / Blog Projects

  where is south dakota again? and other fun questions for your south dakotan friends

  

  [annotation note="\s, obviously"]unenlightened,[/annotation] I sent out a list ... ,[/annotation] with a double minor in Japanese and Energy Studies Christian S. '22 ... first showed up: I attended MIT’s [annotation note="Matt: s/o to the OEOP

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 3, 2021