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• Blog / Hacks

  mit.wikipedia.org The best dang hack there ever was [citation needed]

  

  of geeky wit. This, for instance, hung from the ceiling of Lobby 7: I was actually kind of ashamed when I didn't recognize the iconic globe ... -styled notification at the end of the Infinite, I challenged myself to find as many

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 20, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Pre-Orientation Begins Pre-Orientation and a mini-contest!

  

  Pre-Orientation and a mini-contest! This week, the MIT Class of 2010 ... begins on Sunday, but for half of the class, they are already getting to ... meeting the entire 1,000+ person freshman class. Here are a few of the FPOP

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Desired things a youthful aside.

  

  I just had the busiest, craziest summer of my life. I remember a ... fraction of the most difficult course at my school. A course on American ... for the end of the period no one stood up; instead, heads bent to clear

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 12, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  In Stereo

  

  very small number of schools, and that some colleges spend most of the fall (and sometimes a good chunk of the spring) visiting half a dozen ... among the tens of thousands of schools we didn't visit, let me tell you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 8, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Español Foreign Languages at MIT

  

  spring break light reading about a French serial killer and the birth of ... muerte anunciada. The novel is one of the assigned readings for 21F.704 ... memorizing facts and equations (I recently memorized all of the world capitals

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 23, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  CP* restored my faith in the universe i read...My Immortal...with prefrosh

  

  these chances to meet the Class of '24—they're wonderful and hilarious and ... ! These couple of days have been a testament to how amazing the MIT ... , and even more. The fact that all of these individuals helped replicate

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 18, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Religious Discussions Yes, there are non-atheists at MIT. But they still like science jokes.

  

  checking the IAP events schedule pretty regularly, but unfortunately, most of ... work hours. But today I was finally able to attend one of the seminars I ... you anonymously suggest at the beginning of the meeting. Facilitators

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Internet is Weird My first attempt at using eBay, or, how I'm trying to profit off of sad…

  

  here, but um...that'd just be weird. Because the rest of this entry is SO ... gets the most disproportionate enjoyment out of the most random, absurd ... remember awhile ago, when he blogged about the enjoyment he got out of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 15, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Leadership Training Institute by YeSeul Kim '10 and Anne Shen '11.

  to create a program to educate students on the significance of ... relay the concepts of leadership through an interactive curriculum. LTI ... giving. Anne >> It's true. Of all the leadership roles I took in

  • by mitblogs
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Our favoirte applicaiton spellnig errers If this title bothers you - or more importantly, if it doesn't - you should…

  

  Every year, the MIT admissions staff reads tens of thousands of ... captain of the team, but not the captian. Someone might be on the school ... secretery/secertary/secratary. Perhaps one of the funniest misspellings is

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 21, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi(e) No, not π times e.

  

  thought I'd put up a post that collects some of the best pi(e) references ... 's Today's Big Thing: And, of course, the Pi Song: And actually, if you play both of these videos at the same time, you get an interesting little

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 10, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Just Dance! Dance = Awesome.

  

  bags underneath their eyes for quite some time now. Saturday (the day of ... for all the teams. MIT Natya is one of several dance teams on campus; I ... there. And dancing with the other members of MIT Natya is rejuvenating

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 23, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  A New Year’s Resolution, MyMIT-Style Thoughts on my proposal to make MyMIT more community-based.

  

  Happy new year everyone! I've been out with the flu most of this ... just blows. Most of the time I can ignore it and power ahead, but the flu ... date instead of by user-preferences. Based on the feedback I've recevied

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Unfold I met my blog muse while doing the laundry, and then came this entry.

  

  fold clothes. I promise that the repeated act of folding one sleeve ... person who found it could probably tell the story of how I've spent my 27 ... person must be an MIT student. Exhibit B: He's a member of the Greek

  • by Bryan
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Couchamarans and Carboats MIT alums create awesome floating vehicles from which to watch the fireworks.

  

  students and alums often will create special boats for the occasion of the July 4th fireworks. Some of my friends have gone the extra mile. In 1876 ... a boat. "Before" image of the '67 Bel Air courtesy Amrys Williams

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Friday morning potpourri in lab How MIT's campus makes me happy to be alive. Also stuff from Adam.

  

  shots around this joint. The sort of puzzling thing is that nothing that ... grad school, so working really hard on it between now and the end of ... concerned about the aesthetics of various college campuses, something I don

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  $100 Laptop Unveiled Inspiring!

  

  I just took a break from reading to watch some of the webcast of ... unveiled the first working prototype of the $100 Laptop. [news story] This is one of the most inspirational projects I've ever seen. It makes me

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Finalists the "name bryan's fish" contest continues!

  

  And the finalists of the "Name Bryan's Fish" contest are: Mr. Chang Voltaire Groker Fabio Matsya Gelatin White Dragon Sushi Vote for your favorite by posting a comment or emailing me at [email protected].

  • by Bryan
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Like Burger King – Only Not (Guest Entry) That ain't no Etch-a-Sketch. This is one doodle that can't be un-did, homeskillet.

  

  , had probably the second best time of my life (getting accepted and ... place justice, though citrus tastes oh-so-delicious. The best parts of my ... , "Ohmygods I can't wait to watch bouncy balls fall out of the sky and play in a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 22, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Burning Question "Can you tell me why I didn't get in? Why was I not good enough?"

  

  , passionate people. Go figure - I just described the vast majority of the ... competitive applicant pool in the history of MIT, which is arguably the hardest ... issue of class size versus # of applicants - but in the end you have to

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 16, 2005