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  a love letter to McCormick and thoughts on its renovation

  

  dorm room at MIT (in West tower (best tower)) was shared by some of the ... look a little different. When I step out of the Great Dome after classes, I’ll walk straight toward the Student Center instead of taking my

  • by Hala K. '29
  • September 28, 2026
• Blog / How to Food

  Guest Post: Where to Buy Food: MIT Groceries Guide Because eating textbooks gets expensive.

  

  Image courtesy of greggavedon.com   The following is a guest ... step, I always end up squishing all of the bananas, and it’s very sad ... because of the significantly higher prices. Good for a last minute gift or a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advice you’ve heard before and a story you haven’t you can just skip to the pictures if you want to, I wont be offended.

  

  of self respect. At least that's the way it was with me. Something that ... only the parts of the material necessary to hand in a completed ... .409 (which I highly recommend by the way). Another piece of universal advice

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • March 2, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Where are we going?

  

  Marjorie, will be leaving for South Asia at the end of this school year ... housemasters, Student Life staff, two GRTs, and two residents of the dorm. We held elections to choose the two student reps. A lot of people ran, more

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Want To Play Music @ MIT? (informally, that is.)

  

  , and many of my friends played instruments in the orchestra and in various ensembles, as I imagine many of you will. Some of the best musical moments, however, were those found in the less formal, impromptu picking-up-of

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Telethon EA Students, This One's For You!

  

  the last two telethons but, alas, this year the 9 degree weather outside ... for the evening, because MIT is calling YOU! That's right, tonight is the Early Action telethon when current students spend their evening

  • by Snively '11
  • January 15, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House (on Wheels) *vroom vroom*

  

  remember walking up to the front desk, stomach full of butterflies and a ... of the gigantic moving carts and, somewhat clumsily, maneuvered it to ... ="In retrospect, this description makes the decisions I make in the body of this

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • September 24, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Chancellor? What’s a Chancellor? What does the Chancellor do and how does that affect student life?

  

  Five months ago, I took on the position of Chancellor at MIT – a position I think of as a dream job. For the previous six years, I had been head of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • August 16, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Update – Featuring Tim the Beaver as Miley Cyrus Everything is awesome!

  

  I am sitting in the coolest little corner of our courtyard I've ever ... got to play the role of Miley Cyrus this weekend, on a wrecking ball ... that, they built a giant box fort from the ruins of the stock market

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 12, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer, East Campus rush, and the new term East Campus orientation activities, the summer, and the upcoming term.

  

  The month of August was pretty busy for me - a combination of work ... works as a director for a rather large freight railroad in the West. It ... lot out of the experience. It's kind of nice to settle down to classes

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist, Etc.

  

  've likely seen on Matt's blog, we went to the waitlist today and offered ... of the people of whom I spoke in this entry were admitted today. I can ... did after RA selection, I'm sharing the happiness of the waitlist admits

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  it’s only a matter of time a post for the deferred

  

  offer my congratulations, and a warm welcome to the MIT community. For the rejected, I offer my condolences, and the best of luck as you apply to other schools. For the deferred, I offer the rest of this post. Posts like this

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 20, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  MIT Regular Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2025 are now ... Regular Action, 33,240 students applied to join the MIT Class of 2025. This ... needed to get the job done right.   It was an incredible amount of work

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cellular neurobiology The more syllables it has, the cooler it is

  

  microscope again, and I was going to take pictures of the lab and our equipment ... of the more senior lab members. Morgan's lab is primarily concerned ... neurotransmitter to be released. The packets of neurotransmitter travel across the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 1, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  Celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day with AISES + NASA

  

  supporter of the Hawaiian sovereignty movement. She has an economics degree ... opportunity to "acknowledge Indigenous Peoples as the traditional stewards of ... People’s Day. As we do so, let us reflect on the richness and resilience of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 11, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Joint Blog] What It’s Like Studying Design at MIT Recounted by two seniors

  

  class, symbolized by the “s”! Course 4 offers many of these special ... four design majors in the class of 2026 (and that Teresa and I are two of ... the Morningside Academy of Design (MAD), which was created in 2022 as an

  • by Gloria Z. '26 MEng '27
  • February 4, 2026
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  , with other people, next fall. Of the students to whom we do not offer ... MIT Regular Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2020 are now ... , 19,020 students applied to join the MIT Class of 2020. As of today

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Saturday at the water park

  

  off-key at the top of their lungs. It was a gorgeous day, 85 degrees and sunny, and we got started right away on one of the innertube rides ... family in Ohio; I am of the firm belief that summer is not summer until one

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh, sweet freedom? One girl's tale of how to (try and) fend for herself in college. Tire swing…

  

  ’s 48 degrees and I can’t feel my toes.) I’m not the only one – many of my ... Oh, the joys of being in college. Finally, we’re independent! We can ... teenager, I unconsciously start tuning out the ends of all of their sentences

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Way We Live Saunas make me think

  

  . According to a recent New York Times blog titled "The Rise of the Toilet ... of IAP in Korea. South Korea may be the Starcraft capital in the world ... , Internet cafes, movie rooms, etc., the focal point of the jimjilbangs are

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 7, 2012