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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My New Hobby…. It's Giga-cool.

  

  The other day my roommate and I decided that there was a flaw in the ... them leaves quite a bit to be desired. On a tangential note, I've been taking a crash course in conversational German in preparation for a trip I

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 4, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Celebrate the Good Times just another good reason to eat more cake

  

  MIT.” “We are?! Why is that?” “Because MIT is having a party and I ... hosted a graduation barbecue in the backyard for 40 people. We set up a big ... in a circle. We bought balloons, we bought beer and hard lemonade, we

  • by Kris Guay
  • June 6, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lunch with Madam President Guess who I got to eat lunch with today?

  

  Well, apparently I touched a nerve with my last entry -- sounds like ... of the day is that I got to eat lunch with MIT President Hockfield ... this is very cool in and of itself -- there are not too many schools in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Activities, humanities, question-ities Will you have time to be in an extracurricular at MIT? Yes, you will.

  

  -the-waitlistee) '10, who asked, How many hours a week did you/do you dedicate to cheerleading and how has it helped/hurt your grades, etc? [I'm uh, asking for a ... I'm home for the evening. Cheerleading is a time commitment of about

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  2 AM Destiny An early evening snapshot of an MIT kitchen

  

  a ghost, two fridges have been nommed, and the exit sign is breeding ... right— Phillip ’15, hiding behind the Cheez-Its. Phillip is a freshman on ... in Zimbabwe and Hungary. Devin is Course 18 (Math). Cory ’13, a Course

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 12, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  He’s Making A List and Checking It Twice The things that I found important when looking at colleges

  

  ? - What is the graduation rate? - How hard are the classes? - How reputable ... further clarification. This is a four year investment; be smart. So I think ... So four years ago, I began a year-long journey to start seeing what

  • by Bryan
  • July 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Measurements How do you measure a year in the life?

  

  . How do you measure a year in the life? ... measure a year, I began to wonder what units I use to measure my life. The ... measurement I found was music. But music lengths were too subjective; a song by

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 21, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  bloggers.addAll( newBloggers); System.out.println("Hello, World!");

  

  , which is fine, because there are many ways to skin a rabbit (and besides ... plants, genetically modified spiders, and dragons. This sentence is a lie ... rabbits. She is a YouTuber, a tumblerer, and a listener of angsty acoustic

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  American culture at its finest: Thanksgiving How my family celebrates the holiday. Plus a crash course in U.S. culture for internationals.

  

  !) is Thanksgiving day, which is a BIG DEAL in the U.S. Considering the ... new every day.) Macy's is a huge department store, the main branch of ... oversupply, normally). My extended family is huge, so we almost never have a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  Parental advice, revisited… a self-referential throwback, that is somehow, still relevant

  

  , the underlying question is almost always some variation of “How do I ... themself, including whether MIT is likely to be a good cultural fit.  The ... , a significant number come from parents whose children are years away

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 12, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Boston Fun Tons of Boston fun, with a dash of Cambridge, too.

  

  , so I've been spending a lot of time wandering through Boston. Everything below is within walking distance of MIT -- and I'm not one of those ... Common Ice skating at Frog Pond (in a few months) Sam does his best

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Party!

  

  a three-hour security shift - party security is student volunteers ... I don't have much to say, I would just like to bring this to your ... . Miller '07 in the mud pit at Senior Haus' Steer Roast. The match ended in a

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 8, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Your CPW Host The host assignment meeting was tonight.

  

  back from his trip to Italy) If your assigned host is back from Spring Break, expect to get a call/email from them tonight or tomorrow (you may ... don't, I assure you that you have a host]. We also have some backup

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Beta CPW laser mazes and deep frying

  

  Ever wonder what a deep fried McChicken would taste like? How about deep fried Bertucci’s Pizza? We will have a selection of the finest local ... attest to just how terrifying delicious re-deep-frying deep-fried food is

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 16, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Are you a high school student? Do you want to learn more about MIT or possible career paths? If so, read…

  

  with current MIT students in a casual environment and discuss how MIT ... Hey friends, I'd like to pass along a message from Jennifer Li, the ... opportunity to explore a diverse number of science, math, and engineering fields

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 9, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Greetings from MIT Labs! Introducing MIT: The Game

  

  Game is a revolutionary breakthrough in admissions technology. Designed ... ! It probably is. The flash file is packed with so much awesomeness that ... , which is a numeric string that allows us to keep track of your scores so

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 1, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Goodbye Free-Body Diagrams Hello free -

  

  charged a lab fee ...but oh well, a sketchbook is a sketchbook!!! :P) The following is a crop of the syllabus we got for studio this semester. The ... work space in the intro architecture studio to find this: This is

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 18, 2010
• Blog / Events

  More free stuff Free sneak previews of films and how to beat the casino.

  

  a lecture (which, despite their name, is a rarity, as they mostly show ... on programs such as 20/20. Mezrich's previous work is the basis of a ... movies or want to learn how to beat the casinos, then, um, MIT is your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / Events

  5 days until Mystery Hunt

  

  One of IAP's most exciting activities is the annual Mystery Hunt. In short, Mystery Hunt is a weekend long competition at MIT where students ... finding a coin hidden somewhere on campus. For a more in-depth description

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 9, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Finals Week…A Different View ...Or why I got up way too early this morning...

  

  downtime enjoying a snack (raw cookie dough from the freezer is my favorite ... is a hot breakfast ready before the residents of the house go off to an ... a good breakfast to start the day. I guess this is my way of carrying

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • May 18, 2009