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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Special Edition! Speaking of Valentine's Cards . . .

  

  many times can get a little repetitive and even confusing (after about 350 you start to forget how you normally write your name). That's why I ... "Special Edition" cards, adding a little something extra to a few of the

  • by Snively '11
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  World Cup Finals

  

  had a great career) Which is why I celebrated with a heavy heart ... A story from a few years ago: During the 1994 World Cup, I lived in ... family went to watch them run drills at a nearby soccer field one afternoon

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 1 Recent questions, answered.

  

  recieve a reply, is that because I sent it in so quickly?" Harlan '10, I am ... 's definition for a transfer student." Leo, it is not true that rejected MIT ... is that I could not find your email address ANYWHERE? is this a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A Maple Peach in Cambridge They have some weird fruit here

  

  Talking about myself is weird, but I’m sure all you out there that ... bloggers (Alliteration! Woo! Sorry if that comes across as vain…). In a few seconds, we’re going to start a brief presentation on the life of Kirsten

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 5, 2011
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Who is the President of MIT?

  Sally A. Kornbluth is the 18th President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Kornbluth follows L. Rafael Reif, who led MIT for a decade and stepped down as president at the end of 2022.
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Why is it called the Brass Rat?

  It's the goal of every incoming student at MIT to get their own Brass Rat—MIT's version of a class ring. The phrase "Brass Rat" is derived ... a rat.
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What is MIT’s mascot/school colors?

  Our mascot is a beaver—nature's original engineer. Perfect, right? Tim the Beaver has been a member of the MIT community for 100 years. MIT's school colors are cardinal red and silver gray.
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Monday a detailed documentation

  

  ’m working in the MIT Teaching Systems Lab, which is incubating a new graduate ... there is a non-physical world. It’s an extension of a 24.00 Problems in ... -shirt, because “ESP is not a hivemind” (that’s Educational Studies Program). I want

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 27, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  BREAK MY BODY, LIBERATE MY SOUL a student-made installation in the Stata Center R&D pub

  

  soul." the scene, which is coupled with a jagged electronic sound ... pair with the sound. she didn't have a complete idea of how the organism ... in the show, is a frenzied, glitchy sequence of footage and animation

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 19, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Things I Know to Be True: Addendum One A post I hate, and some truths from my first year at MIT

  

  MIT students, that change is continuous, like paint gliding across a ... the content. It looks like it is written in a different language, which ... to Be True. It was meant to be a simple introductory post, and I

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • June 20, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Karma What goes around comes around.

  

  die is when you add that to the normal stresses of MIT life. Not a lot ... : On each daily webpage there is a summary of the day's material. These ... thing sticking up, and a beaker between the two. The gist of it is that if

  • by Snively '11
  • February 27, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Last Blog: Introducing My Successor I started "The Humanitarian Blog" to spotlight the amazing work that MIT students are doing…

  

  amuse me that the other fellow in my program is a certified body builder ... conducted research for a report on how the next administration should approach ... addition to being a close friend, Angelica is one of the most earnest

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • September 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Born Under Punches The heat goes on, which is nice, but so does classwork.

  

  ," depending on whether a person is eating (essen) or an animal is eating ... : German III -- Write a modern-day parody of a fairy tale. Mine is a version of The Three Little Pigs where the wolf is a health code inspector

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adventure Coming full circle at MIT

  

  in lab during the last month than I did in my own room... which is a ... "Shake It Off," the band sung "Make It All" a song about how we students ... show! One of the most amazing parts of 2.009 is the final presentation

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 21, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’re 18, But You Aren’t Invincible Impressions of my first month at MIT -- both sobering and exciting.

  

  being a freshman is learning how to balance your time commitment to ... given. Mildly disappointing is how some choose to take advantage of it ... that pressure. Think about it: if a student is academically well

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Derailment My Gap Year

  

  perspectives. Fifteen thousand dollars isn’t much. Life is hard for a lot of ... watched, clutching a clipboard to my chest. Exam Room 1 is not a normal ... . However, we are looking for a bright, young, motivated individual who is

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • September 18, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Lip Sync ‘08 Because I want . . . you . . . back

  

  am!" I settled down and waited for the show to start. Since Melis is a ... the work is completely overwhelming and any time not spent working is ... today, and possibly all of next week (Playsentations soon? Do we have a

  • by Snively '11
  • April 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So done Midterm week = loss of Mollie's mind

  

  So depending on a) what major you are, b) what classes you choose to ... . I am never savvy about picking classes. Adam is disdainful, for ... phenomenal cosmic bad luck!), my midterm weeks tend toward the crazy. This is

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 3, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Conditioner For My Face "The dot product is the solution to all the problems of the universe. Even the…

  

  I got this postcard from my dad a few weeks ago. It's funny how when ... 've crapped on my head.'" (That last one is a personal favorite, from my ... when the bus doors open...it splits! Demonstrating how your bus is

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesday on 16th Street A Day in the Life

  

  about college. Denver is soft. Denver, on a Tuesday, heals me. Denver ... in my family we are cheap af. It is summertime in Denver. The ever ... Mall, and exchange my tickets. A man says something to me

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 11, 2015