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• Blog / MIT Life

  Chicken Burrito for the Lab Rat’s Soul Because a personalized blog entry is just like five dollars.

  

  was a most busy and miserable day that can be summarized in one sentence ... -shelteresque pantry are now looking pretty spare, so I decided to indulge myself in a ... favorite meal from Anna's is a grilled chicken burrito, no cheese, black

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The best Metro station ever The Metro does it best.

  

  blotting in a Metro station! (By the way, a Western blot analysis is a biological technique that helps you detect a protein and get information about ... station, which is located next to the NIH and my house, I saw this

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 6, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT EA Decisions to be Posted Tuesday, 12/16/25, at 6:28 PM ET it's that time of year again...

  

  . Your decision will be awaiting you there, behind a button that says “View ... may be, before you press that button. In order to help logistically prepare yourself, I recommend you practice logging in now so you don’t run into any

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 9, 2025
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Did MIT invent hacking?

  American Heritage Dictionary and is included as a unit of measure in Google ... creativity, cleverness, and difficulty of execution. A 1958 prank in which the ... MIT hacking is legendary among college pranks. MIT culture
• Blog / Admissions

  Get It Done Keep On Keeping "On"

  

  Hi all! A few updates over what is, for us, a long weekend. First, I ... in a play, and organizing a student rock concert to raise money for the memorial fund of a classmate who died in a car wreck - and oh yeah, applying

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 10, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admissions Statistics 2008 We've updated the stats page.

  

  my class, the MIT Class of 2000, when we were admitted in 1996? [answer ... any information session are statistical. What is the average SAT score? How many students were admitted Early Action? Luckily, I can refer most

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 26, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Scholar, Episode 2 A few thoughts on last night's episode of the reality television show "The Scholar"...

  

  rapidly! Here is a picture I took of the building, in progress, as of this ... underrepresented group in American universities is low income students) Trivia. The first and last challenge of each episode is basically a trivia competition

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 14, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Is MIT a diverse community?

  At MIT diversity isn’t simply a word, it is an integral part of the MIT experience. MIT Admissions is committed to reaching students from all backgrounds. We know that while for some students getting into a
• Blog / MIT Life

  Got Questions? I have answers.

  

  . Specifically: finding a UROP for the summer (I'll be working in the Lang Lab ... robots in 6.01 and writing about riboswitches in 20.111 ...and probably a ... Hey guys - sorry for not blogging in so long! I've been up to all

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 23, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Back Why is it that breaks go by so quickly?

  

  mentioned in her entry, IAP 2010 is about to begin! People are doing all sorts of cool things: one of my floormates is studying abroad in Madrid, another is implementing a project in the Philippines, and yet another is in

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 3, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I’M BACK!!! This, kids, is why you should store your passwords somewhere safe, just in case Firefox…

  

  without a way to recover my saved passwords in firefox (my partially ... 've finally succeeded in hacking my own account, which presents a strange ... here is a puppy for your trouble: If you just skipped directly to

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 9, 2009
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What kind of student support services are available?

  Being a student at MIT can sometimes feel like drinking from a fire hose and Student Support Services (S3) is available to help you manage the water pressure. They are a friendly and easily accessible hub of
• Blog / Admissions

  Happy Holidays! The bloggers' holiday pic.

  

  Just a quick note to say happy holidays from all of us to all of you. We hope your vacations are fun and safe, and that your 2006 is super. :-) P.S. All questions to date have been answered in the previous entry...

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  making the most of things we threw our annual rager in, uh, Minecraft

  

  occurred. This party is typically a huge affair that thousands of dollars go ... takes place. A lot of us have building permissions in the MIT Minecraft ... orange and black banners, a speaker system, fireworks, and "DTYD" in the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 20, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Welcome to the Woodshop Don't forget close-toed shoes and please WEAR GOGGLES.

  

  week, I work as a monitor at the N51 Woodshop. In Building N51, next to ... .More stuff: Can *you* curve a chunk of wood like this?Here is a CNC Router ... this photo looks dingy but no one was around! This is a space for those

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 5, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The New MIT Viewbook! Last week, after a year of intense introspection (and a ton of work) we saw…

  

  year - you're in for a serious treat. I honestly think this is one of the ... to chuckle. In looking back a year, he references this post, in which I ... - including you guys, who gave some great feedback in the original post from a

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  See You Later

  

  was put in a room with a small number of very smart grad students and a ... time while continuing to work in the office. But for a variety of reasons ... . I've got the opportunity to get an MIT grad degree in a really mind

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 6, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Freshman Advisors Can Be Awesome A night on the town with Daniel Barkowitz and his freshman advisees.

  

  receptive audience, including another group from MIT. We had a great time in ... I've been working with Daniel on advising a group of freshmen this year, and in exchange, I get to tag along on group outings. On Friday

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / Events

  The Newest Member of Our Family What could possibly be more exciting than prefrosh?

  

  , everyone is outside building a fort. And I painted my door! And I painted a chalkboard on my wall! My door is currently bright pink. I'm back at MIT, and there is a new little kitten hopping about. Everything

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 17, 2014
• Blog / How to Food

  Food That Makes You Feel Like Home Are there foods that make you think of special places?

  admissions travels to the Midwest so much fun. I had really terrific meetings (and huge crowds!) in Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Chicago (both the city and ... real homecomings for me. In the few moments that I wasn't working, I was

  • by mitblogs
  • October 11, 2006