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• Blog / Residential Life

  meet the simmons elevators! aka me thinking wayyy too much about elevators

  

  in mechanical box form and if she was a real person I think our ... I’m in one, I have no choice but to ponder the machine surrounding me ... hear her whir to life and go straight to you like a personal chauffeur. I

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 12, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  We bring the sketch to you! The internet is full of weirdness!

  

  I don't know if you've heard of this website, but there's a new ... chat-room-esque in nature, except it's a 1 on 1 conversation, and it ... , they had a friend that was just accepted to MIT EA. I'm not sure how much

  • by Snively '11
  • February 4, 2010
• Blog / Hacks

  MIT wins the gold

  

  at Torino. All photo credits go to Matt Peddie '09. A pretty nighttime shot from far away. Note how the medal design has a hole in the middle ... tells a lot of what's been going on. What's your favorite MIT hack?

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 2, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  tote bag tour i have so many things to carry

  

  I don’t know how it started exactly–a nice lug of canvas here, a ... hide no longer–I was in it for good, and I wasn’t going to stop. And that… that was the beginning of the end. ok basically I have a lot of tote

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • May 2, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Free Flu Shots Better than free pizza.

  

  MIT sucks. About two weeks ago I stayed up until 3 AM baking a cake in ... in my arm, pulled the needle out of my arm, and gave me a Band-Aid. The ... . Worse, around this time last year I missed two weeks of class because of a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Formula SAE: A Turbocharged Experience Join the MIT Formula SAE team to design, engineer, and build a small formula-style autocross…

  

  4 Gs? Better yet, are you interested in working on a team to design ... your participation can give you a serious jump start in academics as well ... process, you'll gain a sense of camaraderie while hanging out in a nice

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Ecosystems And Web Sites A science question & general check-in.

  

  sun or some similar primary energy source? Am I missing something here? I told you guys - I'm not a science kid. Hook me up. In other news, I

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 15, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Odds & Ends 522 EA admits, Snively, molecular jewelry, and Evan Broder's holiday card - more random than…

  

  Action is simply a reflection of this. Snively I mentioned in this entry ... Happy New Year! I hope you guys are having a great 2008 so far. Congrats to all of you who got your applications in on time. :-) And being a

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  5n, n=1

  

  I'm in Phoenix for the International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF). I got in yesterday, and last night I decided to take in the ... 's Shawn Estes having a nice pitchers duel in the early innings and a come

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  (un)Empty Nest Welcome Back!

  

  campus doesn’t vibrate with the same lightning-in-a-bottle energy. All ... ’t believe me if I told you’ serendipitous moments that make up a normal day on ... ’s a great opportunity for you, it does make things much quieter on the

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 26, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Building 56 It's really boring. You may not even want to bother reading it.

  

  (buildings people care about) but nothing in 56 really other than that. As a freshman you may have a class or two in 56. I had my HASS class there and a ... 's really it. I wrote an entire entry about a hallway. In building 56. Because

  • by Snively '11
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  Snow has arrived and shut down the Institute

  

  first snow day I have had in years. The view from my window Back home ... stick around more (case in point: I had never seen snow turn black), but ... dolphins. After a tumultuous journey home due to bad weather in Philadelphia

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 12, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Let There Be Prefrosh! And let them build ALL the things!

  

  Just one year ago, I had arrived at MIT as a prefrosh, ready to start my new life in Massachusetts.  I came here early to do a pre ... service projects.  However, this year I decided to apply to be a mentor for

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 22, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Reliving the good ol’ days Tombs, Smurfs, and Halloween

  

  Barracudas anyone? So I got to go to Tomb last Friday for a friend's birthday, and I honestly had not had that much fun in a very long time. 5 ... ' days of my childhood all in ways related to MIT. Exhibit A: TOMB

  • by Bryan
  • November 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Very, Very Important News That title is written to tantalize your RSS readers.

  

  Hi folks, Today was the 8th day in a row of selection committee. Everyone is super tired, but we'll all get a bit of a break soon and we ... in the next few days; in the meantime I really need to say something

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 24, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Roller Coasters and Dance Parties Sunday was the East Side party! Lots of loud music and prefrosh!! Still, no fun.

  

  I think she did a great job! All in all, this has been a really ... from the party, enjoy! I even got to go on a ride! I also did a lot of hair dyeing over the past few days, here are some

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 25, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Who needs Black Friday anyway? a slightly different take.

  

  Friday frenzy and buying new stuff, I decided to take a different approach. I first went with my friend Emily Y. '15 to a Worn Wear gear swap ... -Black Friday ads). Later I dropped by the local climbing gym with a new friend

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 29, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  post-blizzard pics except idk how to use photoshop

  

  In California, I never got to experience having a "snow day" (we did ... "] these poor souls, i left my bike out in the snow once and then my chain ... gloves in my room, so I headed back to [annotation note="one of MIT's dorms

  • by Victor D. '27
  • February 28, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trouble staying focused Finals. And about a zillion questions.

  

  taking catnaps and eating cookies. I've managed to get a few experiments in ... Ohhhh, finals week. This year, I have the distinct pleasure to only ... , since I had one on Friday afternoon and the other is Thursday morning

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Good Luck Jo-Jo!

  

  as Freshman Class Vice President. After graduating in 2003 with a degree in Electrical Engineering, Joanne now works as a management ... Rushing '99, was a Miss Massachusetts finalist. Susan was also a finalist in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 24, 2005