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• Blog / MIT Life

  ¡Vámonos! An introduction to GRTs and the support system at MIT

  

  Residential life is a big part of going to college, and the unique ... wave hits a difficult spot, knowing the people you live and learn with is more valuable than ever. In the MIT dorms,  you have your friends

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • April 2, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words Therefore, this is a REALLY long entry.

  

  Who: Chris M and Snively What: A picture Where: My room When: Last year at the end of CPW Why: We needed a picture together How: How did we end up looking like this? 4 hours of sleep-ish each over about 4 days.

  • by Snively '11
  • November 6, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  MIT hacks Caltech

  

  website. :) In honor of the cannon's transport, it was given a class of ... decided to have a little fun with Caltech. You see, Caltech has this famous ... fire it at important events. Guess where the cannon is as I type this

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 6, 2006
• Blog / Personal Projects

  a quarantine haiku generator purell and poetics

  

  hello! hope everyone is doing well. I made a quarantine haiku generator: get yours here.

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 29, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  Adventures on the Charles Aka we go outdoors sometimes

  

  “trained” for half an hour to compete in a mock-race. Everyone was super ... in the lab where I UROPed) through MITOC, and was quite an adventure ... spy a Lydia in the background! Basically, the moral of this story is to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 15, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels More on the evolution of the MIT class ring.

  

  lucrative ring contract: 90% of all students will purchase the ring in a ... a beaver? Another interesting story. In 1914, Lester Gardner of the ... the ring, here's a bit of history and background. Each class year at

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  So we’re actually *identical* twins which is surprising to absolutely ... no one

  

  ! And then she sent this to the blogger group chat, and our nicknames in the chat are still the rectangle and the oval. But what has changed, is that we learned that Elizabeth’s “mistake” was actually not a

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • January 27, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Imagination there is no place i know...

  

  pain. In the meantime, I'd like to thank everyone who made this video ... We've just launched a new MITAdmissions video. It's called "MIT ... told me that "MIT can be either a steamroller or a candy store: it

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 1, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  10 Red Balloons Gotta catch 'em all!

  

  ASSEMBLE! Prefrosh, undergrads, alums, this is a call to action! It is time for us, all of us, to band together under a common dome and accomplish what needs to be done! Tomorrow, at 10:00 AM (ET), DARPA is

  • by Snively '11
  • December 4, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670 Stirling Engine Spinoff The 2.670 competition is tomorrow!

  

  Join Us For The Eleventh Annual 2.670 Spinoff!! Friday, January 20 in the Pappalardo Lab (Basement of Bldg. 3) 3:30-4:00 pm- Craftsmanship ... :45 pm- Pizza - All are welcome! And don't worry if you can't make it, I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Welcome MIT Class of 2010! By now many of the Early Action admitted students have received "Da' Tube".

  

  choice? Do you have reservations? Are you still in shock? Drop the Nance Effect a line and we'll chat! Tell us your story. I especially want to hear

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Application season

  

  With the Regular Action deadline just days away, I want to wish all the best to the regular action applicants in finishing up their application materials. Try to get it done soon so you can have a rockin' New

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2004
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Christmas with the McGanns

  

  The Christmas holiday is a pretty big deal in my family. Two nights ago we did our traditional decorating of the tree. Just 2.8 miles ... spend some quality time with my family... I hope many of you are taking

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 24, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Walk of the Strandbeest "New life forms" with PVC skeletons march on the Media Lab

  

  's Strandbeest stood in the rain on a patch of pavement outside the Media Lab. With wind in their sails, and aided (on a rainy but not-so-windy day) by ... new nature. I make skeletons that walk on the wind so they don't have to

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: the app is live for freshman

  

  's the only one you will ever have. I believe in you. Good luck.   ... ;   You know what to do. Be yourself. Be good to others. Take care of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  i saw you four ways to follow MIT students

  

  i absolutely love the blogs, but there are a number of other places ... immature, petty and enjoy a good sexual innuendo or two. as i share these ... all the evils were released, there was hope. i think you'll find a lot

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 16, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  Watch this year’s 2.s009 final presentations designing kindness during a time of covid

  

  is tonight! Every year we blog about 2.009, a capstone course in ... This is a very brief blog post to remind you —  as our announcement ... the competing teams; I also expect you will learn how one of MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 7, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  11,231 Applications

  

  committee). While the article (as Ben has pointed out) contains a number of factual errors, it does also correctly state that we have seen a rise in ... reported that we have received a record high 11,231 applications this year

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

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  on his own Early Action rejection from a “dream” school: “I’m not going to tell you that it doesn’t hurt, but I will tell you that you ... to us in the comments below, we’re here for you. We ask that you

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Other summer programs A further list of some terrific math & science summer programs for high school juniors…

  

  MIT homepage today, I've been getting lots of traffic interested in summer programs. To that end, here is a further list of some terrific math ... summer programs in math & science. Science & Research programs Clark

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 27, 2006