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• Blog / Events

  Steer Roast 2008 We Sport Death like it's never been done before

  

  in: Steer Roast is Senior House's claim to fame - it's our annual weekend-long party centered around the overnight roasting of a steer in our courtyard and the subsequent feast. The following description is courtesy of a

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  musings on duty and purpose brought to you by slow ambles through lobby 10 at twilight

  

  , apparently, is a lot of much bigger questions. Questions like, “what does it ... ’s what I’ve been thinking, I guess: In high school I had a few clubs I ... because I like knowing stuff (which is still true) but because I had a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 13, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Eternal sunshine of the sleepless mind Once again, the title has practically no relation to the actual blog entry.

  

  that my score is lower. Edward persists in disagreeing. We make a bet. I ... cooking, pika is more than happy to match you with a Big Cook in case you ... olds in attendance. A few hours in, my exhaustion level cracked past the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 13, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Outing Club: Ice Climbing tl;dr Ice climbing is nuts

  

  A critical factor in getting outdoors is having something to do, and ... interested in adding a few new winter sports to the mix, and the one I've had ... your feet into that same ice sheet to stand on. Climbing is a motion

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 23, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  MITE2S, RSI, and more

  

  MIT aims for a freshman class of nearly 1000 students each year (in ... Santiago Calatrava, whose work I think is really cool. I just got a phone ... was infinitely long?), and the room is packed full. I'll be back in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Being a n00b at MIT Guilty as charged.

  

  .” You may have even uttered a version of it yourself. For me – in high ... even more by saying that there are many ways in which I am a “typical MIT ... phrase to NYTMITSISATEE?), because, well, I’m a n00b.* As in, I-can’t-solve-a

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 23, 2010
• Blog / Events

  How I Spent My Sophomore Spring Break I didn't go to Florida or Cancun, but I still had a lot of fun!

  

  the Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program, is a program for ... searches and in preparation for the summer and the future.  UPOP also holds a ... in a team with an MIT alum as a mentor to work on our teamwork skills

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 6, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  rate this year is the lowest in MIT's 151 years; we had to turn away ... in the cosmos. There are also those stars who will compose different ... available at: decisions.mit.edu You can log in using the same username and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Announcing new blogger avatars! all-new, all quality

  

  The bloggers' old avatars were drawn by a talented professional in a recognizable and well-liked style. But some of us thought, what if we could do a ... a silly billy who came here to make some bloggies"[/caption] [caption

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 1, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  My Rejection Resume working up the courage to look failure in the eye

  

  actually getting an internship or a job. But as somebody who is now removed ... . Everybody knows that job recruiting season is, in a word, awful. Getting a job ... summer is stupid. Although I genuinely wanted to spend a summer in a city

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 12, 2020
• FAQ / First-year application

  What’s the difference between Early Action (EA)/Regular Action (RA)?

  Early Action/Regular Action isn't a big decision at MIT. There's no difference in the review process or criteria used for admission in EA (non ... decision-making process. MIT’s Early Action program is both nonbinding and
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy New Year! how i celebrated the coming apocalypse

  

  before, I come from a small town in the woods, a place where people generally agree that almost anything can be improved if it is shot out of a ... back in college. It was made out of schedule 40 PVC and would shoot a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 3, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Celeste the best video game i've played in months

  

  . The pixel art is juxtaposed with a more full art style that appears in ... version of Madeline, who acts as a somewhat antagonist in the first half of ... in my life right now, other than finals week and Celeste. Celeste is

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 13, 2020
• Blog / How to Food

  MIT Dining Halls my controversial ranking

  

  wow students as there is with a state school or a small liberal arts ... most talked about is campus dining/food. MIT has historically been a food ... and the kitchen can only really fit people in a single-file line. Very

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • March 19, 2025
• Blog / Events

  The REX That Was a review of the most recent confusion

  

  Council: REX (Residence Exploration) is a fun time filled with tons of ... live, REX is a great opportunity to find out about the different parts of ... culture and residents feel like the best fit for you. Most of all, REX is a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 6, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Battle of The Bands takes over Bryan’s Blog Hostile takeover of Bryan's blog for the night.

  

  : Shaye is a wannabe rockstar. Shaye: No I'm not! Yuan: Remember that girl ... 's blog for the day... Shaye: Are you sure this is legal? Yuan: Don ... Bryan when he's typing in his password. Yuan: Shouldn't we be telling

  • by Bryan
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Class Projects

  weld your own bike and other IAP activities

  

  is bad). So I came in to D-Lab and did a lot of practice welds, and ... socializing. It is a glorious time to be alive."]IAP,[/annotation] jumping ... welds[/caption] I showed up that first day in a Killers band shirt

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 1, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hwæt! Did you know that you can study Old English at MIT? The language of Beowulf and J.R.R. Tolkien's Rohan

  

  .R.R. Tolkien, Old English (also called Anglo-Saxon) is a language of long, cold ... of unshakable resolve in the face of insurmountable odds. It is, in ... a scene from Tom Stoppard's 1993 play Arcadia (which MIT is currently

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  And So It Ends, And So It Begins May 1 marks the end of this admissions cycle and the beginning of the next.

  

  committee, May 1 (really May 2, since May 1 is a Sunday) marks the end of this ... , I sincerely hope that you will keep in touch. It's been a true ... from time to time - our door is almost always open. If you're not here in

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 29, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Kim Affair It's been fun, guys.

  

  [ETA] THIS ARTICLE IS NOT TRUE. It's a joke created by The Tech ... the SATs (just by putting your name on it) is a 600, combined. My point is, don't take this seriously. Read it with a sense of humor. Call your

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 1, 2006