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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I swear this isn’t an ad for Google But Bard is so much more fun than ChatGPT

  

  , which is very cool (and a bit scary)! Although there are still a few kinks ... numbering system (although using a large language model like Gemini is ... for that. (Although ironically, this answer is a lot less funny now

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 31, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2014 FAQ

  

  This is a blog entry specifically for finalists in the Quest ... you in time? A: If you did not select your scores to be directly sent ... MIT tracking system. What should I do? A: Log in to your MyMIT account and click

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  An Art UROP and an Animation Job Yes, these exist here!

  

  UROPing is a very MIT thing to do. “91% of MIT graduating seniors ... UROP in a field [annotation note="Many people use UROP as a way to explore a field, and that is also a valid approach."]we cared about

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 13, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Post-finals stress? Oh, it happens. Trust me.

  

  're up to over ten bucks! How crazy is that?! Ben, I think you really are a ... . Also, I'm going to be in Madrid in 4 days and still don't have an apartment. So I'm still hosed, and only taking a small break to remind you

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 19, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back From Vacation A week of total relaxation didn't stop me from thinking about MIT constantly.

  

  near future - it'll take me a few days to remember what it is that I ... I am back in the office, did you miss me? :-) St. John was awesome, but not as awesome as MIT. Consider the evidence: Sigh. But a week

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I’m not swollen anymore!

  

  've been dealing with work issues, and have been in California for the last week and a half recovering from wisdom teeth surgery. I just had my stitches out this afternoon -- *VERY GLAD* to be done! I'll be moving into a

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • June 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Tried to Ford the River Are you even old enough to remember this?

  

  of the Oregon Trail computer game is coming to MIT and giving a talk ... I will be at a formal on the 33rd floor of a building in downtown ... playing this game in elementary school on those good ol' 3.5" floppy disks

  • by Bryan
  • April 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mitra, it’s your birthday. Happy birthday, Mitra!

  

  was because she is really a vampire and does not show up on film, but ... among men in the 19th century. Mitra usually does not allow me to take ... Jeannie, where she has to make a robot Jeannie to walk down the aisle with

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hi from Cambridge

  

  time to put together, and I haven't been in front of a computer much ... coast for about a week seeing family and will be gone for the next week as ... . :-) Today, I had lunch with Daniel and Ben at Anna's Taqueria, a quick

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  New Year Resolutions in Fall An ambitious list of things I wanna do that probably won't get done

  

  Trilogy Keep my new fish alive (upcoming blog) Pull an all nighter in a ... story Take the time to learn how to solve a Rubik's Cube Take part in ... Get my class ring Take a nap in the New House courtyard Take a nap

  • by Richard O. '28
  • August 31, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  World Cup Challenge A little admissions fun during the World Cup.

  

  students, World Cup fever is in full force. I got to watch the opening match between Germany and Costa Rica on the big screen with a huge and rowdy group ... Challenge is meant to be just for fun, and an interesting way to see just how

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 13, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Boston Pops John Williams and a bottle of wine -- on a school night!

  

  January? That tall man in the middle is none other than John Williams! He ... Memoirs of a Geisha. The paragraph in the program that listed other films ... honor society) social chair and a generous invitation from a biochemical

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Back to Life, Back to Reality Did you know that you can make an equation out of anything?

  

  chemoattractants in a microfluidic device - 2 problem sets 2.005 - Thermal ... transfer into a greenhouse in my 2.005 exam, there was a lecture in New House ... Name the song I stole the lyrics from and win a cookie. So this week

  • by Bryan
  • October 27, 2005
• 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 / Art, Literature, Music

  Folding with Flair Adding a third dimension to boring old paper

  

  in a “draft” blog post when I applied to be a blogger. That draft never ... because of a book I’d found in the school library. It contained a variety of ... assemble as its cousin (the FIT), this model is actually two models in one

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • August 4, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Someone saved my life tonight Survived my squalor, like a butterfly.

  

  live in squalor." My heart beat a little bit faster as everyone else ... faeces in the house, in the house, and this is the rule not the exception ... stress.   And there is also a fourth degree, but, well, there's no

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 12, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  first impressions of LA the struggles of moving cross-country for an internship

  

  are no trees and the sky is so big. i've lived in new england for the ... a swimsuit. but now, the beach is 2 miles from my work and i ... and i think i'm going to have a great summer :) PlayStation is spoiling

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 31, 2019
• Blog / How to Money

  ew taxes the new zealand government owes me money

  

  ="617"] Note that this is in NZD and is about three thousand USD ... March 2018. From September 2017 to August 2018, I lived in Auckland, New Zealand, where I held a full-time job.  Most salaried jobs will withhold

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 13, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  MITwitter That's possible the worst portmanteau I've ever made.

  

  title, this has something to do with twitter. It is in fact a historic day ... opposed to all things apple, I've shared my dislike and disinterest in the ... that aren't worthy of a full blog post (like, for instance, announcing

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 19, 2009