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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vast Oral Tradition Bela Bartok, a fluorescent rabbit, and Helen Keller walk into a bar. Stop me if…

  

  next week, and teachers aren't allowed to schedule any exams or major ... . MIT pays for college cards, so basically anybody willing to brave the ... famous historical composers above the stage of Boston Symphony Hall, shown

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Because Racecar Guest post by Kevin C. '17 on the MIT Formula SAE team!

  

  people travel to western Europe to see cultural or historic sites, my ... Germany. The car from ETH Zurich does 0-60 mph in 1.5 seconds. The Delft ... from 1:00 am to 6:00 am in Konstanz, Germany. Running out of ideas for

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 2, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Me again (but with flamethrowers this time) yup, it's a shameless ploy to catch your interest. But it's working, right?

  

  like a middle-age technology reporter. It's like Fight Club, or being a ... has most of the US, except Florida. It makes me wonder what the global ... . I'm a complete sucker for historical stuff like that, which is why I

  • by Alina G. '11
  • February 1, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IvyPlus some reflections from an admissions conference

  

  Plus 2011 conference at Yale University. IvyPlus is an every-couple-of-years-more-or ... invested in the same stock markets that have been wobbling woozily along since September 2008. The opening address was given by Richard Levin, the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  Urban Studies and Planning at MIT! On the DUSP: Part 2

  

  Planning [carousel image1="120587" image2="120586" /] When I started at MIT ... data-driven skillset to solve the complex problems that's inherent in ... infrastructure. This means I end up taking a lot of classes with Course 1

  • by Victor D. '27
  • December 3, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three patterns from the pattern language of my life

  

  child will expand my life and connections to the world, not contract them ... solutions: milk, a change, patting, rocking, sleep. Solutions given or applied ... Pattern Language presents all elements or patterns, whether “sacred sites

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 24, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Unfolding of Language Your high school English teacher may hate it, but "gonna" really is a word.

  

  , "will," without much of a change in meaning. "I will buy that book" means ... being lazy speakers. It's a slang contraction for "going to." But if you ... 'm going to buy that book" is a perfect candidate for the use of the word

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 9, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Four days of fun! I did so much last long weekend and very little of it was productive.

  

  ” positioned throughout the city. You can unlock a bike by using a special key or ... decided to buy my own Hubway pass! MIT subsidizes the price for students, so ... had considered taking a day trip to Salem or even New York, but the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 17, 2017
• Blog / Blog Projects

  This blog post was written by a winner my entry for #BlogstonCommons

  

  win that I didn't do any editing or even make an attempt at decent ... ="January 15, 1919"]in the 1900s or something[/annotation] a giant tank of ... Bunker Hill.[/annotation] I saw a bunch of historical places like the

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 9, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maybe I’m Amazed ...but not until Season 13, at least.

  

  reason that they keep changing to Power Rangers: Zeo or Power Rangers: Light Speed Rescue or whatever is because they run out of clips from one ... delivered something like 8 or 9 Valentine's Day band-o-grams on the slushiest

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 19, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  You gotta have stuff Places to get different kinds of stuff around campus. And rudimentary directions, too!

  

  Line, or you could take the #1 bus across the bridge and walk. The Boston ... saying people do it), buy a small shopping cart or share the purchase with friends (they sell them at Star for ~$25), or suck it up and carry your

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Asymmetric Discussion of Shoes, the Process of Moving, and 3D Glasses Physics problem included. Some assembly required.

  

  , I have no clue whether I own any free will* or whether I still own my ... glasses and a mirror within close reach: 1.Put on the glasses, look in the ... Today I will tell you how to get into MIT. You get into MIT by

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 22, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  hello from seattle This blog post hopefully not brought to you with an NDA.

  

  times a month and probably will for the rest of my life, for better or for ... “ptooie” because I don’t have a smartphone and I think data plans are a rip ... , WA campus for some “intern events”! Hooray, summer camp! Or something

  • by Cam T. '13
  • August 6, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  around again. Now I know[annotation note="1) your academic advisor will show you; 2) yes — go to the closet and get another roll and it will pop ... nutrition, but I will still be part of the social contract that all of us

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

  Life Tokens the currency of joy

  

  family was “The Game of Life.” It’s a bit like the mobile game BitLife, I ... –choosing a career, getting married, having kids, getting promoted (or fired), buying a house, and eventually retiring. The goal is to collect as much

  • by Allison E. '27
  • July 6, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Far and Away I was going to get philosophical, but then I thought about Hugh Jackman.

  

  then selling it, rather than dumping it into their harbor. I saw X3 last night. Here are some thoughts, from an MIT undergrad's perspective: 1. I ... , Halle Berry, Hugh Jackman, et al, actually know or care what they

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 29, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Massachusetts to Michigan guest post by Liz O.'21

  

  data point should be? Are my values off by 1% or 10% or over 100%? Are ... what data is important. 1:30 PM- Our offshore team has implemented some ... that should be matching to match or I’m in uncharted waters and the data

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 6, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Retreat! Retreat! 24 wonderful hours of sister-time in the MIT mansion!

  

  week, we will be selling carnations and irises to raise money for the ... , age-appropriate services to rape survivors and/or their families from ... .” Everyone on campus should buy some flowers for their friends while supporting

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Re-halloween Reuse, reduce, recycle, remember not to leave junk outside your door.

  

  List of Rejected Halloween Costume Ideas, 2008 Edition 1.Washing ... of hurrying students, organizations selling/giving/brochuring for ... . 1.An admissions blogger: Except that 15 +/-8 people at MIT were

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 6, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  Learn Coding Before School Starts you've got one month left. go!

  

  ("Why the exponential growth? Learning coding consists of two parts. 1 ... data projected onto them like weather patterns, traffic, and even where ... learned SQL to store the user's data online in a MySQL table so they can log

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 2, 2015