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• Blog / Life after MIT

  An Entrepreneur’s Story How billionaire entrepreneur Pat McGovern '59 got his start.

  

  philanthropist behind such ventures as the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at ... around 1953. These machines could analyze data very quickly and give you ... board for a job opening as technical editor for the first computer

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 22, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  Just a little hack… You never know what you'll see on your way to class

  

  Just a quick little footage of a hack I found this morning in Lobby 7. Sorry for the bad quality, I just took out my Blackberry and shot it!

  • by Celena C. '12
  • September 13, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Victoria’s Secret Update UPDATE!

  

  Ok, quick update to my post immediately below this one. Read that one before this one, otherwise this one won't be nearly as exciting. Ok, so, now when you go to vote for MIT you get this lovely screen: YAY!

  • by Snively '11
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Toga, Toga, Toga On being in a fraternity (info for parents too)

  

  for a little while. Just my $.02. Feel free to ask questions as I ... House, and I was on my way to Baker. (pause for information) Just a few ... Orientation and lasts for up to two weeks. - Over those two weeks, you get to

  • by Bryan
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Bubble Bath Disastrophe (and Other Adventures) Spring break: adventures and misadventures, coming home, and MIT on the Colbert Report—twice!

  

  around a few blocks of New York City for twenty minutes and then arrived at ... from Boston to New York City and another bus from New York to ... up to the driver, asking to pay in cash for a seat. The driver reached

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 3, 2012
• Blog / Community Projects

  Food for Thought [guest post] On food and our culinary club, Mince

  

  roadtrips to New Hampshire’s White Mountains and Maine’s coastal cities for ... affordable dining experiences run by students, for students. Hosted at unique ... both as a creative outlet for students interested in the culinary arts as

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 4, 2023
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Deferred A forum

  

  We'll have some advice and instructions for Deferred students shortly. In the meantime, please feel free to use this forum to chat.

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Deferred Open thread for deferred students.

  

  In the near future, we'll have some advice here on the blogs for students who have been deferred. In the meantime, feel free to use this forum to chat.

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  A Post For Parents, Part 2 A followup to "A Post For Parents, Part 1."

  

  the parents in the crowd. So if you are a student looking for info about ... child survive the process of choosing the right college for him/her. As ... philosophical issues and solutions for surviving the college decision process. In

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  After Graduating From beyond the veil :O

  

  in July. For a period of about 2 months I was the only mechanical ... office for 3 months, and established our hardware engineering capability ... relationship with the city and Chinese culture (which I also wrote about of

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 10, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  every book I read in 2022 all nine-plus of them

  

  around the city in a weird mood. I was yearning for something contemplative ... in.   The City We Became, N. K. Jemisin (3/5) I’ll start off by ... announced, I found myself excited by the concept: sentient cities? A fantasy

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • January 8, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MOUT Training Exercise With UNH ROTC [by CDT Vikram Mittal] When UNH asked our battalion to supply people to act as…

  

  decade ago. And when I played back then, it was an unorganized free-for ... prison is fairly far away from MIT, but UNH had arranged for us to travel ... , I knew we were in for a bumpy ride. The weather conditions were far

  • by ROTC
  • December 17, 2007
• Blog / MISTI

  Mussels and Brussels Lessons in engineering and culture from a nation of kindness

  

  plane taking off from JFK when it finally hits me: I’m going to a ... that I’ve never studied in depth for a company that has never taken ... begin. I work for a limestone company, and before you conjure up images

  • by MISTI Program
  • August 6, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Desired things a youthful aside.

  

  , hitting bumps, gaining momentum, always just a lurch away from breaking free ... high school teacher who had high hopes for us. She owned not a small ... . For 35 ambitious Juniors in an average high school, this was our first

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 12, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Hint of fall A Sunday adventure

  

  the city. You get to check them out for 30 mins at a time before you ... , looking for any and all signs of fall. My only directive was to maximize the ... I've never actively sought out fall leaves. It's still a bit early for

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • October 21, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  We Made the World We’re Living In, and We Have to Make It Over Envisioning alternative futures

  

  started the fellowship on Wednesday. The city is lush, green, unfamiliar ... . I spent the day scanning news sources for updates, any updates, and updating the CityLab article accordingly. I was forced not to look away. At

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • July 10, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Presenting…My Prefrosh! ‚ô•

  

  cars and void of pedestrians, Boston strikes me as a city with a quick ... , and I arrived five minutes late for checking in my bag and thus missed ... trying to do Biochem Psets, to eating the Grill's pizza, notorious for it

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 18, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Bay Area wrap-up The scoop from MIT meetings in San Jose, San Francisco, and Lafayette, CA.

  

  up to the city of San Francisco where I had a relatively smaller meeting, and later across the Bay Bridge to Lafayette, for another meeting that had us grabbing for and setting up extra seats to accommodate

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Crotchets and Quavers The evensong tradition

  

  [by Patrick '09] On Tuesday, I went to Trinity College chapel for ... thing of great pride for a college, and they will entice good musicians with scholarships, free dinners, etc, etc. Some choirs have reputations

  • by Cambridge
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Virginia Tech’s Commencement

  

  the face of tragic events, giving those who observe from afar a word for ... Oklahoma City, the events of September 11th or Virginia Tech, the closure ... Predicament of Aftermath: Reflections on 9-11 and Oklahoma City that I

  • by Laurie Everett
  • May 31, 2007