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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Aliens, Bitcoin, Camps now i know my ABCs

  

  antsy, so I wanted to make a quick post and point your attention at two things. First: some of you may follow alien/human (and MIT PhD student ... illustrated story of a lonely alien sent to observe Earth, only to meet all

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 19, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Good Morning, Sportsracers! *erases introductory post draft for the umpteenth time in the vain hope that he'll stick…

  

  to taste, and I live in East Campus.") but I feel a weird level of pressure trying to summarize myself in a few sentences. Should I mention the weird accumulation-of-facts thing that I do constantly? Am I going to be

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Events

  2015 Brass Rat finally unveiled!!!

  

  apparently the class of 1999 was the first to have the Hacker's Map on the ... calls it the Brass Rat). Basically, every class gets to choose a committee to design the class' ring. For such a small piece of jewelry, it has so

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 24, 2013
• Blog / MISTI

  Another year has begun Welcome to my world

  

  read purely for pleasure, time to learn a new language, adventures in the mountains of Colorado and even time to be bored, it is nice to get back to my ... boarded a flight bound for Mexico City, ready to start my summer in Mexico

  • by Becca H. '12
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Replay… Who says you can't go home again? Or at least go back to school...

  

  fun. I survived that first year, passed all my classes and came back prepared to take on my sophomore year having declared my major and settled in ... to visit the campus. Alumni Leadership Conference, Campus Preview

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 11, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dorm Companion #1: Art MIT loans out 400 pieces of famous art each year from its collections to its…

  

  distributed on a first-come, first-served basis to any student who lost out in ... Loan Art Program allows MIT students (and only MIT students) to borrow ... annual fall showing -- before it is loaned out to students -- is open to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes.

  

  , back to the first line of the post. I can steer myself any direction I ... You can steer yourself, any direction you choose. Today was my first day at work. Due to a lovely and thick stacks of nondisclosure

  • by Snively '11
  • May 27, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  Keep Holy the Month of IAP For It Is a Time of Rest

  

  happened more recently first. So obviously, I need to cover what I did over ... sophomores get to see what our Brass Rat looks like for the first time. Lots of ... keep a list in my head of what topics I want to blog about. But I think

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 15, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  The Abominable Snowman If you can't see the Yeti, make the Yeti.

  

  .) On Sunday when I heard there was going to be yet another snow storm ... the midst of a multi-part snow battle. The first two battles involved ... morning 6 inches of beautiful packing snow graced the MIT campus - ready to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 16, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Windy city

  

  to Dulles International Airport (designed by Eero Saarinen, who also designed MIT's Kresge Auditorium and Chapel) and discovered that due to ... cancelled and I'd have to stay overnight in Virginia. Of course, all of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 9, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Share the joy

  

  might you want to encourage these juniors to consider? First, the three ... you updated when there's more to be said. Maybe about this time you ... school Class of 2006) that you know and encourage them to expand their mind

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 8, 2004
• Blog / Classes

  Misconceptions initial thoughts from a first-gen college student

  

  I first stepped onto MIT’s campus in the summer of my junior year, and it was my first impression of what college life could truly look ... school, and my parents also didn’t go to college, so I couldn’t ask them

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 30, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  i saw twenty one pilots at td garden in boston live music is very much alive and here to stay

  

  ' first concert so I was so excited to witness that. Eventually, the lights ... I wanted to share that with you all. trigger warnings: talks of suicidal thoughts, depression, etc. background I started going to concerts

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 28, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to do while waiting for decisions on Saturday Clicking the "refresh" button repeatedly between now and Saturday afternoon is NOT an option.

  

  's Guide to the Galaxy. Similar to gateway drugs, this book is the first step ... This goes out to all of you waiting on tenterhooks for decisions to ... to your interests. And share those! They're probably awesome! -Sleep

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 13, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Meeting Neil deGrasse Tyson ASTRONOMERS! Learn to moonwalk. You'll need it some day.

  

  SAGAN MADE MISTAKES???) Neil: "but he was the first [to do highly ... 'm not the first, so I've been able to learn from his mistakes. Carl often ... &A session, but I'm sure that Neil would be happy to stick around for a few

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HackMIT 2017 fourth time seen, first time competing

  

  MIT 2017 was the perfect time to let loose and code up my first blockchain ... do or quit moment. I had quit my first hackathon and I wasn't going to ... My first hackathon ever was last year at TechCrunch Disrupt in New

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 25, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Life of a Black Person A followup to the amazing Black Lives Matter Post

  

  my first elementary school, they had to ask the school to not put me in ... I would like to preface this by saying if you haven't read Vincent ... ://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/black-lives-matter), read that first, then come back and read this post. As many of you are

  • by Ben O. '19
  • July 11, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Take Only Memories Leave Only Footprints

  

  order, they were: 1) to finish my first engineering project 2) to make ... I just came back to my dorm room from all the graduation hooplah. I ... strange feeling (being graduated, not being sunburned. I'm plenty used to

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Meeting Michel Gondry Six MIT students and one Academy-award winning director have dinner in New York, and none…

  

  there in the first place. My bucket sort of exploded last Saturday - and ... got picked to be a FAP (Freshman Arts Program) counselor, which is an ... only is FAP one week of pure awesome (I mean, come on, you get to hang

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 30, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Psets! This starts out artsy, but I promise it's going to go downhill really fast.

  

  to go off. I go and look at my computer (which is supposed to be my alarm clock) to find that the power adapter askew enough that my laptop ... trudge through the rain to Sunny's, the greatest breakfast joint in

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 7, 2008