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• Blog / MIT Life

  Odds and ends and Canada A study break, plus some other highlights of the week

  

  market last Thursday. It passes for a can of Crayons until you pick it up ... two blog posts in high school literature class and it didn't work. Remember this post in which I facetiously asked for a space heater? Turns out

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 12, 2008
• Blog / Events

  dtyd weekend all party, no planning (for once)

  

  ="dance til you drop, an annual party hosted by my floor, Burton 3rd ... reason exists in Walker Memorial, right next to East Campus"]the Muddy ... 's, a popular rooftop bar in Harvard Square, to catch up with some friends

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 19, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  (Not) Home for the Holidays a very late Thanksgiving post…

  

  comes to you in 4 parts. Part 1: The menu I write from ye olden days of ... there’s a [annotation note="For a $50 annual student membership, you can ... ="108229" /] In honor of holiday meals at home, I want to share a holiday meal away

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 3, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  Holding out for a piece of Pi because there wasn't enough to go around the first time

  

  admission decisions should certainly be sinking in by now. For those offered ... an option in the immediate future. This is what is supposed to happen ... to apply again in a subsequent application cycle. There are cases when

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 26, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Operabots with Personality Ahhhhh.....music to my ears

  

  enrolled at MIT. So for all of you who are looking to merge your talents in ... FORA, right here….       And if you are interested in ... ……errrr uhhhhh……you know what I’m trying to say. MIT is cool. One of the things

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • August 26, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Next steps Relax, guys. I'm still going to be around.

  

  gone -- don't! I'll be living on campus. You'll probably see me in ... -time in my "rotation" lab -- you get to rotate through as many labs as you need to decide which lab you'd like to do your thesis project in. There

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 26, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I’M BACK!!! This, kids, is why you should store your passwords somewhere safe, just in case Firefox…

  

  without a way to recover my saved passwords in firefox (my partially ... to guess MY OWN PASSWORD (Harder than you think). Obviously though, I've finally succeeded in hacking my own account, which presents a strange

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 9, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Whatever, this week rocks MIT students gripe a lot about homework. It's not all they do though, thank god.

  

  'M IN IT FIND ME (you won't be able to, so here, I'll just tell you: I'm in the second group stunt and the partner stunt and the top of the pyramid at the end) Last year at Lip Sync: (you may have seen this

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Intermission Summer job: just kickin' it. And working at Pixar, too.

  

  Sometimes taking a little time to recharge is really all you need. I've been spending hours in used bookstores and swimming and taking deep ... you guys, though - watch for a pretty important entry coming up about

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 7, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Professors Are Human Too (Really!) My name is Eric Grimson, and I am a professor at MIT.

  

  classes and in research groups you may end up working with. We are a very ... to be willing to participate; if you engage yourself in the vibrant ... bloggers - a source of insight into MIT that I hope is of value as you

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  State of the Mail We're processing a lot of mail.

  

  largest volume of mail you've ever seen. There is a lot of mail to be opened, sorted, entered into the database, filed, and reviewed. My advice to you is to please be patient as you watch the application tracking system on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Who’s that new kid? ANOTHER one?? Are you KIDDING me?! She doesn't even fit on the page!

  

  embrace questions. Any and all. But I do have one for you - I'm temped in ... Is this thing on? Um, okay. Some of you are probably like me and come from one of those families where you are the only one who knows how

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Bad Ideas Month word of the day is oops!!

  

  days in [annotation note="Independent Activities Period"]IAP[/annotation], Bad Ideas Weekend takes hold in MIT like glitter: it’s everywhere, if you look hard enough, and it catches the light, even in the dark

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 3, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  The Lessons I’ve Learned and it only took three full semesters and a summer

  

  happened that semester? Did you have your time management skills in order? Did you try hard enough in the class?" Yes I tried hard! Yes I devoted ... . This semester, having learned from my freshman year mistakes, I worked in

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  A Day at the Beach: Quick Trips From MIT The ocean is only a short train ride or drive away!

  Growing up in the Midwest, my "beach" experiences consisted of the sands of Lake Michigan or small lakes in Wisconsin and Michigan. Living (or going to college) in the Boston area is a real luxury because the

  • by mitblogs
  • October 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer Reading What’s in your beach bag?

  

  in. This is one of the best parts of summer in my mind. Whether you ... ’s a great read. Totally transports you to NYC in the late 60s. Awesome ... In Matt’s latest post he says that MyMIT will be up August 19. This

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 4, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Leaving a Mark Painting a mural and turning my rat

  

  art skills, did you?) and patiently filled in all the details: the ... positive mark on you in return. ... In my last days at MIT, I painted this mural on my hall. I

  • by Kate R. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Chocolate Tasting Nuts, olives, and 99% cocoa

  

  In honor of some holiday, MIT's Laboratory for Chocolate Science hosted chocolate tasting last night. I went to a similar event in IAP 2004 ... to tasting, though; you're supposed to let the chocolate piece melt on

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Boston Calling Everything I know about having a phone at MIT.

  

  numbers. If you already have a cell phone in your hometown and buy a new one in Boston, I'm pretty sure that you'll have to change your phone number ... students. In reality, however, it's just an excuse for me to advertise this

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair #1 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair. Located in the vast Hynes ... population. Really, a whole new world.    If you're wondering what an "antiquarian book" is, the Fair’s website has got you covered. Such a book is one

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 15, 2015