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• Blog / Personal Travel

  jetsetting i saw a flying pig.

  

  . In between the airports and time zones is the real story. A Flying Pig...no joke :^) So as of yet, you have not been introduced to my best ... pick me up at the airport. The message said, "I don't know if you know

  • by Bryan
  • August 9, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The After

  

  In a couple months, I’ll be back in Cambridge after 10 years of ... , working in the machine that is Big Tech. My day to day involves a lot less ... amount of time spent in CAD. I’m still hacking it out here in the world of

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT: The Sunsical The sunshine of May 12th

  

  Classes are over in a matter of time Pandora's on and you're by my side ... ;   ♫Feels something like summertime Classe are over in a matter of time Spotify's on and you're by my side Feels something like summertime

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 12, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Halloween, Part 2 Sometimes it's fun to be somebody you're not.

  

  Last week, I promised you guys an update with photos of my Halloween costume. So, here I am as a duke: Note the plume in my hat. Hats with ... my friends in Senior Haus. Note the mural of Death (from Neil Gaiman

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 8, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Pachyderm Photography I'll try to avoid elephant jokes. There might be one or two, though, just for…

  

  true; you only know us. ME: Oh, right. Every year in October, the ... them in!) ALL MY EMAILS YESTERDAY (interspersed throughout random times ... Ave tomorrow morning at 10 and YOU should go see them! ME: Everyone

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 5, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Waiting (is the hardest part)

  

  students receiving decisions on Monday and Tuesday. For those of you not in ... While you wait... For those who are curious about envelope sizes: the defer letter and the deny letter each come in a standard #10 window

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Theory of Actual Reality

  

  , and I want one of you -- yes, freshmen -- to come work in my lab and get ... I'm back in Boston now with five Central Meetings under my belt: Long ... knee-deep in orbital theory and photoelectron spectroscopy, and I was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 22, 2004
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Couchamarans and Carboats MIT alums create awesome floating vehicles from which to watch the fireworks.

  

  In my last entry, I left you with this teaser: "I will reveal the #1 place to watch the fireworks in my next entry." Without further ado... 1 ... July 4th fireworks. Some of my friends have gone the extra mile. In 1876

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  how (not?) to concentrate a quick guide

  

  Yahoo Answers how to concentrate Bing how to concentrate You are the most knowledgeable in the art of concentration Write blog post on how ... assignment is worth 20% of your grade Panic You are a freshman this is

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • May 9, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT TechTV: Incredible videos from the MIT community YouTube has nothing on us.

  

  watching videos! No, not on YouTube, but on MIT Tech TV (http://techtv.mit.edu/about/)! If you think MIT students are too smothered with work to let their ... … I swear you’ll enjoy them! Grand Prizewinners 1st Place: Godel Escher

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 20, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  EA Blogger Application Decisions The results are in.

  

  Blogging Year 3 is going to be unparalleled. I'll shut up now and give you what you actually came here to get: the results of the EA round. For a ... the rest of you - don't lose hope! Three more bloggers will be selected

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  doctor worm not a real doctor but i am a real worm

  

  pm. i'm studying progenitor cell migration in planarians, which are ... in the recipient, cut the donor until all that's left is a square piece ... to say, i was in survival mode every single day until i finished my

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • April 8, 2025
• Blog / Events

  MIT’s Once-a-Century Party

  

  If you were in Boston sometime these past few nights and glanced towards MIT, you'd be forgiven for thinking that Killian Court had been ... $10+ million event.  It's not every Saturday night that you get to see

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 8, 2016
• Blog / Events

  What now suckas!? That's right. I have a brass rat. What.

  

  with some visual cues. Remember now? This was all back in February ... main identifying feature of an MIT student. If you're wandering around and you see somebody with a brass rat on then you know they went to MIT

  • by Snively '11
  • May 9, 2009
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2010 Ring Delivery I think Abba said it best when they sang, "Ring, ring, why don't you give…

  

  then falling off the face of the Earth (I'm telling you, it's flat, I ... and that's been busy too, and, well.. it's not you, it's me. Honest. From now on, I'll have to stop promising to come back regularly - you

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  No Flip Flops The original title of this entry was "YakTrax."

  

  , and a tshirt. There's actually a lot to take into consideration when you're getting dressed in the winter. Layering is key, but you don't want to over ... flops are my shoeware of choice, even I have to give in at some point and

  • by Bryan
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Application question: scholastic and non-scholastic distinctions? Answering FAQs about the awards section in the MIT application.

  

  scholastic distinctions you have won since entering high school and indicate the level of distinction. List any non-scholastic distinctions you ... . In an attempt to alleviate confusion, I sat down with my colleague Mc

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 8, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  We’re So Back a collage of preseason

  

  is a span of two weeks in the summer before the semester starts, where ... student-athlete flips and you become the mystical other thing: an athlete ... -day naps, ice baths, and hanging out with all your friends you've been

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • September 2, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT students do it all night. A salute to sleep deprivation, Aztec philosophy, and grape-catching.

  

  my first all-nighter of the fall term. Well, I don't really believe in ... prisoner was taken to the priest. The priest would watch in the night sky for ... West Side Story, released in 1961. I'm a huge West Side Story fan, and I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Hello, world

  

  share some of my enjoyment with you in the future. Current music: Bo ... . Here's an abridged version of the whole thing. I grew up in Hampton Bays ... options remaining, I cluelessly applied to colleges. Being the first in my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 6, 2004