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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Numbers are names too What, you don't speak entirely in numbers at your school?

  

  . Why not call Course 9 'Biology'? Why not go the full distance and ... they make no sense to anyone who's not here, I decided to ramble at some ... talking to someone whom they suspect does not know the numbering system. I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / Events

  SMRT Only at MIT could a wholesome, traditional integration bee end up like this.

  

  Integration Bee this evening. It was pretty cool, but it not rule quite as ... 'm not smrt enough to do them, but these were even too difficult for some ... . Which makes for 20 minutes of just not too much fun if you ask me. But

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Yo quiero… A Spanish themed entry?Ok, not really.

  

  awfully not nice of him. Last time I feed that kid. People here feed each ... 'm not as much of a deadbeat roommate as I look. April and I share stuff ... talked about some of Antonio Macahado's poetry. It was pretty cool. I'm not

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  No Child Gets Ahead?

  

  at the Davidson Institute (check them out). The Academy itself is not ... 'm not sure why we value equity over excellence," Ms. Green said. "All kids are entitled to an appropriate education for their ability, not just

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hey look, I’m famous…or something

  

  where I find it sort of exciting to be in the Tech, assuming that I'm not ... and Interpretation of Computer Programs) test in 20 minutes and was not ... recognize me by face. I apologize for this not being a more substantial entry

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  College students do eat real food! ...sometimes. I now present: the culinary adventures of Laura and April.

  

  I may not have alluded to this before, but my roommate, April, is ... putting some Chef Boyardee in a pot for lunch. That's not to say that I ... has enough food for 5 people, and I am not 5 people, so somewhere along

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 8, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Should I include my ethnicity on the MIT Application? As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment about someone of…

  

  ethnicity or not? Of course you should! Despite all the stereotypes and ... is not enough to get you into any college or university, let alone MIT ... you are that passionate about not reporting the information, don't. But

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m A Famous Rockstar The title is misleading - I'm famous, and I'm a rockstar, but I'm not famous…

  

  That title is misleading - I'm famous, and I'm a rockstar, but I'm not famous for being a rockstar. :-) First, the "rockstar" bit. We had ... to connect. Not one of them wrote back. I suppose I should not be

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Burning Question "Can you tell me why I didn't get in? Why was I not good enough?"

  

  not good enough?" Certainly an honest and worthy question, and you have ... to "proove" to you that it's not a reflection on you, rather it's an ... the best we can. There's really not much else to say. :-/

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Decisions mailed;

  

  +% of applicants, will receive letters informing them that we do not have ... inspirational here that would make the hurt of not being admitted go away, something that would make the vast majority of you not be disappointed. But

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Charmed, I’m Sure What I did my 2nd IAP

  

  suggest that they, um, need lessons on how to dress and flirt. Matt not only ... . I learned the charming way to “dab” (not wipe) my mouth. I learned ... Music Theater Guild's production of Tommy. Not only were the MIT students

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 31, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Everyday Is Like Sunday

  

  comments on this or any other blog did not have any bearing on admissions ... individual admissions officer did not see and decide on your application. It ... or not you go to MIT. It's the truth."

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 12, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  And then Trogdor smote the Kerrek

  

  interview. When we see this, we know not to be too bummed when there's no ... worries. N or [blank]: You did Not do an interview. Yes, you may have read that 9% of these students who choose not to interview are admitted

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 30, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how i (kinda) studied for finals brought to you by "a PNR mindset"

  

  ?) and moved on. From these I decided I was chilling and ended up not ... of classes so it's not as if I did nothing, I just didn't do anything ... least, not reassuring in my ability to pass the final! I ended up having

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 22, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  BREAK MY BODY, LIBERATE MY SOUL a student-made installation in the Stata Center R&D pub

  

  . one sequence features footage of people eating, working, and talking ... would manifest, but knew she wanted to work with electronic signal and to ... fighting. she knew she wanted a permanent space to work in, as opposed to the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 19, 2023
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2020!

  

  thing you learned today in class, and so forth. MIT works by giving people ... admissions officers who work on the blogs + the senior bloggers. This

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fig. 4: Study with me! A semi-productive Sunday afternoon vlog (feat. an hour trying to find a printer)

  

  usually only work for oral exams, but I (fortunately... or unfortunately ... to work and study. The term hasn't quite ended yet! To give you guys a

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  The truth I learned about Japan, as a Korean a translation

  

  was working part-time at the ryokan we stayed in. The old lady at the ryokan that worked with utmost effort to make the traditional Japanese

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 17, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Blogger Fam Takes the MFA Photodump of semi-artsy pictures ahead

  

  Japanese artists whose works fall very much into my aesthetic of basically ... Plants vs. Zombies. There were also some more traditional works of art

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 13, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So apparently the Media Lab figured out how to 3D print glass and it's pretty glorious

  

  the Lab back in June, but had no idea how it worked; at first, I didn ... that shows how the process works: GLASS from Mediated Matter Group on

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 24, 2015