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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Of MUN and Academia What is Course X in Chinese?

  

  credits before the beginning of the second semester (one semester at MIT ... additional credits, you will qualify for sophomore standing at the end of your ... Model United Nations at MIT. I covered this issue somewhat in this entry

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Juniors: MIT and other summer programs Juniors may want to start thinking about summer programs including MITES, RSI, and WTP.

  

  juniors. MITES and RSI are free; WTP is subsidized and offers financial aid ... to one of these programs, don't procrastinate! The MIT programs are just three of many terrific math & science summer programs that high

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 16, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Years of the Rat More about MIT's famous class ring: the "Brass Rat."

  

  Following up on JKim's entry about excitement for the unveiling of the ring, here's a bit of history and background. Each class year at MIT ... two years at MIT, and drawing upon suggestions and ideas of the entire

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 21, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The Coin Is Found! The Mystery Hunt ends after 36 hours.

  

  What Bomb at Midnight in a refridgerator in the basement of E18. It was a great 36 hours of hunting! I'll post some fun puzzles in my next ... Hunt! "The Evil Midnight Bombers What Bomb at Midnight" is the team

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 15, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do dual enrollment students apply as a first-year or transfer applicant?

  -year applicant regardless of how many units of study you may have taken at the university level. Information on transfer credit is available at the Office of ... -level courses while in high school apply for first-year admission at MIT. If you
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Semester of poetry

  

  lot of endeavors here at MIT you need this form of precision and rigor ... enjoying the class and like how it kind of naturally allows me to set time ... an exercise in building up a gradual picture of how people answer

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • November 24, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Meaning of August It's time for classes, moving, colorful dorm rooms, and new bloggers.

  

  all of the dorms at MIT remain open for summer residents, my floor was ... you want to paint and he always says yes. Then at the end of the year ... starting, summer was over - all kinds of depressing things like that. This

  • by Evan B. '10
  • August 15, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  The Complexity of Simplicity Not as paradoxical as it sounds

  

    Did you know the soda can top (or "pop" can for those of you so inclined) took ~5 years to perfect and develop? And look at it. It's simply a tab on a lever that punches out a precut piece of aluminum. It

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 8, 2011
• Blog / Events

  TBT: The Science of Chocolate The school down the street does cool things

  

  of the best things about going to school at MIT is that you get to live ... learned about the different phases of chocolate at different temperatures ... this is a chart :/ At the end of the presentation, Enric did some

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 9, 2015
• Blog / Events

  The State of Things Deflated, that about sums it up.

  

  exploring of campus, I'm not sure my body can handle much more of this. Let me describe my last couple minutes for you. [background] I've just woken up at 11 o'clock after going to bed at 6. I drag myself up, into the bathroom

  • by Snively '11
  • April 13, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ides of March No longer MIA.

  

  This entry brings to a close one of the longest periods of blog ... ? Domestic selection (final stages). It's been a long season of Regular Action, but we are finally beginning to see the Class of 2010 truly take shape

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2006
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What programs fall under the School of Architecture & Planning?

  Architecture was one of the four original departments at MIT, and it ... humanities at MIT. The Department of Architecture is one of five divisions ... and technology. Through recognition of architecture as a liberal
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Signs of Life communication in a covid world

  

  interactions with strangers are at an all time low of impersonal. Gone are the days of awkward small talk over the counter at Target, or small smiles ... plethora of joggers at 5:30 PM. I’ll miss my porch even though it’s falling

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • May 24, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Current State of Mind ewoufbwu iyfh[things I must do]w39478ry3927rhiwf83tr

  

  , if you want to look at it that way.) I was in line at La ... that I NEEDED to basically inhale at that point in time when I dropped my ... and covered themselves in ink as well. Yay! >.< For the sake of

  • by Ana V. '15
  • May 6, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Snippets of Iceland some rhymes from spring break

  

  eclipse, this year is also a [annotation note="when the Sun is at its most ... particular, this means the aurora borealis/australis are at their brightest ... traveling with just friends (no Real Adults^TM?!?), and it was a lot of fun

  • by Allison E. '27
  • April 17, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Battle of the Boot storytime with Yuliya #1

  

  ceiling of the Simmons auditorium and display my work of many days. There ... past the rows of viewers. I donned my best cardigan and favorite boots. Underneath my shoes, I concealed the mark of laziness, two mismatched socks

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 23, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day of IAP 3 Classes and Soup

  

  , which is a month of courses, events, and other activities around campus ... fix it. That being said, Monday through Friday now start off at this ... cooking for myself this month. I bought a lot of soup. A tad too much most

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • January 16, 2018
• Blog / Events

  A Splash of color! and a bigger splash of water.

  

  As something of an absent blogger over the past few months, one of ... -1 only has two days left on Hulu!", or d) all of the above). However ... , right? Also, true to form, I have returned bringing you something of a

  • by Cam T. '13
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Evolution of Physics Physics gets harder as you get older, go figure.

  

  sorts of majors here at MIT to choose from that have nothing to do with physics at all. I could be an electrical engineer, I could do brain and ... ,000! I don't like physics. A lot of people seem to think I do. I'd like to

  • by Snively '11
  • November 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Images of Rush preparation

  

  leading up to Rush/Orientation. So I decided to bring you a few pictures of the activity in my neck of the woods. But first, a pic of my hallmate ... , confounding stereotypes not only of MIT women but of Course 6 majors. Anyway

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 25, 2005