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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Lounges: An Interactive Experience It's almost like you were here!

  

  really in front of you. Munch on some (free) lukewarm fried plantains. For ... lights.   (pictures courtesy of Banti G. ‘17 and Emma F. ‘15)   ... -pset activities range from cartoon viewing to wrestling. We have pieces of “art” on

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 22, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  All Applicants Can Now Apply For Either Early or Regular Action MIT Admissions announces a policy change allowing international students access to either Early or Regular…

  

  I wanted to let you know of a change in the admissions process for ... , regardless of citizenship or location, will be able to apply for either admissions round, EA or RA. Other aspects of our policy will not change

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2015
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Why I’m Leaving the MIT Admissions Blogs it's been a good run.

  

  it was. Smugness crept onto my face as I began thinking of what comical ... day wait.   *static---commercial break* Be the life of your ... squirt ring (UPDATE: SOLD OUT!) If one of you makes this, I want ten

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 1, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Unknowns in illustrated list form

  

  this right. Specifically the snow piles in front of 77 Mass Ave. Once ... more snow...(View of Cambridge side from Boston) Alternate question ... there a golden droplet at the end of the icicle? (Fun fact: Icicles form

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 10, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Home Sweet College Surviving first semester.

  

  version of it all. I think the theme of my first semester at MIT was ... world” than I have ever been before, and it solidifies the idea of moving ... though epiphanies were sitting fermenting in the heads of all classmates

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 29, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Study Break on the Roof! We had an EMT study break on the roof of the tallest building in Cambridge!

  

  she works - the roof of the Green Building!  The Green Building is the ... , Jupiter and more! The view from the Green Building, the home of MIT's Earth ... some fun with them on the roof! Adam S. '14 wanted a photo of him in

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 8, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Ask Me Anything or discuss anything. or whatever really. what i'm trying to say is: open thread.

  

  This summer I wrote a bloggerGuilt script to help me keep track of ... realized that I was in the lower half of the distribution of blogs by various ... Action committee, so I'll be reading applications instead of comments. But

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 30, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Discovering Product Design through Photography Beautiful photos taken by DPD 2013 freshmen

  

  at the beginning of the year, I think the photographs that our freshmen ... five day program, we introduce the freshman to the world of product design through a variety of interactive lectures, awesome design projects

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 17, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Updates 2013 things that are happening

  

  *Correction as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic ... , and several thousand people are in the process of applying to MIT. The latter of these changes is always accompanied by questions, so I wanted to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 17, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Summertime Science Got that summertime, summertime science...

  

  : (This is how I brainstorm most of my doodle entries, for those of you who ... , Parks and Rec, and the Oregon Ducks). Another thing on the list of things ... feat of making science unbelievably boring. So while I was at home this

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 14, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My First Astrophotography Courtesy of 12.409

  

  : pass, get a D, or fail). You learn the basics of amateur astronomical ... Observatory. There, I sat outside in the snow, huddling in six layers of ... sincere when I say that those were seven of the happiest, most peaceful

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas Weekend From Craigslist searching to meat-MIT building, this certainly is an experience

  

  Ever wanted to sculpt a masterpiece out of butter?  Make a city out of meat?  Toss a watermelon back and forth in some sort of deranged ... they could come up with. To celebrate the start of the weekend, a

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 27, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  3 Things We Don’t Remember Enough About each other

  

  relationships we have or can have in our lives should be a means of support rather ... can get in the way of relationship-building, but here are three things I’ve concluded from the past three years of college life: People are not as cool

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 22, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  H^3: Home, Hummus, and HBV The end of my first semester (and Pass/No Record D:) and the beginning of a…

  

  of the year frenzy when finals come rolling out, and everyone was too ... to be expected from MIT right? But I made it through... of course ... alas, life goes on and before you know it BAM! There's a class of 2016

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 15, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Jump into a new comfort zone!

  

  Nina Sinatra Class of 2012 Materials Science & Engineering ... project focused on studying and tuning the optical properties of polymer ... work on represents a different area of materials science than I had

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 19, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  LIGHTS. pretty pretty

  

  flood of celebrations - all to commemorate MIT’s 150th year. These ... from this past weekend’s celebration - FAST Light (Festival of Art ... students, researchers from the Department of Architecture, Urban Planning

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 10, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Q&A, Vol. II A sort-of guest post

  

  Hello folks of the blogosphere! Greetings from Columbia, MO. Now I know you are probably thinking, "Wait - but it's the middle of April ... concern. But in honor of "Patriot's Day" (I honestly never quite figured

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 18, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  We bring the sketch to you! The internet is full of weirdness!

  

  I don't know if you've heard of this website, but there's a new ... 's with a complete and total stranger. Most of these conversations consist of You: Hey Stranger: ASL You: 19/M/Cambridge You: ASL? Stranger

  • by Snively '11
  • February 4, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  10 Red Balloons Gotta catch 'em all!

  

  is time for us, all of us, to band together under a common dome and ... first team to locate all of them, by any means necessary. The balloons ... of the money MIT collects goes to charity. I've now invited all of you

  • by Snively '11
  • December 4, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Tunnel Adventures We didn't get lost, in case you were wondering.

  

  to an elaborate system of tunnels that wind under and in between the various buildings that make up the campus. There's been a long history of ... the tunnels to either test my sense of direction or shy away from the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 15, 2009