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• Blog / Athletics

  There’s No “I” in Team There's also no "Tennis" or "Senior Day", but that won't stop me from writing about…

  

  when I was 8 years old at my local community park, the majority of my ... friends. At the time, the mechanics of the sport were second in importance ... that I had had when I was 8. At MIT, as a part of the varsity tennis

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 1, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Consilience From college essays to a Medieval Studies @ MIT Colloquium

  

  it's been collecting dust. On Monday, at the beginning of my Chaucer ... middle of our Middle English quiz. At 5:30pm, I followed Professor Bahr ... Rome. I sat at the central table, feeling a little out of place. Michael

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 7, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Art and Craft of Taking Notes ...take note.

  

  dorkiest parts of myself, I'll say this: simply living at MIT is a huge ... One of the habits I developed in high school is carrying a notebook and pen wherever I go. It's kind of like a journal, but I don't exactly

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 1, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Numbers Sigh.

  

  ? At some point or another, each of these numbers has felt to me like a ... grade at MIT. My birthday. And so on. I've cried over some of these numbers and rejoiced over others. At one point or another, each of these

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 5, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Behind the scenes of Glamour: Part 1 Two MIT students were chosen as Glamour's Top 10 College Women

  

  Glamorous moments, in the traditional sense, are fleeting at MIT ... the night before, or knowing that you will be spending the rest of the ... Whitney-Johnson (’08) and I are among the Top 10 College Women of 2007

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 9, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  Nerd movie update

  

  author of Hitchhiker's Guide, spoke at MIT while I was still a student in ... Like many of you, I caught Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith this weekend. If you stayed through the credits, you saw the name of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 24, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  Remember, Remember the Fifth of November Celebrating Guy Fawkes Day as only MIT can.

  

  fireworks, and devouring a variety of delectable treats. Here at MIT, a few ... Just over 400 years ago, a group of Englishmen attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament on November 5, 1605. Though their plot was

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to a Package of Dial Soap Substantial entries will come soon!

  

  It was my freshman year, not long ago When I arrived at MIT, complete ... digress, you must pardon me - see I came here to talk not of life and dreams But of soap, and its importance to me There's much more to soap than it

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 6, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Remember, Remember, the 17th of December… things that happened

  

  according to Wikipedia: 546 – Gothic War: The Ostrogoths of King Totila ... excommunicates Henry VIII of England. 1777 – France formally recognizes the United States of America. 1790 – Discovery of the Aztec calendar stone

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 16, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  the joys and frustrations of 6.009 this class will be the death of me, and i love it

  

  course of each week would make an amazing sinusoidal graph." She said, "You ... [/annotation]-- more content to come soon!! As background, 6.009 is "Fundamentals of ... class in the sequence, 6.0001, because I did a bit of coding in middle

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 4, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Making of the Women of the East Side 2015 Calendar The stresses and strains of organizing a giant project

  

  the impossible, with the help of numerous people including Erin K. '16 ... restart the making of) a women of the east side calendar, a calendar that dates back about eight years created for the purpose of showing off some

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 18, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  An MIT Adventure Life at the 'Tute

  

  information sessions, I am always amazed at the number of international visitors ... really get a sneak peek at the life of an MIT student. These students have ... I have been at MIT for the past year, and it has been nothing short

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • August 20, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Jupiter’s Moons, Doge, and a Tub of Icing how to CPW from Yuliya the Undecided HS Senior

  

  after the start of those, “Virgin Bartending” (non-alcoholic) begins. At 2 ... of an MIT education - a drink from a firehose). At different locations ... , Spies, and Computer Coding. And 6 hours later, at 8 am, we get a choice of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Tried to Ford the River Are you even old enough to remember this?

  

  I will be at a formal on the 33rd floor of a building in downtown ... So I just got this email: Don Rawitsch, one of the original inventors of the Oregon Trail computer game is coming to MIT and giving a talk

  • by Bryan
  • April 19, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  Introducing the baby bloggers! but read it intrrrrrrroduuuucing, like I'm a very excited announcer

  

  open every door at MIT Paige D. '24 of California, prolific blogger ... It is that time of year again! The semester is starting, campus is coming alive, and here on the blogs we have a fresh new crop of baby

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 14, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  i saw you four ways to follow MIT students

  

  writers. 4) Robots of MIT self described as "MIT, one robot at a time ... . Photos are 100% not mine."   at the bottom of pandora's box, after ... i absolutely love the blogs, but there are a number of other places

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 16, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Relativity Special (and vice versa) I took a test today that relied on practically everything I have ever learned from…

  

  free copy of Matlab on the formula sheet. No kidding. I opened the test book, glanced at the first page, and felt my face melt into a puddle of inconsolable horror at the sight of more Arabic numerals than I've seen since the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 18, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  One year later MIT is like a surprise birthday party, but without the birthday or the party.

  

  , drippy weather at the time with hardly an ounce of sunlight to spare, and ... completely empty at any hour of the day. This picture only further evidences my ... artistic grabs at Random) At midnight, I stood in the midst of a rising

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 29, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Another Fab Four Sarah Dupuis '10, Zachary Bjornson-Hooper '10 Emily Houston '10, and Renaldo Webb '10.

  

  at the age of eight and now holds 20 national rifle championship titles ... Class of 2010 Excels: from Rifle Champion to Water Quality Researcher ... Class of 2010 steps on campus next fall, they will find a cohort of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 28, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Scholar, Episode 2 A few thoughts on last night's episode of the reality television show "The Scholar"...

  

  A few thoughts on last night's episode of the reality television show "The Scholar"... Favorite commercial: Intel and its support of ... programs, including a nice shot of MIT's own Elena Glassman '08 winning the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 14, 2005