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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s bigger than you, and you are not me. Consider this entry the hint of the century.

  

  project I've got due at the end of the week. My group hasn't even met yet." Suddenly, out of nowhere: "Oh, and I just added a UROP, so I'm now at 72 ... taste of all the layers of MIT, together, at the same time. I'll try to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  summer scraps life updates

  

  we're told to keep mum about the details of our internships. (I am at a ... I am sitting, alone on the second floor of a brand-new cafe, with smooth grey walls and crisp, square wooden tables. The smell of fresh paint

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 30, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Admissions Valentine's Day Cards! Welcome to your moments of fame, 13's.

  

  pictures of the tube and card. Probably because they came at different times ... Following last year's tradition, here is a few applicants' moment of fame on the MIT Admissions Blogs- send me a picture of you and your card

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  My First Visit I... got lost on the tour, actually...

  

  of one of the athletics buildings.That night we stayed at the Marriott ... I realize that some of my readers may not have had the opportunity to ... certainly cannot substitute for the real experience of being on MIT's campus

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Pre-Orientation Begins Pre-Orientation and a mini-contest!

  

  /photography, theater, and visual arts. All of these disciplines are well represented at ... Pre-Orientation and a mini-contest! This week, the MIT Class of 2010 ... begins on Sunday, but for half of the class, they are already getting to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I know my calculus… and U2. Bono takes on global poverty, fashion, and Course 18.

  

  opportunity and artistic statement. Think of it like that classic episode of ... same story is told, in turn, from the perspective of Rob, Laura, and ... , economic analysis of Bono's visit, my entry is about rock concerts and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anna Teytelman: Japanese Hip-Hop Extraordinaire! Anna Teytelman studies Japanese hip-hop and culture at MIT's Hyperstudio.

  

  them sitting at a lab bench while wearing a white lab coat, safety ... at her and possibly send her to MIT Medical. Anna has every music lover ... . Anna's research is in the area of Japanese popular culture and is focused

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Then and Now The two are remarkably similar.

  

  the problems, quickly growing frustrated at the fact that none of it ... months ago, I began my first term at the Massachusetts Institute of ... 't supposed to happen until at least the middle of the first lecture, could

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Free Flu Shots Better than free pizza.

  

  children and families of the MIT community. If you are not at MIT you can get ... ;   This semester I will catch none of these lovely bugs, because I ... efficient. When I showed up at the student center this afternoon there was no

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bring Your Audience to Work Day In celebration of the annual Bring Your Audience to Work Day, the first Monday of…

  

  up via Bluetooth to my GPS. I had to get out of bed and look at the ... importantly, the least amount of employers willing to accommodate a paid ... of the group -- because after all, if I can open someone else's eyes to

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 2, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Jeux sans frontieres Who knows how to have fun better than I do? Oh, nobody.

  

  first discovered at MIT. Both of them were recieved better than my first ... exclamations... so, if you look at a phrase and say "oh dear," you're out of luck ... discovered while trying to verify the title of this entry. Oh dear, I wasn

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 2, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  bumpers a revelation i had while bowling

  

  only stay here for one night. I got up at the crack! of! dawn! to catch ... access, a badge I did not have. At the end of the work day, our team went ... . photo courtesy of iStock[/caption] I'm terrible at bowling. I was not

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 2, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Your MIT ID PLASTIC! Shiny plastic, at that!

  

  your status of enrollment. If you’re at home and there’s still even the ... won’t regret it at all (you’re going to be looking at that picture of ... Orientation (Pre-orientation rather)? MIT’s next installment of the “Here’s a

  • by Snively '11
  • March 26, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Withdrawal Symptoms I miss camp :(

  

  , staring at a drawing one of my campers gave me, and craving only the company ... layer of a human pyramid. We cheered as, at the end of our skit, our group ... 'mores-making partner. I think that was the first of many times my heart melted at camp

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 1, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  From the eyes of a newly minted EC A flashback++

  

  . My mom looked at the caller ID and said, "Oh look it's an out of state ... steps of lobby 7 and realize that I'm at MIT. This year, I've had the ... about, but if you tell me, I will, but my lack of blogging is not the

  • by Bryan
  • March 31, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Below 48 Take under four classes, they said. You'll have free time, they said.

  

  for it, but the number of classes you take doesn't determine you at ... . I'm kind of awestruck at how you can go from "this galaxy is ... written in MIT's charter), and John Reed is the guy at the helm of that

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Andi and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week :(

  

  of my worst week ever at MIT. Luckily, it was not all pain and ... medicine is a marvel of science and engineering At the start of the semester ... , people at MIT generally care about the well-being of their peers. My

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 3, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  amongst the stars a comic

  

  Over spring break, I crashed at my recently graduated friend's place in NYC.  In an attempt to get back part of my soul after what's honestly been a soulsucking semester so far, I went full-on retail therapy at

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • April 15, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  I Wrote A Thing media and articles and no punctuation

  

  picture of me at the top of the article - it's slightly overwhelming But ... particular, the hospitalization of my friend - she is named Emily in the ... people - again, talking about stress at MIT Is MIT too hard? Is MIT too

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 3, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Nothing beats a wet beaver! Except, in this case, a wet Iona. Pictures!

  

  Hahn 1999) of hardcore text, I thought you'd like to look at some pictures of the band too. These were taken at last Saturday's men's water polo game against Iona. I mean, it's kind of hard to take pictures at 1

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 2, 2005