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• Blog / Admissions

  Are you a high school student? Do you want to learn more about MIT or possible career paths? If so, read…

  

  opportunity to explore a diverse number of science, math, and engineering fields and work on career development. The students will be able to network with current MIT students in a casual environment and discuss how MIT

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 9, 2011
• Blog / Events

  (Still) Celebrating the 150th! Boy oh boy is it delicious (and free!)

  

  , parents and the I-have-to-buy-groceries?-type : there are dining dorms with dining halls and that nice ol' traditional mandatory-dining-plan that you know and love from all those other schools you've visited). However, when

  • by Cam T. '13
  • July 17, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reference Frames Vision - of the present and for the future - is powerful

  

  to some fixed point on Earth, you're all moving - and fast. It's all ... , you learn that any reference frame, with the right calculations and ... to do is shift your point of view, and things will feel much better

  • by Emad T. '14
  • March 19, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Sabrosura! ...yeah so some variation of deliciousness/tastefulness

  

  that, deliciousness and tastefulness. (MIT Student Center, Lobdell ... menu, there was a smorgasbord of amazing food from both Peru and the ... , ’13) and Mariachi Palenque (http://www.bostonmariachi.com/), a Boston

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • March 13, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three from MIT! Three MIT Young Futurists

  

  Yesterday morning I was quite surprised and VERY excited to see a ... our three from MIT Khalea Ross Robinson, Dorian Dargan, and Benjamin ... present Dorian and Ben. Khalea's video is also in a link on her profile page

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • February 7, 2011
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  A New Time, A New Place 2011 and India!

  

  hogging wifi and using the textplus app on my iTouch to wish my friends back ... ☺ And that happens to be just a little too far away, haha. Following two ... -minute bus ticket purchase, and some serious luggage-lifting, I made my way

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 1, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Beard today, gone tomorrow a touching tale of a man and his beard.

  

  November means a lot of things for different people. Thanksgiving and ... sudden decrease in sunlight as temperatures plummet; and of course beards ... "Beardvember"). The rule are simple. Don't shave, and try and grow the heartiest

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 1, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Making an Entrance On being helped to my feet.

  

  - with a pounding heart and a throbbing, fractured and/or badly-sprained foot. It was pouring, and I 1) didn't own a raincoat, and 2) was too ... Student Center, I was soaked through. I nudged the door open, and dripped my

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Coffee Talk Random things I love about MIT #1

  

  you'll learn, stumble-upon and/or be run over by something new. While ... modular design, scalability and the potential and weaknesses of ... -imagining, too. Professors Ulm and Vandamme have shown how to slow concrete creep

  • by Dave McOwen
  • September 13, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  Belated Guest Entry by Carin '13 - a little late perhaps but incredible nonetheless

  

  packed my suitcase yet again (I'm really good at it now, haha) and hopped ... , and attempting to imitate British accents as best I can. All the ... :) ~*~ This IAP I went to the Philippines with Yuri ’10 and Anita ’11 to work on

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 2, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Passions (No, not that kind)

  

  left the house, and then forgot to publish it. Well, here it is, a year late. And now, to hit the road for Vermont. Hope this helps with those last-minute applications, though. Hola! The title and mini

  • by Cam T. '13
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  So How Does It Feel? Now all you have to do is wait.

  

  my essays obsessively, fine-tuning my sentences, changing words, and ... memorized, and I grew tired of seeing the same little letters in the same ... found a spelling mistake. And nearly died of panic. After receiving

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 2, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Syzygy, basically. uh, what?

  

  back after Thanksgiving break. And somehow with three problem sets and a ... other words, all my relatives that are currently in this country). And ... , the commotion was a welcome change and a nice bend toward normalcy for a

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 9, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  Hack or Treat A time for tricks.

  

  this morning on my way to class and it absolutely made my day - although, sadly, it had made like a ghost and vanished by early afternoon. Elsewhere on campus, the Halloween fervor was in full swing as students (and

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 31, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Imagination Box [by Danbee Kim '09] We can draw on the walls again!

  

  dorms on campus where you can paint your own walls and string up your own ... to generate the ideas that will bring technology and society into the ... the murals, graffiti, and what some would call "vandalism" of

  • by ARTalk
  • October 19, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Late Night Dial-Up Users Beware!

  

  It's time for one of those "It's late and I'm up, I should throw crap ... . That being said, enjoy! First, and most importantly, Dan Sauza's Gamer ... and rocked the house. Enjoy, and then go over to YouTube and rate it 5

  • by Snively '11
  • May 11, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding My Way Around MIT (Guest Entry) CPW was so hugely difficult to take in all at once that it's hard to…

  

  . I arrived at CPW on Friday morning and went to the opening lecture ... living in developing countries and how people could help. She talked about tools and devices that were redesigned to be inexpensive enough for people

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  An Enigma Wrapped In A Riddle A prize will go to the first person to unwrap this mystery.

  

  Meet John (pictured) - master carpenter, master craftsman, and part-time mathematician. John is my neighbor, and for the last few weeks he has been ... stressed-out over the SATs, ACTs, SAT IIs and EIEIO (a test only given by

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 27, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Final Countdown Duh nuh nuh, nuh... duh nuh nuhnuhnuh..

  

  days to pack, and one night when Javi and I will order Thai food from Pepper Sky to commemorate our last 5.12 exam. (It's tradition.) And if ... on the ambulance this semester, one of which I'm currently on, and will

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 16, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in the Life A play-by-play of my day, along with some pictures.

  

  Given that it’s the day before Campus Preview Weekend and I have two papers to write and a problem set to start, it’s clearly the perfect ... while and today I finally remembered to pack my camera. I’ll preface this

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 11, 2007