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• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s on my mind *insert witty caption here*

  

  It's been a busy week, and I've still got a lot on my mind. As long ... UROP investigating the genetics of tuberculosis at the Broad Institute ... spring semester learning more Python and more LaTeX showing off my

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 24, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  Buying books You shouldn't have to spend all your money on textbooks!

  

  ! That's CRAZY! If you're going to be taking the General Institute ... to sell books. Ask around your dorm, spam the email lists, and you ... bookstores in Kendall Square. The Coop is guaranteed to have your textbook and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maker Faire 2011 cool people who make cool things

  

  this in college while pursuing a degree in mechanical engineering. Greg, like our own Chris M and Snively, is someone who is really fantastically creative, and whose creative energies often erupt into the physical world in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 23, 2011
• Blog / Residential Life

  water wars, lovecrafting, and 361 other REX events your annotated guide to everything currently unfolding on campus

  

  and upperclassmen, and to get a feel for what MIT has to offer socially ... The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and the Class of 2023 is ... and pick the place whose culture and residents feel like the best fit

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 27, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Underneath All That Polish… ...lies a few things you wouldn't want to miss

  

  After three CPWs and nearly two years of study here at MIT, I've gotten used to a lot of things about the Institute. And sometimes, when I ... eyes, and allow my feet to trace a well-worn path that gets me from where

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 7, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  #9 Dream Ah, bowakawa, pousse pousse! Ah, bowakawa, pousse pousse!

  

  -sequitir that Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and MIT Institute Professor John ... the door and the simple statement "Your alarm has been going off for over an hour." "Okay." said I, shut the door, rectified the problem, and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 21, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Spring Break post

  

  got in. It was my first college decision, and I was so excited, and so ... the end in itself. Take advantage of what MIT has to offer you, because ... statistics on numbers of applicants, percentage accepted, and stuff like that

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 29, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  CPW, making a decision, and saying yes/no The clock to May 1 is ticking.

  

  lot about Underground Capture the Flag, and various parties. If you ... to the MIT Class of 2013!), that you're declining our offer of ... , and for sure let us know by May 1. An important note: MIT has no

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  End of May updates More waitlist admits, no ARML, Bollywood in Boston, technical theater at MIT.

  

  Boston. Now, after a lull in posting over the holiday and during yesterday ... previous entry: I am no longer able to make it to the Penn State site of the ... upcoming Krrish and Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna.There was a nice article I meant

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 31, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Spy vs. Spy The former directors of the US and Saudi intelligence agencies speak at MIT.

  

  "Saudi Arabia and the Global Community" Thursday, February 16, 4pm ... -Faisal, Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States. The forum will be ... Insights: Marshall Plan, Japan, and Iraq - John W. Dower, Charles S. Maier

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Short Answers to Big Questions Stolen from the MIT Housing Panel.

  

  Atlas and Pleione. To the best of my knowledge, no one really knows where ... sailing. Before you argue with that, go spend a few hours lying outside, and ... an armless Orion, and the butt and tail of Ursa Major. One star of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 18, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  king of boston -> king of the world? the only good fight there is

  

  : everyone at MIT calls me the King of Boston. And by “everyone” I of course mean myself and about ten other people I have somehow coerced into ... freshmen and provide them with all the support they might need to succeed

  • by Angie F. '28
  • May 29, 2025
• Blog / Personal Travel

  a most beautiful camping trip it's always good to get back to nature <3

  

  Notch National Forest and State Park. It was a truly incredible trip: we ... luxury!!) to go on fun trips and retreats. On Friday, my floor, Putz ... packed full of sleeping bags, tents, and food. We were headed about 2

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 17, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blog Entry: Recession Edition At MIT, your spoon is too big.

  

  traditions that temper the pains of work and study with the welcome relief of ... prepared by a group of residents on Pecker floor and generously shared ... that the partaker of the feast brought his own spoon and provided that

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 21, 2009
• Blog / Blog Projects

  where is south dakota again? and other fun questions for your south dakotan friends

  

  ="Cameron: except of course North Dakota and Florida."]any other state in the ... .[/annotation] The state is one more thing to have in common with someone, and it is a ... ." This is true; the registrar provides state-by-state data on how many

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 3, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Listen to Admissions: Holly on applications, art, and action team an experiment in the sounds of admissions

  

  minutes later, my friend Holly responded and said that, duh, of course she ... Counselor for Communications, and she basically makes all of our print ... anything new and creative just because it's new or creative. Last week Holly

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 4, 2015
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Other Side The view from another cambridge

  

  for granted the wonderfully fast, universally-available and fast ... ) program, I was pretty excited about the grass. The CME program lets MIT and Cambridge University students swap places for a year (or in my case, a

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 31, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Peanut Butter Delusion Arguments as old as man.

  

  represent galaxies floating in that universe, and also that this had nothing ... , and I still haven't found a novel way to detail my first three and half ... less tangible subjects, namely the homogeneity and isotropy of the

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • September 13, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Story Of @MITStudents as told by the person behind it

  

  @MITStudents, which I myself follow and often interact with. He offered to send ... their activities, DSL offers students and the MIT community many ... Life (he also oversees their Instagram and tumblr). Kellen and I are

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Late-Night Juggler In which I spend about twenty minutes trying to transcribe the Mass Ave cross signal…

  

  at the Institute—and he's been practicing his craft in Lobby 10 ever ... awesome people like Smyly, and I figured you might want to hear about him too :-) It's three in the morning and MIT's campus is, for once

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 3, 2014