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• Blog / MIT Life

  Mind Dump (Episode 4) What's going on RIGHT NOW!?

  

  The ironic part about MIT and wanting to share everything that ... . Pictures, links, narrative, and humor are a lot of work, and past freshman ... snippits, flashes, and whispers. Almost like . . . Twitter. Let me say, I

  • by Snively '11
  • April 22, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Alia Whitney-Johnson: Making a Difference in Sri Lanka Alia Whitney-Johnson, a Junior studying Civil and Environmental Engineering, spent three weeks teaching the art…

  

  States and all proceeds will be re-invested into the program, the shelter ... travel around the world to allow them apply their talent and knowledge ... Junior studying Civil and Environmental Engineering, spent three weeks

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the (New) Bloggers! CONTENT COMING IN HOT

  

  states I now call home. However, my interest for blogging and writing ... application, and 69 completed it. A few days ago, Lydia, Kris, Michael, Ceri, Anastassia, Natasha, and I met and we picked five of them to be new bloggers

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 10, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Important Information about your Financial Aid Application Track your status on MyMIT

  

  Financial Aid and that’s great! Applications are handled through the ... applicants and the comments will be closed. But we did want you to know a few ... aid after February 15th and it will not hurt your chances of receiving

  • by Kris Guay
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  That Lovely Pre-Finals Period

  

  , with each of us choosing a merger case and exploring its respective ... changes to the GIRs (General Institute Requirements). These are the sorts of ... opinions of all kinds about tradition and change. Today's MIT home page

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 10, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  Write about Tea (with tea (with Paige))

  

  CJ historian but for the history of myself throughout the years, and ... history book in the form of blogposts). And when I first started out ... insane degree. Coffee was a part of my identity in,,, perhaps an almost

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 24, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  leaving yet another senior writing about their last semester

  

  leaving school, to stay in the world of academia with masters degrees and ... and i thought about how absurd it was that i was even allowed to be there at that hour. when you’re a kid and it’s nighttime you’re basically

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 20, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To Defeat the Huns ...as Hamsika said, there's major business to get down to this semester.

  

  will have to take for the degree. 4.111 basically introduces design and ... I am really excited for spring semester’s classes, and without ... cramming for SAT Biology as I’m sure many of you are aware), and then

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 3, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: Taylor Pons from the First-Gen Program #FirstGenPride

  who are also passionate about advocating for equity and inclusion. Here ... community what it is!   Hey there MIT Blogs! I’m Taylor, and I work in ... the first person in their families to go to college, their university

  • by DJ Rock
  • April 14, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The fight’s begun but not yet won me vs. vista

  

  You'd think that if anywhere offered great computing help, it would ... resource right at my fingertips. You see, MIT offers free MATLAB to its students. And if you knew how expensive this software was you'd be relieved

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 12, 2008
• Blog / People & Identities

  [guest blog] 1,694 Miles Away by Favianna C. '26

  

  . What did they find so intriguing about a green tree, scary reptiles, and ... the Charles River and stop in the middle of the road to take a picture of the beautiful skyline and fall-colored trees, I think back to my

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 1, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Boston Calling Everything I know about having a phone at MIT.

  

  similarly-priced plans offered by Cingular and T-Mobile, and gives you free ... phone and carrier intended for incoming '09s and even for prospective ... don't really have my finger on the pulse of American youth culture (and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  History of the Brass Rat with pictures of the bezel design from 1930 to today

  

  year and wear the beaver "sitting" on them until graduation. At ... the Superbowl Ring and the Pope Ring. The tradition began in the spring ... member from each of the Classes of 1930, 1931, and 1932 to design a ring

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 23, 2015
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Decisions, Decisions decisions!

  

  CPW has come and gone, and now you're deciding where to spend the next four years of your life. It's a big decision. And whether you ... psychologists Dale Griffin and Amos Tversky (one of the discoverers of cognitive

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • April 26, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Hardest Thing Ever FOP, family, and how I'm doing so far... plus some findings on frisbee and free…

  

  I split the month of August between three states, between two coasts, two mountain ranges, and about a million different thoughts. The states: Oregon, my home, New Mexico, my camp-home, and Massachusetts, my new and

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 4, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  The ________ Outdoors What do you think goes in the blank?

  

  surprisingly numerous students who enjoy the outdoors and travel. If there's one ... , especially for an MIT student), settling onto the plan and watching the ground ... and independent and refreshed, even though I always get (un)lucky enough

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 10, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why Apply? Putting your hat in the ring if you're not so sure

  

  their ideas well to people outside of their fields and instituted a ... myself to you. The ghosts of Uncle Labs and Beatriz have haunted me all weekend. I cannot hope to match their wit and experiences, but I am SO

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • September 9, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  #Winning the battle for awesome (fictitious) alumni

  

  , much more important––and much MUCH geekier. It all started, as most nerd fights do, on twitter and facebook. (cue flashback music) Some brief background: MIT apparently leads the pack of Ivy+ institutions in Facebook page

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Not About the Name First impressions

  

  About a week and a half ago, I arrived at Logan airport to start this college thing! With two bags in hand (well, ok, one was a backpack), and my ... and just took in the imagery of the Charles River. The cab driver

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 3, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Unlike any other. [by Nathan Kipniss '14] "Welcome to the Gardner"

  

  college student gets you all sorts of discounts at cultural institutions. By ... . The inside is magnificent, and the history is quite interesting. All of the objects and paintings in the museum are exactly as Ms. Gardner left

  • by ARTalk
  • April 28, 2011