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• Blog / MIT Life

  Train in vain Pulling my first official all-nighter of the fall term.

  

  -degree dew point and a 101-degree heat index. Mitra once said that when she ... , Simon '04, and Nick. Now, you might think that would be fairly expensive ... . Sam paid $3.60 tolls and $5 jacob's ladder. Nick paid $5 ring toss

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 15, 2005
• 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 / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  physics professor, WNBA basketball player, secretary of state, and ... . There are the occasional formal dances and student runway shows, but it ... Whitney-Johnson (’08) and I are among the Top 10 College Women of 2007

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

  Chicken with my head cut off What I've been up to since last Friday. In case you want the Cliff's Notes…

  

  perpetual state of running around and doing five things at once.   ... hours of cheerleading camp and practice. Thanks to some amazing coaches we ... . Well, that and bruises and scrapes and muscle soreness all over our

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 4, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  REX and the City New York, New York, and other answers to your other questions, too.

  

  Interactive Introduction to the Institute, can be found here). You read, and ... A lot of you have written me to tell me you've voted, and it ... Phone, Treo, Blackjack, etc.. It takes literally two clicks and you could make a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 10, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I Climbed a Mountain Today there's always gonna be another mountain!

  

  the States, and I've been happily living at Berkeley, CA, for the last 2 ... sleep, eating many yummy things, and completed a 3000 piece puzzle. (sadly ... and more Cantonese words, haha - I have resolved to start learning

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 28, 2009
• Blog / Blog Projects

  i walk through campus and say stuff i cannot vlog to save my life

  

  .youtube.com/watch?v=ObQfChNMUvM I was bored and the weather outside was nice, so I thought I would go around MIT and take a video of myself staying stuff I guess. I’m surprised ... , shadowing two people give tours, and giving a practice tour of our own. And

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 23, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  The Space Between In which I attempt to explain IAP. (Hint: it's not a Dave Matthews Band song.)

  

  way to completely serious and intense offerings like the EMT training ... to offer. And, of course, there's always Mystery Hunt to look forward ... course numbers: “18.02, 5.112, 7.012, and 8.012.” So I know I'm not in

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 7, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House: Where The Sidewalk Ends A tour of Next House!

  

  I'll put it here: " We are one of the largest and friendliest dorms ... out, have fun, and enjoy their time at MIT. Situated on the banks of the Charles River, Next House offers stunning views of the riverfront

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 13, 2006
• 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

  We Saw a Sea Turtle !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  

  she made a complete 180 degree turn to face the shore. And as soon as ... This summer, we saw (and observed for two hours!) a real live SEA ... distance, and as we approach, we realized it was a sea turtle! Because we

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • August 14, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  Things I’ve Missed About Home My top six.

  

  Program), and the adjustment back to home life has been, as usual, greater ... , but there are exceptions to every rule, and mine is not being bothered ... ? Sometimes you miss the freshman boy next door barging in and asking you what

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Graduation Some commencement pictures.

  

  ominous dark skies today and what was forecasted to be a partly cloudy to ... and the court gets all muddy and before you know it your pants are wet and your shoes turn into a disgusting lake that your feet are just

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My UROP Experiences Research is kinda cool.

  

  last assignment. I've got one pset (8.04), one paper (biophysics) and two finals (8.04 and 8.044) standing between me and two MIT degrees. I don ... What's up? Yeah, it's the end of term, and we're all hosed. The week

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • May 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reactors are my friends. Four things you would never expect to find in a real MIT laboratory.

  

  degrees from Berkeley and should be receiving his PhD from MIT in January ... Changing World Technologies, you take a turkey, cut off all the meat and ... a pot, grind it up, heat it up to 250 C and 40 atmospheres, dehydrate

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  I feel the need, the need for speed!

  

  . And tour groups in Killian Court looked at it as they went by. Hacks ... something like graduation. *grin* Brian '08, Antonio '02, and Laura '04 are ... Hurricane Harbor, the water park. I really love intense water rides, and this

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Monday A Boston institution.

  

  (a holiday celebrated almost exclusively in Massachusetts and Maine ... minutes). Despite the extremely packed state on the trains, Kenmore Square is a nice place to watch the marathon because there’s so much space and

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • April 19, 2011
• 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