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• Blog / Personal Travel

  In Japan, the Elevators Don’t Care - Sort of trying to fit in as an American in Japan - 

  

  weeks pass I'll get a better feel for this place. Maybe even start to fit ... Stepping between closing elevator doors, it doesn't even occur to you ... here.  Stovetops don't have knobs to control the gas, instead they

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Seven Supervisors A Buzzfeed Style Look At Supervisors

  

  slow to a crawl as you work on the same question for half an hour with no ... the seven supervisors. Sorry for the long delay between posts, I hope to ... Cambridge. Here's a handy chart I threw together to show contact time at MIT

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 1, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Math. by Joy ‘13 I’m not a complete nerd…but I am convinced that math is a language

  

  different combinations using these digits to express a manner of things. For ... are trying to convey. In a sense, making it possible for us to make any ... knowledge…we are almost like the people of Babylon. We are able to communicate

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  DEATH AND THE POWERS: The Robots’ Opera [by Ken Haggerty '11] An * exclusive sneak peak * of Prof. Machover's exciting new…

  

  Technique) It is far too easy to be taken by the material—one of the ... introduce us to the story of Simon Powers, a wealthy entrepreneur and inventor who resolves to download himself into the System after mortality

  • by ARTalk
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Birthday Boy Ben Birthday explosion inside.

  

  and I decided to repay Ben for all his awesomeness by throwing a mini ... ! Want to have coffee?" Ben: "Hey! Well, I have three letters to finish for ... unfortunate sighting notwithstanding, I managed to delay Ben for about five more

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Memories I know this feelin', yes I know it very well (Thutmose)

  

  Hi everyone! I am excited to be back celebrating this milestone with ... college counselor to give the same advice I loved to give on the blogs. Each ... they will bring to any college they choose to attend. However, the more I

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  When MIT Gets Tough, CAAAATTTT Everything was terrible, and then I cat

  

  past weekend, I rushed my mom and sister to come visit me at MIT because I was feeling particularly stressed out and at a loss for how to deal ... claimed my bed and my heart. I want to sit and cuddle her and she's all

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nerdin’ Out algorithms are too cool

  

  up this Thursday ( O.O ahh ), and in the process of studying for it, I ... class is so incredibly relevant to daily life. (warning: i'm about to nerd out hard core, so feel free to go back to homepage and click on a

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 7, 2012
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Whoooo!

  

  sad. It's hard to explain how incredibly jealous I get of friends who ... such a sheltered life so to speak, and when I gush over the fact that my friends have been to even the UK (of all non-exotic places, at least from

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s all about the numbers… Jump back into the basements for the first of two entries early this week on…

  

  Here at MIT, just about everything is referred to by its number. To get from East Campus to LaVerde's Market, you enter Building 66, pass ... Building 7. And when you register for classes, you speak of taking 3.091, 8

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fun with Legos A photo journal of THE coolest room I've ever seen.

  

  thing that's cut off to the left of the photo- that's a phone booth. For ... So all freshmen are assigned to a faculty advisor who helps them make ... advisor, which is an upperclassman who acts as a something of a mentor to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Wheels on the Bus Go Round And Round what do you get when you cross the flinstones with public transportation?

  

  prototype ready in September for people to ride across the city. Eventually ... another hint. Typically on my commute to work, I read the Boston Metro. It's not as substantive as other newspapers but it's good for finding out

  • by Bryan
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  our perpetual battle with the mit weather machine spinning arts needs a shaman

  

  ushered the audience into Stata to wait it out for 20 minutes. We set up ... show and coming back to our dorms drenched and shivering for another was ... It’s raining today, so we’re punting Novemburn fireshow to our rain

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • November 15, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  New Year Resolutions in Fall An ambitious list of things I wanna do that probably won't get done

  

  With the school year coming back around, it only feels necessary to pretend it’s December 31st and start making a list of things I want to ... challenge myself with:   Visit 15 new places to eat in the Cambridge

  • by Richard O. '28
  • August 31, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  My new job @ admissions like nick saban, but for nerds

  

  duties for many years before then. Essentially, my job is to find some of ... update in five years - to reflect my new role and responsibilities in the ... most we take on here at MIT, it's a easy one to solve. As many of you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 9, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  And the winners are… 2010 Blogger results!

  

  A few weeks ago I sent out the call for new bloggers. We had quite a ... who to invite into the elite ranks. Unfortunately that would be a lie, and I'm still disappointed that we couldn't find a place for more of the

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 27, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Dah noo-loo Hey kah ay-ay u-nye

  

  big corporations that you hope to work for in the summer. Last year I went to the career fair for all of the free swag, and free swag was what ... their "talk to people not from MIT" routines. It's funny, MIT is in a

  • by Snively '11
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Promise of Ending ...is labor and sharing and loving.

  

  History Channel that was trying to determine the precise location of Sodom and Gomorrah when I decided to check my grades, like I do, you know ... Services Office working really hard to get those grades in right now! Anyway

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Solicitation You've got questions. I'll have answers tomorrow night.

  

  to Harvard Square for ice cream tonight. 3. I'm not feeling ... around my hometown for two days, he said to me, "I see now that the drama ... school." Hee. 2. Drew asked, If someone applies to MIT for grad school

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 15, 2006
• Blog / People & Identities

  love people. cook them. tasty food. meet pecker!

  

  ways for us to collectively Be More Sustainable, and Michelle makes ... , and it looks something like [annotation note="to prevent bonfire erasure, they're the other half of the fourth floor -- this video just happens to

  • by Alice L. '24
  • November 27, 2021