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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hwæt! Did you know that you can study Old English at MIT? The language of Beowulf and J.R.R. Tolkien's Rohan

  

  Authors): Old English and Beowulf hwæt ƿe gardena in geardagum þeodcyninga ... of the Old English epic Beowulf, and in this class you will learn to read them. Besides being the language of Rohan in the novels of J

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Remnants of Four Years What happens when you have to start packing

  

  'll deal with it later and just throw everything in a box". Graduating means ... , departments, career fairs, sports, living groups and everything in between. As ... had to finally empty out my locker for the first time in four years, it

  • by Becca H. '12
  • June 6, 2012
• Blog / Community Projects

  A Field Trip Every day brings something new.

  

  that goes on here. Case in point: over the past year or so, I’ve been ... ’ve corresponded back and forth with a number of the student leaders in these groups ... workshop in Building N51 and saw for myself everything that they do. Check

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 22, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After MIT what i'm doing...etc.

  

  blogging. Which will be a sad day. ---- So I'm now living in THE NYC, on ... ). Theoretically, I live in East Harlem, since we have the East Harlem zip code (10029), but we are zoned in the same Congressional district as the wealthy

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 30, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Admissions Decisions Now Available Online News about the 2011 Regular Action cycle.

  

  : decisions.mit.eduYou can log in using the same username and password that you ... in. As has become tradition, the MIT admissions decisions are being ... Preview Weekend in the mail next week. This year, we received 17

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Love Lucy: Continued This time, the title even makes sense.

  

  about keeping a car in the city. I love to drive; I've for a long time ... 'm listening to the radio and driving (in a still-fully-attentive sorta way). I've grown up on the stations in MA; my presets are ordered such that 104.1 is

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 22, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My New Hobby…. It's Giga-cool.

  

  The other day my roommate and I decided that there was a flaw in the English language. I'd point out flaws in other langauges, but my mastery of ... taking a crash course in conversational German in preparation for a trip I

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 4, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summertime When the Thrills are Cheap and the living is easy.

  

  having posted anything substantial in something like seven months. I kept ... the summer to sit down and write them out. Two semesters in, and the ... and Cognitive Sciences. Having lost interest in economics, I figured I

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • July 28, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  A little something while you wait. Don't plan on doing work until we finish this.

  

  on weekday nights, and sleeping more than I had, like, EVER. And in ... work, and life is good. But in the meantime, you probably want to do ... number of letters in the word. Okay, in case I'm not making sense, here

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • March 10, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Distractions Don't stress out!

  

  in less than twenty four hours... Doesn't it just make you wish you could take your mind off of things for a while? Just in time, the blogs ... . Questionable Content Angst abounds in this comic about an indie boy, his robot

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 15, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Think Happy Thoughts D-Lab Memories >> Graphing With Matlab

  

  understands how I feel about being stuck in an Athena cluster generating graphs ... in the cluster with me may have some idea as well. ...On an almost ... market types: Bulls attack by thrusting their horns up in the air and bears

  • by Kim D. '09
  • December 2, 2008
• Blog / Events

  My Halloween Costume is Better Than Yours It didn't give me an inflated ego or anything.

  

  my dorm just in time for the big day. I dug around in my closet for the ... -less gloves...I even dyed my hair...and I was totally in character. I basically walked around campus for a few hours feeling like the coolest person in the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 9, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Floating On A Whim [by Katharine Chu '09, Guest Blogger] An art UROP carries a curious course 9-er all…

  

  at MIT, if you even think you're interested in something, you owe it to yourself to explore your options. Nine months ago, I was in the middle of a ... taken were very much geared towards science.  But after my work in LA, I

  • by ARTalk
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Adios, Madrid My attempt at an eloquent goodbye to Spain.

  

  In a few short hours I will hop on a plane back to the US. I have ... my summer in Spain. It doesn't reeeally say what I want it to, but I ... to Spain for giving me: the warm weather I missed so much in Boston

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  CPW 2008: The Hack Edition What!? Already!?

  

  students. While traveling down the hall in building 16 you will see something ... threat and are confused by the need for a chainsaw in a box. They will be ... . . . why would there be a chainsaw in building 16? Sure, it's heavily

  • by Snively '11
  • April 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus & Fierce Forever More questions answered, with a few words about yesterday's Fierce Forever 6.

  

  your question is more in-depth, you may wish to call the Admissions ... in the country. The past five editions of Fierce have earned significant name recognition for the event at MIT, both in the LBGT and allies

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Hip-Pop – Konnecting Souls Part of the MIT series "Hip-Pop in French: Contemporary Theater, Film, Dance, Comics and Graphic…

  

  Technologies: A Talk and Demonstration Part of the series Hip-Pop in French ... Cultural Services of the Consulate General of France in Boston A ... -hop scene. He combines music and dance in a highly original manner and the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 4, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  World Cup Finals

  

  A story from a few years ago: During the 1994 World Cup, I lived in ... , Roberto Baggio. (It was in no small part due to his braids, I'll admit.) My ... , I bought posters of him in Little Italy, NY, and even went to an

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A speech, of sorts

  

  Association Vice-President, or UAVP, of MIT. In March, I ran for president, with ... force behind it, that I meant to come out in Tuesday's edition. It's about ... things are not as they should be in the UA. I've thought a lot about this

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Juniors: Sign up for SAT Subject Tests SAT Subject Test registration deadline is April 28.

  

  the Subject Tests be taken in June, but I think it's a pretty good idea ... your science class -- is still fresh in your mind. And this also allows two test dates in the fall before the Early Action deadline, should you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 13, 2006