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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Belonging Who belongs at MIT?

  

  'm just getting lazy and set in my ways in my old age. Last night Adam and ... doused in olive oil and parmesean cheese. On the way home, Adam and I got ... hugely entertained by the idea (or the sight!) of people wrestling in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Events

  bad vision try these glasses on for size.

  

  from a shallow area of water in the Cape Cod area. (public reminder to ... 't learn in 8.02 was how 3D glasses worked, so I decided to Google it. HowStuffWorks.com had a pretty good explanation. 3-D Viewing In a movie theater, the

  • by Bryan
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans + Peanuts + Crackerjacks i practically pulled another all-nighter, and again, for a non-academic reason.

  

  . Even the dome was in the mood to celebrate the release of book 6. I ... instead of in my room, I spent my evening reading the book sitting on the ... probably one of the greatest sports rivalries in history, Red Sox v. Yankees

  • by Bryan
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A flash of brilliance and answers to some questions

  

  yesterday in my favorite apron (I made the meatballs, and Adam made the ... all sides. It's difficult to brown the meatballs evenly in the skillet ... shaped the meat into a cube and stuck it in the pan. Then I shaped the next

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  An MIT survival guide

  

  This is a list I made at the end of my freshman year in the reading ... comfortable enough to actually fall asleep. A fifteen-minute nap in Hayden can ... . Caffeine is great in a pinch, but eventually the piper must be paid. 2. It

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Visiting MIT this summer (part 1) It is now high season for visiting colleges. I plan to do a series of…

  

  plan to visit, please leave your questions in the comments; I will answer them in future entries. For families who have already visited, feel free to leave your advice on visiting MIT and Boston in the comments; I will

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  College Fair Season

  

  night, I took a Zipcar up to a college fair in New Hampshire. I'd say the ... year program resulting in a Bachelor of Science (BS) or a Bachelor of Science in Art & Design (BSAD). Approximately 85% of MIT architecture

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 3, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  XREG

  

  For those of you who commented in the last post or emailed me, thank you for your birthday wishes =) I'm in the office today, reading ... class at Harvard, in the Graduate School of Education (all Harvard

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 5, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Refactored

  

  down in the Admissions Records Office, checking in on things there. Today ... ; Alumni goal: Leon Hsu   Sadly, a loss in our first game of the ... weekend-long conference in Chicago (what a city!) sponsored by the College

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 2, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  BoA & Restricting

  

  with a Bachelor's and Master's degree from MIT in Urban Studies & ... Master's degree from MIT in Urban Studies & Planning). Commenting on ... getting mixed messages about this. We say in the application, "Please keep

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  The Final Countdown

  

  I've just finished in New York City, where I did my last two days of ... deadline!), and complete it before Halloween, assuming you're in an area where we have interviewers (if you're living in, for example, Crescent

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 20, 2004
• Blog / How to Human

  notes on hope despite despite despite

  

  today it is warmer than it has been in a while, and i'm back in the ... the tip of my tongue, and i can see it in the smiles that come more ... uncertain. recently, it has been hard to see the good in the world. recently

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 25, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  infinite corridors can’t believe there are no posts with this title yet

  

  in the (almost) two years since leaving school, the term “infinite ... is the picture i have in mind: i was so preoccupied during undergrad ... set in stone as i imagined: i’ve already switched jobs and roles, signed

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  I Don’t Know where am i going to be a year from now?

  

  a senior in high school trying to figure out which college I would be ... be: A mission operations engineer in Tokyo, flying a lunar lander to the moon. An English teacher back in Missouri, sharing my love of

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • September 27, 2024
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  my STORY of helping Wyoming students shoot for the STARS get it? do u get it??

  

  institutions, I often wondered how to give back. In Fall 2023, I joined the ... ="attachment_101815" align="alignleft" width="225"] We visited the Old Spanish Caves in ... Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park![/caption] Traveling in a van with reps

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • July 31, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  thoughts on math@MIT! math month post

  

  Jonathan. I joined the department as a postdoc last year. I'm interested in ... more robust measurements like counting the number of holes in the shape. [annotation note="Fatima: I took Seminar in Topology last semester with Jonathan

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 24, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  just do it don’t say you’re gonna do it!

  

  in 2.008, a meche class known for its final project: to manufacture 50 yo-yos. Mills can cut in 3 directions, (X, Y, Z), which makes them useful for cutting shapes into metal. In this case, we’re talking about

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 23, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meeting our new president! my very brief foray into professional journalism

  

  In case you haven't heard, MIT has a new president-elect! This ... able to make it to whatever he had in mind, sorry! He replied "okay!" but ... to attend in person." I was now press! I straightened my coat and tried

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 20, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  data diaries inspired by Giorgia Lupi & Stefanie Posavec's "Dear Data"

  

  in a crowded coffee shop for a few hours. Conclusion: As expected ... Assumption 3. Notable events in chronological order Winnie and I Bluebiked to Star Market (off map) in Somerville to restock on frozen fries

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 5, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  papurgatory I am demolishing my print budget and my solitary working habits

  

  papers for [annotation note="seminar in advanced undergraduate research"]6 ... floor in despair and baking cookies for my [annotation note ... glad people showed up because talking about electrons going zoop in space

  • by Alice L. '24
  • September 17, 2022