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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Punt Puzzle A collaborative affair

  

  logged into an online page for my Electromagnetism Class and saw the p ... There are two things MIT students love—punts and puzzles. What a puzzle is—that’s pretty straightforward. A punt is more intricate, and is

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Memoriam: Professor Silbey

  

  Last Thursday, Bob Silbey, a professor in Course 5 (Chemistry) and ... there on the lecture handout). That being said, he was - and is - one of ... that I found inherently boring and not only make hourly lectures of it

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 1, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Ponderings of a lifeguard Why are white water rapids white?

  

  water slides. And I was bored out of my mind. There were about 3 people in the entire park, and my entire job was to make sure that none of them ... down the last 3 feet of the slide and crash into a continuous white spray

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  I Hate Change but at least, I'm creating it

  

  bookshelf more filled than before, a new coffee cart with 16 mugs, and me ... ever since I got back from my trip home for winter break. It's making me ... short montage of packing a backpack, taking meds, throwing on shoes, and

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 17, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Senior Survey (Says?) (For the record, I think that being on Family Feud would be totally awesome)

  

  Friday's deadline and surveying everyone and their grandmother for an ... passion for teaching, and even learned a thing or two about brains, all ... , for an upcoming post about my favorite door on campus. (No, that is not

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 3, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  of Cambridge St. were blocked off for vendors to grill and smoke their ... " and their two children chanted "WE LOVE NEW YORK" back. Conclusion: It ... in a crowded coffee shop for a few hours. Conclusion: As expected

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 5, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Monday A Boston institution.

  

  (a holiday celebrated almost exclusively in Massachusetts and Maine ... record time). A number of MIT students run each year, but even for those ... is a nice place to watch the marathon because there’s so much space and

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • April 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Are YOU Up To This Summer?! (2010 Edition) Happy summer!

  

  out there! Don't let go of your chance to fame and glory on the MIT Admissions page! :) Contest closes this weekend, and the winners will be ... year, with more excitement, a better prize, and more fame and glory

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / Uncategorized

  snip snip liberating the shoulder one free t-shirt at a time

  

  trick one fateful day my freshman year, and every free shirt that has come ... and ask me to "veronica-fy" their shirts. Which is insane because this ... testament to how often I get too lazy to pick out a real outfit and just

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • September 28, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fame Discover Magazine tries to cash in on this whole "turkey into oil" craze that I…

  

  , the company I'm working for in my UROP got into Discover Magazine again ... 's confident that the proteins would be ripped apart and rendered harmless by such extreme temperatures and pressures. Mad cow disease is thought to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  learning about Things!! cool classes explained in easy words

  

  1, showing us more ways to build roads for really small things and ... After three and a half years of being at this school, I've taken ... them in to make searching for the actual classes easier if anyone wants

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 16, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Q&A: Round One Q&A, Round One. Keep the questions coming!

  

  pressures of class and work and what recreational activities does MIT offer to ... get day by day with the pressures of class and work by really trying to ... attend office hours for classes where the problem sets are notorious for

  • by Bryan
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  College Fair Season

  

  They say, "You snooze, you lose" -- Kevin and Daniel beat me to two ... President Susan Hockfield, and Daniel posted the National Public Radio piece ... , and I didn't lose my voice =) The most popular question of the night

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 3, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  the softest members of MIT Video Game Orchestra we

  

  it's one minute before the MIT video game orchestra spring 2026 concert, which both Victor and I play for!! watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/live/fBTr1-t82vM?si=EOV6VSJNJHrtabQG I'm taking the rest of my precious time

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 10, 2026
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  Many people applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately we could not accept all of them. We have placed a small number of students on the waitlist. If you would like to be considered for the waitlist, or you want to

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Registration Browser Issues Firefox isn't playing nicely with MyMIT...

  

  . (And if you haven't registered yet, please do so using one of those browsers!) I'm so sorry for the inconvenience. -B

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 30, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  Get Your Wii On. A Dome Hack!!!

  

  Update (11/19/06; 2:08 PM) The cultural reference for that symbol goes ... the Triforce of Power, Nayru contributed the Triforce of Wisdom, and

  • by Bryan
  • November 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The best picture we took in Paris Slightly delayed for some slightly successful attempts at photo editing.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? MIT's original Course 20, "Food Technology, Nutrition Science, and Applied Biological Sciences", existed in the MIT Course Handbook for 17 years without any faculty or staff, until the last remaining

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10s in the news A series of newspaper articles about incoming MIT freshmen.

  

  'll start with an article about the awesome Eletha Flores, and I've got about

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mitra, it’s your birthday. Happy birthday, Mitra!

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Umbrellas were thought to be an accessory suitable only for women until Persian traveler Jonas Hanway popularized umbrella use ... was because she is really a vampire and does not show up on film, but

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 4, 2006