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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blogging My Way to a Passionate Life On writing, during and after MIT.

  

  CityLab — The Atlantic magazine’s website on the urbanized world. Amid ... on a D.C. metro platform to wild architectural proposals and all the maps the Internet could ever want, my first year of post-MIT life flew by

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Life Lessons From Pistol Class But they don't buy pajamas / For pistol packin' mamas!

  

  magazine. Insert magazine. Release the bolt. Grip as in a firm handshake. Inhale, raise arm. Exhale a little, press gently on the trigger until you meet resistance, lower arm to target. Focus on the front sight. Without

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 7, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life Update It's been an amazing year!

  

  had to name one aspect of myself that has changed the most in the last year, it has to be the volume of hair on my head. Although I always dreamt of growing out the afro, I never had the opportunity until I moved

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Trains Make Me Think Of Bringing the focus away from miles and minutes - and onto more enriching things

  

  This summer, I'm working part-time at the Division of Student Life ... does add up to a substantial amount of time. The commute starts pretty early. For the first leg of the trip, I hitch a ride with my dad to his

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 12, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Delivery! "Ring delivery" is more like "ring takeout," actually, since they don't bring a brass rat…

  

  'm nearly halfway done.) But let me start with the most important part: I am now the proud owner of a Brass Rat! The ring's design, which I covered previously, was carefully put together by these guys, the Class of 2014 Ring

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 20, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Architecture students Are you interested in designing abroad?

  

  city planning. In the last 2 years alone, 110 A&P interns, including ... explore a new area of interest within the fields of planning and ... topics in the future. The project: The project explored concepts of

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 21, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Memoriam: Professor Silbey

  

  former MIT Dean of the School of Science, passed away after battling cancer ... fact, I think the one time we actually had vocal interaction was when I finally worked up the nerves to ask a question in his class, only to confirm

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

  Emergency Application Extension for students affected by the storm

  

  The MIT Early Action application deadline has been extended to ... 'easter. More information below. As you may have heard the northeastern United States was hit by a devastating snowstorm this past weekend. The storm

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 31, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Sorting Hat of Sorts Where you live may be one of the most important parts of your time here…

  

    Ahh summer. The fresh air. The copious amounts of free time (HA!). The Temporary Housing Assignments. Hard to believe that it was ... being at school I've lived in many different parts of the housing system

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Get excited for CPW! CPW= Campus Prefrosh? WHOA!

  

  Ahh CPW. The time when underclassmen, upperclassmen, and prospective members of the former convene together to celebrate a 10M concentration of all the things that make MIT great. Parties, food, geektastic activities

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 6, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Arts Party 2010! [by Ken Haggerty '11] Now that I'm about to graduate, it's time for some fun…

  

  [by Ken Haggerty '11] Happy Autumn! This entry marks the beginning ... Associate Provost Philip Khoury brought together the MIT arts faculty and ... the Arts), Pardis Parsa (Office of Arts Initiatives), myself, and Mei

  • by ARTalk
  • September 27, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Enterlude Brought to you by the letter "L", for Late, Lame, and real Life. Or something…

  

  Daniel M. ’14. It was ten at night, and in the East Campus courtyard—littered with trees and illuminated by flashing, multicolored lights—the East Side party raged on. Tech-y house music thumped through the disgustingly humid

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • September 18, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  MITiplication This entry contains one multiplication problem.

  

  It was sometime during Act III of finals study week, in the pressure-cooker minutes before the curtains fell on our loose-spined textbooks and leafed-over study guides, that I asked aloud, “What is 7 times 47?” In the space of

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All About Toys And how they rule my life!

  

  . I am officially the Conner 2 authority on anything colorful and ... it before, here, and I'll probably blog about it again sometime in the future. As a part of the class we took a trip to the Hasbro world

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / Events

  And I’m leaving, on a . . . cruise ship? Don't know when I'll be back again.

  

  generally enjoyed each others' company. Before the buses left for the dock you ... not know, dances are not my scene. One of the stereotypes at MIT is that ... time. We arrived at the dock and waited around for a bit before actually

  • by Snively '11
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Decision Day Eve Making your decision by May 1.

  

  So... tomorrow is that fateful day. May 1. Otherwise known as the Common Reply Date. The day by which you need to let your colleges know your ... concerns? I am available, as are all of the bloggers, to field questions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Freezing My @$$ off at CPW By: Andrea '11

  

  As promised, I offered the chance to write a guest blog to prefrosh during CPW. This is just the first installment. There are many more coming ... they get to the author. --- CPW has been by far one of the best

  • by Bryan
  • April 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A catchup I answer questions, now that I'm no longer drugged...

  

  of right now, the corners of my lips are raw, and I still look like a ... thought I'd respond to the questions that have been piling up over the past ... get a copy of the detailed syllabus for the GIRs so I can start

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Burn Out or Fade Away Suggestions for second semester seniors: don't take either for an answer.

  

  Around the world, college students are going on hunger strike in his ... completely lost all control of any higher brain function. I've spent the last ... . By a machine, I mean my television. Oh, the movies I've missed since I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Because one story just isn’t enough My tale of being admitted. Laugh. Cry. Both. Neither. All of the above?

  

  'm posting my own tale of being admitted last year. Since this is the second ... EA last year, and we were all insanely worried about our decisions. The ... Jess) got hers during our Calc BC class - her mom was home when the mail

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 14, 2006