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• Blog / Admissions

  in the pursuit of knowledge want to see a MacArthur Genius dancing to gangnam style?

  

  my final draft) In spirit, not much has changed since I wrote that ... "I've always been a knowledge junkie; facts are my hit, and Wikipedia is my dealer." (I was looking through my old computer files and found

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 19, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Incentive to Drop Out Two MIT students get $100,000 and lots of opportunities in a two-year fellowship.

  

  harmful effects of inflation. I can add a little more about each. Laura is ... to MIT in two years, I wish you all the best for the future ... winner receives $100,000 and two years of support from Thiel's network in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 26, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes – Spring 07 Ending MIT with a literary bang. Can you hear it?

  

  appeared in The New Yorker in 1978. You can read the 650-word story (which I ... both exciting and sad -- I am head-over-heels in love with all 3 of the ... Here's what I'm taking this term: 21L.471: Major English Novels

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 14, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Imagination there is no place i know...

  

  pain. In the meantime, I'd like to thank everyone who made this video ... Imagination." You can watch it here:   Professor Woodie Flowers once told me that "MIT can be either a steamroller or a candy store: it

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 1, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Wish I Was an Astronaut I was a nerd even back in 3rd grade.

  

  Not really...but I used to. I wrote this little diddy back in 3rd grade, just thought I'd share. Mollie, maybe Adam wants to make this the course 16 anthem? Background: In 3rd grade, we had to do creative

  • by Bryan
  • July 27, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  Hackapult Sieges The Dome

  

  in the hacking of this hack     but I can't say the ... On Friday, September 4th, I arrived in my office shortly after 7AM. One of the lovely things about my office is that I have a window under

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Sneak Preview (to next) Weekend let's just pretend I managed to backronym CPW in the title

  

  it for free food and subsequently consuming it. I can only hope for ... of free food? I'm excited. So much so that I'm running two East Campus events. Guess what they are based on this picture of my bookshelf. Since I

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 3, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The only living boy in New York I get all the news I need from The Colbert Report.

  

  and I had in New York last weekend, but I'm not going to write it until tomorrow. And you don't get to read it unless you vote. Now, I did my part by voting against Rick Santorum on a beautiful sunny Wednesday last week in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  TLM The Land of MIT. It's a planet.

  

  that I knew in grade school. Not even the Earth that I knew from my ... in the Infinite Corridor they glow. Seriously. You can practically see ... 'm supposedly in one of the dorms (McCormick) where people actually sleep. I don

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • October 3, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  whiplash feelings from yesterday

  

  somehow always manage to feel burnt out at this point in the semester ... and there are no other drinks, so you buy a cookie even though you ... more about this school than you did in any previous year, that after

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 30, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Green Building Challenge hex wins third place!

  

  I competed in the Green Building Challenge as part of this year's Bad ... ="aligncenter" width="438"] I couldn't have done it without them![/caption] My team ... placing third, with a total of 103 climbs! I climbed the Green Building a

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • January 31, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  72 Hours Later… I have the "morning-after" syndrome.

  

  , you don't sound like a college professor in real life!" I'm sure now ... next few days. But I just want to say something. In a word, you guys are ... passions in high school, from research (I don't know how many ISEF and

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 13, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] Your Guide to Boston Cafes a letter from chomps

  

  Dear fellow chompers, A year ago, I was asked: … and in typical hosed ... introduced me to 30 cafes in the Greater Boston area, and since then, I ... caffeine companion in town” and deservedly so. I always mention this cafe

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 15, 2025
• Blog / Events

  APPLE BAKE channeling midterm stress into baking, sculpting, and completely destroying apples for decades

  

  /cobbler/crisp Apple Pie/Cobbler/Crisp Apple Art - can be non-edible, can feature ... traditional ingredient used in your recipe for a healthier choice (you will have ... randomly selected from each floor. There was over $500 in prize money, in

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 5, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Thanksgiving on First East – Team Bemis makes hand turkeys!! (For justice and the greater common good.)

  

  turkeys: Kelly (09) demonstrates step one in purple: Louis (07) can do it ... , the steps involved in making a hand turkey are as follows: 1.) Stock up ... our names on our turkeys and they sat proudly on our doors, perched in

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 24, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Alpha Delta Phi To Be The Best of Men

  

  in the wrong direction, I saw Random Hall for the first time. As I ... my mind. I wrote them down on a board in my room. They stuck. Shifting ... college experience not defined in bulk by beer pongs and drunk friends, I

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 20, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lit Analytics How humanities classes can be analytically rigorous, courtesy of a Shakespeare scholar

  

  importance of collaboration originated from my work in theater long before I ... rigorous," but it hints at how even a music class can embrace technology in ... Today after the admissions info session in Kresge (where it also took

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Repainting the Smoots A Wacky MIT Tradition

  

  boy enthusiasm. I can’t help but get as hyped as them, and soon enough ... dozen times in several disorienting patterns of color.  As I wander ... than usual. I am holding pallets of bright green, yellow, and purple

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 27, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Field Trip! I meant to blog this a long long time ago.

  

  in the Girl's Bathroom," one to a ranch, and a few others I can't seem ... room (with a TV!! except I don't get to watch TV that often...) - In ... representation of the extent to which our room can look like utter chaos. I cleaned

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 26, 2010
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Waterfall Camping in Shenandoah National Park Snakes and fireflies.

  

  armies and a slave named Caroline Terry. In case you're interested: As I ... 't think I've seen a snake that big, except maybe in the zoo. Or in the first ... back in the day, when a little green tree snake slithered over my foot. I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 11, 2013