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• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Week of Chocolate and Octagons Some thoughts and some pictures.

  

  David in tow, I visited Random Hall, one of MIT's more distinctive ... entire Boston area, I sort of feel guilty having fun if I've got a whole bunch of work backed up and waiting for me. (Yes, I highlight some cool

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / Class Projects

  Angry Birds Fly at MIT Students construct trubuchets, catapults, and air cannons to take out the dastardly pigs on Killian…

  

  each develop a prototype of a product that can (and in many cases does ... : Finally, the day of the competition arrived.  I'm told that MIT President ... .  (The flags at left are in the order of team finish.) In the end, it was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Scholar, Episode 2 A few thoughts on last night's episode of the reality television show "The Scholar"...

  

  neediness in terms of paying for college, are from middle class families. I ... rapidly! Here is a picture I took of the building, in progress, as of this ... . While trivia can sometimes be useful and interesting, I wish this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Putz and Tetazoo are friends!! field notes from a faraway land

  

  to find a souvenir store in the faraway lands of Putz, but I will send ... ="82833" /] I've always known that in lieu of cats, Putz's creature companion of ... into my limited repertoire of roach facts, I remembered that roaches can

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • November 21, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bring Your Audience to Work Day In celebration of the annual Bring Your Audience to Work Day, the first Monday of…

  

  of the group -- because after all, if I can open someone else's eyes to ... obscure occasions of note. Created by a leading young visionary in the ... day jobs. This summer, as in January, I've perched myself atop the flat

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 2, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  US News & World Report… Just Save Your Wrist Watch. If I were to create a minority-based ranking of colleges, here are some of the…

  

  this meant: "I'm already up to my neck in BS, I just want to save my ... with social and cultural adjustments to campus? (Can I get my dreads done? Can I get ethnic food? Is there a decent radio station?) How do

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  An Atypical Saturday That followed an atypical week.

  

  is over, you can walk out of the ring with your head held high and know ... actually about how I spent my Saturday. I was invited by several of my ... Fenway in the massive crowds of people: And managed to snag some Red Sox

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • September 30, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [joint liveblog] finding the BALANCE with 2.009 watching the 2.009 annual showcase (with Kayode D. '27)

  

  audience POV. In some lucky turn of events, Kayode D. '27 and I managed to ... !) [annotation note="photos are the bane of my existence. i fear i may have to give up on my typical habits of putting in way too many photos, but in the

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 9, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  in between. We can't wait to welcome them to campus to join the 4 ... in the end. Take a deep breath, shake it off, and go crush the rest of ... in their college search. We recognize it's a lot of effort for all of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 15, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Day at Stanford University wait, what?

  

  break, I decided to visit some of my Stanford friends and spend a day in ... the "Claw," the fountain in front of the bookstore). When I started ... , rectangular. Instead of drowning in camera-armed Chinese tourists you should

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 3, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Weekend Update A couple FAQs and others tidbits.

  

  in on all of the details soon. Relatedly, I will also be doing a small ... 'Grady, which is a lot of fun (and you can watch the episodes online!); I'm hoping ... , and to await the Next Big Mailing (NBM) in May. 2. Yes, I will be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  THE BURTON THIRD BOMBERS pset, party, pset and party party, rinse, repeat

  

  participated in DTYD, they almost seemed surprised that I'd asked: "Of course ... the email itself. I can't say I've written many good ones in my time ... around them, how I know I can come home to a supportive group of people to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 17, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hometown Heroes The first of articles about awesome MIT '09s.

  

  'll highlight it in a future entry! A little background: back in the summer of ... rocket scientist. I can remember playing with this airplane that I had when ... the rest of my life." [...] "I think it's recognizing the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 25, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  ST PATRICKS DAY RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

  

  HOZIER, KING OF IRELAND, IS HERE TO SPEAK:  It can't be said I'm an early birdIt's ten o'clock before I say a wordBaby, I can never tellHow do you ... grapeIf you can sit in a barrel, maybe I'll waitUntil that day I'd rather

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • March 17, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Tunnel66 bringing the borderline tunnels online for CP*

  

  are all physically apart, we still want to be together in spirit! I can ... Borderline is a club at MIT that started in Spring of 2017 (our ... of projects, and is now a community of people interested in the

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 18, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Building, building, building, building This one goes out to the one I've left behind.

  

  , in which students were asked to write an essay analyzing its use of ... . Ling: "Why are you taking a picture of this sign?" Sam: "So I don ... saw in the Princeton Review book that she bought that MIT has one of the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 28, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Is this real? The party called IAP continues.

  

  One of my favorite things to do that I don't really have time for is ... I'm sure this isn't the best way to spend my time, I somehow can ... 's premiere of the show in 10-250, Ankur '04, shared some of his thoughts and

  • by Bryan
  • January 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer begins And I get a brief vacation.

  

  enjoy this stage of life while I can - when I really don't know what ... ! Me: I...yesss? I...I guess so? (I guess I have DNA in all parts of me ... doesn't allow for a whole lot of off-campus adventuring.) I landed in DC

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 25, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Responses to comments! I answered your questions. Like, fast this time.

  

  about varsity athletics. I filled it out and mailed it in on the day of ... question...though you kinda took your time but all in all I really appreciate ... the answers. I used to save up questions and answer a bunch of them at

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  As The Saying About Assumptions Goes… Assume = Ass + U + Me.

  

  said primary source, I can tell you that no, MIT doesn't have the highest ... in order of priority). (We'll pause here to clarify for the record that ... can't figure out which side of it annoys me more - the implication that

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 12, 2005