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• Blog / Athletics

  SF AIDS Walk – Part II

  

  I, along with 25,000 other people, found myself in Golden Gate Park ... crown during the walk. Some of my teammates told me I reminded them of a ... activities midway of the San Francisco Bay Area. CAMBRIDGE FOLKS: I've got

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

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

  

  a joke. It's an ultra-cool door.) I'm in the middle of a tough week ... that in order to get the most out of my education, I was going to have to ... A couple of days ago, Snively wrote, "I have a theory that bloggers

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 3, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lunch with Madam President Guess who I got to eat lunch with today?

  

  of the day is that I got to eat lunch with MIT President Hockfield ... this is very cool in and of itself -- there are not too many schools in ... . Plus I got to meet Bryan in real life, and he promised he would organize

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Needles That was anticlimactic.

  

  grownup? I wondered if this was reminiscent of that time in middle school ... breath. The prick in my ear was followed by a moment of panic. I held my ... I got my first piercing in eighth grade, at Walmart. I had done

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 24, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What do you want to hear about?

  

  I would like to post more entries this summer, but this is an MIT blog and I'm in Switzerland. I could ramble philosophically about MIT life - I've certainly done it before - but a lot of my big rambles have

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Language classes over IAP

  

  of several language classes is available in condensed form: three hours ... for the spring. I was given a slot in the French 1 class and am pretty ... During our Independent Activities Period (IAP), essentially most of

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 7, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Woot! My t-shirt is funnier than your t-shirt.

  

  of getting mail. Well, for one, I wanted something to take my mind off ... more importantly, and more to the point of this entry, some shirts I ... One seemingly minor, yet important, change I've noticed between

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 6, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  We Wear Matching Hats Very nearly one year ago, I wore the hat you're all wearing this week.

  

  holiday weekend in New York with some friends. I acquired a real curio of a ... . They posted photos of the envelopes in mail bins and I was monitoring Ben ... . It was very convenient -- I could engage in the singular activity of

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 6, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I track the progress of my application?

  You may track the progress of your application in the application ... Action deadlines. If some of your application pieces are missing, please ... 're happy to check receipt of items if you allow sufficient time for
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Welcome Back! a fresh coat of paint, and a fresh batch of bloggers

  

  , culminates today, in the launch of the MITAdmissions redesign. Why did we decide to redesign? As I explained here, we were proud of our old website ... visually evident on the homepage (in terms of it from going from about 25% of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 13, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  what’s the word for

  

  span of moments in which you’re not quite ready to accept the fact that ... was in your calendar the scent of rain the act of looking for ... of the same page, or opening messenger every two and a half minutes in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 5, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Everyday Is Like Sunday

  

  While there's no delivery of post today, I can assure you that the good men & women of the United States Postal Service are even as I ... all of the letters first class, and I hope nearly everyone will have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 12, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  Alia Whitney-Johnson: Making a Difference in Sri Lanka Alia Whitney-Johnson, a Junior studying Civil and Environmental Engineering, spent three weeks teaching the art…

  

  teaching the art of jewelry making to eighteen Sri Lankan young mothers in a ... towards the advancement of underserved communities. Alia Whitney-Johnson, a ... foreigner who did not even speak the language. “I wanted to remedy this

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 9, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Camp Kesem! It's magical.

  

  Exactly three weeks from today, I'll be done with my freshman year of ... fun. I'm lucky enough to be one of the CK 2010 counselors :) We ... and I have dedicated quite a bit of time and effort towards fundraising

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Reason to Celebrate My advisor is a genius.

  

  So over in the world of UROP, things were pretty exciting this week ... incredible distinction, and one of the best things I've enjoyed at MIT is that ... . Speaking of UROP, tomorrow, I am giving the biggest presentation of my

  • by Bryan
  • September 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2010 Apply...if you dare!

  

  in the sun for the last two days, and when I got on it to ride to work ... the application. We are looking for people who can communicate in a ... It's summer in Cambridge, which means three things: 1) It's hot

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 7, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Chocolate Tasting Nuts, olives, and 99% cocoa

  

  In honor of some holiday, MIT's Laboratory for Chocolate Science hosted chocolate tasting last night. I went to a similar event in IAP 2004 ... stayed mostly in the range of 60-75% cocoa, and had two insanely

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Scholarship for future engineers Chance to win $2,000

  

  Are any of you high school seniors who are Massachusetts residents ... Chapter website (ashraeboston.org). They are awarding 14 scholarships in the amount of $2000. The deadline is May 30, 2008. For more information: http

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 3, 2008
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How did the blogs get started?

  Ben Jones, The Blogfather, started the MIT Blogs in 2004. The idea behind the blogs was to open a window into the lives of MIT students: what they do, think, and feel. MIT was one of the first universities to have
• Blog / Events

  emergency blog post because Lilly Chin ‘17 just won Jeopardy and is also the greatest of all time "who is the spiciest memelord?" it's you

  

  answer:       I have been privileged to know and befriend some of the best and brightest minds in America and around the world ... campus last night:       I think one of the bloggers

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 24, 2017