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• Blog / Life after MIT

  Professors Are Human Too (Really!) My name is Eric Grimson, and I am a professor at MIT.

  

  your parents!) as a graduate student. I came from a small city in ... I am delighted to join the impressive cadre of admissions office bloggers - a source of insight into MIT that I hope is of value as you

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  A thousand million questions An evening with Gaelic quesadillas and Farrokh Bulsara.

  

  be on the other side of me, but then I realized that in order to that I ... replied, with a laugh, "I actually told him to put that in the speech! I said, 'hey, that's a good term for what's going on in this country.'" I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It Ends Tonight, It Ends Tonight On this evening / I give the final blow...

  

  an end! Freshman year is almost finished...wow. I'll be back tomorrow (after I'm done with the exam and the two psets I have to do after the exam ... - cuz you can pass out of stuff or not take the FEE (woot!) if you do well

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 8, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wow, work! Mid-IAP update.

  

  fine on everything, so that's good. I've also been fitting in some fun ... . I've basically been trying to edge in enough structure this month to ... I have been incredibly busy so far this month. I'm taking hours away

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  c/o 2017

  

  -of-knowing. but this class of people is, i suppose, special in that we entered mit ... people i wanted to. but i saw a lot of them in those last few days of the ... prouder than anything else, that in some small and minute way i have maybe

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 12, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Public Art Projects ...for your amusement.

  

  traveling in circles. :-) Now that I'm more familiar with the tunnels, the ... , where I find this heart (it looks much cooler in person). Click the photo ... underground tunnels. On mornings like these (3 degrees when I left the house), I

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  Starting 2012 on a volcanic island bonfire! but no eruptions yet [photo-heavy]

  

  were about to find out how Jeju does New Years'. (I apologize in advance ... First time in a foreign country - the pace at which new things are ... new experiences may come later, but for now, let's not get lost in

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 11, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Diffusion Summer time!

  

  who have already packed. They get to do this: I am not one of those ... but in the end it was totally worth it. For any prefrosh thinking of applying to MIT or admitted students who are still unsure/scared, I may be

  • by Snively '11
  • May 23, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  sunset/sunrise swiftly flow the days

  

  some more work on campus. In-between work sessions, I wandered campus ... [annotation note='I actually first encountered this phrase in a debate case in high ... I've been very busy this semester; this is entirely of my own accord

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 18, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How did MIT’s GIRs come to be? the Tech has some answers. Plus, the SATs from 1918, and a mascot on a…

  

  to post something I've had in the backlog for awhile.  Last year, I ... the SATs today. I remember how much it sucked to sit in a room for ... First, just to allay the inevitable questions in the comments: we

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 1, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Recap; New Bloggers Announced Philly, Jersey, Wilmington. Jess, Keri, Lulu.

  

  completely bore you with the details of my trip I will compose them in haiku ... Sunday I held the Philly central meeting in Fort Washington On Monday ... end. P.S. XPN in Philly and Jack in NY/NJ both ROCK MY SOCKS. I've lived

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 3, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  food diaries pt. 3 amazing restaurants around MIT

  

  Somehow, I've explored more of Boston and Cambridge while living in ... restaurants. When I tried to go in person last year, I gave up after waiting for ... is right in the middle of Chinatown, so I've walked by it countless

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 8, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Something is coming, part 2… Snively and I are still working on something awesome.

  

  Snively and I are still working on something awesome. This week: (In reference to this.) (Photo credit: Liz Kimball '11.) (See part one.) (Yes, we ate it afterwards.)

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 13, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Indra Nooyi presentation A presentation from Indra Nooyi, President & Chief Financial Officer for PepsiCo.

  

  This afternoon I went to a talk on Diversity in Action by Indra Nooyi. She spoke at Sloan (MIT's school of management) as part of a series that will host the following speakers later this semester:

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A Little INSPIRation Guest Post by Vaishnavi Rao '17

  

  In the midst of a whirlwind-like semester I promise to eventually blog about, I had the chance to connect to Vaishnavi at one of the ... . *** Q: Tell me a little about yourself. A: I’m Vaishnavi, a junior in

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 1, 2015
• Blog / Hacks

  Hack Safari I sneak around taking pictures and videos at night.

  

  up, I would be awake. I was, and I showed up in Killian in the pitch ... If I were to show you the following series of pictures, how would you ... installing solar panels on the dome in order to conserve energy while the T

  • by Snively '11
  • April 28, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  a hackathon, a marathon I went to MIT EnergyHack!

  

  book in too long. I miss that. During summer, I spent a week going to ... their footing. I also spent a weekend writing a story about a vampire. In ... , ratty [annotation note="my college first fly-in! I never applied because I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 28, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tomorrow is MacVicar day! Tomorrow is MacVicar day. See poster presentations by MIT students who have made an impact…

  

  I got an email today about the MacVicar Day event this week that showcases student research in our labs here on campus and in the field worldwide. It should be an exciting celebration of student achievements in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 2, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  10 ft from Hasan Minhaj D R E A M S D O C O M E T R U…

  

  his homecoming tour. Keep in mind, this is a person I’ve been wanting to ... necessary, even if it meant psetting out in the cold. I’ll have you know, I ... must feel so dope.” Image by Joshua Charles Woodward In that moment, I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • October 8, 2017
• 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. But right now, I don't think I've ever been prouder to be an MIT

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