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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  New Year’s Resolution …of sorts. Since New School Year’s Resolution doesn’t have quite the same ring to it.

  

  will unmistably help in my attempts to tame the beast that is MIT. I ... here) that I, the derpy high schooler with decent grades and a low math ... ) the fact that I was admitted for who I am. Plus a whole lot of luck. I

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 3, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday A day in the life.

  

  : Shar, friend in 5.112, leans over to say that their regular professor is ... class so big that people sit in the aisles.. of 10-250 (note: chairs in 10 ... teacher is speaking in French. Only phrase known in French is "Je suis un

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I am a bachelor of science and a master of engineering. In which I make a Voltaire reference and the soup is a metaphor but luckily…

  

  whatever). Put them all in a pot except for the potatoes, cook for two ... minutes.   Let the soup cool enough that it is safe to handle. Food process ... My thesis is done. It is 384 pages long, 2.0833% of them text

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 21, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Speaking of mu…

  

  : I love living in a city, if for nothing else but the food. Last night ... I'm out of touch is that I haven't played video games since Super Mario 3 (yes, it was released in the same year that an applicant I read

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 17, 2004
• Blog / Events

  Kresge Info Session Come integrate MIT, at least for an afternoon.

  

  deceive you. Kresge is 1/8 of a sphere. I once walked by it and remarked to ... meeting everyone who will be there (here)! In the meantime, I'm off to a ... about the Institute. It's a challenge to convey MIT's vibrancy in a

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  [Guest Post] The Alleyway by Isabella Y. '24

  

  everything that is usually in shadow; I once saw an old man holding a bouquet ... back side over and over again in a routine that might resemble love. i ... moon. A more imaginative time in my life perhaps, one I associate with

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 11, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Glimpses Of My Messy World I know, I know - all of you are concerned with your Early Action status,…

  

  status, and I'm just sending pictures of my office. Matt and Ben are doing a far better job than I could of keeping the masses in the know about ... -programming. Behold in Awesome Wonderment the pace from which I execute MIT Admissions

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The home of cool toys the best way to spend a Monday

  

  is by far the coolest toy in the inventory. So when I heard we were getting a fly-in for Marine Week Boston, I had to go see. The weather was ... Chris M. scooped me, but I just couldn't let a visit from the MV-22

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 4, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vivek Venkatachalam- Constructing a Very Low Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscope Vivek Venkatachalam worked with researchers in the Low Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Lab at MIT's…

  

  Physics Students. (The picture is of a snow crystal, taken in a low ... scanning tunneling microscope that operates at very low temperatures and in ... they work. Vivek Venkatachalam, a Senior in Physics and Electrical

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 13, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s All About The Process Take a moment, then get back in the game.

  

  this class. For many there is a perception that the only way to increase ... bask in the glow of getting the MIT fat packet. Once that moment is over ... at MIT. So much so that I am proud to say that many are more like

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Combining the Arts and the Sciences Some of the best science writing is happening at MIT. Find out how to get…

  

  science journalist. I went there just to get a feel for what a career in ... (many) graduation requirements is to get a “concentration” in the ... , as a rule, be expressed in a language comprehensible to everyone

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 21, 2007
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  year. This decision has been made with care, and it is final. I know this ... in the end. Take a deep breath, shake it out, and go crush the rest of ... available in the application portal. To check your decision, login to the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 17, 2024
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Design Squad: Pretty much the opposite of The O.C. A show where 8 teenagers use their engineering skills to build some really cool stuff.

  

  MIT and he graduated last year with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. I ... Lorentz-force actuator that is being used in the lab’s needle-free injector ... As a kid, I always secretly dreamed of being on a TV show. Had there

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 21, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tests @ MIT The class average is your friend.

  

  , considering that this show is always in danger of cancellation, I bet it ... generally curved, and everything is generally taken in context. I mean, hey ... index card, after writing in all the last minute derivatives that I never

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 6, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Leslie Jones Was Here and I Saw Her can't believe I haven't posted about this yet

  

  A couple of months ago I got an email saying that Leslie Jones (from SNL and Ghostbusters and others) was doing a show at MIT and that tickets were being awarded based on a lottery system. I entered the lottery

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 11, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  my first spring break!!! 13 MIT students take San Diego

  

  , as some may say). in my freshman year, i was kicked off campus a few ... joined them—I decided that going to California with a ton of people would ... bought tickets a month before spring break started, and that was that in

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 10, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh Sam Guess what? Ben's mom. Ha!

  

  First let me say that I am touched that Sam dedicated his BAREFOOT CONTESSA blog entry to me. I know how much that entry must mean to him, judging by how many times I heard that "good neighbor policy" story

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Check in on my cross stitch livestream during CPW – link inside!

  

  Here's a link to my livestream here at CPW! I'm stitching a hacker's map I designed. The goal is to complete the entire thing before CPW is over. YouTube Livestream

  • by Snively '11
  • April 16, 2026
• Blog / Athletics

  Guest Entry: MIT Cycling Team Training Camp Hundreds of miles of riding and thousands of kilojoules spent.

  

  in a 40 mph headwind. As a sprinter, I thought there was nothing worse ... corner). Video: The ride terminated (as most rides ought to) in a hot tub ... dinner, I promptly fell asleep. The next day was brutal—a brisk warmup

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  REX continued The rain killed my hawaiian outfit.

  

  kickoff that started in Kresge. The real fun started at about 5 pm on ... wheel - a lazy river - a bouncy ball drop Monday, I planned on ... , so I decided to go home early. Tonight across most dorms, in

  • by Bryan
  • August 31, 2005