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• Blog / Admissions

  Summer restaurant recommendations Some of my favorite restaurants.

  

  A few weeks back, I ran into my friend Andre '08 on the T (that is ... MIT iGEM team, was on his way to eat with some friends at a new (for him) restaurant. Summer is a time where students find even more time to explore

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spring Break and Study of Cities Abroad Students in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning enjoy a subsidized spring break abroad…

  

  . While in Scandinavia last spring break, a few of us met up with the 11 ... the Euro. This spring, the class is heading to Amsterdam, and I think I ... Program for a semester of study in the Cities in the 21st Century curriculum

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 23, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Random’s 13th happy birthday random hall!

  

  excursion to Lobby 7, stands in a circle, and performs the birthday dirge. I was actually in the middle of giving a tour of Random to a friend when I ... a dorm to me -- it's a living space that houses some of my most

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 2, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Class of 2009 note #2

  

  lottery will run June 1-17. As a historical note, I helped to secure the ... important to you in a living environment? Where are you thinking of living ... awaiting your Interactive Introduction to the Institute (i3) video

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 8, 2005
• Blog / CPW

  Hottest ever CPW ouch global warming

  

  This chart first appeared in my CPW history post, but I wanted to republish it to show how absurd this CPW's weather will be. I updated the temperature scales and wow is the difference visible. The CPW weather machine is

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 12, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Unedited notes on gravity, etc. Brief thoughts on gravity, science, and consciousness that I plan to elaborate later when I…

  

  [Tonight I worked on a problem set in General Relativity until 4 AM ... on a river, falling leaves, the mass of flowers in spring. gravity is ... sea in the sweet wet velvet of winter eve, I looked up and saw a beach

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 11, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Early Action Decisions: Wednesday 12/16 Decisions will be available online; be sure to verify your MyMIT username and password.

  

  before logging in to decisions.mit.edu. To ensure that you will receive a ... . Simply visit my.mit.edu and click on the lost password link. There is a ... , simply visit decisions.mit.edu and log in using the same username and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 11, 2009
• Blog / Events

  The Coin Has Been Found! Mystery Hunt 2007 is quasi-over.

  

  devil and regain their immortal soul (in coin form)." This means Mystery Hunt is quasi-over. At 5:30 PM today, there will be a wrap up session where they go over some hunt statistics etc. If you're still interested in

  • by Bryan
  • January 14, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Presenting MIT’s Newest Truman Scholar! Yeah, I know I've been blogging a lot this week - but believe me, you…

  

  During my freshman orientation many, many months ago, I came across a ... , graceful, and the kind of person who, when I'm tired and crying at 2 in the morning, will bring me a box of chocolate (Twix ♥) and offer me a hug. I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 7, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sentimental Objects (part three) junior trinkets

  

  Allan’s IAP in California! A hand drawn map of the area I was staying ... are parts 1 and 2 ! As we've described in the first two parts, we have a ceramic mushroom that we dub our memory mushroom, in which we place various

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 26, 2019
• Blog / Events

  5 days until Mystery Hunt

  

  One of IAP's most exciting activities is the annual Mystery Hunt. In short, Mystery Hunt is a weekend long competition at MIT where students ... finding a coin hidden somewhere on campus. For a more in-depth description

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 9, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two quick items from the web Anthropology of War and Peace, and a ton of snow at Chi Phi.

  

  substantial entries to come this week): First, I saw a link on a military blog ... . The course, which recently has focused on the war in Iraq, is described as a class which "examines war in cross-cultural perspective, asking

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 3, 2006
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  What is Splash?

  analysis, Splash offerings span a wide variety of areas. Want to take a class ... during Splash, you can get your feet wet with a short introduction to any ... knew existed—or you can dive headfirst into an in-depth seminar or
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s all about the numbers… Jump back into the basements for the first of two entries early this week on…

  

  entering Building 6. (Yes, that change in flooring marks the building ... to any member of the MIT community via a Web page) reveals that this ... Here at MIT, just about everything is referred to by its number. To

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Whirlwind Weekend highlights of the weekend (UPDATED!)

  

  is a man beyond description. He has been known to compete in dance-offs. He is a man with fashion sense to rival your own. He gets his work done ... auction to benefit a scholarship fund in Louisiana. One of my friends, Mike

  • by Bryan
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT TechTV: Incredible videos from the MIT community YouTube has nothing on us.

  

  (in Origami) Vol. 1 — (Does Brian look familiar? That’s because I ... I have three final exams this week, so what better time to be ... … I swear you’ll enjoy them! Grand Prizewinners 1st Place: Godel Escher

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 20, 2007
• Blog / Events

  A Sweet Deal An offer I will not refuse.

  

  recommends: Professor Jeffrey Harris Professor Harris is a health economist ... Professor Virk teaches 10.301 and I hear he's a fan of Nelly ... only do you get a chance to interact closely with amazing teachers

  • by Bryan
  • February 28, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston becomes Pottersville The MIT area is full of celebrations for the release of "Harry Potter and the…

  

  either -- two references to 10 Things I Hate About You in less than a year ... I be doing for the big release? Let me tell you about some of the Boston/MIT-area parties. At Newtonville Books in Newton (a Green Line trip

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Go to one in a town near you, and send in your pictures/reviews.

  

  a park in a beautiful ridge line neighborhood (I wish I could be at ... all of the Admitted Students Parties. Today, I'd like to highlight a few ... list is just a subset of the many parties going on) Saturday Reno, Nevada

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 24, 2007
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Did MIT invent hacking?

  American Heritage Dictionary and is included as a unit of measure in Google ... creativity, cleverness, and difficulty of execution. A 1958 prank in which the ... MIT hacking is legendary among college pranks. MIT culture