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• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Cacophony of Coats Also, my courseload for this term!

  

  in social situations with acquaintances. Two women waiting next to me ... outside. They established that coats were, indeed, useful to possess in the ... 'm just kidding about the first part. It wasn't that cold. In an attempt to

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 10, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Victoria’s Secret Update UPDATE!

  

  Ok, quick update to my post immediately below this one. Read that one before this one, otherwise this one won't be nearly as exciting. Ok, so, now when you go to vote for MIT you get this lovely screen: YAY!

  • by Snively '11
  • November 2, 2008
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Why is it called the Brass Rat?

  It's the goal of every incoming student at MIT to get their own Brass Rat—MIT's version of a class ring. The phrase "Brass Rat" is derived from the alleged resemblance of the brass beaver featured on the ring to
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Integration Bee (guest post by Mike W. ‘19) I had a tagline planned out, but I axed it for being too derivative.

  

  or very excited about integrals to fit in, do well, or have fun at MIT. We have all sorts of hobbies. In fact, you can get through MIT solving ... type of math. Maybe it’s the physicist in me. So when I heard that MIT

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / IAP

  IAP in Review: Week One IAP should stand for Independent Awesome Period.

  

  on writing!) to compare a bunch of genetic sequences. For three hours a day, Monday through Friday, I'm taking 6.189 - a crash course in ... game of nims, and a Pig Latin converter (in addition other, less

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2009
• FAQ / Academics and research

  How does pass/no record work?

  Here's something else to love about MIT! The first semester at MIT is graded on a pass/no record basis: if you pass the class you get a ... second semester is similar, except that if you pass, you get a letter grade
• Blog / Uncategorized

  things i have been consuming this summer random bits of media i have eaten

  

  pandemic. In an effort to, well, not do this, I've been revisiting some old ... used to be pretty deeply entrenched in the YouTube hole for the majority ... 've been to a lot of the places shown in the video, so it just makes me

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 19, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Large Format Photography [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] Please, please let there be no light-leaks.

  

  -nighter on the last day, finishing just in time to glue the bellows, roll it up ... [by Biyeun Buczyk ‘10] I need a mule. I also need to train for a marathon. Why? I’m now the owner of an 8x10 view camera. In my

  • by ARTalk
  • November 6, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Around the world in 30 days ...ok, maybe more like I'm Traveling a Lot this IAP

  

  the year by packing up all my stuff in Boston, hauling most to storage ... as they compete in PyeongChang! Luckily, because I was close (ish) to ... in Barcelona, and then Essen, Germany, and time to rest up physically

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 15, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  On schools & context

  

  in their caseload. So our job is to look deeper -- what's really going ... Question #1, I'd love to get Parent Question #2 (and 3, 4... n). ... more students to MIT than others, even when a student from a nameless

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 23, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In the Jungle, the Mighty Jungle @NatGeo, pls hire me

  

  reserve at sunrise and sunset to experience the animals in their natural ... During my trip to Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa I spent two days on a Game Reserve. We stayed on the very top of a hill in Hluhluwe , sleeping

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • February 23, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mocha Show ’22: Mo’Mixtape creating and performing a dance showcase, from start to finish

  

  't able to have Mocha Show in 2021, however, so i was intent on contributing to the show as much as i could this time around. Ideating in the first ... practice (in red). as you can see, there's a lot of running from studio to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 16, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  what are we to do? we are not helpless in the face of injustice.

  

  email from the president, three days ago: i decided to go. i ... departments, from the terrascope program, from mit libraries, students in engineering and in sloan business school, and a visiting student from germany

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 13, 2016
• Blog / How to Food

  food diaries pt. 2 recipes for people tryna Little Chef it up

  

  favorite things to do. You get to put ingredients together...and then feed ... in, honestly. Shakshuka   This has got to be one of the ... time since you have to stir in chicken broth pretty slowly, but it's so

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 19, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Another FAPtatsic Start we're juniors?!

  

  about anime, to listening in on a heated debate about the US education system, to learning about the nuanced social hierarchy in high school ... some mistake here ... someone pls correct us in the comments ... we aren

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 20, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  You should live in EAsT camPUS A few of the basic things to know.

  

  known to make a home out of EC as well.. 3. Residents live in doubles or ... type? 1. You can learn how to cook. What better way to learn how than to live in a place where you can have a big, awesome kitchen with personal

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • July 31, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In which I screwed up a lot So a bunch of my blog posts are dead.

  

  will wreak havoc on any link you have made to anything in it ever ever ... Haus in the housing lottery and then sent me an email asking to fix the ... later and create a new Public folder and put everything back in your

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 26, 2010
• Blog / How to Food

  A Continuing Experiment in Cooperative Eating or, every food picture I have ever posted from pika

  

  , strange instrument concerts, and sitting in a dark room listening to music ... of the week's events; read/watch this if you want to know more about pika.) In honor of this especially pika week, here is every pika food

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 3, 2015
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Is there an MIT Flying Club?

  The MIT Flying Club, headquartered in AeroAstro, motivates, encourages and facilitates affordable, hands-on experiences in full-scale flying for the MIT community. Open to pilots and non-pilots, the club
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My Class of 2014 track jacket When your MIT friends say you're a dork, you know you have a problem

  

  It finally arrived. All you need to know is that something in here matches something in here.

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 22, 2012