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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  This past summer, Hasan Minhaj FINALLY made his way to my hometown on his homecoming tour. Keep in mind, this is a person I’ve been wanting to ... .” “But if [the refugees] are willing to wait in line for 2 and a half years

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • October 8, 2017
• Blog / Hacks

  Hack Study Break MIT is home to some very dedicated gamers.

  

  friends seem to be coping pretty well. In fact, a few students apparently ... didn't have to hunt far - hackers had placed yet another game in front of ... that happen? Most of campus is already cracking down in preparation for

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 11, 2007
• Blog / Events

  tEpikazoo Thoughts on cooking and gratuitous prefixes

  

  In the past three months, my relationship to cooking has swerved from ... too much work to do, or hilarious mistakes in my problem sets, or what ... battle scenes in Lord of the Rings allow pika to run a meal plan 7 days a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 4, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  anatomy of a hell week do not try at home

  

  is hell, i have descended to the 9th circle and am hangin' out in the ... will need to turn in late because i've used up my one and only extension in the course. i am supposed to have read the hunger games for CMS.307

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 27, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  Gettin’ Fancy Two formal events in two days?

  

  of emotions leads individuals to document their experience in odd ways ... of the Brass Rat in lieu of an arc reactor seems to invoke imagery of ... in reference to the fact that most people wear Brass Rats on their

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • May 3, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Questions What questions can I help answer about the application process?

  

  up the comments to your questions, and then tried to answer them (this ... begin next Wednesday.  The Red Sox are in first place.  And MIT ... in Orlando; we'll finish in a month in Chicagoland.  Finally

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 28, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Regarding The Tech Article Some clarifications.

  

  are limited to 8% of the class, not 10%. There's other weird stuff in ... factual errors. In particular this statement: "Although MIT limits the number of international applicants admitted to 10 percent of the total

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 18, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sabar drums, Rwanda, and the C.I.A Can you guess what all this stuff has in common?

  

  , but to be cultured and knowledgeable about the world you live in. They ... major company in what you're interested in doing will be there to ... I know what you're thinking, "Whoa, two posts in two days? How can I

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  chances the point is to let yourself be helped

  

  say it in response to literally anything), “how’s it going → well, it ... going to MIT together doesn't change this!! You do not need to live in ... school in physics, to keep chasing a field that always ruled over my heart

  • by Kai V. '25
  • November 26, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for international students

  

  -international sentiment and are reconsidering their decision to apply to universities in ... community in January that references MIT's mission to "best serve the nation ... In January, President Trump signed Executive Order 13769, or "travel

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 3, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Africans@MIT: Blockchain and the Niger Delta Creating a system for accountability

  

  student entrepreneurship clubs and organizations. In addition to taking on ... students to participate in MIT’s Sandbox initiative. Working with Sandbox ... members to start a chicken farm in his home country, the Ivory Coast. This

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Watch this! An MIT blogger alum deservedly gets a moment in the spotlight.

  

  in it. Mollie was a blog legend; her entries are still as relevant ... with degrees in Biology and Brain & Cognitive Science in 2006. Today ... will not link to here.) The folks at PBS's Nova have been producing a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 23, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ethicist

  

  times of the year, I'll do the crossword in the Magazine. Also in the ... number of requests for college recommendations in past years. He said that some students abused his time by never actually submitting the letters to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 13, 2005
• Blog / Events

  101 Things to Do Before You Graduate from MIT What every MIT graduate should have experienced.

  

  At orientation, we received a list of "101 Things to Do Before You ... have to step-up to the plate and complete it! For the skeptics (and photo-lovers), I've included photographic evidence below. (My apologies to those

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 16, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Take THAT, Microsoft Firefox rules.

  

  my entry, which is referenced in the title, I'd just like to say that ... was last night, which is always a lot of fun. I was in class until 9 PM, so I only made a couple of phone calls, but I really enjoyed talking to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 19, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Open Sesame A look at Brewster Kahle '82 and the Internet Archive.

  

  of offering ''universal access to human knowledge," and, in pursuit of ... library in 1996, for the simple reason that ''nobody else seemed to be doing ... in the air. ''One idea was encryption," he says. ''The other was to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cooking for Myself I haven't set off the fire alarms yet!

  

  ’t know about you, but I like to eat. I grew up in a family where food is ... and running to your 8.01 lecture. The smell of something cooking in the ... eating in my dorm, this usually is enough food to last a week. I typically

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 17, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Listen to Admissions: the creative process for Pi day videos

  

  arriving on campus, upperclassmen are returning to campus, admissions ... hibernation, but for being buried in applications instead of snow). So here is ... splits video), and the V4C folks wanted to know more about the creative

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 22, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Right back where we started from You can call me Dr. Mollie.

  

  first to graduate — I graduated with degrees in biology and brain and ... engineer husband. (He proposed to me in Killian Court, and there was an entry ... being in California means that I needed to move, so I’ve moved out of the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Ended Up Working for a Reality TV Show

  

  people. But most "reality" TV is fake nowadays and so we want to do something different. We want to take over the medium of reality TV and use it to inspire people to pursue their entrepreneurial dreams. Here's the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 5, 2016