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• Blog / Life after MIT

  An Entrepreneur’s Story How billionaire entrepreneur Pat McGovern '59 got his start.

  

  organization in Philadelphia, and I ended up getting a scholarship to M.I.T. I ... MIT. I'm always interested in how such successful people get their start ... savings from my paper route and went down to the local hardware store to get

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 22, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  January Book List Oaks & Poems & Baldwin & Biss

  

  wide in the sun; oaks in forests grow tall and thin to get what they can ... The snow is quiet and deep. I hope all the people who want to read ... , sister, best friend, chickens, poodle) in the temperate rainforest of

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 27, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snapshot of a Week Food, radio, James Bond, and soccer in an unusually eventful week.

  

  perfect time to catch up on schoolwork and then get ahead in classes, if you ... years ago I wanted to get into photography. Digital cameras at the time ... so kind in helping me learn to use the control board. On Wednesday, I

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Go West, Young Man my mountain travels with yale and brown

  

  at a high school in NJ for five years, went to HGSE and now is an ... Map. Alas, nothing in the Billings area. Thankfully, Matt came to the rescue ... (maybe - in order to digress, don't you have to be on topic in the first

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 26, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet The (New) Bloggers! how to something something

  

  folks won't begin blogging right away, as we have to get them to ... . Once again, thanks to all those who applied, and join me in welcoming the ... into fistfights in Matt's office.  Yet decide we must, and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Borne back ceaselessly into the past I've had a week! The whole earth was created in a week!

  

  building to MIT, because nobody will ever use your name in referring to it ... 't it? Sorry about that, chief. Basically what happened is that I had to ... went into a lab in the secret sub-basement of Building 66, pressed "on

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  So who is this Laura person, anyway? Hello and welcome to the single coolest blog on the entire admissions website. My name…

  

  big thought, so get comfortable. The last science fair I went to was in ... I can't even begin to explain it. When I do get to MIT, I'm planning ... Waterpark. This means I get paid a very small hourly wage to stand outside all

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Soy Bomb Doo d-d-doo d-d-doo d-do d-do. Ice tea!

  

  beginning to punt in spectacular fashion), it was really refreshing to get a ... was less refreshing to do all this in one month, but so it goes. Here ... step in the project was to establish a set of constraints such that a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 22, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Discover Exercise and Wellness FPOP a wholesome college experience

  

  can't get into an FPOP, what can I get into an MIT?” I figured DEW was worth trying anyway: best to get comfortable on campus before the ... Boston activity I've done in college. Sure, I go to Faneuil Hall, but only

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 21, 2017
• Blog / Uncategorized

  We Really Aren’t Kids Anymore avoiding the part where it all has to end

  

  we (the class of '24s) were supposed to just get it. Like we were ... get to redo my first year at MIT. Whether I liked it or not, whether I ... the role of 'generally older person'). I'm going to have to "get it

  • by Paige B. '24
  • July 9, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  So, What Exactly Happens? y'know, over IAP?

  

  was able to write autobiographically in a completely different ways, and I got to see what others write about in their amazing poems. I didn't get to attend as many of the workshops as I would've liked, but I have

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 2, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Late-Night Juggler In which I spend about twenty minutes trying to transcribe the Mass Ave cross signal…

  

  night until probably 4:30, didn't get to bed until six in the morning ... in the Infinite, as well as a friend to the janitorial staff and the ... 10, which itself acts as a memorial to those in the MIT community lost

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 3, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  A Random [Hall] Sophomore’s Guide to CPW OMG! CPW! OMG! CPW! OMG! :D

  

  with free food you want to go to in your CPW booklet. A sleeping bag, and a willingness to sleep in things that are not beds. Not homework ... stop by Random Hall (and I happen to be home, and you recognize me) I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 19, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  Surprisingly enjoyable experiences exactly what it sounds like

  

  negotiation, and making compromises in order to achieve my character’s goals ... role was looking for items I wanted, which were in packets taped to the ... all five buildings. This was time-consuming. In order to actually

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 15, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  IHTFP Warning: Bitterness Ahead! (And why IHTFP can mean so many different things.)

  

  you get to choose where you live and stay with something like a family ... behind the inertia matrix and how to use in summation form to simplify ... There is a whiteboard in Ben's office which was apparently once used

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 20, 2007
• Blog / Residential Life

  [guest post] from the vault: hall exchange notes notes from a hall exchange in 2017

  

  always on different dorms, live in each other's rooms for several days to ... enough to survive out in the wild. Thankfully was able to enter the ... general rituals of the clan in 5W. I am to expect four-legged beasts roaming

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 20, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Introducing: La Maison Française (French House) No, you don't have to speak French to live here.

  

  't have all day. - I'm a big believer in getting to know a living group ... the kitchen/dining area. You are in French House: home to 6 ... . When you get back to the lounge, the game of Super Smash Bros

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 29, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  For pi are cubed. There can only be one winner.

  

  Center in w11. Join MIT Hillel for an evening packed to the brim with pi ... last time I used it) but, thanks in part to the Undergraduate Association ... Jewish." But there's not, so this will go in Miscellaneous. From: Irving

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  They’re not just regular artists… ...they're Artists in Residence.

  

  Artists in Residence, and has been bringing artists to Cambridge for more ... , Filmmaker Ann Lislegaard, Visual Artist Who's knows who we'll get in the ... ...they're Artists in Residence. Each year, MIT brings exciting and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving Self-Quarantine 101 tldr; memes (haha jk...unless)

  

  have a lot of time that we don't know what to do with. in fact, in the ... changed SO much since then. at MIT, you don't really get time to read unless ... to grow as a dancer even though i'm stuck in my room all day. the dance

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 19, 2020