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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Mathisms and other linguistic quirks of the nerd incubator

  

  problems[/caption] there exists Example: “There exists a future in which I ... . I don’t actually hear this one very often (besides in “this is orders ... than 1 pigeon), but it’s often used in proofs. I’ve somehow heard this

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 15, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  This week in verse There's a song that describes exactly what I'm feeling right now.

  

  Rather than write a real blog entry, I instead urge you to consider the following: An MIT surveyor came upon the gates of Hell, He looked the devil in the eye and said, "You're looking well." The devil looked

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 30, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Story of Tim Tebow My friend Steve '11 wrote a blog for the not admitted.

  

  I thought it was really a good story, and maybe some of you would ... your field. Now, I hope you don't obsessively dwell on this blog in the ... Tebow after the decisions were released. I knew about Tebow from talking

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  romanticize a quiet life i want to be okay

  

  roughest waters. you found solace in knowing that there would always be words ... have for therapy, like being in-person or online. "in-person would be ... . "well, what about having it online?" a pause. then: "i can book you in

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • December 28, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action versus Regular Action Use this link when you get to the end of the post, you'll understand.

  

  side. Why would I apply early? There are a lot of motivations people ... -controlled type you could wait for the the official letter in the mail. I'm sorry ... will thank whatever deity (or deities or lack thereof) I believe in

  • by Snively '11
  • June 15, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  The World Has Many Trees climb all of them!!

  

  have never thought about it before while on a ropes course, I would guess ... like it was silly to limit what sorts of classes and activities I did in college by what I did or didn't succeed in during high school. I recently

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • March 17, 2019
• Blog / Events

  A Latino Christmas An introducción to Next House's newest student group.

  

  more stress-breaking hilarity would ensue I asked to join.* Since I ... taken by me. In other news, I still have no idea what is going on with the ... bailout drama, Obama appointments, riots in Greece, and hackers installing

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • December 11, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  BREAK MY BODY, LIBERATE MY SOUL a student-made installation in the Stata Center R&D pub

  

  stumble across. in my time, I've heard it being used for parties, scavenger ... in the heart of the Frank Gehry-designed Stata Center, the icon of architecture of MIT's campus, lies a pub. it opened in 2004 and was used for at

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 19, 2023
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining, Dig-Ins and Dives Lady Afeefah travels across campus in search of the best eateries

  

  stations set up in Maseeh, I decided on the safest option there is: a freshly ... ate: It looked like I had waken in on an asian-inspired dinner menu ... consensus is that this is in fact the best dining hall on campus. What I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 7, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Nourishing bodies, enriching souls and minds There's more to the MIT community than just famous researchers and brilliant students.

  

  some direction in chats with him. "Not that Jack would expound on ... hope in some small way I might have touched theirs. ... Almost three years ago, I wrote an entry which was very special to me

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 4, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Doogie Howser, et al.

  

  successful college/MIT student? I'll be happy to answer any questions left in ... "special case" questions I get is about younger students looking to apply. Often, phone calls about this to the Office will be routed to me, since I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  this blogger does not exist join me in the uncanny valley

  

  up my alley in terms of what I do for my UROP, so I gave it a shot this ... because I was in front of a plain white background, but the model didn ... epochs.[/caption] I look like a lamprey in (b). (c) seemed to have

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 28, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  A Visitor In My Own Hometown Yeah, so it was boring. But it's still where I spent the better portion of…

  

  discounting and dreading the place I'd lived in and known since I was a small ... and in life, too. I guess getting there is really more than half the fun ... it's gone Yeah, so it was boring. But it's still where I spent the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mechanical Sense of Humor My Course 2 lab instructor is amazing.

  

  program for promoting women pursuing careers in engineering. Maybe I ... This will be short, because I'm about to start another 2.671 (Mechanical Engineering Institute Lab Class) experiment, but I had to share with

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 29, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What Is This, a Crossover Episode? Jacob Collier and Yo-Yo Ma come to MIT

  

  ’s important dates and logistics. It was all the typical stuff – CPW concert in ... … special surprise… for us that day. I will say nothing more.” I was very ... Rainforest over spring break. We got to perform in a bright pink opera house in

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 23, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Below 48 Take under four classes, they said. You'll have free time, they said.

  

  place running. I have, in the past, heard of MIT's administration ... week. (Your mileage may vary: I'm looking at you, 6.115.) The ... it's easy to let our dear old friend imposter syndrome kick in

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Adventures in Time Travel (in the Library)

  

  Cory and I paused for about an hour and a half while looking for Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke in the Hayden library stacks this ... disease research, and a comparison of petroleum and coal in the same issue

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 1, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Y U NO HAVE ROLLERCOASTER this is why

  

  goes, like, ten feet in the air and has seat belts that I suspect are ... If you weren't aware, REX (Residence EXploration) is going to be in ... in the courtyard, which temporarily becomes a sprawling playground of 2

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Celebrating Defiance @ the Media Lab a prize for responsible, ethical disobedience

  

  talk, but I'll link to one if it arises, and in the meantime, I'll update ... . With this award, we will honor work that impacts society in positive ways ... a living person or group engaged in what we believe is extraordinary

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 21, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cubes, Tetrahedrons, and Wind Chimes Silly lil musical instruments for a silly lil guy (me)

  

  instrument that I'm using as a final project in a different class. That one ... semester, I’m taking 21M.370 – Digital Instrument Design! It’s a new ... [annotation note="For our first assignment, I made a synthesizer patch that

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 5, 2024