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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Walk around the blogs Think of it as summer reading.

  

  real stories from real students about what being a student at MIT really ... from Snively. (Plus a spreadsheet!) Anthony: We Wear Matching Hats This ... There are currently a little over 2,500 blogs entries on this site

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 13, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  sundays in the parks with friends a post title based on a musical based on a painting

  

  over a mile from Next, so it took us a good half-hour or so to even get ... Garden, in particular, was quite cool, because it had a lot of plants from ... There's a large park system in Boston called the The Emerald Necklace

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 15, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introducing MIT Illuminations at the Welcome Center

  

  construction was underway, a group of communicators from admissions, open space ... included a list of creative touches we had added to the space to make it feel ... launched MIT Illuminations, a colorful lighting installation and introduction

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 19, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Adventure’s Out There….. in Boston! Summer shenanigans at MIT

  

  semester was a total blur. In some ways, I did it wrong. 5 classes and a UROP ... demanding. I think I might have found myself running on the MIT treadmill a ... equations, and magnets. I made some new friends from all over campus. I

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • July 20, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  On APs Trying to clarify the role of AP courses in the MIT admissions process.

  

  because colleges demand it." ...or this quote [PDF] from a couple years ago ... innovative thinking are taking a hit. "Because students are so busy all the ... into their imagination enough," Jones says. Her remedy: "Let's free up a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 14, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Pop quiz, Viktor I finally discover what happens when you rapidly cool hot metal. Now my life is…

  

  :06:10 -0400 [08/02/05 17:06:10 EDT] From: Sam Maurer To: Professor Christopher A ... effect upon him, and then spray him with water from a fire hydrant. This ... According to my favorite website ever, StatCounter, somebody from

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 4, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  socializing safely ...but also leaving my room maybe once a day

  

  about that. I saw people from a few different groups in the past month ... Cambridge area. however, even if there wasn't a pandemic, I wouldn't be able ... , and it's been...exhausting, in a sense; I miss being able to bump into

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 15, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  d-d-d-d-drop date late is good sometimes

  

  paper and do that pset when you have a puppy to play with. Thanksgiving ... so that I could go home for less than a thousand dollars. The fried turkey was nice, though. The Wednesday that I missed was a really special

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 27, 2018
• Blog / Events

  #WeAreMIT SMASH helped jumpstart an intense conversation between students and administration

  

  the SMASH board as a representative from the MedLinks executive board. MedLinks is the student group at MIT that "links" or provides a midpoint ... some pictures from the #WeAreMIT event. And of course, a picture of my

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 30, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Attended the 148th Commencement From two thousand eight hundred eighty miles away

  

  uncle. And although I am 2,880 miles away from MIT, I still attended the ... side, I got to kick back on a couch sipping on an ice tea while browsing ... up when you have to consistently give a speech at every Commencement

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Hidden Treasures @ MIT: Pistol Think Pistols Are Cool? Wait Till You Meet Mike Conti

  

  everything I learned from it in a bit. For now I want to start a series a blogs ... First thing I want to do is apologize for not blogging in a while ... Pistol a HT@MIT, it's the instructor Mike Conti.   Background I took

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 4, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another Toy Story Turns out toy design isn't all play, but that doesn't mean it's not fun!

  

  paint our products. We all went a little crazy at the end from spending ... I know it's been a long time since I've posted a blog... but I'm back ... ? Well, the basic concept behind our toy was a nerf gun that had two

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • May 25, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  LIFE! is my favorite entry title.

  

  questions are straight from a textbook or test only one concept; everything is ... Ahh!!! This blog is finally happening! I think my bio page gives a ... out the intro: I’m a freshman @ MIT, trudging through endless piles of

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Celebrating the Moon Landing MIT celebrates today's 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing.

  

  's pretty inspiring to see all those folks from the MIT Instrumentation Lab ... (!) talking about their experiences. There has been a lot of coverage of the Giant Leaps celebration, which included a symposium, a Boston pops concert

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 20, 2009
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2010 Ring Premiere I bring you the 2010 Ring Premiere, in full living color!

  

  up, from the woman, to a leaked design, to hidden cult symbols.. no ... The Brass Rat is a long-standing MIT tradition that has given rise to ... world. (I kind of do feel like this is sort of a blogging rite of passage

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  There Are No Uninteresting Things I'm taking classes. If you ask nicely, I might tell you about them.

  

  , so when I can't, I scour the internet for a quote that's moderately related to what I'm writing about. That particular one comes from Gilbert K ... the topic of knowledge, and from there, school. Classes have started, as

  • by Evan B. '10
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  I won the game! Not (quite) another picture entry... with Tastykakes!

  

  photos from my phone to my computer, and I'm a college student and just can ... multipurpose 9x13 pan is a Pyrex pan which costs only $8.00? It's my last night ... purcahsed a lottery ticket in my otherwise typical suburban life. So, on the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) Things just about get crazy-go-nuts.

  

  exploded in the oven. Luckily, we took a page from the book of "lifestylist" Sandra Lee and created a lovely tablescape to draw attention away from our ... 's Mom and I have baked four award-winning nut rolls, a tradition that we

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  No Good Deed Goes Unpunished ...in which I introduce myself and set the tone for this "theater of the absurd."

  

  be a minority to glean wisdom from, or participate in, this blog? Au ... populations. I've come to see the Internet (and now blogs) with a strong ... you a backstage pass to the theater of the absurd, better known as

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  XREG

  

  -registration). Basically, all I needed was a signature on a form from the Harvard professor ... applications as well as giving a presentation on MIT & admissions to a group of 175 juniors who are doing a college tour of New England. It was fun

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 5, 2005