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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Tale of 8 Instagrams Low resolution, high flavor

  

  can change from pleasant to ominous in a matter of minutes. And that ... Once upon a time, I developed an Instagramming problem and started to ... from lying down on my bed in the dark with window shades up. The night

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 21, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  A thousand million questions An evening with Gaelic quesadillas and Farrokh Bulsara.

  

  , probably because of the massive quantities of air pollution from the city ... questions from the trivia competition: 1. What famous general ... famous for holding up a microphone stand without the bottom part. 3. What

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  BoA & Restricting

  

  with a Bachelor's and Master's degree from MIT in Urban Studies & Planning, Jeff is now a city planner for the city of Cambridge, MA) watching ... evenings. BoA's "My Name" is down to #10 this week. The #8 video, "Windy" by

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2004
• Blog / Athletics

  A Three-part IAP sababa* in more than one way

  

  make things from scratch. During IAP we went on a snow day adventure to ... the old city in Jerusalem A view of the Dome of the Rock from some ... . Normally I would say that sounds like a really bad idea, but it hasn’t turned

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 17, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ides of March Among other things, I now have the power to kill Macbeth.

  

  of the woman from whose womb I was untimely ripped a mere twenty years ... DID YOU KNOW? Chicken Tikka Masala was actually invented in Great Britain. I know you're all probably still recovering from your raucous Pi

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 15, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A Beautiful Day

  

  It's really nice in Boston today. I've just returned from a walk along the Charles River. Lots of people running along the river (doing a ... a terrific CPW. Now, I'm taking a brief break from CPW work, blogging

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hello, strangers. A video, a song, and some doodles.

  

  &reg. Please don't hate me! Anyway, I also realized it's been a while since I've posted some doodles and a video (because honestly that last one totally did not count). So here you go! This one's from 20.310 (Molecular, Cellular

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 8, 2011
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What’s the Infinite Corridor?

  . (As viewed from a stationary point on the earth, the path of the sun through the sky is roughly a circle that moves north and south as the ... , classrooms, and labs radiate from here. Whatever you do, stay to the right when
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT consider extracurriculars?

  We read applications from students interested in everything from ... realize that students in the U.S. have a huge array of extracurriculars to choose from and write about in their MIT application and that students in
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The City On A Hill The "M" of " MIT"

  

  come from a place where even the most dedicated environmentalists often ... offers 57334534923 (not a hyperbole) convincing reasons to attend, to me ... stray. Living one hour away from Chicago, it would not have satisfied my

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Time to Enroll You have doubts, I have gifs

  

  that you can have a successful MIT career. Here are some wise words from ... to college in the fall and can sleep soundly. But making a choice is a little harder for your situation. You may be overwhelmed thinking

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • May 1, 2014
• Blog / Events

  A Faculty Dinner We invited our favorite faculty and staff to our hall for an awesome dinner!

  

  This past Friday was the nth annual Tetazoo faculty dinner -  a great ... from across MIT, including our very own Chris Peterson! We decorated the ... Kerry N. '14 Zucchini Casserole by Jes P. '15 with help from Sarah W

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 3, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  IAP: A Quick Roundup Snively and his homepage dominance must be stopped!

  

  blogs) You've heard from various sources that things are hard, that people ... a bunch of reasons like cutting edge research blah blah blah you all know that stuff from the pamphlets you read over and over again (I'm on

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 27, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Once upon a time Who I was in high school.

  

  a rather provocative song. I got a lot of unwanted attention from the ... generally had a few too many irons in the fire. From the journal: I am so ... really need extra long bed sheets. I've heard from a few college students

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Just a Little Patience The latest word.

  

  topic (patience with the mail) this week. Here's a sampling: Daniel at ... everything updated. We're having what might turn out to be a record year so ... application pieces not showing up on your tracking. There's a lot of mail to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Reading folders A little bit more on evaluating applications.

  

  this on the Part 1. Where are you from -- a big city? a rural farming ... report. This is where your transcript is as well as a letter from your ... Once upon a time, there was an application to MIT... It's a Monday

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  7 Rings actually just one but ya know

  

  and pineapple pizza from Dominos. Or a small mango slush from Kung Fu ... away from other people. It's ok to have a jam session all by yourself. It ... adventure here at MIT.  Looking back at it all now, a lot has happened in the

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • April 23, 2019
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Sloan MBA Adetayo Akisanya works at Volaris, a Mexican airline, on their Commercial Strategy team “I really gained a new perspective on the airline industry, on commercial strategy, on competition,…

  

  a list of things I didn’t learn!" Volaris From the ... MIT-Mexico MISTI HOST Volaris   Read other MISTI Notes from ... thought I was a good manager, and wanted to give it a try in a highly

  • by MISTI Program
  • May 21, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Before You Arrive On Campus: Packing Edition for the pre-frosh we're excited to meet

  

  , for the times you’ll want fresh fruit from a farmer’s market or a movie from the MIT LSC film series or a snack from the vending machines. Also ... compiled a packing list for students here, to be used with caution. Some

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 5, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What is a zonotope? yes this is a post about math

  

  picture, I drew them all originating from a single point, and with ... a certain vector as a side all line up, going from one end of the ... explanation of why this is possible. When you draw a line from one end of a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 1, 2020