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• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Twins Chandler ‘13 and Taylor ‘13 The fifth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  because MIT is such a great school. "When we were deciding where to go to ... . "This is a great new opportunity. We will be exposed to so many new things," said Taylor. "We are going to a school with the best academics and a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 7, 2009
• Blog / Events

  look at the stars hacking mit, six months at a time

  

  hackathons from around the world, and do everything else necessary to run a ... this is a weekend where you spend a short amount of time trying to build ... schoolers (called Blueprint, and if you’re a high-schooler you’re eligible to

  • by Janet G. '27
  • October 17, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  leaving home, coming home I jump from the train, I ride off alone // help me hold onto you

  

  , over, say, four months, then you have a lot of updates to do. And if you ... , but if you're in a frosh double, you have to vacate it for next year ... into a room I can keep indefinitely if I choose to, and worked to make it

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 25, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Growing Up bringing it back to 2007

  

  relief, I see ;) You see, I wanted to drop in and, you know, tell you a ... 're going to become a Pokemon trainer -- you'll be catching them on your i ... being able to look out onto the Charles and having a public transit system

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 20, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  on body image me in my head, me in the mirror

  

  honest observation about the person you're talking to is supposed to be a ... and bones", which is viewed as a sign of malnourishment. To eat food and to grow fat is a privilege afforded to people who had food in the first

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2021
• Blog / Events

  The one-armed violin player and the Dalai Lama Emad's not the only blogger who got a press pass.

  

  be a bit more topical. I proceeded to spend two weeks freaking out ... -hour panel discussions - and, to be blunt, I enjoyed the second a lot ... to have fewer panelists, and a longer discussion on each topic. Don

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  The Art of Trying New Things V.2

  

  and a movie. Everything really has to have a purpose because there are ... class also has us read a variety of different comic books to help us ... short (1- to 5-minute) digital video documentaries: a form of non

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 2, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Ina Garten Da Vida, Baby Can't you tell that I love you?

  

  she's in a third-world country. So I decided to finish up this entry ... Crate & Barrel on Boylston Street to do a book signing in December ... her in person. Since MIT is actually RIGHT NEXT TO Boston, unlike a lot

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  “we have the winter olympics at home” the winter olympics at home:

  

  When I say that snow was a statistically significant factor in my choice of MIT, I mean it. I'm on a mission to spread the New England winter ... shenanigans. Exhibit A: On the last day of finals, as if to celebrate the

  • by Allison E. '27
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / Events

  I went outside! *inhales, belts 'for the first time in forever' at the top of lungs*

  

  records for the world's shortest camping trip, but we did get to go on a ... . It's a great way to escape the MIT bubble and get some (literal) fresh ... Seriously, this is a real occasion. People talk about never leaving

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 9, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  danger!awesome firin' mah lazers...at basically any(every)thing

  

  went to danger!awesome. danger!awesome is a laser engraving and cutting ... $28 to make this a so much more dangerously awesome gift. ... Earlier this week I purchased a present for a friend. This friend

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 27, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  16.810 Rapid Design and Prototyping 8 days to build an airplane. Intrigued?

  

  dedicated to LEGOs. I have three brothers, so we racked up quite a few LEGO ... got to do the same thing! Except instead of LEGOs, we started with a ... presentation for 16.810, we made a short video. Here it is for you to enjoy

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Public Art And one fantastic sandwich

  

  campus to the clover food truck to satisfy a craving for their famous soy ... mulch, bushes, brightly colored spring flowers to be planted, and a big ... woman on a crane directed workmen on the ground while pointing out how to

  • by Kris Guay
  • April 26, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  Practice Safe Hacking No, there are no LEDs

  

  . Hackers deploying any hack always subscribe to a strict code of ethics. This ... let MIT use a forklift to remove it. This is one of those cases when ... was rather impressive. How did hackers manage to get a 600 pound

  • by Snively '11
  • April 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cambridge Traditions and 5 Course Meals

  

  to a really nice dinner with the fellows (mostly professors) of the ... a chance to chat with students and professors in our major about ... Here in Cambridge, all new students must go through a matriculation

  • by Cambridge
  • October 18, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Class of 2009 Ring Delivery The '09s get our brass rats. We think this makes us like, so cool.

  

  As a lot of you probably know, the MIT class ring is a little more than a simple piece of jewlery. First of all, it's huge. Like, as rings ... a huge part of the undergrad tradition at MIT. Getting your "brass rat

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 24, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maine, Episode III: Ain’t No Mountain The one with more pictures than text.

  

  the low 80's, so I got to hike the Baldface Circle Trail in New Hampshire with Joe and Joe's Dad. A picture is worth exactly one thousand ... the senior thesis Mike Short '05 had to write to get his BS in Course 22

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  one hour in which i am Holden Caulfield (but more tragic and less hero)

  

  i was in a bad place and was desperately freelancing to make as much ... exercise my creativity in the way i want to instead of throwing a stream ... to run to a class and then an advising appointment. and then i have to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  On IAP A time for P E R S O N A L P R O J…

  

  . "A novel way to write songs", I described it as! Then I started writing ... my partner to Jojo and we've been watching part 3 together. A quality ... . Regardless, I'm going to work on a little Megaman demo project. I highly

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • December 27, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Family Weekend 2014 family weekend 2014, day 1 and how I had fun

  

  .01 lab to finish a 14.02 pset due Monday morning, and an 8.02 exam also on ... waaahmbulence for a bit, I got straight to work. I traded away sleep hours for ... with *DELICIOUS* clam chowder at a *REALLY NICE* place, I had to leave my

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 25, 2014