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• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Dorms: MacGregor House Because really, sometimes you just need your own space.

  

  owns and maintains a small exercise room for residents. This is ... and a nice chunk of money to do with it what they wish. My entry, for ... rooms. Each suite shares a common suite lounge, which can be a place for

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 20, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Happy Pi Day!!! 3.14159!

  

  of Pi apparently, I made a few news appearances for Pi Day: Associated ... sponsored a Pi Day Celebration of sorts. This was the email I received ... or not" contest There's also free pie for everyone! And, you can pick

  • by Bryan
  • March 14, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After: A Collage living the MIT dream

  

  for landing in chummy situations with a wide variety of living groups. A ... change up your living situation, even if you just do it for a summer, and ... the other fifteen hours completely free for fun and (gasp) sleep is a

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 3, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Gap Year, Week 1 my plans for a year away from MIT during COVID-19

  

  I've officially been on my gap year for a week! To begin my gap year ... take a gap year, how the first week went, and what my plans are for the ... would have made the last few months a lot better for me. More specifically

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 31, 2020
• Blog / Public Statements

  A letter from President Reif regarding George Floyd and Minneapolis

  

  betterment of humankind," as well as Professor Silbey's call for a renewed ... to advance a more just and equitable future. For although these are ... Today, the Class of 2020 graduates — virtually — from MIT. On a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 29, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  a fun bet spicing up the admissions process

  

  . Then we were jumping around and screaming for a solid five minutes. I ... went broke for a good while after that[/caption] Moral of the story ... When I was once a high school senior drowning in college applications

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • December 3, 2023
• Blog / Hacks

  A Brief History of Hacks Unfortunately I couldn't get Stephen Hawking to narrate.

  

  think the problem stems from not having a good word for "friend of a ... of a "friend^2", etc. That would make things so much easier, for ... slideshows where you have to click to load the next page for a single image

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Etiquette Workshop: The Keys to Painless Networking Jodi Smith taught the UPOPers the keys to painless networking!

  

  shouldn't break their bones. Hold it for a few seconds while making eye ... etiquette, MIT holds a Charm School for one full day during IAP. It's supposed ... As part of the Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program (UPOP), a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / People & Identities

  a jaunt to Philadelphia We went to the AWP writing conference!

  

  for such a public forum as the blogs. Craft Lessons from the ... looking for. He said, “Anything that a magazine which has the word ‘review ... best place for me is a jack of all trades, dabbling in meche and in

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 26, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  scheduling woes advice for dealing with overenrolled/conflicting classes

  

  me to either take a hell semester or overhaul my Courseroad for my ... emailed back saying that the class was full, but then opened a spot for me a ... upcoming hell semester (easy to say because that's a problem for future me

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 15, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  TERMinal Velocity My last term is flying by!

  

  . I'll save the sappy gushing for a later post though. Most people ... 's a real opportunity for it to become an actual product for Staples. 2 ... constantly working for each of those classes.   21A.100 (Intro to

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 21, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Once upon a time Who I was in high school.

  

  a never-ending desire for popularity or complete apathy toward what ... for the show I had to wear stilettos and a backless slinky gown and sing ... oh, for some time to myself! Haha, that sounds a lot like something I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Frosh No More Goodbye GIRs and Intro Classes, hello course 6!

  

  'd take a moment to tell you guys what I'm up to for the semester. This ... to make up for a humanities free freshman spring semester. Finishing 6 ... being taught the same way for over 18 semesters there are a ton of

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 6, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  This is what happens when we don’t do work Here is the infinite rollercoaster of fun I promised not to take you on.

  

  I'm long overdue for a blog update. To dispel your mental image of me ... bubble tea for my caffeine event (note: never hold a confusingly named ... to Rohan'15 for this gem of a conversation I'm about to share: Rohan

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 24, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Judd Logan is my homeboy He's amazing, so amazing

  

  night. For the MIT people, Tony Stark a/k/a Ironman........ Just my ... Scholarship. And he comes from a place where college just isn't in the cards for ... life save for a stint in the military. According to the National Center

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • July 14, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Dark Side of the Moon And everything under the sun is in tune, but the sun is eclipsed by the…

  

  So in case you didn't know, there's a eclipse going on. A total ... . *** Update circa 11:13 PM: As it turns out, it's actually really really hard to take a good photo of something that's over 360,000 kilometers away on a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 20, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Prof. Junot Diaz on The Colbert Report! MIT Writing professor Junot Diaz, winner of this year's Pulitzer Prize for fiction, appeared last…

  

  A week ago, Professor Junot Diaz of the MIT Department of Writing ... . Diaz has been doing many interviews since he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, but an appearance on Colbert is always... interesting. For those

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Retreat! Retreat! 24 wonderful hours of sister-time in the MIT mansion!

  

  I just returned from a retreat for my sorority, Alpha Chi Omega. We spent the past 24 hours at the Endicott House , an MIT owned mansion in a Boston suburb used for conferences. It was amazing to hang out with my

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  't accept all of them. We have placed a small number of students on the waitlist. If you would like to be considered for the waitlist, or you want to ...  complicated feelings that you don't know what to call; that's okay too. For right now, we

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2021
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  accept all of them. We have placed a small number of students on the waitlist. If you would like to be considered for the waitlist, or you want to ...  complicated feelings that you don't know what to call; that's okay too. For right now, we

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2020