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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Punt Puzzle A collaborative affair

  

  -set. After staring at the problems for a couple of minutes, my mind folded into ... There are two things MIT students love—punts and puzzles. What a puzzle is—that’s pretty straightforward. A punt is more intricate, and is

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Rush and Hall Rush

  

  Early Warning", which I think is a great name for a party. At the East Campus/West Campus Water War (which annoyed me a little this year because ... (or burning, for that matter), there was just a lot of evaporating

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Welcome Susan Hockfield A recap of Susan Hockfield's inauguration.

  

  day." It's a new era for MIT. And a very exciting one. Anyway, that ... event for you as best I can. The ceremony took place in Killian Court. It ... Police, who brought in a bunch of flags (USA, Massachusetts, MIT) and

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 6, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  O hai A reintroduction

  

  end up leaving MIT, but instead ran this program for a while. Fast ... About four years ago, I ended my very last blog post as a student by ... . I got a JOB here, people! In Admissions. Me. An adult thing. Here! The

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 7, 2017
• Blog / Events

  DME SoccerBot Championships 2006 (Or, How Does Justin Timberlake Live With Himself?) All we are saying is give Pluto a chance.

  

  human beings), apply for an FPOP, because having met people in a smaller ...   It was an epic battle, a tournament to the death. Tens of ... open with anticipation for the coming soccer match.   In one

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  [Guest Post] 202.9 (slightly cursed) Tims from the Class of ‘29 by Joy X. '29

  

  Discord Server! I was originally going to draw 2029 Tims for the class of ... ="attachment_120874" align="aligncenter" width="776"] We have a Wide Tim, so why not a ... ="attachment_120878" align="aligncenter" width="719"] Spherical Tim (in a vacuum) - he

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • December 11, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Black Lives Matter until they don't.

  

  historically black colleges had to be a thing for black people to have any hope ... imprisoned for five years on a false rape charge. The same place where the ... luggage bags, rolled into a car with my five siblings and my mom and my dad

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • July 8, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Analogies “Fill yourself up with musical lighter fluid and ignite your inner match.”

  

  the Wind Ensemble for 3 reasons: I didn’t want to forget how to play ... obvious, I love playing! Twice a week in Kresge Auditorium, however, I also ... rediscovering the meaning of the word “passion”. You see, when you’re playing a

  • by Ana V. '15
  • April 1, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Where’s My Stuff? Updates from the MyMIT Application Tracking System.

  

  ready for review. It takes a lot of time to do all of these steps -- think ... . We have a special envelope opening machine that is pretty awesome; non ... then entered into the computer system, one at a time, by the great

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 10, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Beard, The Name, The Response, and EC Why does it say E.Jones on my door when I am B.Jones, and why is…

  

  . The reason that we don't have a separate form for EA is that the form ... 'm getting kindof hairy, much to the chagrin of my wife. There's a story behind this: I challenged the other admissions officers to a "no-shave" reading

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 28, 2005
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  New Major in Climate System Science and Engineering

  

  and influence policy solutions for mitigation and adaptation In a 3Q ... most pressing global challenge of our time. Solutions for mitigating and ... impacts of a changing climate * How to model and analyze complex climate and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 21, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT: Progressions what the students thought of the place in 1969

  

  public case for itself, to prospective students, with a strong message ... , unearthed a lost (literally: it had been misnamed and misfiled) MIT Admissions ... armament, for civil rights — was arguably the single most politically active

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 18, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Pumpkin Drop Trick-or-treating is not enough.

  

      If a 5-kg pumpkin is tossed through a snowstorm such ... cold, wet pumpkins for the sake of simplicity. This past weekend’s wind ... Northeast without power but promptly turned into a miserable deposit of slush

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 31, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT salutes Harry Potter ...the best way we know how, with hacks!

  

  Fenway 13 multiplexes, have sold out more than 20 midnight showings.  For ... celebrated the series a number of times in the way we celebrate: with hacks. Some were grand and spectacular, others subtle and fun. Here's a rundown

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Finality Just one more week.

  

  and productive every time I cross something off :) I have a list for all ... campus. It's therefore extremely conducive to studying...and for taking the occasional nap =P I creepily just used PhotoBooth to get a few photos of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 9, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Application Materials? What to do if your MyMIT tracking shows missing documents.

  

  finished processing all of the application materials submitted for early ... next week. That means that most of you who have a missing document will ... is no bonus for people who complete their application earlier. When we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 10, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  So, you’re applying to college.

  

  , you probably aren't. For well over a year, from my rural roost, I sort ... logical stage of development, one of career plans or just a new direction in ... my local community college. If you've got your heart set on a specific

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 31, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Splash 2018 Learn about anything and everything!

  

  Heyo everyone! It's Mimi again! I recently became a member of MIT's Educational Studies Program, a student group that runs a variety of educational ... teaching high schoolers about any topic they want. To give you a sense of the

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 4, 2018
• Blog / Uncategorized

  things i’m thinking about a brief series of incomplete thoughts

  

  , except for the fact that it's a lot more applicable to real life. I ... anything at all. So, in defiance, here's a series of thoughts, none of which are even a little bit complete!  I'm thinking about all the blogs that

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • January 7, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ICE, ICE baby Guess which song would inevitably get stuck in my head as I tooled in the…

  

  turkey await; I gave myself a strict no-homework policy for the next few ... bloggership? Well, senior year happened. And that’s certainly not a good enough excuse, nor is it a particularly unique one, but that’s the story I

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • November 23, 2011