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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to the New, Part 2 Slowing down time in the Land of Enchantment.

  

  . That's a topic for another day, though; as promised, here's the follow ... a bone for the first time, during the first pass of an Ultimate ... make getting through turnstiles REALLY annoying. I rode a bike for the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 9, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Whatever, this week rocks MIT students gripe a lot about homework. It's not all they do though, thank god.

  

  I have nothing but analysis left to do for the last Junior Lab experiment for the rest of the week. I went to the gym today, I'll probably go ... screwed as I thought I was. To celebrate w/ me is the MIT cheerleading squad

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 7, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicant wishing you all the best and greatest

  

  friends for a sunny walk for the sake of a torturous assignment; and the ... hard for eleven years, and even more so for the past three. I hope you ... school. And while the status has its perks, little time is left for you to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 6, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The ‘Magic Paint Brush’ This is so much cooler than MS Paint.

  

  the brush into a local classroom for about five weeks to see how ... created for children. "A lot of the time kids only end up playing with the ... /O Brush is a project by Kimiko Ryokai in the Tangible Media Group at the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  You Make The Call So you think you've got what it takes to admit the Class of 2010 to…

  

  diverse class that reflects the values and goals of your institution. For a ... Back in the good ol' days (winter of 1983 to be exact) there was a ... just before you're told how the ref rules, the screen freezes and a voice

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 9, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Flame War A play-by-play of the Class of 2012's first flame war.

  

  of the hoodie designs. I just want to share a fun experience. Of course, this did not happen. I wrote a message in the blank space to the ... it was something to the effect of “You should have used a Google Form

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  See You Later

  

  time while continuing to work in the office. But for a variety of reasons ... , even if only for a year. In the three years I have worked in this office ... a regent to serve in my stead for the next year. He's even named Chris

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 6, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Catalogue of Fridays Like the unsolicited kind you get in the mail, but with more pictures!

  

  over to the tennis courts to swing my racket around for a bit. This ... Lives of Others for the first time while devouring a bag of cinnamon sugar ... has the benefit of being in the middle of the week for those of us who

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s Making Me Happy: Week 4 Finishing Exams and The Future!

  

  Interstellar Hello everyone, sorry for the three week delay on the latest list ... extensions for the purpose of added worker efficiency. Could you imagine how ... primarily rural, occasionally suburban, land of Kansas for the last 14 years

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • June 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mechanical Sense of Humor My Course 2 lab instructor is amazing.

  

  Europe for the summer before going to grad school. You start talking to a ... building a robot for a robot-wars type of competition, and have been having ... the competition organizers have given them a large box full of motors

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 29, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Language classes over IAP

  

  for the spring. I was given a slot in the French 1 class and am pretty ... semester -- numerous for-credit classes are on offer. The full first semester ... a day, five days a week, but the benefit is that you get an intensive

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Autumn in New England The trees explode with color.

  

  is a wonderful time of year; the air is crisp, the foliage is exploding with color. I'm not a great photographer, but I hope some of the below ... of the year for apple picking... Some people around here are so

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Talking about a difficult subject Answering an FAQ.

  

  Every so often, during the Q&A portion of an MIT information session, I am asked a question like this: Is it true that MIT has the ... ; in fact, MIT is better than the national average1. However, this is a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus, Part Two Interior photos of vacant East Campus dormitory rooms. (Photos of occupied/"lived-in" rooms are to come.)

  

  for feedback in the last entry. :-) I will be creating some in ... to show the typical setup, furniture, and layout of a mix of rooms ... -in" quarters to give some contrast between the way you'll find a room when you

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  40 Hours in Cape Cod Take note, I typed this entire post with a broken shift key. Please appreciate the…

  

  . Pulling up to the speaker, Eric ordered two baked-not-fried apple pies for a ... offer. Around 11 pm, I left the house for a walk to the beach ... physics problem sets, sketches for a full-length blues arrangement for jazz

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 27, 2010
• Blog / MISTI

  ~*~Thoughts Are Like Traces of Birds In Heaven~*~ (P.S. I finally added pictures to my last entry - sorry about the delay!)

  

  , we were in Berlin for a Deutsche Bahn case study, so we took the ... 've spent about two weeks at the Salem International School and a week in ... yesterday that I took a train from Berlin to Frankfurt - for what is

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 19, 2010
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  A New Time, A New Place 2011 and India!

  

  position and had no pulse for a good 40-50 seconds. He said the likely cause ... watch two deliveries! The first was a C-section: SO. COOL. The ... Baby! Anywayy. The second delivery was a normal one, and – despite the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 1, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What Is This, a Crossover Episode? Jacob Collier and Yo-Yo Ma come to MIT

  

  person who led the effort for him to come to MIT! The residency ended in a ... participation sprinkled in between. The fanboying back and forth went on for a ... to the ringtone. For a moment, I tuned out the conversation as I

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 23, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Time to Complete the MIT Midyear Report Applicants need to fill out the form on MyMIT by February 15th.

  

  February 15th, whichever is earlier. A few notes: You should complete the ... also an option in the Report for students whose schools do not provide ... applying for financial aid on the Student Financial Services website.  The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 2, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  A lively Dead Week what i've been up to

  

  annoying because I have to get out of bed for a morning meeting >< The ... a luxurious full week off between the end of classes and the start of ... need to chill out more.) A cappella meetings: All the campus a cappella

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 18, 2019