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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  home is where the whiteboard is a tradition, continued untraditionally

  

  space on the whiteboard is usually reserved for a rotating poll, which ... ." On the side, you can see our analysis. We assigned 1 point for a first ... My dorm, East Campus, is a space made to be shaped by the people

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 30, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Diffusion Summer time!

  

  's everybody going to be doing for the next few months? Here's a small sampling ... , pickup trucks, parents, boxes, and luggage. All of these are for the people ... but in the end it was totally worth it. For any prefrosh thinking of

  • by Snively '11
  • May 23, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Don’t Miss the Battle of the Bands Watch Ben Jones's band, Tremulant, perform with Marilee Jones at Battle of the Bands this…

  

  Floor of the Student Center Who: YOU! Battle of the Bands will be a ... part about the refund is a lie, but the rest of it is all true.) There ... lineup of the bands competing for the crown (Tremulant & Marilee Jones

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Return of the Nance Effect The Summer Update Edition!

  

  around the corner. (Funny I say that even though Boston had a heat index of ... represents the changing of the guard for The Nance Effect. Many more of those ... . This is, after all, a community designed for and about you. When I began

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s Monday Actually, I think I just made it to Tuesday.

  

  , Erons. Erons has to carry a wheelchair up the stairs when he pretends to ... disheartening than others. A friend of mine offers this: once the cycle of tests ... begins to creep up, and you consider adopting the simple, rustic life of a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  My First Semester at MIT a thicc recap and a look into our conversation

  

  . ...got a job for the first time. In fact, I got two. Having never worked a ... content for the MIT Admissions blogs. I've come a long way since then and I ... to be a technical director for the IAP show which is going to happen in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 18, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Campus Visits… Bring Em’ On! This entry will focus on the dos and don'ts of a fall visit to a…

  

  admission or at least want to come for a visit. So, you go through the box ... ? For example, The University of Virginia has a very strict honor code and ... if you can, silly! This entry will focus on the dos and don'ts of a

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 5, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Unlike any other. [by Nathan Kipniss '14] "Welcome to the Gardner"

  

  One of the things I love about the Boston area is that being a ... advantage of a new opportunity that allows MIT students to visit the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum for free (you can also do the same at the nearby

  • by ARTalk
  • April 28, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Two Truths and a Lie Because we all definitely love playing icebreakers

  

  do is guess which of the three things I'm about to say is a lie: 1. I ... perfect. Go ahead, take your pick and then read below for the answers ... shoot an email to be less unknown!).  You probably have a passion for

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 17, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Generally Unrelated to General Relativity In which I am not a graduate student.

  

  repeat that for emphasis. Conflicts. With. Lunch, the refuge of covert ... Recess for the worship of spherical projectiles and various incarnations of tag). Never, in a dozen years of pre-college schooling, was the sin of

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 15, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Seeing The Dalai Lama In which I join the press (for a bit) and listen to His Holiness

  

  known as His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama. Not just because he's a Nobel laureate, a spiritual leader, and one of the foremost advocates for peace and ... people. Thankfully for me, I was able to see him in the first of three

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three patterns from the pattern language of my life

  

  newborn.  In the 3,000 days, I moved to Washington, D.C. (for a fellowship ... for five years, reconnected with a friend I met on the first day of CPW ... provide a green and well groomed carpet for the empty air above them. I do

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 24, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In Our Bedroom After the Pandemic a bedroom is something that can actually be so personal

  

  shared a room with my sister in the Bronx, or the room I had but was often ... parent’s wishes. I asked for purple walls when we first moved to the ... . According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, a bedroom is primarily defined as

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • June 26, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Concert / The View

  

  One of the interesting things that I do as a commonplace concert goer ... LOT. Just as you would wait at Disneyland for two and a half hours to ride on Space Mountain, I wait for 8-12 hours to get front row at a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 23, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to “Teach” Leadership Please find the probability that Shakespeare diffuses into my GEL classes given that my schedule…

  

  would be a midterm, but this wasn’t a deal-breaker for me. The midterm was ... activity and a feedback form for the GEL year two students (students in their ... , and two classes for the GEL Program. Mine just might be the most random

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • November 4, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to CPW: Logistics and Planning packing, housing, strategy, and events

  

  their dorm. It might be helpful to set up a lunch with them for the end of ... remain on campus for the first year and even if you can’t join a sorority ... get a feel for the dorm culture. On a personal note, I invite you to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  21st Century Education? Food for thought.

  

  out of the 20th century. So putting this in the context of your college education, here are a few questions: 1. What are the skills you hope ... learning for you? Last year, Time also had a fairly interesting article that

  • by Bryan
  • December 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ides of March No longer MIA.

  

  honored to be a part of the selection committee for the Research Science Institute, a summer program hosted by MIT and run by the Center for Excellence Education. RSI, which is free (except for the application fee), actually has a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Decisions Are Not In The Mail Bad language on MyMIT.

  

  fixed in a few hours. Sorry for any confusion! Ben ... Hi folks, I see in the comments from my last entry that MyMIT is telling people that decisions have been mailed. I've asked the tech folks to

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 20, 2006
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Soymilk 豆浆

  

  , that she would make for me and serve hot. She soaked the dried beans in water for a whole night, and then she would prepare the soymilk machine in ... -bought kind, served hot, the best for cold days. As I stood there reminiscing

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 7, 2016