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• Blog / Challenges

  actual conversations i definitely had last night happy new year i guess

  

  i've like, built up over the years A: for no good reason B: same B ... the time A: but was actually pretty shallow A: and meaningless A: like ... of the screen A: eh give it a race or two A: you'll get used to it B

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 1, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Doggy Birthday Meet Simmons Hall's smallest - and furriest - new resident, who just turned 8.

  

  for Tai Shan, the giant panda born at the National Zoo in 2005, whom a zookeeper described as being the size of a stick of butter. Like a number of ... , delighting a contingent of residents who'd spent the past year campaigning for

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Courses and Stuff Mason '10 made up the title, blame him.

  

  a total lie. It all depends what the letter stands for. Well, I'm not actually sure what the J "stands for," but it means that a course is offered ... how long you'd have to own a hybrid car for the extra initial cost to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 15, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Keeping it Green On a visit to NYC, I learned a little about environmentally friendly housing.

  

  garden insulates the building and offers a quiet haven for residents ... After a not-so-brief hiatus, I'm back at the Institute! Over the ... National Real Estate Investor reports that "a green building can pay for

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A brief history of 2.007, the MIT class that inspired FIRST Robotics Complete with 1970s-era footage of Woodie Flowers

  

  before about FIRST, which was a transformational experience for me as a ... Woodie started teaching at MIT in the early 1970s. For decades, 2.007 has ... E put up a great video outlining the history of 2.007 (or, as it was once

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2016
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What is MIT’s mascot/school colors?

  Our mascot is a beaver—nature's original engineer. Perfect, right? Tim the Beaver has been a member of the MIT community for 100 years. MIT's school colors are cardinal red and silver gray.
• Blog / Community Projects

  It’s The Time To Disco

  

  check out the Disco Dance Floor and hung out for a while on First East ... If you've haven't yet read about (or danced on!) the MIT East Campus First East Disco Dance Floor, then what are you waiting for? First, go

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 26, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Oh The Things I’ve Seen Warning: Hold on to your socks

  

  , here is a complete listing of all the moving picture shows I’ve viewed in ... House Lie to Me Bones Men of a Certain Age The Game Meet the Browns Numb3 ... no guys) Two and a Half Men Law and Order: SVU The Real Housewives of

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • February 9, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More on the Paris Metro Our final review was Monday - officials from the Paris public transport authority flew in…

  

  ! While I'm excited for the summer, with a continuation of my January ... . For the past four months, I've been working with the MIT Design Lab to propose improvements to and new ideas for the metropolitan Paris subway

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 16, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  The ________ Outdoors What do you think goes in the blank?

  

  the grill and waited for what looked like a giant space-burger to cook ... schedule for the days activities. Now considering we were booked to visit a ... came out and explained to us that the company ran a business for

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 10, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  defense the other bloggers didn’t believe i could write a post about basketball

  

  the penalty kick means that it is quite feasible for a football team to play perfect defense the entire game and still lose badly (for a more ... every principle i’ve been watching basketball on-and-off for a while now

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 20, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Under the Dome A full day of free fun at MIT

  

  seem to have a thing already for free events at MIT. I'll cut to the ... ? How about a puzzle hunt at the MIT Museum written specially for MIT ... display at the Media Lab, or a bunch of physics demonstrations. I also hear

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 22, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  just do it don’t say you’re gonna do it!

  

  molds for the plastic pieces of our yo-yo. I’ll make a blog on the yo ... in 2.008, a meche class known for its final project: to manufacture 50 ... -- Computer-Aided Manufacturing, or making the mill run automatically. A year

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 23, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let’s All Work Together Easier Said Than Done

  

  failures of the AC unit for the car leading to a few occurrences of smoke and sparking. This could lead to a major recall. Our task was not to find the ... plan for the next 6 months. At the end of 70 minutes, I had to give a

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • March 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2018 Spring Welcome Events Come to Your Area Get a head start on meeting other members of the Class of 2018.

  

  MIT portal for the locations and times of these events, and for a comprehensive ... opportunities for Admitted Students coming up in cities around the globe within ... around the world will host parties in their hometowns for students admitted

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 20, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  tick tock tick tock notes about sunrises and broken doors and unfinished endings

  

  rubric for the comic and discovered, to my horror, that there were a couple ... that i would attend six classes a day with the same group of friends for ... the end of a semester at MIT is a time of juxtaposition. it is a time

  • by Boheng C. '28
  • December 27, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Expedition New England Travel That is Good for the Soul.

  

  . I have been geeking out over the leaves changing for over a month now ... coffee in the brisk air, and I forgot about all my worries for a day. I sat ... simply enjoy life. For those who don’t l know, I come from a town in

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All Hail the Working People Living down the 40-hour work week.

  

  for International Communication – a.k.a. English for the business ... beside the lonesome bus stops in the middle of nowhere, waiting for the ... ETS – the Educational Testing Service, a.k.a. producer of the SAT, GRE

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 31, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What an “OX” means on a transcript and why I currently have two of them

  

  online to look at your grades you might see the familiar A ... weeks of the term. Like an F grade, an O grade carries no credit for the subject, but the O grade can be converted to a grade of OX” and OX

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • January 25, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blogging Scholarship Go out and Vote!

  

  started writing my blog for the MIT Admissions website. A lot of the blogs ... , but I could definitely go for a blogging scholarship." Unfortunately, I ... probably for the better because Jess won $1,000 and probably would have

  • by Snively '11
  • November 7, 2008