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  So You Want to Make a BrassRat? A very very very long year in review.

  

  in the footsteps of another blogger, Jessica Z. ‘27, and serve as the chair for the Ring Committee of the Class of 2028 with 11 other amazing ... changed to include a number of events related to the Brass Rat, such as a

  • by Richard O. '28
  • May 31, 2026
• Blog / How to Human

  people appreciation post <3

  

  in the past months, I have felt the impact of various people around me on the quality of my life with full force. MIT is so vast and there ... losing funny points in front of Jonathan, the constant struggle of man to

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 2, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  REX Now An Option for RBA Freshmen Next House's freshmen, starting with the class of 2012, can now participate in REX. !!!!!!!!

  

  based on the idea of having students with the same advisor live together ... and illogical to keep a few freshmen out of the rest of the system. In ... , and so I raised enough of a fuss about it that I was one of the lucky

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 30, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  class sketching an adventure in speedrunned pedagogy

  

  I'm gonna go through some of the classes I took this semester and explain the kinds of things I learned, in a very simplified manner, as a ... . Theory of computation - 18.404 The basic setup for this class, at the

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • December 23, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  There’s a Story in Which My Eyes Shut Am I changed enough?

  

  understand? Don't you know that the view from the bottom of the Lobby Ten steps ... ? Don't you know the sky is the same here? Don't you see it? The base of ... now. I thought I would've been hardened entering the doors of Lobby

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 25, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  Football home opener College football is as American as apple pie.

  

  I realized the other day that, despite the fact that most of you are ... experience. (As some others of you may also be dimly aware, I was in the ... cheering the water polo team to a 5-2 lead at the end of the period, we left

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Just a Little Patience The latest word.

  

  the geek category: alums of Caltech and the University of Chicago.Regular action applicants across the country are concerned about the processing of ... beyond the call of duty to process the 40,000+ application pieces as

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Baby Steps It made tonight's newswire. The grass is still green in Boston Common.

  

  French class, our "final" consisting of a one-page composition in the past ... again. I also did a fair bit of reckoning, the fruits of which fed this ... a sports car because I'd jump to the end of a problem instead of being

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life during finals season It's always darkest before the holidays.

  

  . Selected approach is to go for a long run in sub-zero weather and the sort of ... supermarket down the street. Granola bar of unknown provenance. 12:30 PM ... limit. Unfortunately, this appears to be the limit of absurdity as fun

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bryan Owens: Developing bioreactors An interview with fellow blogger, Bryan Owens, to find out more about his awesome UROP…

  

  the process of drug development. He is incorporating his Mechanical ... create a device with the capability of culturing very small pieces of 3D tissue. The goal of the project is to design a high-throughput device that

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Slippery Slope: The Story of a Frazzled Sophomore How NOT to spend the first month of sophomore year

  

  subtract the 4 minutes I spent staring at the squiggly darkness inside of my ... match of the season, instead of the spry, bright-eyed youth that I should ... summer free of academic worries had stripped me of the urgency that just

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 14, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Turning on the Light A note to the MIT community.

  

  It's hard to wrap my head around the chain of events that unfolded within the last couple of hours. As emails flooded my inbox around 10 ... going on. The idea of a shooting occurring on campus was impossible in my

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 19, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Class of 2010: Wondering Where Everyone Is Living? Find orientation housemates/roommates.

  

  database of housing info for at least half (so far) of the class of 2010, so ... ! If anyone wants to add themselves, his email address is on the page. The address is: https

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time passes Someone left the cake out in the rain.

  

  front half of its body, and the child just kind of licks it off ... was the property of my Ukrainian downstairs neighbor Albert. Tip: Once ... / Ice Dagger combination for the rest of the game. 2. Coding in MATLAB

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Countdown To Mail Drop I'll update this post over the course of the day as we get closer to…

  

  course of the day. I'll update this entry whenever there's something to ... stack of admit letters in my hands; it was sublime). I was on the team ... in the mail. I'm not sure of the exact number of admits, but it is very

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 9, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Does MIT have a first generation community on campus?

  The First Generation and/or Low Income Program (FLI) is committed to building a sense of community among first generation MIT students, faculty, alumni, and staff, and raising awareness of their unique experiences
• Blog / About Decisions

  Welcome MIT Class of 2010! By now many of the Early Action admitted students have received "Da' Tube".

  

  By now many of the Early Action admitted students have received "Da' Tube". Let me hear from you! Are you excited? Are we your number one choice? Do you have reservations? Are you still in shock? Drop the Nance

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A flash of brilliance and answers to some questions

  

  Necessity is the mother of invention. So I was making meatballs ... few and having the same problem, I had a Flash of Genius. Meatcubes. I ... . Since I make the meatcubes in batches of six, the first cube was browned

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  All The World’s A Stage On theatre and artsy stuff

  

  Wednesday the Eleventh: Instead of growing up with boy bands and ... as a set designer for my sophomore fall production of The Crucible, and my eyes (ears?) were opened to the glory of musical theatre. It

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 22, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Jupiter’s Moons, Doge, and a Tub of Icing how to CPW from Yuliya the Undecided HS Senior

  

  after the start of those, “Virgin Bartending” (non-alcoholic) begins. At 2 ... attend at least 70% of the events. Picking will be a pain. The names and ... number and variety of activities indicate the great teamwork and passion

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2015