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• Blog / Challenges

  The Aftershock In memory of Kate Hunter ‘20 (1997-2017), who will always be remembered for her big…

  

  was a slobbery, deflated mess on the floor. For the sake of writing a ... one of the most heart-wrenching phone calls I’ve ever had, during which ... influenza. 1. Shock For the duration of the phone call, I don’t remember much

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 18, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a ranking of building 68 thesis defense posters graphic design is our passion

  

  of the week. Often the elevators are where I find out about cool talks ... giving the talk. Except, of course, for the many posters I see advertising ... , grumbling about having to make one of these posters in the first place and

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 15, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  An unexpected discovery, from a few centuries ago It takes more than four years to get to know a place

  

  park are actually embankments built in 1775 at the command of none other than George Washington. After Lexington and Concord, the pair of battles ... as the military base of the army of a country that didn't even exist

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 20, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Always A Toys ‘R Us Kid Poll: Who was your favorite superhero?

  

  Flashback to the days of elementary school: Did anyone else read comic books? Batman was by far my favorite superhero. Poll of the day: 1. Who was yours? 2. What is the ultimate super power? My responses

  • by Bryan
  • June 12, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Public Art Projects An art piece that captures the essence of the title of my blog.

  

  This was today's surprise as I walked down the Infinite. I think the title of this art piece could be "Hitchhiking across the Infinite." What ... for one of the art classes, but I'm not sure.

  • by Bryan
  • December 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist

  

  I'm currently out of the office, but back in Cambridge, it has been announced that unfortunately, for the third consecutive year, and despite all ... higher than we had expected. More news on the yield and makeup of the class

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 10, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties

  

  Have any of you attended one of the Admitted Students Parties that our MIT alumni have thrown in various cities around the country (and around the world)? If so, how was it? I'd love to hear how it went. Also

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 28, 2005
• Blog / Events

  The Newest Member of Our Family What could possibly be more exciting than prefrosh?

  

  Game of Thrones. The little kitten is so cute! She jumps all around and ... . '15 drove Kerry N. '14, Jes P. '15 and I to the animal rescue place in Boston today to help her pick out a little companion for the new semester

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  zero knowledge ^ not you after reading this post!

  

  one of the things i’m working on outside of class this semester is a ... of proofs are impossible, but when conducted in the right setting with ... a reliable way of distinguishing the two balls, so if i eg. answer

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 25, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Discovering Product Design through Photography Beautiful photos taken by DPD 2013 freshmen

  

  at the beginning of the year, I think the photographs that our freshmen ... five day program, we introduce the freshman to the world of product ... accelerator called Bolt. They also get a chance to explore the city of Boston

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 17, 2013
• Blog / Uncategorized

  winter in Brazil adventures in WGS.245: Race, Place, and Modernity

  

  culture, with tons of readings, movies, and museum visits each week. The ... ="aligncenter" width="225"] Sao Paulo is full of murals -- we saw this one on the drive ... time to open most of the books — I didn’t realize how much time I would

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 10, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Freshman App Questions We're happy to help.

  

  Application section of the site. I am happy to answer your questions (that ... Ahoy! I hope you arrr having a great September. As you know, the MIT Freshman Application is available at MyMIT. The Early Action

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 19, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  my gap year of nothing and everything certainly something

  

  The idea of taking a gap year, like to most, initially terrified me ... years ago, while in the early months of it, I kept being asked why I was ... never seen the light of day, even to my closest friends. Those were just

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 26, 2023
• Blog / Community Projects

  dormspam-the-game (Part 1) wits, skill, and the teeniest amount of luck

  

  pleasure of competing in dormspam-the-game! Run by [annotation note="I plan ... -game was a series of 5 games played over 5 weeks. The first-place winners of ... involved "wits, skill, and the teensiest amount of luck," to quote the

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 13, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So apparently the Media Lab figured out how to 3D print glass and it's pretty glorious

  

  tied to techniques used for its formation. From the discovery of core-forming process for bead-making in ancient Egypt, through the invention of the metal ... has given rise to a new universe of possibilities for uses of the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 24, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s Making Me Happy: Week 3 Independent Video Games, X-Men, and Interstellar

  

  it's a good time to stock up on cheap games! The Boston Festival of ... has always been the black sheep of the trilogy and fans, myself included, are happy to hear *X3 SPOILERS* the death of Xavier, Cyclops and Jean

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • May 18, 2014
• Blog / People & Identities

  549,033 words how do you measure, measure a year?

  

  also been a little barren, devoid of many of the experiences that a year might usually have. There's still something about the turn of the year and the impending end of the semester, though, that demands one gently

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • May 7, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  More about Residence Based Advising Still have questions about RBA?

  

  A view of Next House from across the river: I have gotten a lot of ... was one of the main reasons that I chose Next House. In RBA, you live ... take advantage of the fact that they lived near me... we were not a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Events

  TMI WRT MIT TLA’s Wonderful things happen that I can organize around a coherent theme. Also, I didn't lose…

  

  TFP (an ETLA) was handing out in Lobby 7 and I wondered about the rate of ... Newtonian fluid). I was in the middle of calculating the kLa when I grew impatient and consumed the rest of the lollipop in two swift chomps. Freedom

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Day in the Life A photographic biography of a Friday

  

  Representation of Yan ran into The Virtual Representation of Katelyn '12, who ... the unquestionable truths of Facebook status update. This was ... ” (in the eternal words of Donald Guy '12, who, unlike basically everyone

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 6, 2008