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• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s in a name? Is “geek” now chic? Are we happy with the word “nerd”?

  

  conversation. Around the time of the Oscars a few months back, I was prowling ... . But the ensuing string of comments didn’t agree with me at all. Her own ... had gone through somewhat of a transformation lately, with the likes of

  • by Kris Guay
  • July 4, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  holidays in boston a photodump for you to procrastinate with

  

  're awaiting finals, admissions decisions, or just the general end of the world ... responsible for the bad quality on half of these pictures. Blame the tech, not ... turning off all overhead lighting in favor of string lights in the halls

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 16, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Poetry from 5 AM This Morning Don't worry, I drank an entire MUG of espresso

  

  had today and failing pretty miserably. So, for the sake of my sanity, I ... hold, I kind of dropped it. Maybe the exhaustion kickstarted my creative ... all of last week's craziness, watching the sun rise with toast in one

  • by Powers '23
  • September 30, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  cooling off it snowed? snew?

  

  seems to go right. Frustration is a part of the human experience and a reminder that you care about some things, regardless of how much you say you ... Sometimes it's easy to get frustrated with the world. There's too

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 1, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Donate for Eric and Ann Whalley Please give to support the parents of a 2010 alumni, both victims of the bombing,…

  

  to support the parents of a 2010 alum, who were both victims of the ... that may never happen. My heart is broken for Boston and the victims of ... a photo of his dad in the news reports of the bombing but had heard

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 17, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to Senior Haus, version 2.0 More pictures!

  

  of Hanna, Dorota, and Jake, all fellow frosh. Here are some from the ... lounge Some of the Haus frosh hanging out in one of our suites: In the stairwell opening into the third floor, there's a mural of our banner with our

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007 play by play It slices and it dices.

  

  Her name is Betsy, and she got me to the finals of 2.007. This ... yelled my name out as the winner. The finals are tomorrow. 64 -> 32 -> 16 -> 8 -> 4 -> 2 -> winner. More pictures of some of

  • by Bryan
  • May 17, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Bernanke to speak at Commencement!

  

  by President Bush to succeed Alan Greenspan as Chairman of the Federal ... history of the MIT Department of Economics and its graduates. MIT ... MIT just announced that Ben Bernanke '79 is going to be the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Events

  CityDays and ClayNights Clay Aiken concert, CityDays volunteering, and West Campus luau (lots of pictures)

  

  Sunday night. There are many hundreds of thousands of women across the ... .R.O.C. (the People's Republic of Clay) was generous enough to invite me to Clay's Boston concert. The Bank of America Pavillion is right off the Silver

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 30, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  “That’s one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind” ...the cow jumped over the moon....

  

  To celebrate the anniversary of the first manned moon landing, Google ... , you can see what the moon is made of ;-) (thanks to diana for pointing this out) Freshman year, one of my classes was actually taught by former

  • by Bryan
  • July 20, 2005
• FAQ / Academics and research

  How does pass/no record work?

  of A/B/C. As part of the flexible pass/no record grading option, you ... Here's something else to love about MIT! The first semester at MIT is graded on a pass/no record basis: if you pass the class you get a
• Blog / Events

  Melis and the AXO Chocolate Factory AXO Fondue was last night!

  

  event was particularly special for me because I was one of the four ... of which have houses. We help our party at the AXO "Mansion," which is ... live in the house. The rest of us are scattered around campus. Publicity

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Ask Me Anything go on

  

  I do a small amount of requisite shopping, I am going to eat an entire apple pie and a whole bunch of delicious bread, then watch twelve hours of football until the insulin pouring out of my eyes from all of the carbs sends

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 25, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Two short stories My last three weeks in a nutshell.

  

  've always been the first person to make fun of them. Between the claims of ... in the vein of bashing sororities indiscriminately, I wanted a valid ... 'm of the opinion that the way to dispel stereotypes about MIT

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 24, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a driver, I’m a winner Things are gonna change, I can feel it.

  

  those of you who know me can guess, the other six entrants were really no competition for me in the field of SPAM. Here's my award-winning speech. "My ... whole brevity thing." This is sure to be one of the prouder moments of my

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 26, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  Will you send me materials/prospectus/t-shirt/pennant?

  description of all of the Institute's academic programs. We receive a lot of ... We appreciate your interest in MIT! We don't send a lot of mail (and ... reminders during your application year. The MIT Course Catalog, also known as
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Psets! This starts out artsy, but I promise it's going to go downhill really fast.

  

  to campus on my way there. And thus began the second of the dreariest ... breakfast was tasty, so it all works out in the end. Anyway! Enough of that ... property to put off writing about last semester even longer in favor of the

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 7, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  leaving home, coming home I jump from the train, I ride off alone // help me hold onto you

  

  " over and over. If necessary to lighten the mood, finish with one play of ... mind of the speaker and the listener, and miscommunication arises when ... when the end of the semester came I forgot I'd done that, and blithely

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 25, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  this is fine some thoughts at the end of the semester

  

  I'll be honest, I lost track of time somewhere around the end of ... surprised at it being April, now, it's the middle of May, and it seems like no time has passed. At the same time, all my energy from the beginning of

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • May 17, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second First Week Quick update at the start of term.

  

  of MIT's Teaching & Learning Lab and Bernd is the associate director of MISTI, MIT's international studies program. The course is held in ... !). At the end of a recent class, she took us on a tour of the Language Lab

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 15, 2006