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• Blog / Athletics

  (K)onstantly not good enough baby's first sabremetrics

  

  period of time, is almost certainly insufficient to beat a good team in the ... model, is a simplification: it doesn't truly describe the ability of, say ... interception because he sees the football and reflexively thinks it is a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 7, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Surprise! Long time no see!

  

  DID YOU KNOW? John McCain is 2.41 Saturn years old. Funny story. On ... , and a nice walk back from dinner, we ended up back at the dorm and I checked my mail. A postcard! We read it, I showed it to Laura, and then

  • by Snively '11
  • August 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  ZigZag Episode 7 A new episode features Commencement highlights and an interview with the party button guys.

  

  working on a Masters in Fine Arts degree full time for the next year; Zig ... Episode 7 of MIT's video podcast ZigZag is out now. Stories include Commencement and MIDAS (a.k.a. the party button). Check it out. Marsha Bolton

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Labs throughout the world open their doors to MIT Biology students

  

  self-confidence to pursue a career in biological research, but also a ... always welcoming and intellectually stimulating! The city: Kyoto is a ... Japan again, it is a cross-cultural and intellectual growth experience

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 16, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Building, building, building, building This one goes out to the one I've left behind.

  

  ?" Yes, MIT is infamous for accumulating a collection of unusual and (dare ... inside is vibrant, if not necessarily practical. I take pride in biking ... , in which students were asked to write an essay analyzing its use of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 28, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Power Tools at 2 AM A typical MIT experience.

  

  activities. In other words, Orientation is in full swing! This also means that ... . Field hockey is going great- we played in our first game against Gordon ... . Building a loft is an elaborate project that involves several people, so

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Goodbye 2023, Hello 2024 looking backwards and looking forward

  

  in my bed for a solid thirteen hours. I've spent my time back home with ... 's Day. New Years is in my[annotation note="only beaten by Chinese New ... explore a new, but related, field. I ended up choosing a lab in the

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 1, 2024
• Blog / How to MIT

  Gallivanting with Gilles or, how I learned to stop worrying and love the MIT Mailing Lists.

  

  clean; Gilles is back in Switzerland, and I'm driving around a peppy ... , mailing lists haven't been in vogue since before Nick Carter was but a twinkle in a record executive's eye. And yes, mailing lists are not as fancy

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 4, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tasty water, the Charles River, and other things that are not synonymous First post!

  

  It's a little-known fact that McCormick Hall is home to not only ... Hall, which is a double-stack of donuts that houses two bloggers plus ... soaked in whatever toxic substance fills the Charles River, smashed a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 11, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Metropolis and the Alloy Orchestra "The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must be the Heart!"

  

  year” to attend. The Alloy Orchestra, based here in Cambridge, is ... create the soundtrack. The film is a precursor to almost every sci-fi movie ... in terms of set design and special effects is remarkable! Typical to

  • by ARTalk
  • March 13, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Behind the Scenes of MIT Gala liveblog - how a fashion show is made!

  

  music, and of course the titular runway show. Planning MIT Gala is a ... the scenes to see how a fashion show is made. [caption id ... , joanne, andy, & me!) 9:30AM - In the student center, Mich is in the

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • April 27, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pressing Pause Taking a moment before the beginning of spring semester

  

  IAP--Independent Activities Period--is soon coming to a close! Spring ... ’t that bad, but I’ve never been in a severe snowstorm in such a big city ... all the light. I took a walk in the evening yesterday, and didn’t really

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 3, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Story of Tim Tebow My friend Steve '11 wrote a blog for the not admitted.

  

  kick in. Get off the blogs and let out a few tears. Then watch some ... 's note:" so for the people that don't know, a vermonster is essentially a ... professor of Psychology at the other Cambridge school. A lot of events in

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2010
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Under the Dome A full day of free fun at MIT

  

  . Only a day at one of the coolest institutions in the world, with your ... Ok, so you know how Chris is always talking about free food? Well, I seem to have a thing already for free events at MIT. I'll cut to the

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

  Ben’s Farewell The conclusion to the Ben tribute entries, and a little advice.

  

  sounds like a house elf from Harry Potter and 2) my parents, who were in ... taught in a field I was interested in. Seminars, he said, were ideal, since ... perfect department. That being said- and I promise this'll make sense in a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 28, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  transitions memories of first snow

  

  see the days fly by without progress. No one day is a killer, but in ... MEng is designed to be a three-semester program, and I'm one term in, and ... —and is—a lovely museum, with so much to see. I had just started my journey

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 1, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Live from Reg Day Somewhere between meetings 5 and 6

  

  our new freshmen, Sarah '17, is amazing and cooked a few batches for the ... three classes in some "coherent unit": I've taken a whole bunch of lit ... advisor's office, Concentration Proposal Form wrapped up like a scroll in my

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 3, 2013
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  Leavetaking and homecoming

  

  cross streets held a bank, a jail, and two corner stores. In the old house ... train for cross country in the off-season. The new house was in a “better ... like growing up in the old house, as we called it, but that’s a different

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 28, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  play dough

  

  room looks like a mess, but in reality it is my organized mess. I know ... I'm a very Type A person, I'd say. I tend to need to be in control of ... the decision at all. A lot of my time at MIT is spent reflecting on the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 28, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  My new job @ admissions like nick saban, but for nerds

  

  role and responsibilities in the office. This is a problem, but unlike ... achievements. I'm new to the position, but the role it plays in our office is ... update in five years - to reflect my new role and responsibilities in the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 9, 2014