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• Blog / Life after MIT

  Ritual & Ceremony I'll be out of contact the next two weeks as I celebrate a big event.

  

  're in Northern California, I hope to see you, too. Best wishes to all of ... another of life's big rituals: getting married. Tomorrow, I will marry an ... . But I know that in the end, for you and for me, things will turn out

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 14, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  in Regular Action. Many MIT students were initially deferred; you can ... As you know, we had a very competitive applicant pool in Early Action, and unfortunately we could not accept all of them. If your decision was

  • by Decisions
  • December 14, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  in Regular Action. Many MIT students were initially deferred; you can ... As you know, we had a very competitive applicant pool in Early Action, and unfortunately we could not accept all of them. If your decision was

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2018
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What’s the Infinite Corridor?

  The Infinite Corridor is MIT’s spinal cord. Many of our departments ... when classes let out. In mid-November and in late January every year, the circular path of the sun crosses the axis of the Infinite Corridor
• Blog / About Decisions

  Telethon Live Blog Where we call you --

  

  roll your eyes at us. In all actuality, I am really excited to call you guys, but the phones are kind of all busy right now so I have to wait a ... pretty much every aspect of freshman life at MIT. I love this school and

  • by Snively '11
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  New ZigZag video podcast & behind the scenes An inside look at the new video.

  

  the lives of MIT freshmen? I think people are very curious about what it ... A new and different episode of ZigZag, MIT's video podcast, is up... check it out! Let us know what you think, either in the comments section

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Rudolph Family Weekend Better late than never, right?

  

  live in the suburbs of Boston, and they came into Cambridge last weekend ... -sequences of my phone mostly memorized I was able to continue sending (poorly ... continually looking for service and runs out of charge in about 12 hours. And

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 24, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Post: Started From the Dorm Room Now We Here starting a startup while at MIT

  

  to MIT, I wanted to be the first man on Mars--or even one of the nerdy guys in the control room screaming with joy. I had just finished up an ... aerospace. From the start, I knew that MIT had a strong culture of computer

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 13, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  XC is Sexy

  

  I first saw the slogan "XC is Sexy" on the shirt of a 12 year old, and I figure if it's appropriate for him to wear it, it's okay for me to blog it. On Saturday, I went with some friends to Franklin Park, in

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adam makes a guest appearance Adam's motto: Step one, get it done. Step two, there's always more to do.

  

  week in all of its hardcoreness. I hope that you were impressed (I know ... much work they have to do. I guarantee you that one day will not go by in ... something therapeutic about complaining. So in keeping with MIT tradition I am

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 14, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Standing Out [by C/3C Christopher Benson, '10] Before AFROTC, this abstract concept of "leadership" seemed very generic...

  

  all of the "leadership positions" that I had held in high school. After ... and exciting life. When I first signed up for ROTC, I thought of it ... 't expecting to gain much in the program other than a commission. Now I am a year

  • by ROTC
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Watch Ceri on SciShow! teenage mutant YOUTUBE NERDFIGHTERS

  

  Longtime readers (i.e., those of you who didn't first tune into the ... went in front of the camera to nerd-fight SciShow creator Hank Green as part of a science quiz series. I watched it and found equal parts

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 4, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Couchamarans and Carboats MIT alums create awesome floating vehicles from which to watch the fireworks.

  

  In my last entry, I left you with this teaser: "I will reveal the #1 ... July 4th fireworks. Some of my friends have gone the extra mile. In 1876 ... ). For an inspiring and entertaining read, I highly recommend the in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Accidents Happen My mom was right.

  

  . I recently read an article on Slashdot about the power of accidental ... maybe I need to start looking at the glass of science as half full. And ... response for me when I claim I made a mistake: We don't make mistakes; we

  • by Bryan
  • June 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Update State of the mail, application numbers, and more

  

  , and I'll post another entry so you can have any missing materials ... year. Your updates: We've been getting email updates from some of ... would instead include these updates in your Midyear Report. The MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 19, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Go White Sox! I'm absolutely giddy that the White Sox are in the World Series and I had…

  I grew up in Elgin, IL and I'm a huge White Sox fan (sorry Astro fans ... surprisingly, then, my brother and I became White Sox fans too. Of course, I'm absolutely giddy that the White Sox are in the World Series and I had the

  • by mitblogs
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nightswimming

  

  One of the many things I love about my community, by which I mean 5th ... 's easy to blame him for anything involving nudity. The driver of the car I ... lots of stars in the sky. We swam lazily through what must be the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  11 Reasons Why Senior Haus is Awesome Twelve, if you count me once living there. That's pretty awesome, right?

  

  ! Nice to meet you! I'm Keri Garel, class of 2010, and in the blogger world ... post on dyslexia!). As a student, I lived in Senior Haus. Matt once said that I was Senior Haus; I was president in 2008, ran Steer Roast in 2009

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 17, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  blogger wrapped 2022 judge our music taste (the 5th installment)

  

  , but MG and I are somehow also at the far right? it's the sheer amount of ... hundreds of playlists, and I'm very diligent about listening to music ... diversity :) I can attest to my constant switching between psychedelic rock

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 8, 2022
• Blog / Events

  How many engineers does it take to change a light bulb? If you asked somebody what 'for' was for, what would it be?

  

  rest of this worse. Before I get fired for writing a blog post ... awesome time to be in, at, and around MIT. There's all kinds of art ... in the blogs... stay tuned! *edit: while I was writing this post, a

  • by Cam T. '13
  • May 7, 2011