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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Me again (but with flamethrowers this time) yup, it's a shameless ploy to catch your interest. But it's working, right?

  

  snow to go anymore in Boston. The snowbanks beside the roads are 3-4 feet ... in response to fans/kids but just generally interesting. (Check out the ... like a middle-age technology reporter. It's like Fight Club, or being a

  • by Alina G. '11
  • February 1, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tests @ MIT The class average is your friend.

  

  're asking you to combine two concepts in a way you never tried before. So ... , compared to the massive amounts of grade inflation I experienced in high ... , my goal in life for the next 24 hours is to actually beat the class

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 6, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer on the West Coast A visit to the west coast to see what life is like on the other…

  

  incredible traveling to Los Angeles and dipping my toes in the Pacific Ocean ... summer in a row.  His major is Course 16, or Aerospace and Astrological ... wonderful happened in the year 2006. Some MIT students decided to go all the

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 19, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Library Battle: Harvard vs. MIT Harvard and MIT Libraries are given a theme topic and each an afternoon to compile…

  

  , Harvard's Libraries, and why you should go to either MIT or Harvard. Here ... . Either way, there are inevitable going to be four sleeping people in the ... , introductory paper to the major collosal paper due in December, just like four

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  8 Hypotheses Like Schubert, I never finished the Eighth.

  

  the horizontal. In an effort to convince Matt McGann that I am an ... to have less friends. (Especially if your friends come in multiples of 2.5.) 2. It is possible to succeed in life even despite enormous

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 7, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Monday a detailed documentation

  

  percolates through the autumn leaves in the Yard. I’m listening to Stevie ... this reason. I listen to Stevie Wonder’s “Visions” and “All in Love is ... rounds on hall to check in with friends. How was your day? Good luck on

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 27, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  72 Hours Later… I have the "morning-after" syndrome.

  

  next few days. But I just want to say something. In a word, you guys are ... linking them all). :) We hate MIT at times for keeping us up at 4 or 5 in ... , you don't sound like a college professor in real life!" I'm sure now

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 13, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Beard today, gone tomorrow a touching tale of a man and his beard.

  

  tradition known as the Novembeard ("No Shave November" in some regions, or ... turkey; the spectacular death throes of leaves clinging to trees; the sudden decrease in sunlight as temperatures plummet; and of course beards

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 1, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Poems Robert Creeley today.

  

  , and between 45 min and an hour to write the response, usually, in ... loneliness that really speaks to me, or the refuge of an old friend, even for ... encyclopedic source of knowledge about the trials of Ancient Rome covered in

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Gimme a “C”! What a bunch of the cheerleaders are up to this summer. Hint: It's not sitting…

  

  's also pretty cool, because everything seems pretty easy in comparison to ... physics behind a new radio telescope array that is to be built in the radio ... the cheerleading squad to see if I could get anybody else's summer plans

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  You’ve got questions… ...I've got answers strewn amidst an explosion of other stuff.

  

  When I first got to MIT in August and checked in for Orientation, I ... those of you interested in keeping a running tally, we're up to 15 ... dinner. After some debate, we decided to find somewhere in Harvard Square

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Choose My Senior Spring Classes for Me pre-registration is open and i will let you decide

  

  to help me choose. Huzzah! This is an exercise in what it's like to be ... considerations to keep in mind as you choose. 5.12 Organic Chemistry I (MWF 12-1PM ... have a positive civic impact in that domain. Provides exposure to both

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 1, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Gustavo Dudamel Conducts MITSO! [by Shelby Heinecke '13] Because we are THAT good.

  

  , visited MIT last Friday to receive the 2010 Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts (i.e. $75,000 cash prize and on-campus residency). In addition, he ... or share emotions, but to do so fully, musicality, interpretation, and

  • by ARTalk
  • April 26, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Jhumpa Lahiri visited MIT today! ...and all of Cambridge (it seemed) wanted to see her!

  

  couldn’t meet her, or get her to sign the two books that I brought along, or even get to sit inside of the lecture hall. There was also an ... ) spent this evening at MIT. Though she was born in London and raised in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  “Hey Guess What Guys!” That's what!

  

  you got in, or vent about not getting in. Other outlets include ... so I thought I'd squeeze in one last entry before decisions came out ... want to do is sit still and go online (at least it was for me) but if

  • by Snively '11
  • March 15, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  From across the Web… Recent happenings across the Web.

  

  ] An MIT researcher has developed a technique to deblur shaky camera photos. Say hello to the newest blogger, Jessica Kim '10 (a.k.a. JKim, or ... being done at both the Poverty Action Lab and the Program in Developmental

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  For My Fellow Coffee Lovers Out 3 choices will soon be 4.

  

  going to turn into (first) a debate about whether or not DD's coffee is ... new neighbor this summer - a 24-hour Dunkin' Donuts, right in the ... coffee - yep, I think I could make that a daily event, especially in the

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  You can get anything you want… ...excepting Alice. Or a good blog entry.

  

  another week or two before I get back in the swing of things. Incidentally ... test yesterday and I had to learn like ein bazillion words for that, and ... .112 and 8.01 problem sets this week, working in huge, huge study groups

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  First Blogiversary One year ago today, "McGann's Factors" began.

  

  blogs MIT Admissions would launch in 2004. Now, with more than a dozen blogs up and running, I feel very proud of what we've been able to do. Over the past year, I've learned a lot about blogging and how to best

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The story behind TIMtalks In other words, a story about stories

  

  or less a few hours the night before to memorize it. In addition to ... literally sat in the student center by Dunkin Donuts from 4 pm to 4 am and ... said he was excited to be involved in such an event: "I was particularly

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 5, 2012