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• FAQ / Life and culture

  Did MIT invent hacking?

  unique sense of humor, as expressed in the arena of hacking. Hacks at the ... campus, around Cambridge, or even farther afield, that amaze for their creativity, cleverness, and difficulty of execution. A 1958 prank in which the
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  ripping shirts and other clothing mods

  

  wrap! Here's to more hastily chopped-up shirts in the weeks to come. ... Clothes are so fun! I love tailoring my outfits to whatever is happening -- baggy metal shirts for long hours in shop, sleeveless shirts for

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 1, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Dah noo-loo Hey kah ay-ay u-nye

  

  their "talk to people not from MIT" routines. It's funny, MIT is in a bubble in that, as an MIT student, you start to forget what the outside ... actually were given a 15 minute talk in the bus about how to behave while not

  • by Snively '11
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  making the most of things we threw our annual rager in, uh, Minecraft

  

  was able to participate in DTYD in some way. The whole thing felt very ... I just wanted to quickly share something that brought me a lot of ... we're all scattered across the country in quarantine, we thought the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 20, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Design Squad: Pretty much the opposite of The O.C. A show where 8 teenagers use their engineering skills to build some really cool stuff.

  

  had the opportunity to work for him for a while, since we are both in ... schoolers design and build machines — from dragsters to an automatic pancake ... , Design Squad cast members learn to think smart, build fast, and contend

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 21, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer begins And I get a brief vacation.

  

  lounging in the grass: I need to do that way more often.   Plans ... -Orientation Program run by students in the physics department. I'm going to be a ... in Monica's room, listening to music and slowly falling asleep. Having

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 25, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT at Copley Square Yet more photos of #NoBanNoWall protests in Boston, plus an update from President Reif.

  

  in response to Trump's immigration freeze on seven nations. MIT has 38 ... helpful and comforting to see so much of MIT come together in firm ... in Boston to make plain their rejection of these policies and their

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 31, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Harvard Square Photoblog Complete with funny captions. At least, I think they're funny. You be the judge.

  

  Square. Knowing we had a long day in front of us, we resolved to fortify ... mile from my fraternity house (according to GoogleMaps), I got here by a ... delicious dim sum with friends in Chinatown. After gorging ourselves on

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 26, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  I made an AI write most of this post because I forgot I needed to post this week

  

  idea for a blog post. Unfortunately, I'm in the mood to post about very useless information that is applicable to nobody in the real world. The ... what to wear. Reason #4: Grazing and rolling in the grass is an

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • December 2, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  The Case of the Disappearing Admissions Officers Where have the Admissions Officers been lately?

  

  a very challenging year in which to select a class. Nevertheless, I ... . We won't be able to confirm 100% until we're a bit farther along in the ... ,000 of the "$100 laptops" (currently coming in at closer to $150). One

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Only Answer I Have "Just a couple of sentences."

  

  I think you guys set a record for ben.mitblogs.com - 353 comments in the last thread, as of this writing. Thanks to everyone who understood that it was a personal entry in my personal blog about my personal

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 23, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Le BBQ

  

  wanted to tie in the Olympics somehow, but no such luck there. Sorry, Paris ... Two of my dear friends, Gary & Sherveen, wanted to host a BBQ this weekend, and enlisted me to help organize. My main contribution

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Every August a million small moments

  

  staying up until dawn in a cold November, talking to friends. I remember ... rise from Killian Court in my pajamas. I remember my soon-to ... This is the third rush to happen since I graduated MIT. And most of

  • by Piper '13
  • August 30, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Satisfaction New year= New opportunities/classes = Happy Kirsten

  

  because I've been able to learn more about the force distributions in ... .631- Systems Visualization: In this class, we're learning about how to ... work in robotics! The labs are pretty neat, since we get to build things

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 13, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer & the Coming Commencement stuff and things.

  

  back then I managed the walk to work every day in half an hour on my ... opposing windows to use in my EC room and mixed the air all up with the fan ... I'm happy to be here again for the summer. So I did this once my

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 4, 2008
• Blog / Events

  A Sweet Deal An offer I will not refuse.

  

  we should take out to dinner or where we should go out to eat? Mitra ... anything from smoking to AIDS. Sam recommends: Preetinder S. Virk ... . ------------------------------------------------------- Since you are a member of the MIT Class of 2007, You get to ask a

  • by Bryan
  • February 28, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Space Robots II: Attack of the Paradigm Shifts why undergraduate research is so much more than an opportunity

  

  printed to my screen. In a reckless, rash, and intuitive leap-of-faith, I ... >?  I just have no idea - there's to much exciting and wonderful in the ... undergrads who would love the opportunity to do research and learn about their

  • by Piper '13
  • January 27, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Stories from Uganda [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] Installing an exhibit in the Wiesner Student Art Gallery.

  

  Service Center Fellowship. In June 2009, I traveled to Uganda again with ... brings computers to secondary and primary schools in Uganda. I have been a ... , medium format workhorse weighing in at about 8 pounds with its 180mm lens—to

  • by ARTalk
  • February 8, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  amongst the stars a comic

  

  in NYC.  In an attempt to get back part of my soul after what ... and am currently languishing in isolation. While I suddenly have so much free time, I don't feel like doing anything other than admire the art in

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • April 15, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  The ‘Game’ Supporting inter-collegiate relations.

  

  . (Disclaimer: These photos are in no way intended to discourage you from applying ... So last week, I made a trek out to the school down the street for The Game. This was my first time in all four years that I'd been at MIT that

  • by Bryan
  • November 25, 2006