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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Campus is quiet summer thoughts and happenings

  

  . It’s pretty hot in here, but I’m pretty used to it. There are a few ... wearing a red dress with white polka dots to match her red (pink?) hair. She ... should care about? is there a good reason I should feel obligated to

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • July 15, 2015
• Blog / Events

  This… is… Jeopardy! [UPDATE] Jean '09 knocks off a 6-time champion; watch her defend her winning streak tonight on…

  

  completing a computer program to compete against human "Jeopardy!" contestants ... be invited to an in-person audition.  At the audition, you take a ... result. For that, I have to wait until tonight, where she'll be facing a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a few things from civic media race in sports, human experimentation, and hidden figures

  

  (IAP) at MIT -- between the fall and spring semesters, students get a little one-month term to do pretty much whatever they feel like. lots of ... research. still others take the opportunity to travel through MIT MISTI. some

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 13, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Grades in Context Sometimes, B stands for "baller"

  

  If you go to MIT, the odds are good that you'll get a B at some point ... 'd see a B next to 8.02 (Electricity and Magnetism), and a B next to 5 ... year old - a concern for my future prospects of going to med school, and

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 15, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Happenings What's been going on? Recent events at le MIT.

  

  reverting back to a 24/7 schedule next year. During CPW, there were little ... , you had to get in line early for ring sales to get a subsidy. Therefore, Cara L. and I woke up at 6:30 am on a Saturday to get in line for 10 am

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 4, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All Hail the Working People Living down the 40-hour work week.

  

  place... or the fact that you're almost expected to "spend" after a ... in a Sketchbook, it's gonna take a certain dose of courage to start ... waking up at 10:30 AM everyday to nothing but enjoying sunshine, pointless

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 31, 2010
• 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.

  

  converting kiddie toys into a dragster to creating moving art for a museum and ... had the opportunity to work for him for a while, since we are both in ... As a kid, I always secretly dreamed of being on a TV show. Had there

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

  In Their Own Words (Part 2) The dog days of summer.

  

  camp means a lot to me (and that is an understatement if I've ever seen one), as I've attended LAW as a camper since I was able to and it has ... 2, of Simmons): "I'm off to be a girl scout camp counselor in Plymouth

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Disappointment I know how it feels...

  

   but a small bit of me is very very sad right now and i'm trying to make ... application processes as a way for me to simply learn more about myself and get ... life. In just a few minutes, I have to board my flight - but I hope this

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  They may take our lives… ...but they'll never take our free Celtics tickets.

  

  among TBP members. Now, I have not always wanted to go to a Boston Celtics ... got to the game and got our tickets distributed without a hitch. One ... I just haven't been to a basketball game in, well, ever. The lights

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sketches from the Independent Activities Period Yultide Day 1

  

  tourist-y trip was to Target to buy a swimsuit. No regrets there: turns out, a late-night swim leads to the best sleep, so I plan to justify the ... patient! Going back to Boston, a big city, from the Midwest always requires

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Season Taking things into my own hands.

  

  things! So what exactly am I up to for the summer? Well a little bit of ... working on a new project, I'll "think inside the box" so to speak, and ... it'll have to remain a mystery for now. But I will say there's nothing

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  MIT is “Hacked” Ultimatum

  

  ? Or even a prank? Let's put it this way. Dear Zug, You attempted to ... who saw it and that we expected better from a website who claims to be ... spectacular and actually blogworthy, we will be forced to show you what a real

  • by Snively '11
  • April 1, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Alpha Phi Omega Leadership, FRIENDSHIP, Service

  

  to much around me, when suddenly someone said, "Hey, Kim! Want a roll ... to prisoners, performing a variety show at a nursing home, working with ... semester, ... A large part of the requirements to join, and to continue as a

  • by Kim D. '09
  • September 24, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dorm Companion #1: Art MIT loans out 400 pieces of famous art each year from its collections to its…

  

  distributed on a first-come, first-served basis to any student who lost out in ... doors for a second chance to participate in this extraordinarily popular ... May. What a way to decorate your room! Whoever said MIT students don

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF Wrap-up

  

  to fewer than a quarter of them. Next year, perhaps, MIT will have to ... not, I hope you'll drop me a line here on the blog to say hi. And if you ... to be a relatively quiet time for admissions officers now?? Thank you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  An unexpected discovery, from a few centuries ago It takes more than four years to get to know a place

  

  new store, I took a different street back to my dorm. [caption id ... , ending the Siege of Boston, shifting the war to a different theater, and ... , Boston proper was a tiny little plot of land, a peninsula tethered to the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 20, 2018
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Adios, Madrid My attempt at an eloquent goodbye to Spain.

  

  In a few short hours I will hop on a plane back to the US. I have ... about winter is going to be much more vociferous this year. fluency in a ... important, and the hardest to put into words. I can be a pretty big critic of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Global Languages Freshman Learning Community engaging frosh done right

  

  cultures. There also is a special focus on global responses to the Covid-19 ... Studies, visited the class to show everyone how to make a German apple cake ... kitchens. It was a really cute and unique experience that would be hard to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 6, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  42 classes i'm taking this semester

  

  productive." Indeed. MIT is a weird place where people feel inferior to their ... classes are still challenging, especially as I try to squeeze in a week ... with my goal of graduating with enough knowledge and practice to launch a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 6, 2017