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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I want you to burn Unfortunately, usually somebody just blew up their spaghetti-o's.

  

  two weeks without hearing exactly how to prevent a catastrophe: "Close ... 't mean that someone knows how to cook a pepperoni 'n' cheese Hot Pocket ... department was going to find us there and yell at us (they have threatened to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Residential Life

  water wars, lovecrafting, and 361 other REX events your annotated guide to everything currently unfolding on campus

  

  decided where you're going to live, REX is a great opportunity to find out ... . According to MIT's Dormitory Council: REX (Residence Exploration) is a fun ... for you [ed: in case you want to move via FYRE]. Most of all, REX is a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 27, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  A Pre-MIT To-Do List (International Students Version)

  

  accordingly on time.  If you are using prescription medicines, try to find a ... , congratulations! You have a lot to be proud about. From experience, I can say that right now, you have a lot to be worried about too. Here is a non

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • July 17, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  rolltreppe I use the word funky loosely in conversation but these tunes are tight. um did…

  

  to my favorite MIT band, Rolltreppe. I've been living under a rock for the last four years thanks to course 6, and didn't find out about ... , is about to graduate with a course 6 degree, numerous musical accolades

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 21, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mini-Guide to the GIRs Now I've been through them - don't make the same mistakes I did.

  

  finding the relevant sections yourself. To take this as a sign of ... overflow room) so a lot of people didn't have to go to class (humph*) - the ... " - just allow me to say that I feel if you are a student at MIT, you should

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 10, 2008
• Blog / Events

  IAP Jealousy (Hey, Jealousy)

  

  find coding events on campus, whether self-learning or learning to make a ... a little since I tend to talk about glass-blowing and truffle ... office to catch up on non-reading work and meetings and I spied a bunch of

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • January 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The End of SURFing at NIST Using a tiny tractor beam to manipulate nanowires

  

  Technology (NIST). I never thought that I would find a place that loves ... chip. My project was to find out how to remove those wires from the chip and then arrange them to create a nanodevice. Exciting, eh? In order to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  To Those with Dreams Deferred in which Selam of Pi Day Past rants about how things are arbitrary

  

  participant at a hospital, which, to make a long story short, was like being on ... and ask you to spit into a tube and run some tests. Upon our first few minutes seeing a window to the outside world, one of the scientists wished

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 17, 2016
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Ultimate Showdown Making important college purchase #1

  

  're about to head off to college, and you're thinking to yourself, do I need a ... disclaimer now that I'm a spoiled first grandchild and thus, I did go off to ... aren't all nice) - Parts can be a nuisance to replace Now to my own

  • by Bryan
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A (Not At All) Comprehensive Guide to Your First Year what i've learned as an associate advisor

  

  frosh in this point of time in their MIT career is to find support. A ... "]REX[/annotation] to find a community you are comfortable in. Also be sure to check out ... on how to join! You can find a full list of groups here, but here are

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 10, 2022
• Blog / Events

  MIT Mystery Hunt is happening! watch the kickoff at 12 PM EDT today, 1/15

  

  answers in order to find a new answer. A large puzzlehunt like the Mystery ... a runaround, which involves going around campus to find the location ... series of puzzles, but what exactly a puzzle is is kind of hard to define

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 15, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hail to the king, baby. The coolest thing that never happened to me... plus, the journey back Boston way.

  

  had dressed in full zombie regalia as a tribute to "Army of Darkness ... Campbell is? Like, 50? And then what subset of those 50 want to get a book ... . She makes a point of ordering an large pepperoni pizza to take home with

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Some questions that I've received from prospectives.

  

  pursue in math/science. 4. I'm worried that I'm never going to find a ... 'm never going to be able to find a school as great as MIT. It's pretty safe ... MIT undergrad, didn't do well, and are now struggling to find a job

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 8, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livescribe’s Pulse Pen: The Sequel! I've written about it before, and now I'm writing about it again!

  

  commercial, like Livescribe had slipped me a $20 under the table to write an ... , thought it was important for prefrosh to know about it, and did a video ... Program," a way for Livescribe to have people distribute pens, run demos

  • by Snively '11
  • July 28, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Hitchhiker’s Guide to CPW DON'T PANIC.

  

  stereotypes to the test. You'll find that a small number are true. But most aren ... Vogon airlock with a man from Betelgeuse, and about to die of asphyxiation ... but a pale imitation of the truth - valorous but vain attempts to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Last Minute Rehearsal music in the time of corona

  

  activities very sadly could not come to full fruition. But as a last ditch ... .  We were really excited to be a part of this production, originally ... cast held a small final rehearsal open to the people involved and close

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 18, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m still alive And I missed entry #2000 by one! Blargh!

  

  needed to be posted on the blogs. Expect a real post from me this weekend ... just got a UROP doing chemistry and molecular biology-related stuff in the O'Connor Lab, guaranteeing me the shortest commute to work I'll ever

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 20, 2007
• FAQ / First-year application

  May high school juniors apply?

  a small number of applications from young students who have outgrown their high school curriculum and feel ready for college. We have a lot of information on our site about what to do in high school that you'll find helpful
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An MIT FAQ Because it's better to laugh at blatant stereotypes than to let them make you angry

  

  things like this, but my boyfriend is trying to make me into a better person and keeps telling me to "find the good". I decided to "find the good ... how to talk about anything but science? A. Well, most of us don't. But

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  51 Things I Want to Say to 2022s one senior's autumn thoughts

  

  a major at the end of freshman year, continue to take classes outside ... a morning exam does. Despite what my 9.01 Intro to Neuroscience ... body will get used to napping every day, and that’s a nuisance. Get off

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2018