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• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus Okay, so it's not even really half a bus. But I'M not the one asking…

  

  .112, the next level of chemistry, which meant in order to keep the 18 ... 've been trying to decide whether or not to switch into 5.112. I'm in it for ... discovered we have a trash chute. I took my dinner up to my room just so I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Gerald Fink’s “What Is a Gene?” one of those cool talks that happen at MIT all the time

  

  a gene is because of our newfound reliance on computers to find them for us. Computers are simple; they can only find the genes in a string ... defined genes to the computer. A further source of confusion lies in the

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 11, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  welding spiels metal hot glue gun go brrr

  

  . In order to learn how to use the makerspace equipment or learn a new ... . Always wear closed toed shoes in the hotworks room, as dropping a piece of ... some people find zigzags easier. There's a bit of learning curve to

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 9, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  The Waitlist This is not an easy entry to write so I'll just keep it short. No…

  

  This is not an easy entry to write so I'll just keep it short. In a ... fewer applicants this year - fully intending to use the waitlist in order to meet our target class size. With that figure in mind, I was

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 10, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Sororities @ MIT- Become a part of it! Come to the first day of recruitment on September 1st to learn more about what…

  

  sisters in an informal setting. This is useful for underclassmen who are to ... your desk in the Reading Room to see a row of empty coffee cups and Red ... . Additionally, you need to maintain a certain GPA to be allowed to stay in the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 20, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  8 Hypotheses Like Schubert, I never finished the Eighth.

  

  friend in the head while gesticulating the angle between a wall clock and the horizontal. In an effort to convince Matt McGann that I am an entirely trustworthy employee as long as you don't ask me for the time in a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 7, 2009
• Blog / CPW

  an orange tour 🍊🍊🍊

  

  since this tour, I'm now a little more delighted when I find orange around me. Isolated color is a fun lens in which to view the world. I hope you find some joy in it, too. P.S. For context, I didn't film this livestream

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • April 29, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  How to be Tim The Beaver anyone can wear the mask.

  

  . Find a partner! Being Tim is Hard Work, and you need someone to guide you ... Student Activities' Office, transport them to the venue and find a place to ... how to keep cool inside the suit. 3. Complete a quiz to show you know

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • November 4, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Livin’ La Vida PRoCa I take my clothes off and go dancing in the rain... with Clay Aiken.

  

  it was a lot like the strange waking dreams I used to have in 18 ... Doves Cry.. I'd heard this like a dozen times in the car driving up to ... the song comes in with kind of a funk-metal tone, and Clay begins to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 30, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  dont want to write ah

  

  sessions, each around four to five hours. it was a lot of dnd in a short time ... how we managed to fit three people in my single room. they stayed for a ... game i'm going to run. it's set in a magical realist world where

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 11, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Megaphone, Pressed Against An Insect’s Brain That is what this blog entry resembles.

  

  hole. He must be a Course 10 major using Aspen to finish his problem set ... major--she's just a minor! My own connection to political science is even more tenuous (I was pretending to be Ruth's date and she's a minor) but

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 21, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an album a day the only new year's resolution i've ever completed

  

  myself. in terms of tracking music, I was too lazy to develop a rating ... -genres I love. the music I listened to this year was more diverse in a lot of ... in 2022, I challenged myself to listen to an album every day. I

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 2, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Memories I know this feelin', yes I know it very well (Thutmose)

  

  helped admit. It felt poetic, in a way. I embarked on a new career as a ... acclimated to my new community, the louder the whispers in my head became: "Don't you think it's time to leave MIT behind?" A question I know many

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / How to Food

  MIT Dining Halls my controversial ranking

  

  New Vassar used to be a parking garage, and I can't unsee it. The vibe ... people will always want to apply/commit, there isn't as much of a need to ... college, per se. We don't need to spend the money on a huge, beautiful quad

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • March 19, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Lobby 7 Gotta love it

  

  Here’s a little tribute to lobby 7. Since my start at MIT in January ... coffee cup in hand, along with a horde of students and tourists, and I ... taking pictures in front of the seal. I’ve stopped to watch the practice

  • by Kris Guay
  • October 12, 2011
• Blog / Events

  One of those “big picture” days 2 hours of inspirational lectures, one from the CDC director and the other from broadcasting…

  

  and couldn’t wait to hear his familiar voice bellow from a few feet in ... scheduled to end at 5 pm, today was the end of a four-day experiment and we ... ), was scheduled to give a talk titled "Health System Transformation

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 2, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SONIC JUBILANCE A day at the new Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building at MIT

  

  ) I slide into the hall to find Lamine Touré leading a West African drum ... just as a winter storm began to blanket Cambridge in snow. After we ... , music will continue to be a fundamental part of MIT in the chapters that

  • by Jeremy W.
  • February 22, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And now for the feature presentation… ...IN STEREO.Don't ask. It's an LSC thing. I don't really get it myself.

  

  scotch tape and then used it to secure the drive in place. So far it's been ... to discover yesterday afternoon. You see, my laptop has a removable ... thought that maybe scotch tape would be a better adhesive in this situation

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 28, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  bday burnout no more spiders please

  

  tried to help me find the spider but it had disappeared. It reappeared in ... went to bed. -- I woke up a few hours later and saw Abe and Nghiem in the ... I got a bloody nose in the shower and I had to take care of it as "I

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • March 18, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  In which Elizabeth tries something new. (My idea of thrills is changing the location of my bookshelf.)

  

  , and I made our trek to Walker Memorial. It used to be a gym but now it ... three years, I learned that MIT has a climbing wall. Now, in any other ... !), leading to a momentary, but non-negligable, conversation on how I should try

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 8, 2012