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  The Class of 2015 Graduates from MIT mind, and hand, and heart

  

  , or to become sturdy, robust, strengthened. As a grad student (and in ... it a useful shibboleth. when you go to turn your rat around today ... that built a solar car and drove it across the Australian outback in the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 7, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Musings on Colorful Balls (CPW Guest Blog!) from Ramya '14!

  

  ]) Before I write about my experience at CPW, I have a disclaimer to make ... Cormick!) to delicious brunch (thanks Next House!) to a spiffy hack at the Media ... enough time to say hello to each of the colored balls in Simmon's (ex

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 13, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Happy Things Yay!

  

  What To Bring To MIT Next Fall? If you're planning on having a bike, make sure to bring a good bike lock. Maybe four. I don't actually know if it's been stolen - I have a tendency to...forget where I leave things. Like my

  • by Karen F. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  ¿Cómo se dice…? La única cosa que he aprendido en la clase de español.(Blame Google Translator if that…

  

  you come to Boston you will see names to a lot of new cities, cities ... you just called your friend a wuss. Now add "ter" to the end. Wuss ... . Snively Advice Your mission, if you choose to accept it: Don't sound like a

  • by Snively '11
  • June 11, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  another day of fall when canvas went down and made me think about internet and people and the seasons

  

  This Monday, as many Mondays go, felt like a terrible start to my ... to attempt to acquire a copy of the practice exam and answers so that I ... clear skies, I decided to finally touch some grass for the first time in

  • by Janet G. '27
  • October 25, 2025
• Blog / Events

  IAP is moving along

  

  , so we get a lot of random alums in far-flung locales who want to play ... references in the name?), a large conglomerate of students and alums of the ... hallmates Brian '08, Ilan '08, and Matt '08. This year, I'm a TA. I'm in the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 14, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It all comes to this The Senior Thesis (cue dramatic music)

  

  presentation.” (2.ThA website) Some people choose to begin their research in the ... and looking for trends in their mineralogy that could lead to a better ... permanently archived by the MIT Libraries. I did a little bit of web surfing to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Back to work

  

  want to make that my minor, with a major in management, but I'm going to ... that it would be a bad way to get where I'm going in transportation, but ... 's limited to 100 students in a lottery. So, we'll see if I can do it. I

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Giant Cows Eat Venus; Earth Next Breaking apart and growing, fireworks, and a story

  

  into our backs at the end of every term and I didn't want to go out in a ... of the world was overcast, but somewhere in the Pacific Ocean a cruise ... Longfellow bridge was evacuated. A patrol boat crisscrossed from one bank to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 25, 2012
• Blog / Events

  An Interview with the Tetris Grand Champion Meet Fractal161, an MIT Student who's the second person ever to beat Tetris.

  

  Scuti became the first person in human history to beat tetris. It’s a ... it was in the waiting area for the dentist that I used to go to, I ... . Ever since then, I have been obsessed. In high school, it was my go-to

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • February 19, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music in Springtime and MIT [by Ken Haggerty '11] Music at MIT can be both beautifully melodic and destructive, and…

  

  comfortable performing in front of a group [kind of to be expected] but more ... over to Baker House to hear the wonderful sounds a piano can make on a ... next to the shattered fragments. We also took a few mementos. (For these

  • by ARTalk
  • April 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Photographic evidence Warning: trig ahead.

  

  , I have a confession to make to my fellow VMars fans... ...Ready? I ... a re[s]pon[s]e to thi[s] pot, but rather a concern regarding the ... letters themselves, then toss the sealed envelopes into a big folder to be

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In the Darkness of the Night one of the strangest things I have ever experienced

  

  had. In lieu of a proper picture, I have made a diagram to try and ... apparently was okay, because we ended up in a congo line, dancing to Vietnamese ... another man, who then lit a fuse leading to a wooden sign, which in English

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 24, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  More than 9000 reasons not to groan at my poor usage of outdated memes. ALSO, CPW!

  

  admitted who don't mind the expense of traveling to boston for the weekend in ... asked me "would you like to be considered for a spot, or have you made a ... saw that I wasn't a good fit for Olin / probably not going to go, and

  • by Cam T. '13
  • April 4, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  you & i will always be back then time is an illusion that helps things make sense

  

  flighty, crush-having, immature 12 year old boy, to in the final season a 17 ... is necessary to understand the show fully.) I took a long break from ... reminding me a bit too much of our relationship. I only then started to pick

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 25, 2022
• Blog / Events

  BLOOD MOON FEST IS REAL!! "the blood moon rises and the blood moon falls but the wave of whimsy it…

  

  folding table, a giant BLOOD MOON FEST banner, and access to the Simmons ... the dorms[/caption] A few days later, I decided to buy pre-made red velvet cookie dough instead of making pies. I took a trip to Target, which

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  November 1 Updates The latest from the Admissions Office.

  

  important step. If your EC has not gotten back to you, and it has been a long ... processing. If your school uses Naviance/Docufide to submit letters of ... MIT doe snot use the Common App; submission of materials works in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes! Classes! Classes! Classes!

  

  yourself up in your room trying to get a 100% in every one of the 16 AP ... . Intro to French Culture is like a history class taught in French. It ... class so late in the semester and didn't I have a lot of work to make up

  • by Karen F. '11
  • November 1, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh, sweet freedom? One girl's tale of how to (try and) fend for herself in college. Tire swing…

  

  Harvard Bridge to have dinner in Boston, and a trip to Star Market for ... fellow frosh were in the same “MIT IS TAKING OVER MY LIFE AND I WANT TO GO ... you a little, you know? So last week Thursday, when my mom flew in from

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Black Lives Matter until they don't.

  

  in a world where the same rules apply to them. This is the same country ... a flash, in the same moment it takes to flip a coin, they destroyed ... invariably leads to them finding out I’m from Nigeria, they ask variations of

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • July 8, 2016