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• Blog / Athletics

  Quarrying Around Ice skating in an underground tunnel

  

  adventure with the MIT Caving Club. I really enjoyed it, and I wanted to ... go and signed up for the trip. It was an annual trip that the Boston ... hike uphill in the snow, and it was absolutely beautiful. There was snow

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 21, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Everyday I’m Trufflin’ But not really since it takes 4 hours

  

  , It's A Party. For those people taking 2 classes, UROPing, and working, It's A Pain. For Chris M. '12, It's Amazing Pterodactyl. For me, I think it's in between a party and a pain. Maybe something like a picnic

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 25, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorms The closest I'll get to an entry about the different dorms

  

  dorms because unless you've lived there, you can't describe it. Sure, I ... . This isn't to say I won't tell you if you ask, but I'll avoid typing it ... stored the file away figuring it would be useful for something one day

  • by Snively '11
  • June 24, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Live Kernel Patching System An MIT alum and graduate student just released a system for applying Linux kernel updates…

  

  This is partially a plug for a friend of mine, but it's also a really ... systems administration for high-reliability systems. But...don't take it from me. Take it from Ted Ts'o '90. Ted is an active kernel hacker who

  • by Evan B. '10
  • April 23, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Week In Review An end-of-year freshman advising event, and my friend's 6.115 final project.

  

  : It's Director of Financial Aid Daniel Barkowitz, holding up some fondue ... and Academic Programming. It was about $50/person! (There were three types of fondue -- this one had cheddar in it, and there was another that

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 18, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Almost Famous You probably think this entry is about me.

  

  of The Tech since the marathon, so of course they decided to cover it ... one... ...and although it's a bit unflattering, I still think it's ultimately better for society that they put a picture with me in it on the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] GetSimmons! Writing is hard, so here's a video game instead

  

  How to play: Use your arrow keys to move the tiles. When two tiles with ... is not intended to be a ranking (boo), but is instead based on how many

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 21, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing the MIT Application Essays Hurgh. I know.

  

  you want to study?" essay 5:17 The "how do you improve the lives of ... former Associate Director of Admissions https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/how

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 28, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Beta CPW laser mazes and deep frying

  

  Ever wonder what a deep fried McChicken would taste like? How about deep fried Bertucci’s Pizza? We will have a selection of the finest local ... attest to just how terrifying delicious re-deep-frying deep-fried food is

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 16, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two quick items from the web Anthropology of War and Peace, and a ton of snow at Chi Phi.

  

  whether war is intrinsic to human nature, what causes war, how particular cultural experiences of war differ, and how war has affected American culture

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  First Blogiversary One year ago today, "McGann's Factors" began.

  

  . Over the past year, I've learned a lot about blogging and how to best ... criticism, or any other helpful comments about how I can be a better blogger

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  An Adventure on the Charles In which Kate fails spectacularly, except at storytelling.

  

  remember the sailing, you might have been thinking, “Hmm, it sounds like Kate really wants to talk more about this, but also knows that it would be ... , awkwardly.” Okay, maybe it’s a little plausible that you’d be thinking exactly

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 7, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Humans 101 @ MIT introductory SHASS classes this fall and recapping the lightning talks

  

  Every year the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (SHASS) publishes a list of introductory subjects offered across its departments. The ... , Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. History 21H.001 How to Stage a Revolution

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 26, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lazy hazy crazy Summer for me means lab and cooking. I'm not sure which I like better.

  

  finished it, and gave it to Morgan (do I have to say that he's the professor ... don't tell me). Morgan loved it (yes yes yes yes yes), and agreed with ... write the first draft of the whole thing and submit it to some journal

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Dream Machine Wooden slabs and oil paintings

  

  place, featuring life updates and interior decorating tips. It’s a new ... leisure. We moved the couch to a new corner, but that left its previous wall rather barren. It felt like it should be the centerpiece of the room

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 21, 2016
• Blog / Community Projects

  Ducks vs. Army Men! Remember the good old days when you used to play in the sandbox?

  

  the side hallway of the 23 suite. I'm looking at it right now. Maybe we ... wanted it, but mine turned out huge. By that I mean, we built it to the dimensions that I wanted, but it turned out to be far larger than I really

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT: The Sunsical The sunshine of May 12th

  

  keep a postcard from home in my pocket it has sunshine and a picture of a rocket O look its a shiny new dime That'll help me with paying up Thinking ... all nighter There ain't nothing better then a cold cider It's like a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 12, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  On abnormality

  

  graphs. If it can be made into an Excel spreadsheet, I have not only made it into an Excel spreadsheet, I have also converted it to Adobe PDF and stored it in my Athena locker. One of my more notorious quirks is that I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Monday (in Snaps) and my longest Snapchat story ever

  

  wondering) 9:06: Aaaand it’s cold outside at a crisp 45 degrees. But good ... at 8am. Anyways, it’s time for breakfast! I always dig the chocolate ... diversion: it’s a hack--the MIT Zoo! (Check out “A Collection of Curious

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 28, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Science is Delicious! Zen and the art of hot chocolate

  

  're feeling it too, believe it or not. I have to tell you that the selection ... heartbreaking, than I imagined back in July when it was spoken of in distant, mystical tones. That might be me romanticizing it. In retrospect, the

  • by Dave McOwen
  • December 16, 2009