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• Blog / Admissions

  Hey VMars fans Wallace is Course 2!

  

  out curiosity, how does one join RingComm? Towards the end of your ... ! So awesome! On that note, what does everyone think of the new season ... in applications, and the class council does some magical process to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Christmas in February Shiny new toys MIT gave me this semester

  

  ) and definitely does not look suspicious at all. So let's open it up and ... Instrument Design). Still, I think it's amazing how much physical equipment I ... after all. Because [annotation note="Yes I know I'm cutting it real close

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 14, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt 2008 Begins! The annual campus-wide puzzle solving competition will be going on all weekend.

  

  short, Mystery Hunt is a weekend long competition at MIT where students ... introduction. Each does, however, come with a title. 182.2 Smoots On one side, it says "NCIL SACOEBBD FM TH RDC AEUEF DDQNCQL AM GANKDRED HQ RJ UFEG

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  42 Recipes for Surviving Freshman Year (Part 2)

  

  ’re in class. Don’t cook the meat for too long or it will become tough ... other places. It does not take much effort to prepare and it can be eaten ... ), because it’s a three-minute walk from Random Hall. Unfortunately Shaw’s does

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 3, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus Pros and Cons, as Told by Residents "because EC is home 400ever"

  

  how to cook good food. It is a little annoying if you just want to grab ... favorite (although I sometimes question how true it is): "We don't care what ... . [editor's note: this does depend on floor/friend group] -- It's not good if

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 20, 2017
• Blog / How to MIT

  Learning to Spend Better This not a budgeting post.

  

  ? Put it in a category of how much I want it. For ex: "Really want ... it'd solve: more space for lunch, more padding for long city travel ... This is not a post about budgeting, because no one likes to hear how

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • June 18, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Chris inspired me to do dumb things I went to Disney World. It was fun, I guess.

  

  .  See how awake my eyes look?! The marathon started great!  It was ... does a 5k, 10k, and half marathon in November while Disney World does a 5 ... and pull it off. I started doing my research. I looked up the Goofy

  • by Snively '11
  • July 20, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Inside vs. Outside How MIT changed for me after being admited

  

  brothers, and of course how awesome it has been being able to share my love ... library... not that secret but I didn't know it existed"   "How ... "Yes I said etc...... Just don't think about it to much (oh and I

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 28, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Post-MIT Trajectory College is not a destination.

  

  As a junior, it's imminent that I think about what happens after MIT ... peers, it seems like "post-college plans" are a dreaded can of worms that no one wants to open. Except I tend to be the one prying at it until

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 4, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Latest Innovation at MIT Guest Blog: Social engineering with the Black Student Union's Co-Chair, Rasheed A. '17

  

  me rephrase, how will you know when it's finished? How will you know ... , “How are you?” “I’m okay.” “No, how are you doing, really?” After a long ... technology disciplines. We forget that innovation at its core really means

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 9, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Polymer Police Using spectroscopy to prove my mom wrong (except she was right and I was actually…

  

  , telling me how happy all her friends would be when she gave them these “100 ... it’s real silk, Andi, why would anyone on the internet lie to you ... the chemical is made of and how they are bonded together

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  Starting 2012 on a volcanic island bonfire! but no eruptions yet [photo-heavy]

  

  were about to find out how Jeju does New Years'. (I apologize in advance for the screaming. :X) Holy cow. Considering how I spent last new ... 't let the business casual fool you. That's not how the night ended. The

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 11, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  decisions, decisions why are there so many of them

  

  still have absolutely no clue what I'll be doing, so we'll see how it goes ... ", and how it's natural for us to tell people things in a way that makes it ... decisions and let the little things in life pass you by. how would one even

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 9, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Redesigning a hall logo: 4.500 part 1 4.500 part 1

  

  cons of the symbol, and improve on it throughout 3 iterations. I chose ... Rhinoceros, learning how to use AutoCAD took a bit of time. Eventually I ... lines are cut) and spray painted it. Honestly I don't like it- it

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • October 27, 2018
• Blog / Events

  2015 Brass Rat finally unveiled!!!

  

  long and rich tradition of  "The Standard Technology Ring" (but everyone calls it the Brass Rat). Basically, every class gets to choose a committee to design the class' ring. For such a small piece of jewelry, it has so

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 24, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Television Show Decisions Three hours is about as much time as I'm willing to waste on television each…

  

  worth watching. They don't. But the drama between the models does.     The Nine Wasn't considering this until Nance told me it was ... , which turned out to be a complete LIE, but it's too late - I'm hooked

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In Japan, the Elevators Don’t Care - Sort of trying to fit in as an American in Japan - 

  

  walk, how I am or am not in the flow, to how it takes me time to relearn ... paper to fold with. Also four story tall Muji's. And in a way, it does ... job will be replaced by someone 'younger' and more 'capable'. It does

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Not in my own words. 90% of this entry = not written by me.

  

  . How's that? It's clear, it's direct, and it "strokes" the MFA program ... the rest of your life? Why does it complete you? Cut through the bull ... for an admissions or selections committee is HARD. It's not like

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 1, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [joint post] Welcoming you to “Here at MIT” student art in the new welcome center

  

  a storyline, a living legacy.   How long did it take to paint ... nights of painting and repainting. It's difficult to say how many hours we ... world. It’s an incredibly beautiful space–modern, open, airy, and uniquely

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 3, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  The Minerva Delusion the political economy of an educational scam

  

  . How will they pay for it? Nelson makes a big deal of the fact that ... . The answer is that it is probably not. I stand by my analysis at the ... . According to its founder, Internet entrepreneur Ben Nelson, Minerva is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 6, 2012