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• Blog / Admissions

  Kickoff! and away we go...

  

  No, this entry is not about Kelly Clarkson. It's about FIRST Robotics ... on behalf of MIT Admissions. I'll explain how FIRST and KC are ... isn't the point of FIRST, or rather, it's a means, not an end. The point

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Answered Questions, answers, and Sam's face. This is the real MIT.

  

  people!!! So, does MIT have any limits for how many people they admit from ... , and 'cheap' prices. On the other side, I can get a Mac with it's super ... : I'm gonna say that Windows Vista is going to look very Mac-ish when it

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 11, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  what’s in the box? why is spring cleaning a common phrase but not fall cleaning hmm

  

  . it's pretty cool. i don't really know what the area director does ... the next years :)  (given how long this took maybe this is finally ... "]thanksgiving was a few days ago, and in the world of this post it is still

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 1, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life or something like it Apparently this blog is supposed to be about my life. So here's some stuff about…

  

  my classes for the long haul. (Truth be told, I've never dropped a class here. But it's kind of nice to know that I can until almost three ... the hallway after changing into my uniform. Sweet. Christmas? It was 60

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  No scissors allowed: OrigaMIT You never know what cool stuff is going on around the Institute.

  

  ; today Jason taught everyone how to make an origami butterfly: Brian ... Design Challenge. It is made from one 2 ft. by 2 ft. piece of paper and it ... , he does research in the Hatsopoulos Microfluids Laboratory, where he

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Birthday, Simmons Hall! 20 things I’m grateful for in my dorm

  

  though 🅰️levator doesn’t go directly to the first floor, it does lead to ... into Apple products. Simmons does have the best bathrooms, though, so I guess it all worked out well in the end. 3. Kaito The heads of house’s dog

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 4, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Art is Everywhere! [by Emma Frank '15] Public Art at MIT

  

  how long I stared at this thing until I found the word &ldquo ... how the work relates to the space. It’s made out of mirror ... walk around it and see how it changes with the light and angle that you

  • by ARTalk
  • October 17, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seminar Advising There is nothing funny about this entry...but please read anyway.

  

  meetings. It's a great way to start off the week. How are your Mondays? Mine ... it sounds like. You're assigned a supervisor, you schedule meetings ... seminar group does things like watch movies, go out for dinner, or see

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Valentine’s Day Special Featuring calculus, people who hate me, and a picture puzzle

  

  . On the original night that I had set aside for my blogging rampage, it rained. The next weekend, it was freezing outside. The weekend after, I was swamped with tests and problem sets. On all subsequent weekends, either it

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  defining the future stop being vague

  

  It seems to me that we swath an imaginary future world in pretty words. We want it comfortable, we want it just, we want it innovative, and most of all, we want it beautiful. VC-talk is speckled with grandiose

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 22, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Milk, Cookies and Dangerous Secrets Somewhere at the cloying helm of exponential senselessness (weird post incoming)

  

  and decided to see how long Milk could last. Either way, Milk was let ... partially cut through. It’s 1994, Spring, chilly. The wind is silently ... stomach is not rumbling, but there’s enough flatness in it to proclaim the

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 29, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thank Goodness! "There are bridges you cross / You didn't know you crossed / until you've crossed."

  

  can only hope it's the same for orgo?) < finishes long rant on ... find it kind of amusing how that drama inadvertently also reveals many ... (the tagline is my favorite line from Wicked, hahaha - how

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 21, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sabar drums, Rwanda, and the C.I.A Can you guess what all this stuff has in common?

  

  it doesn't, but I know it does, I just can't figure it out). There are ... I know what you're thinking, "Whoa, two posts in two days? How can I ... impressive, so absolutely awesome I couldn't help but blog about it. Since it

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  wait for it for those awaiting decisions

  

  In case you missed it, MIT EA decisions come out next Saturday. That ... internet or even snail mail, but by Hermes, the messenger god. It was a ... schools around this time, and it can be super stressful to see everybody

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 6, 2019
• Blog / Hacks

  IAP=Watermelon in January I honestly can't think of a better analogy.

  

  Activities Period (IAP) is long gone ----> You, like myself, may be wondering why it’s been so long since I last updated you with anything. It’s ... , uneventful life, let me assure you. IAP came and went and all throughout it, my

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Electrophoresis Boogaloo What it sounds like, plus some brief things that came to mind

  

  electrophoresis. When it runs about half the length of your gel, that's how you know ... mistake on an assignment, and magnify it a ton. That's when the "I'm not ... different way to look at it. One of my friends in Denmark and I had a chat

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  food diaries pt. 3 amazing restaurants around MIT

  

  times without knowing how freaking amazing it is. It's known for its ... Mediterranean and American breakfast/lunch place located right near Central. It ... Square that has authentic Liege-style Belgian waffles. It was sooooo good

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 8, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  Save a tree… ...eat a Beaver. MIT makes me fill out lots of paperwork. Get it? Beaver? Oh…

  

  about how many pages of paperwork the MIT Athletics Department (DAPER) is ... print the Eligibility Checklist, which has been tremendously useful. It ... long! These were all due August 1st (yesterday, for those of you who are

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  and i’ve come to terms d to the phi! phi to the e! d! phi! e!

  

  can call my home. It's somewhat bizarre to think about, how I was just ... , long difficult history of sororities and its exclusivity and its past ... conversations around diversity and what it means to be in a sorority and how its

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 7, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  at the South Asian Youth Initiative a New Haven adventure

  

  small so it takes me a long time to get them in a reasonable shape. Sarah ... people imagine and how it is visual for some people and not for others. At ... catch our bus to New Haven. It is very sunny and warm; naturally, everyone

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 22, 2023