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• Blog / Admissions

  July 4th in Boston MIT has the best seat for Boston's July 4th celebrations.

  

  , with nothing to block its view, and relatively smaller crowds, becomes a ... only, you can't get much closer to the fireworks barge. The nice folks at ... you take a sailing class while at MIT. I will reveal the #1 place to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Residential Life

  river and rainwater a rainy walk home

  

  rusty old bike is 19 mph; I wonder how fast I'd be able to go on a sleek road bike instead.  Only occasionally do I glance to the side and notice ... to take it for granted. It's been raining sooo much lately. I

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 29, 2023
• Blog / Events

  life, with the brass rat we're halfway there????????????

  

  their class ring to celebrate being halfway through their journeys. The ... managed to figure it out, for the most part. [caption id="attachment_91429 ... campus, so this photo paid homage to that)[/caption] [caption id

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • August 26, 2023
• Blog / Residential Life

  who started the fire? (not clickbait) playing detective

  

  living here. According to them, somebody had first smelled smoke in the ... chemical burns, but luckily these burns were considered minor (according to ... few weeks ago, a friend and I decided to figure out what had happened

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 28, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  things i have been consuming this summer random bits of media i have eaten

  

  It's been really hard to stay resilient through quarantine. I miss my ... to distract me, so I've been left to aimlessly wander the house, laying ... pandemic. In an effort to, well, not do this, I've been revisiting some old

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 19, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PSA: new HASS concentration in Computing and Society studying humans? studying computers? porque no los dos?

  

  concentration in Computing and Society that I am stupidly geeked about and want to ... rise to the level of a [annotation note="Although, if a minor is offered ... -developing formal curriculum to support it. And, as someone who has taught MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 29, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  3 / A team effort Roll Tech: Your newest Intercollegiate High Team silver medalists!

  

  TO SET THE MOOD: Constellation Hiraeth - Tomek Kolczynski, Tamar ... took it slow, taking time to rest up, take care of my body and mind, go ... , light some candles, drink some lemon-honey-ginger to soothe my cough

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 12, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Calm in Suburban Ohio sunsets, helicopters, and fruit

  

  librarian wondered if I was over 12 years old—not great to hear a month before ...   to feel cool. I enjoy role-playing with my sister and going to the zoo ... playground. And it felt pretty darn cool because I was no longer in a rush to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 16, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston Book Festival #3 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  . **** Last fall, my friend and I went to the Boston Book Festival (BBF) in ... hardbacks with pleasantly smooth covers, free tickets to the fancy Boston ... to the Church of the Covenant for a Fiction Keynote. One of my favorite

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 14, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lecture Notes: Biology of Culture highlights from Brian Farrell's open lecture at the Harvard Museum of Natural History (spoiler: contains…

  

  beauty that he sees is available to other people and to me too, I believe ... in the flower evolved in order to attract insects to pollinate it is ... to the excitement, the mystery and the awe of a flower. It only adds. I

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Complementary Post Canvas, balance, lanterns.

  

  Music to complement this post Tweet to complement this post Post (article) to complement this post On Wednesday, I went to classes, graded ... student--that's what the memorial was for. Caroline assembled lanterns to

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  History of the Brass Rat with pictures of the bezel design from 1930 to today

  

  member from each of the Classes of 1930, 1931, and 1932 to design a ring ... Ring. They couldn't decide whether to put the beaver or the Dome on the bezel of ring. The Committee looked to the original discussion over the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 23, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What Is an MIT Community? ...a personal experience

  

  At MIT, no community follows an algorithm, but each one is open to ... limited example of my hall, I will do my best to explain how. On First East ... field extensions to love and all relationships. The whiteboard by my door

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 13, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What’s cool about Nick’s room artsy people, walls, and East Side living

  

  A few weeks ago, a friend at Princeton traveled up to Cambridge for ... , my boyfriend’s* mom had a bit to say about the colorfully painted walls ... out in order to pass inspection and avoid these fines. Meanwhile, in

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Events

  The Tale of a Frosh once upon a cold November

  

  just another roof to pass. The Frosh counts the days until departure from ... school), the Frosh can say, “I’m not going to finish this homework,” and ... /No Record basis, and she is allowed to slip. But the lengthy vacation will

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 30, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Finding Balance May I have this dance?

  

  pairs, to stumble out the steps of the international rumba. Here in Lobby 13, the dancers-to-be had convened from near and far, hailing from MIT ... , enthusiasm is good," said Aaron. "But you need to find internal enthusiasm

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 6, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Delivery! "Ring delivery" is more like "ring takeout," actually, since they don't bring a brass rat…

  

  good week to get my thoughts all organized. (And to realize, whoa, I ... Committee. I'm pleased to say that they also have some pretty good taste: Such class! But back to the ring. More than anything, it's proof that

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 20, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  At The Ends Of Tunnels unlike a tunneling particle, I actually had to expend lots of energy to surmount obstacles

  

  to fifteen hours to finish. When we emerge from our cyclic periods of ... into your 'camera'. To save computation, you cast 'light rays' in reverse ... -level gist of it is pretty simple; on a low level, we had to build in tons of

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions….. Don't Panic!

  

  's perhaps most important for some future nerds here at MIT (not to be confused ... , then you are who I'm talking to right now. There's just one thing you need to do between now and tomorrow: "Don't Panic" (and remember your

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 13, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  As Winter Melts things are gonna change so fast

  

  what already exists, always eager to make progress on the goals and ... to talk rather than do. On more than one occasion, I've taken on more ... to avoid doing this in the future. For a while, I've been trying to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 3, 2009