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• Blog / MIT Life

  Attack of the Acronyms and the space between the letters

  

  . (This is the most stereotypically MIT thing I can possibly think of, and I ... “Massachusetts Institute of Technology” is a name with 37 characters ... abbreviated “MIT” has more or less eclipsed its expanded form. With 3 characters

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 3, 2023
• Blog / Announcements

  welcoming our new bloggers! baby bloggers? baby bloggers!!

  

  gone,[/annotation] and MIT is coming back to life. Students are back on ... Summer has [annotation note="in academic calendar only. it is ... bloggers to share anything and everything about their MIT experience: what it

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 7, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Twenty-One Days Abroad in Twenty-One Photographs a curated photo dump of an IAP in Spain

  

  Over IAP, I had the opportunity to participate in one of MIT's IAP ... -language intensive course, MIT also offers Spanish 2 and Spanish Conversation and ... other MIT student where we had breakfast and dinner provided. Classes were

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 8, 2017
• Blog / How to Food

  making dumplings jiaozi / guotie / gyoza /

  

  until all the flour is incorporated and the dough is smooth and elastic ... ): obtain mushrooms of various types. shiitake is pretty good. obtain ... . ginger is important. garlic can also be nice chop everything up into

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 19, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  So let’s build a snowman. In the moat. One of the better ideas I’ve had in a while.

  

  , we were walking by the moat of the MIT chapel, which is just an empty ... ’m from Michigan, so Boston cold is still no big deal. To be honest, if it ... this is that when it’s cold, it snows, which is pretty much the best. So

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life during finals season It's always darkest before the holidays.

  

  . Selected approach is to go for a long run in sub-zero weather and the sort of ... , during which I applied pressure to the On button, and the Blog for MIT ... viscosity of eggs. I drink soup from a can, except that this is semantically

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 13, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Remember the Fourth Another reason why I'm happy I chose MIT over Stanford.

  

  . Basically, the book is about a bunch of strangers coming together to live in ... the heirs that the race is on to claim his treasure, and leaves behind a ... much intrigue and humorous dialogue (the book is quite entertaining

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The root of all evil Money, money, money, money... money!

  

  I get the feeling that everybody is very jittery about the multiple ... MIT, so I thought I'd talk a little bit about the money situation and ... for it... if this is what you really want." My mom was glaring at me in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  School’s… in Excitement! Passion! ...Class?

  

  consensus is that this behavior will begin at least by the two-day student ... .100, Aerodynamics. Although this class is going to be a time sink (Adam walked in tonight after class and said, "See you guys in December"), Adam is

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 7, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  how to meet curious people

  

  -chasers, dispassionate hoop-jumpers, what have you. At MIT, while these people certainly ... passion. To be fair, MIT may have cultivated a different culture than these ... the atmosphere of 18.032 was just different. 18.03 is in 10-250, one of

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 19, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Summer Decisions

  

  shape: get a master's in Science Writing from MIT and a Ph.D. in astronomy ... conference in January, I talked with a few MIT alums, as well as Random ... does matter. Ew. Everyone said: a publication is a golden ticket

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 15, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW at Random Hall! While the science gets done, you can build a neat fort with the Settlers drinking…

  

  together and maybe write some new carols. mitBEEF is a club dedicated to educating the MIT community about beef. (Note: this is a club event, not a ... real MIT students doing their own differential equations homework. Very

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 11, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Weekend Off What happens to an MIT student when the firehose gets turned off temporarily?

  

  weekend. “Being hosed” is an MIT phrase meaning “having too much to do and not enough time to do it,” since getting an MIT education is like ... ! Movie! Two things I do significantly less of when I’m at MIT is drive and

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • October 12, 2010
• Blog / Advice

  a love letter to rice cookers and a recipe

  

  latter, specifically on the beautiful fact that it is made entirely with ... " align="aligncenter" width="256"] Here she is in all her glory ... my guesses for the reason.  A mother’s cooking is and will always be

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • August 16, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes – Fall 04 What I took way back when

  

  the liquid.” Yes, folks. This is what you learn at MIT. 14 ... suppressor gene.” He is one of the founding members of the Whitehead Institute ... and services): Z = I + C + G, where I is investment, C is consumer

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 23, 2004
• Blog / Life after MIT

  If I ever come back on being away from mit

  

  . Is it fair, then, for me to whine about my pain of being apart from MIT ... 's ridiculous, thinking of places as having emotions. But it's not like MIT is ... Cross-posted from my blog, which is where I write these days. One If

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 12, 2024
• Blog / Residential Life

  [guest post] from the vault: hall exchange notes notes from a hall exchange in 2017

  

  hall exchange is where two people, who live on different halls and almost ... explore what living in that hall is like. there are semi-official programs ... - day 1 - feb 26 Arrived at East Campus with three bags, hoping this is

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 20, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Eating my words at Area Four Mushroom and fontina pizza my beloved

  

  Area Four (A4) is a popular pizzeria/cafe near MIT. Known for their wood-fired pizza made from a 10-year-old sourdough starter, A4 is the go-to pizza spot for many MIT students. But not me. I am A4's biggest hater

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 29, 2025
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  A lot of students applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately, we ... have complicated feelings; that’s okay too, and this is an open forum to ... pull you down just like a sinking shipFloating is getting harderBut tread

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2025
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  There were many incredible applicants to the MIT Class of 2029, which ... though this may be a difficult time for you, as that is the spirit of these ... to say it, but it clear to meIt lucky that Moon is not a cookie

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2025