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• Blog / Hacks

  The Stars Look Very Different Today Planet Earth is blue, and there's nothing we can do

  

  , "thanks for holding! What can we play for you?" The caller said, "After ... far away from home for a bit. One afternoon that summer, while about ... ; Hanna's gone off to New York for grad school, but I'm stuck around because

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  i wish we’d grown up on the same advice alternate paths

  

  : yeah, i think it’s common for these kinds of narratives to become very totalizing and for people to decide to only focus on one component. clearly ... : wow, i actually like this framework a lot p: for what it’s worth, i

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 18, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Evil Institute of Technology Mystery Hunt, Day 1.

  

  at the kickoff, including Bryan, who's playing for team Too Much Clue ... Technology has plans for world domination through weather control. It is our ... Lobby 7 for the Hunt Kickoff: Our team Captain, Keith '02, holds up the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m Back!

  

  , which currently owns my life. And I apologize for that. But I'm back, and ... hours in between. It makes for a nice lunch/blog update time.) Today is ... we can drive you back to your dorm with them. Oh, and we'll pay for it

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  International conference followup A post especially for international students: casting a wide net to find a good college…

  

  you might imagine, MIT is near the top in terms of total money awarded ... large corporations). But, also, as you know, admission to MIT for ... great environments for US students to look at. Let me tell you more about

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Day 7: Philly Part 4 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  to Budget where my rental car was supposed to be waiting for me. I ... , but I'm going to hook you up with something better for the same price ... brand new, gleaming silver Ford Mustang GT, which I was getting for the

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Sacred Space and why it matters to unplug once in awhile

  

  a play at the Cutler Majestic Theater. The original plan was for me to ... for all of us in this technological age to occasionally turn off our ... “particular problems’ but to develop a new vision for the act of problem solving

  • by Kris Guay
  • April 11, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Christmas Hug [UPDATE: New picture!!!] *squeeze*

  

  . There was Christmas music, a happy atmosphere, and there for all of it was ... and said "Look! Susan Hockfield! I'll totally hug her for a dollar." I ... sniped from across the street? I stood there, looking at her, waiting for

  • by Snively '11
  • December 10, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Random notes A little bit of this, a little bit of that.

  

  news for Heroes fans at MIT: Masi Oka, who plays the lovable and awesome ... A few random notes: Thanks for all the mini-contest entries! I ... for many college students. Piled Higher and Deeper memorialized Ando in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 9, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Freshman Advisors Can Be Awesome A night on the town with Daniel Barkowitz and his freshman advisees.

  

  , ten of us went for dinner, dessert, and an off-Broadway show in downtown ... from Panama. The Altar Boyz played at the Colonial Theatre to a very ... the first row of the mezzanine. Afterward, it was time for some fine

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Wir fahren nach Berlin! Bullet holes in the cemetery walls, plus Liv Tyler.

  

  went to Berlin for the World Cup finals! Things were appreciably crazy ... playing. World Cup or no World Cup, it's definitely an amazing city filled ... missed during our 36-hour stay. I was personally rooting for France, but I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A Letter to CPW Prefrosh let the onslaught of CPW-related posts continue

  

  " for the rest of his life), Middle English and the Canterbury Tales (they ... a science essay, and impact crater formation. Lisa is here early for ... going to be here for CPW itself - ESP is flying me to California, to teach

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 9, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  A Few Lessons from FLL

  

  next year. So this time of year I am asked all the time for advice on ... . As I recently wrote in an op-ed piece for the higher ed website Inside ... her personal growth and genuine enthusiasm for learning. In the piece I

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 23, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blogging Scholarship I'm a finalist for a blogging scholarship - now I need your help voting.

  

  Recently Evan's mother, who is, for the record, so cool, sent the bloggers an email about a $10,000 scholarship for any bloggers who attend ... be in New York with high school friends for the weekend; more on this

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 8, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST fun And now...the much anticipated (but never duplicated!) photo-filled account of the coolest robotics competition ever!

  

  event. The challenge is actually a game- two alliances of three robots each compete in a fast-paced game. This year the game involved scoring in ... this year's competition, "Aim High.") Bonus points are awarded for robots

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  how dorm structure shapes social life in more ways than i can count, actually

  

  dorm for all four years of undergrad. At this school, students can have ... undergraduate residential experience so varied. Some dorms are "cook for yourself ... dorm, Burton Conner (BC), which was under renovations for the past two

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 11, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  Thanksgiving Nostalgia if MIT == home

  

  or unopened textbooks for GIR classes like biology or physics. I ... for nearby restaurants like Saloniki’s and Dig Inn. Although nothing ... waking up at 4 a.m. to stumble into the boathouse for morning rowing

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • December 1, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Walkin’ Enjoy my expository, mediocre investigative photojournalism!

  

  up buying at the store. Ice cream is a catalyst for productivity ... of these masterpieces of convincing propaganda. I, for one, know that ... meta-poster postering a space explicitly not intended for posters. Wait

  • by Jackie M. '20
  • September 16, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fariborz Maseeh Hall The Phoenix Group would rise from the the "ashes" of Ashdown...

  

  chosen to be the founders of W1. For the next few months, we worked with the architects and MIT administration to finalize the blueprints for our ... included making decisions for how the proposed dining hall for W1 would

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • October 18, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  Things I’ve Missed About Home My top six.

  

  Francisco, just about to fly back to Boston to prepare for FAP (Freshman Arts ... shower for the first time in months without having to flop around in flip ... cooking for yourself at school, or even if you haven't, it's pretty awesome

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 16, 2008