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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In which I “get a life” again reclaiming my childhood hobbies

  

  the money in my wallet. It is coming for me at an alarming pace. Please ... “get to know you” forms for roommates and advisors and whatever other MIT ... was kind of sad to think about for a while. Really, Allison? You have no

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 12, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  readmission what'd i miss?

  

  I've been gone for a while, but I'm coming back! Withdrawing from MIT to work for Amazon for a semester meant that quite suddenly, I had a ... hugs.) and talk about why you're withdrawing, what your plan is for the

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 19, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Finding Your Match and why it matters

  

  to me: When I was searching for and applying to schools six years ago ... and asking "where would be a good match for me?" I was a good student ... I went on to Princeton Review, searched for liberal arts colleges

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 21, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  It’s something unpredictable, but in the end it’s right

  

  for the last four years. I came in as a premed, somewhat intimidated by ... classes in 6 and 18, who went for systems, computational, and mathematical ... was a good target for being changed because, in truth, I was only on the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 7, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds VII: Decided? T-minus one day until the reply form postmark deadline.

  

  Well, tomorrow is May 1st, the postmark deadline for reply forms. The ... hand for help. 2. Read Melis' most recent entry on how she made her ... heart, ... When you're at the school for you, you'll know it." 3. Daniel

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What MIT students do on Friday nights Who needs clothing, when you have duct tape?

  

  for a little while and say hi. Unfortunately, as the name implies, no ... ...well...anyone else parties. In other news, Dave thanked me for answering his question, saying, "Thanks for the info; although it may seem strange to care about

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  New year, new bloggers! introducing the new bloggers for fall 2019

  

  PS, calligraphy enthusiast, and enthusiastic evangelist for the noble cause of ... card game enthusiast who can recite an unbelievable 7 digits of Pi Alex

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 4, 2019
• Blog / Events

  FUP!!! I spent my first official week at MIT as a FUPPER!!

  

  awesome activities like go to a Red Sox game and explore Boston and eat ... MIT for giving us opportunities like FUP and all these amazing public

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 29, 2012
• Blog / Events

  MacGyvering Bacon-tine’s Day decathlon brought to you by a paperback, a sledgehammer, and a scooter

  

  tendency to sit fascinated for hours by the refraction of light through pens ... , which prevented it from flying satisfyingly, we quickly evolved the game

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Carnival A glorious carnival is marred by the passing of a beloved goldfish. (24 pictures)

  

  letting it bounce out. Damn game. Everybody loves dunk tanks ... . Sam offered to dispose of him for me. Hmm, urinal or toilet

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 3, 2005
• Blog / Events

  5 days until Mystery Hunt

  

  finding a coin hidden somewhere on campus. For a more in-depth description ... Review and Games Magazine. This year's Mystery Hunt begins this coming

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 9, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In the Music Cubes, no one can hear you scream…

  

  for music students who played one too many wrong notes during a ... the Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building) are finally open! For those ...  as the rehearsal space for Rambax (MIT’s Senegalese drum ensemble) and

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

  Curiosity, Part 2 How your laptop screen works

  

  's overkill for you, don't torture yourself; just skim, or skip to the end ... eye. What does it mean, then, for one object to appear "twice as bright ... for this weird system is that magnitudes were initially assigned by eye

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Fifty-Four September 13th shall henceforth be known as National Gauss Appreciation Day.

  

  ): “Merica”, power struggles, and the historical game of RISK. For a history ... both are insanely accomplished, and the stuff they have done for the ... whole class was just waiting at one point for someone to say they were

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 19, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  There are a lot of awesome things named ‘Kaiser’ This post mainly consists of drawings of my professor, sentence fragments, and my over-use of…

  

  tunes a couple years ago. (For fans of alt-rockers like Franz Ferdinand ... nevermind. 4. Kaiser. The card game. (Apparently there’s a Canadian card game ... the mechanism. And then you take it for granted. Which is lame. To

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 10, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Experiment in Independence all by myself for IAP

  

  interning for the next four weeks during Independent Activities Period (IAP ... finally figured out how to open the trunk to look for the ice scraper Zipcar ... unhealthy. We decided to get the bare necessities for lunch sandwiches

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 5, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  2 More MIT Students Become Rhodes Scholars ...but no bloggers this year.

  

  as "the oldest and best known award for international study," includes ... has for three years worked in a lab analyzing the effects of recombinant ... active volunteer emergency medical technician, and a tutor for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 24, 2008
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2024!

  

  call my virtual critters in the OTHER Nintendo-affiliated Niantic game ... ) it's time for anyone who's interested in blogging to share your writing ... Interphase EDGE/x, or live on Conner 2, or host an adMIT for Sin LíMITe, or

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 1, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  TEDxCambridge! 1. How TED talks can improve your life 2. Recently hosted and filmed right here…

  

  ,                                                                                                                                                 Anastassia TED Talks TED talks, for those unfamilar, are "riveting talks by ... myself. Some of my favorites have been: The game that can give you 10 ... discounted seat for only ~$20 in the outdoors section. All photos courtesy of

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • December 13, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Stealing from the Class of 2016 And you'll have to work to get it back

  

  mailing lists that only see use for a semester, others that get used for a year or more, and still others that are used for four or more years. Many ... guess what a group's mailing list name might be). Take, for example, the

  • by Snively '11
  • September 27, 2012