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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Celebrating Defiance @ the Media Lab a prize for responsible, ethical disobedience

  

  , and the freedom to innovate, for example). Disobedience Award objectives ... done around the world, and to promote role models for younger people ... -violence, creativity, courage, and responsibility for one’s actions. The award will go to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 21, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Hitting Rewind on 2013 a summary of posts I never ended up writing from IAP till now

  

  Houston. For the next two weeks, all I did was read at Barnes and Noble (I ... . At the beginning of January, I flew back to Boston for a month ...  externship program is a pretty cool opportunity for MIT students to take advantage of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick EA Update A few words about the storm, application tracking, MyMIT, and more.

  

  some brief updates. Sandy: If you have been affected by the storm, for ... . The same goes for materials submitted by your teachers, counselor, and ... 1. We will wait for your materials. We are not going to be mean to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 31, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in My Summer Life Starts at 5 AM, ends at 10:30 PM, and go-go-go in between.

  

  I don't much care for this nickname, lol...). I have three suitemates ... -profile vaccines like Gardasil (for HPV) and Zostavax (for shingles) has been both humbling and amazing. I found out that it takes 20 years, on average, for a

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 15, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Free Flu Shots Better than free pizza.

  

  , humans, and pigs, but it has been more widespread than H1N1 for the past ... got vaccinated! For free! Every year, MIT administers the seasonal flu shots for free to students, employees, and dependents. Last month’s clinic

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Parental Advice Sometimes you just need to get out of the way

  

  I have known for some time that my approach to things can be ... spontaneously reaching for the flip video camera when my son refused to eat his ... direction.  Frequently, the hardest thing for me to do is nothing, because I

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Living with Rain Beyond the umbrella

  

  consistently for the past two weeks, and I’ve realized that after 2 years, I finally feel prepared for the rain. I come from a place where rain means that you can wait inside for 10 minutes, and then it will stop. I had

  • by Becca H. '12
  • October 6, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Admissions Valentine's Day Cards! Welcome to your moments of fame, 13's.

  

  without further ado, let's roll out the red carpet for our first 3 ... peace sign, but, and I quote, "as an otaku, that can only be 'V for ... this out. Fun fact. Anyways, Nathan goes for inquisitive look. Nathan

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ring Committee Wrap Up For those interested . . .

  

  be rectified continued for a number of days, and due to finals and ... House residents that had originally applied for the Ring Committee. The candidates for this position will be notified this week, and their interviews

  • by Snively '11
  • June 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Forget that Or, "Why I won't be posting next week"

  

  paper or musical staffs, so that you can actually use them for something, instead of just killing trees. They're also useful for clothing, as Ruth ... header page for scap paper and thrown it into the recycling bin earlier

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Inbox Insanity "You've Got Mail."

  

  so, I think I speak for us all when I say it was “one of those weeks ... is even a little intimidating for me, and I’ve been a student here for ... signed up for too many mailing lists when you get four different emails

  • by Karen F. '11
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Bay Area wrap-up The scoop from MIT meetings in San Jose, San Francisco, and Lafayette, CA.

  

  meeting, and later across the Bay Bridge to Lafayette, for another meeting that had us grabbing for and setting up extra seats to accommodate ... decline our offer of admission). Getting hungry, fruitlessly searching for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Introducing Two New MIT Students… ...classes of 2026 and 2028 respectively.

  

  ecstatic to hear, "Your Epidural is in." Upon seeing Miles for the first time ... she keeps looking at his scalp for the 666 mark? In fact, given the ... a write-in candidate for the Academy Awards. Her award; Best dramatic

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  Ebony Affair as a Pre-Frosh A Recap of my Experience from the 49th year of the Program

  

  from my experience last year for any current and future pre ... 2028 Instagram and similar content for Sin Limite here!)   Friday: So for a little more context, apart from Campus Preview Weekend (CPW

  • by Richard O. '28
  • March 25, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  Happy Homestuck Day! and advice about college decisions / cpw

  

  This is your reminder that your reason for choosing a college doesn ... [/caption] April 13 is special for me because it's Homestuck Day, and Homestuck is ... . If you're here for CPW, maybe something that happens today will be part

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 13, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  I made an AI write most of this post because I forgot I needed to post this week

  

  I didn't know what to write this week, so I made GPT-3 do it for me ... give it. For example, this is the prompt I gave GPT-3. This is a great idea for a blog post. Unfortunately, I'm in the mood to post about very

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • December 2, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  you ain’t gonna need it overthinking

  

  time. worrying for the sake of worrying. it feels like such an ... over Y will make the people advocating for Y sad or disappointed in me ... get this feature written. you're planning for futures that won't happen

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 6, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day of IAP 3 Classes and Soup

  

  on campus taking two classes for credit. Since just about every weekday ... overshot the :35 that I was going for, and I was too impatient to go back and ... cooking for myself this month. I bought a lot of soup. A tad too much most

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • January 16, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a semester customary end-of-semester blog post: sophomore spring edition

  

  , where I’m living for the summer with my partner. Campus is 40 - 100 ... “school bus” for the working class. And it’s odd to realize that I am part ... MIT for work, wait for a packed train, then bus, and arrive home with

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2016
• Blog / Events

  East Campus Rush 2014: RAW SCIENCE There shall be no entertainment or amusement in our courtyard, only roller coasters

  

  banners for most halls in East Campus! As you can see, it is a really exciting time of year for the denizens of East Campus. We are excited for our new prefrosh and about the build

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 22, 2014