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• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  On election day Practicing an applied civic education

  

  exams to help students have more time to vote. For students and staff who ... about how media and politics shape each other, but also to have a group of ... their ballots today. Here at MIT, employees are guaranteed time off for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 3, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Hello, Ma Sheng Li Gong A journey of four years begins with a single blog.

  

  ), and we decided to stay in Boston for a couple of nights before heading ... typical ABC. For one thing, I have never gone to school in the US, even ... I managed to stay off it for a month!) and 2) I like giving advice in

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  All these days I spend away What does "home" mean to you?

  

  , ranging from ever-welcome three-day weekends to (most beloved of all) the ... any class. But on the other hand, most professors still expect us to put ... the MIT populace as a whole, but I have some amount of work to do - or

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 25, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  parallels or juxtapositions in one sitting at flour cafe

  

  how happy i was that life felt like an abundant tree of gleaming vibrant fruit, beckoning for me to reach out and grab them. it seems every ... ’t always just wait for spring to arrive.

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • February 26, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fame Discover Magazine tries to cash in on this whole "turkey into oil" craze that I…

  

  nations, would ban the practice, creating more demand for his machinery to ... , the company I'm working for in my UROP got into Discover Magazine again this month. How sweet is that? Anything Into Oil By Brad Lemley

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Sean ‘13 The third in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class. Plus, a related…

  

  -year varsity starter in the outfield for the Warriors, applied to the MIT with ... before leaving for the Italy Milan Mission. A call to serve in the Italy ... Fitchburg State. He explained to them what he will be doing in Italy for the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2009
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Decisions, Decisions decisions!

  

  ; the relevant one is How To Actually Change Your Mind but I don't ... CPW has come and gone, and now you're deciding where to spend the ...  choosing between jobs to estimate their probability of making each choice. Their

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • April 26, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Nerd Camp tales from TDI

  

  conservatory for classical guitar next year. I can't even begin to tell you how ... to enter the 6th grade, my mom got a flier for something called the Talent Development Institute, or TDI. TDI was supposed to be a camp for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 27, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  “That’s one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind” ...the cow jumped over the moon....

  

  To celebrate the anniversary of the first manned moon landing, Google has a new site up: http://moon.google.com. If you zoom in close enough, you can see what the moon is made of ;-) (thanks to diana for pointing

  • by Bryan
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Welcome to the Woodshop Don't forget close-toed shoes and please WEAR GOGGLES.

  

  ! Adjacent to the woodshop and full of machinery for your metalworking needs ... ... ;) Where architecture comes to life with wood and more.Two afternoons each week, I work as a monitor at the N51 Woodshop. In Building N51, next to

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 5, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  New York, New York

  

  Chiara Coletti, a vice president. Hmm... it will be interesting to see how ... assessments for entering M.I.T. freshmen. He fears that the new 25-minute SAT essay test that started in March - and will be given for the second time

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  dress your wounds and stay in bed self care!

  

  time I did that I was there for three hours. Besides, I knew how to deal ...   I learned some valuable life skills in Denmark, from how to turn on an induction stove to how to balance on a bicycle in unfavorable

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 18, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Making of Embrace the backstory to a gender-bending concept dance video, written by Ayomide F. '18

  

  asked Ayo if she'd write up how it came to be so I could post it. She did ... cute how-to on them). The heels were involved because well Dancing in ... mixing and matching. There was a point when I wanted desperately for CK to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 11, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Bathrooms Always look on the bright, side of life

  

  up having to explain how bathrooms work here, so I guess I could give ... for all the dorm bathrooms (which I'll leave to blog readers to describe ... , if you manage to do rooming right (but we'll save that for a later

  • by Snively '11
  • March 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Catching up What's new? Lots of things. I just haven't told you about them yet, because finals…

  

  working with it again- it's one of those things I like to do for ... to say. And it's still in the running for actually becoming my major ... . Basically, we send a bunch of people to another school for the afternoon where

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I won the game! Not (quite) another picture entry... with Tastykakes!

  

  think I took this picture to illustrate how busy South Station is the day ... , it's back to MIT tomorrow for a safe and productive IAP. Oh yeah. ... DID YOU KNOW? According to America's Test Kitchen, the best possible

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The fight’s begun but not yet won me vs. vista

  

  without incidence. For the summer I learned to use Octave. Then I finish a ... resource right at my fingertips. You see, MIT offers free MATLAB to its students. And if you knew how expensive this software was you'd be relieved

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 12, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Over is the Wait Just thoughts...

  

  To all of this year’s applicants: Pi day is long gone, and after 6 ... include pain for being rejected, joy for being accepted, anxiousness for ... think that by the way I was feeling, I had been determined to go here

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 18, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  TLM The Land of MIT. It's a planet.

  

  traveling to different planets, perhaps living in a ship for years until ... leaving for another planet. But that's how it is. This is not the Earth ... 't have time to breathe." Night only falls for 4-8 hours a day, depending on

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • October 3, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  a perfect long weekend in other words: i did no work and now am kind of a mess

  

  then it was call time for Mocha Show again. i knew what to expect this ... love.    Monday: catch-up day…! due to my crazy dance schedule for ... day went to setting up decorations, doing some last-minute rehearsal

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 18, 2020