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• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Trevor ‘13 The sixth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  valedictorian Trevor Zinser reacts as an impromptu tower of paper cups collapses ... in the world." Money has always been tight at home, especially after ... math meets the real world. Still, Trevor Zinser says he was unsure he

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2009
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  ¡Es-pa-ña! ¡Campeones!

  

  resembling a normally shaped ball. But, to the rest of the world, football is ... 's attention lately. Why? Because this summer, the EuroCup was played (which ... the World Series only like a HUNDRED TIMES BIGGER. Absolutely insanity

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 5, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  Last train to Koblenz If I get back by 7:30, I don't need a reservation.

  

  entire kilometer to help dedicated fans watch World Cup soccer. Now, I was ... globalization of world economies (Course 14), all through the lens of the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Looking ahead to IAP One more week left to go! Feel the burn!

  

  -stop studying: 8 cups of coffee Three exams: 5 wrinkles and 3 gray hairs Having 2 ... world and contracts, pulling the blue piston to the left. The air is again ... World. They call the IAP seminar a "pre-employment boot camp" where we

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 12, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  a blog from the universe aka me + my tarot cards + finals season procrastination

  

  feel the itch to blog. So, I turned to the world’s best enabler- a coin ... - whether or not you take it is up to you My Card: The Eight of Cups [caption ... . Everything was a learning experience; the world had just opened up for me in a

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • December 14, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My Brass Rat The Brass Rat is not a subtle thing.

  

  MIT graduates hold the world in our hands (cheesy, but yes). If you look ... coffee cup in the worker's other hand; the number "81", representing our ... faces you, but after graduation the beaver faces the world. This is

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Hello Blogosphere! My dirty little secret...(I've never taken calculus)

  was hired out of a competitive pool of applicants, I was still ... that is passionate about STEM and as passionate about the outside world ... collaboration and giving back to the world that excites me to work on this campus

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 8, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Escaping MIT Maybe if I just get far enough away, my finals will cease to exist!

  

  creativity, anyone can set a world record! But I wasn't here just to relax, so ... Boston. It's also home to a football field-sized reflecting pool, which ... places like this are just a half-hour T ride away. The world is a big

  • by Joel G. '18
  • May 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Spreading the word Yesterday, new father Ben and I did a presentation on blogging for the annual conference…

  

  past, most colleges drew from a mostly regional pool of students. Now students from across the country and across the world routinely apply to the ... process. Rankings. US News & World Report published its first set of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 2, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Coffee in the Pagi-nation [joint post] breaking cruel rituals

  

  college application essays over cups and cups of coffee. After some brutal ... counselor as I told her the news, sitting on the floor and feeling the world stop spinning for just a moment. I didn’t know what direction my world

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 11, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection-time Questions Omnibus

  

  offerings. To better link this academic component to the real world, students ... that okay?" Yes. neha wrote, "The thing is my main board exams; Singapore ... probably already given us your predicted marks (most schools in Singapore do

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Night Off Campus and some dancing

  

  UberPool. Kamoya is Nigerian like me. He lived in Lagos for several ... me into the oft-called "real world". Except it's less weird when I express this fear to him. He always assures me I'll be fine. The UberPool

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 21, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Thoughts on coming home With guest appearances by MIT's Dean for Student Life, the communist dracula, Roman lasagna, and…

  

  knuckle pool because nobody really wanted to walk 5 feet to get the sticks ... the knuckle/pool-ball system, and finally collecting experimental data ... detail, until we get to dinner. In short, the event was the world premiere

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 29, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Antietam? I hardly knew him. A Fourth of July fable, while I'm stuck in Germany.

  

  World Cup finals, "I told myself before the game, he's made of skin and ... raised in a world without the its classic taste). After that, I don ... various textbook controversies surrounding World War II atrocities. And in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 4, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  i’m studying abroad this semester hello europe

  

  wildly at the state of the world*. Last semester, I took a non ... , such as serving on CUP (Committee on the Undergraduate Program), doing

  • by Rona W. '23
  • February 7, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Taking a Step Back Using Avatar: the Last Airbender to talk about my feelings

  

  relation to the world: I asked for help. Ever since, the struggle to find ... a simple cup of jasmine can really be.

  • by Powers '23
  • September 23, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pressing Pause Taking a moment before the beginning of spring semester

  

  into the world, I know, but you might miss home and this general state of ... meditatively with my cup of tea and stare at the CITGO sign across in Boston

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 3, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Trashion 2014 are YOU trashionable?

  

  personal little world of zen.     3rd Place: Josefin B ... objects like ping pong balls and cups. We hope you enjoy it! Modeled by

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 8, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Happy Birthday, ‘Murica! (Even though Boston celebrated Independence Day Eve)

  

  , my friends and I are staying inside, watching World Cup games, making

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 4, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Coworker Shenanigans Summer friends

  

  Today, I walked into my office (cup of iced tea in hand), logged onto my computer, took one look at my Desktop background, and screamed "WHAT ... , West Virginia: site of the world's largest (and sexiest, to use the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 5, 2013