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• Blog / MIT Life

  ¡Vámonos! An introduction to GRTs and the support system at MIT

  

  Residential life is a big part of going to college, and the unique ... of the blogs have illustrated, school is often exciting, but when the wave hits a difficult spot, knowing the people you live and learn with is

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • April 2, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Pics or it didn’t happen? It happened!

  

  As I mentioned last week, MIT is a place for talkin’. Looking at the photos from the speech competition, it’s clear that we were fully invested in our stories. The contestants, from top to bottom, left to

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 10, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s in a name? Is “geek” now chic? Are we happy with the word “nerd”?

  

  to pop culture references, pop music and the like. If it wasn’t for ... conversation. Around the time of the Oscars a few months back, I was prowling ... all things STEM. She was watching the Oscars that night and she was mad

  • by Kris Guay
  • July 4, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Rachel was at SF Pride with Facebook

  

  signs last Sunday, coming out to downtown San Francisco to support the annual Pride Parade! We weren't the only techies out there this weekend -- on the bus there, I ran into a flock of Google interns wearing this

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • July 1, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Hospital Trips and Dance Parties MIT campus is where it's at over the summer.

  

  Two weeks ago, I arrived back at MIT. This is the view from my new ... Gregor, one of the two MIT undergraduate dorms open for those of us living on campus for the summer. In August, I'll move back to French House, but this

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 29, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision Date 2011 Decided to announce the announcement of decisions.

  

    BREAKING MITLeaks has intercepted the following confidential cable between top-ranking diplomatic envoys within the MIT Admissions Office: The cable was accompanied by the following encrypted text, which

  • by MITLeaks
  • March 7, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Orthostatic Tolerance [by Ken Haggerty '11] It might not be such a bad idea to visit this…

  

  is why this exhibit makes me so happy. The List Visual Arts Center ... Not Be Such a Bad Idea if I Never Went Home, is really one of the best ... Admissions that is supposed to highlight the best of MIT's arts community

  • by ARTalk
  • June 23, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A with Prof. Jonathan Gruber ‘87 (CPW Preview!) Our second CPW Keynote Speaker, Economics Professor Jonathan Gruber '87, answers a few questions in…

  

  , he has been a member of the Economics faculty at MIT. Here's an official biography and photograph, followed by the Q&A: Dr. Jonathan Gruber is a Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  We’re #1! What's the emoticon for oversize foam hand?

  

  MIT was named the most visited college/university web site by 4 ... few theories as to why we elbowed our way to the top of the list: OpenCourseWare: MIT courses for free on the web. What's not to love about

  • by Dave McOwen
  • January 29, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter Miscellania I'm (b)ready to go back to MIT al(b)ready.

  

  all over the dessicated grids of my post-semester calendar: 1.Baked ... nary a mine since bidding goodbye to the tender age of microwaved pizza ... prototyped during the Vietnam War to sharpen the reflexes of future army

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 27, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Science is Delicious! Zen and the art of hot chocolate

  

  Just a few hours to go, and I know you're feeling the stress. We're feeling it too, believe it or not. I have to tell you that the selection ... , mystical tones. That might be me romanticizing it. In retrospect, the

  • by Dave McOwen
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  Nice Try, Caltech Hacks > Pranks :D

  

  From today's edition of the Tech: Caltech Students Pull Part of a Hack at MIT I managed to snag one of the fake papers that, as the ... yes, that's my math pset in the background - the math pset that I ought

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 1, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mens et Manus – mainly Manus! Hmm my hands feel itchy...

  

  Obama. And then BJ Novak – Heck, I don’t even watch The Office and I felt all giddy @ his comedy show. (Yes! He was here on 10/24, standing on the ... evenings before. You see - the walk down West Campus’s dorm row is a (weather

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 29, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Truth Values [by Ken Haggerty '11] A fantastic one-woman show about life at MIT. (Now playing!)

  

  [by Ken Haggerty '11] As I walked into the main stage of the Central Square Theater, ticket in one hand and notebook in the other, I wasn't quite sure what to expect. The show, Truth Values, billed itself as "one

  • by ARTalk
  • September 22, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Full Circle Here's to yesterday.

  

  during the summer. Unfortunately, the science options for the summer were ... 'd already spent the previous two summers taking an immunology course at ... musty old tome in the Harvard library. Pretty sweet deal. As it happened

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Alpha Delta Phi Presents – Mic-Check [by Susan Shepherd '11] If you're looking for a talented actor, or poet, or singer,…

  

  even I forget this – mostly, in this case, because the grand prize ... Phi sent out emails to all the dorm lists urging artistic students to ... eligible to win a prize in the competition. There were three main prizes

  • by ARTalk
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Steer Roast 2008 We Sport Death like it's never been done before

  

  weekend-long party centered around the overnight roasting of a steer in our courtyard and the subsequent feast. The following description is courtesy of a ... casino. The festival celebrates Senior House culture by sporting death

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 5, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding My Way Around MIT (Guest Entry) CPW was so hugely difficult to take in all at once that it's hard to…

  

  condense your life into 500 words for the admissions office. But I shall try. I arrived at CPW on Friday morning and went to the opening lecture. Amy Smith gave an excellent presentation about some of the challenges of

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Be Our Guest, Take 2 Not to name drop, but... Steven Levitt, Paul Polak, Iqbal Quadir, and Brigitte Madrian all…

  

  I have had the good fortune to hear several excellent guest speakers ... founder of the Grameen Phone program) spoke to our D-Lab class a few weeks ago about his work with the Grameen Foundation 3. Paul Polak (President

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Update from selection We're working through the weekend towards admitting the Class of 2011.

  

  As Ben has noted, we have begun the early action selection committee. We'll be working throughout the week, making decisions and preparing to release them on the web and through the mail. This is what Selection

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 2, 2006