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• Blog / Personal Travel

  Waterfall Camping in Shenandoah National Park Snakes and fireflies.

  

  't about to settle for an official camping site. We parked outside the first ranger station, and filled out backcountry permits. The park ranger on duty ... in the car and took off along the scenic drive, the vehicle in front of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 11, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Getting Back to Normal ...with some help from Macklemore

  

  'll take another step in getting back to normal. Tonight is the annual MIT ... for a huge concert. Going back half a century, the MIT Spring Concert has hosted some of the biggest bands ever, including the Grateful Dead

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 26, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Admitted Student Gatherings we want to meet you!

  

  Hi! I’m Katie Kelley, one of the Admissions Counselors here at MIT ... start getting to know all of the wonderful people I have been able to read about over the past several months! Kris was kind enough to let me guest

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 21, 2012
• Blog / Hacks

  A Brief History of Hacks Unfortunately I couldn't get Stephen Hawking to narrate.

  

  't previously know last night, and the topic of school came up. (SIDE NOTE: that was the most difficult and awkward sentence I've typed in a long time. I think the problem stems from not having a good word for "friend of a

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Relativity Special (and vice versa) I took a test today that relied on practically everything I have ever learned from…

  

  Today, I felt: angry and heartbroken. Because: the first question on ... with 5 significant figures, and the professor did not manage to include a free copy of Matlab on the formula sheet. No kidding. I opened the test

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 18, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  ADITL MIT's Technique spearheads one of the most interesting projects I've seen on campus recently.

  

  pictures of my friends. (Hi, Sam.) What made this different from all the ... on campus were doing the same thing with the same purpose: to take part in A Day In The Life, a project open to the entire MIT community

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 25, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Engineer, Blogger… Rhodes Scholar (!) Melis wins the Rhodes Scholarship!

  

  On Saturday, the Rhodes Trust announced the 32 Americans who have won the 2008 Rhodes Scholarships. The Rhodes Scholarship, described as "the ... biography reads: Melis N. Anahtar, Bethesda, is a senior at the Massachusetts

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 20, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Go Sox!

  

  much in the way of good professional sports teams - it's mostly the Titans, and they only moved there when I was 11. In the past, I've only ... 's even more exciting when the team is winning. The night of the seventh

  • by Evan B. '10
  • October 25, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  You can’t live without clean water Alfinio's sustainable water initiative

  

  Nobody can. We can mobilize and make this happen! Help eradicate the most prevalent and preventable problem in developing areas around the ... 1667a.html In the summer of 2007, four Harvard graduates will go to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 12, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UEA Internship Panel

  

  The Undergraduate Economics Association (UEA) sponsored a dinner and ... 've pasted some excerpts from the UEA email in italics.) The complimentary ... because we had so much food. My legs are burning from the 30 pounds of

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Solution: Are we going to win? Guess where I am!

  

  Can you guess where I am right now? Points to the most creative ... going to win? "Here is my schedule. I just can't seem to get the times ... . Since MIT lives in numbers instead of words, the next step is to gather

  • by Bryan
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Everyday Is Like Sunday

  

  While there's no delivery of post today, I can assure you that the good men & women of the United States Postal Service are even as I ... all of the letters first class, and I hope nearly everyone will have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 12, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  P(Happy Chanukah)

  

  . Unfortunately, I brought the bureaucracy on myself. Many good questions have been ... soon. Katharine (and others) ask if the delay in the deadline will delay the mailing of decision letters in December. Well, as of right now, we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 17, 2004
• Blog / Events

  Science! at the BAH!Fest The science is a lie. The exclamation points are not.

  

  Have you ever heard the joke: What’s green and has wheels? A logical ... person, however, would recognize the tell-tale signs of a bad joke and wait for the inevitable punch line. In which case I’d happily comply and say

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 8, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  making space in my schedule to go to the maker space and 100 other things I was bad at this semester

  

  Welcome to the first of the many blogs I have meant to write but just not had the energy to do so this semester! Let's get right into it... In December 2020, I learned about the MakerLodge training that first

  • by Waly N. '24
  • June 5, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Touring an IS&T Datacenter, and How My Dad Crashed the Internet I promise they're related.

  

  panicked at the submission of their Early Action applications during the last ... mindless procrastination something cool from MIT. Also, I'll be telling the story of how my father became one of the few people in the world who has

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • November 2, 2014
• Blog / How to Food

  42 Recipes for Surviving Freshman Year (Part 1) Feeding yourself without a meal plan and avoiding the (negative) freshman fifteen.

  

  on the edge of a quiet, salty lake, watching my little brother feed geese and seagulls from the bank. I spent Thanksgiving in Myrtle Beach ... ). Thanksgiving for me is the beach, yoga classes twice a day, and almost absolutely

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 3, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  The Craziest 3 Days of Soccer Ever broken records, halloween practice, and senior day!

  

  season!! We just wrapped up our regular season, and I wanted to share the ... On Wednesday, we had our second to last game of the regular season against Wellesley. We had set a goal this year to not only win the regular

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 4, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Ringing in the second half of MIT The Class of 2019 gets their brass rats...at last

  

  of waiting, we finally got our class rings! The brass rat isn't just any class token--it's one of the most recognizable rings out there. It ... ...a realization that is at the same time frightening, humbling, and empowering

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 23, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Talks Energy at the White House "It is is our institutional responsibility to address the challenges of energy and the environment."…

  

  At a press briefing at the White House on Monday, MIT President Susan ... " new level of federal funding for clean energy research. The event came as Congress prepares to take up the president's budget, which calls for

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 26, 2009