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  Introducing MIT Illuminations at the Welcome Center

  

  MIT committee that allocates money for building renovations and public ... now home to the admissions office and plays host to our visitors, I ... launched MIT Illuminations, a colorful lighting installation and introduction

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 19, 2023
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  All the Blogs I Didn’t Blog A memorial

  

  had a commute and a “9-5” job and an apartment to myself, and had to make time to cook and workout and sleep. Through it all I had many a ... revelations and possible blog beginnings and half-baked stories into one mess of

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • August 14, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Fortune Favors the merits of not working too hard

  

  and author. You may have seen Moneyball, the movie based on his ... small fortune and a new life narrative. All of a sudden people were ... ? Of having parents who didn't disinherit me but instead sighed and said

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 5, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Moment with A Minister kevin rustagi '11 on MIT and entrepreneurship

  

  't hurt, and ended up connecting us with real entrepreneurs while providing ... real way.) Anshul ultimately inspired me to take the leap and start my ... Kevin Rustagi '11 is a designer, entrepreneur, and musician whom I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 11, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ETH Zürich, hier komme ich! A semester of all things Swiss German and chocolate to come

  

  Practice, which offers real-world technology cases and projects from partner ... out to a group chat, and we all drooled at the thought of spending Spring 2018 abroad, especially because Switzerland and chocolate. My

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 1, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  It happens to Helen Life is just a series of awkward moments sometimes.

  

  last term, but I really need some money after that awesome ski trip I ... admissions site is really something, huh? I just look and I see categories, endless categories, and I want to fill them all with my insights on The MIT

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 16, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  Remembering Gisel and honoring twenty years of service and friendship

  

  the office, she probably picked up the phone and connected you to the ... almost 8,000 emails to students, teachers, guidance counselors, and others ... an envelope and dropped it in the mail. If you were an admissions

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 28, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Loose Ends A chronology of happenings.

  

  decisions and dealing with the mail mixup. But it's been one of my better weeks all term, so I thought I'd tell you about it. Sometime early Sunday ... made the decision around 2am, went back to bed, and rose at the fine hour

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

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

  

  reaching a completely different planet and moving there. Until about two and ... . The Land of MIT. And its inhabitants, the Students, look like this ... and had them stand next to each other, they wouldn't look that different

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

  The Boston Festival of Indie Games In which I geek out on campus with a bunch of gamers

  

  in Boston to celebrate gaming, and it is completely free to the public. (But actually it was awesome, and much like a baby-PAX – a video game ... , artwork, etc. Test on family and friends and real gamers and accept honest

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 16, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Temp assignments and cautionary tales

  

  're rejecting and get some free food. You're not expected to switch dorms, but at ... information sent in early summer, and CPW observations if you went to CPW. In ... officially called Residence Exploration (REX) and unofficially called Dorm Rush

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Just some potpourri Zoo! New computer! Cooking! Books! Spine-crushingly tedious work at the lab!

  

  figure out the average length and width of a spine for each condition, and ... allowance" to incoming students, I decided to apply that money to a new laptop ... equipment), and let's just say that the past four years were not kind to it

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 22, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Brass Rat 2017 revealing our class's Brass Rat at the 2017 Ring Premiere

  

  Rat and a free hug from me.   Afterwards, the next two Ring ... Committee, and I enjoyed designing our class's Brass Rat. As a lover of MIT culture and traditions, it was an honor to be able to contribute to the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 8, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday vacation An atypical (but more entertaining than average) day in the life

  

  screwed up my back/shoulder/neck area at cheerleading camp tonight, and I ... /brain and cognitive sciences major is that I frequently don't have class on Fridays, since many bio/BCS classes meet for an hour and a half or two hours

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 30, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Boston Calling Everything I know about having a phone at MIT.

  

  similarly-priced plans offered by Cingular and T-Mobile, and gives you free ... phone and carrier intended for incoming '09s and even for prospective ... don't really have my finger on the pulse of American youth culture (and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Saturday at the water park

  

  deal of money, and c) we work too hard (Adam's working his UROP and a ... high school, Malox and Jinkrod (Not their real names. Adam's dad ... my boyfriend and I ended up at the water park in the first place is

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second First Week Quick update at the start of term.

  

  the same room as last term's writing class, and is held in a similar ... and then we'll dive into real stuff next week. The class is held Monday ... Studies minor, taught by Lori Breslow and Bernd Widdig. Lori is the director

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 15, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] Your Guide to Boston Cafes a letter from chomps

  

  Forest Hills Highlights: nut free baked goods, coffee, AND a record store ... through a summer program last year and we've since bonded over concerts, good food, and all MIT assorted things. I invited her to write a post

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 15, 2025
• Blog / Personal Projects

  [liveblog] presenting at the Open Sauce maker expo! built a funky microscope with my friends

  

  Jul 20, 2025 at 11am My friends (Asal V. ‘25 and Isaac L. ‘25) and I ... Mateo, we’re at booth I22. If you’re around, feel free to stop by! It ... broke my leg. (don’t worry, I’ll walk again in a few months and be fully

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 20, 2025
• Blog / Community Projects

  MIT DDR Tetris on 6-foot LED Matrix "We did this because we were bored." -- Russell Cohen '13

  

  Battle is free software and can be downloaded from GitHub. ... places, at Engadget, CNET, and BostInnovation. Check it out: Burton ... and Leah Alpert '13, with hardware design from their Course 2 floormate

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 20, 2011