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• Blog / Academics & Research

  HackMIT 2017: Friends ❤, Food, and Flying Deloreans (Guest Post) Or maybe not quite that last one

  

  I took part in HackMIT last year, and it was a great deal of fun! I ... mentors, and tinker around with lots of new shiny gadgets, technologies, and ... , money transfer, mapping, etc.  Without further ado, here's a quick guest

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • July 11, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  I like romantic things like music and art ...so why don't I have a boyfriend?

  

  a third of the dishes and takes home about a half of the prize money ... maybe you'll be watching something on television, or Weird Al's White and ... your parents having frank and open discussions of your future and college

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  5E Rush Photos

  

  pictures, and I'll have more Switzerland pictures and some real writing ... and head-scratching, because we were able to put them to good use. Also ... . His image was clearer in real life. (In case you're curious, that

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eric Lander, spring rolls, and the New York Times two of those three are related

  

  : (1) bacon (2) an Eric Lander lecture (3) large amounts of money ... number 1, and thanks to the obscene amount of tuition I'm paying MIT I was able to attend number 2 (and am also missing number 3), which is why I

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 6, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Homecoming some musings on memory

  

  buildings and more trees, rebranded restaurants and abandoned stores. The ... school? With that sari-sari store selling overpriced school supplies and the street vendors selling bananacue? That street lives rent-free in my

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 13, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  CPW Advice 2k19 come party wildly and/or play wii and/or perceive wonders and/or...

  

  I felt so light and free, like I was moving so fast that I had shed ... Students' Weekend. Admitted high school seniors flood MIT for 3.14 days and ... super excited, or kind of nervous, or maybe you've already comMITted and

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 8, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  passionless had a crisis, got a tattoo

  

  treating New Year's Eve as a reason to make a charcuterie board and talk to friends instead of a day of radical change and contemplation. I mostly ... 's lives to feel like there are a million possibilities, and I feel like I

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 7, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Wild Parties, Vaginas and Suburbia Can you possibly guess where this entry is going? No. You can't.

  

  around the world to raise awareness and money for campaigns and charities ... know, I know, three plays AND five elections and/or speakers, how does ... feel better about their failed relationship, and the party turns out a

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 16, 2008
• Blog / Announcements

  A New Year, A New President Introducing Dr. Sally Kornbluth, the 18th President of MIT

  

  In February, MIT President —  and noted admissions blog commenter ... this morning and wonder why you were rescheduled to a different location ... -elect; her term will inaugurate with the New Year on January 1, 2023. You can

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Aged And Confused thoughts from a fossil

  

  the British, you may have heard fireworks and smelled the smoke of ... historically significant and culturally stupendous event: my birthday. Today, I ... age", and am a third of the way along a reasonably optimistic life

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 5, 2011
• Blog / Events

  dtyd weekend all party, no planning (for once)

  

  for our current members and alumni. the chaos started on Thursday, where ... [/annotation] and then headed straight to Bhangra practice. since Bhangra was the ... , and then went back to my dorm for my floor's first CPW event, "Deep

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 19, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2022 (ok, i didn't enjoy all of it)

  

  Life: Mathematics and Construction (≈100k words). A free textbook on ... This is my fourth (and last) post like this. See 2019, 2020, 2021 ... one, he thinks, as he downs it and asks for a third. Meanwhile (≈23k

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 21, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Wise Words From Mikey A good thing to read as you prepare to arrive on campus and begin your…

  

  , and I decided to wait until now instead of posting it in June - this seems like a better time, as people prepare to arrive on campus and start ... sentiments expressed below - I just work here and I know I've felt this way

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 15, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Presenting…the 2008 Brass Rat!!! As the only sophomore blogger, it is my duty, no, pleasure, to describe the unveiling…

  

  recognized rings in the world (and no animals were harmed in the manufacturing ... Committee, are chosen to redesign the ring and add little details that recall ... of the kangaroo which, like Tech, goes forward by leaps and bounds

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A new semester but if I give you my daily schedule here, what will I fill my Facebook…

  

  all what classes I'm taking this term! I've got a varied and hefty schedule this term so lets get to it. (classes are arranged chronologically) 8.02-Physics II-Electricity and Magnetism I'm not actually taking this

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 8, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  cognitive augmentation probably the most mindblowing course i’ve encountered at mit

  

  in psychology and cognitive science is extremely prevalent and ... famous results such as the dunning-kruger effect and the stanford prisoner ... details on experiment setup and validity you’ll have to look into it

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 19, 2022
• Blog / Events

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

  

  recently. 1. Steven Levitt (author of Freakonomics and MIT PhD) came to campus on Monday and spent two hours at events for undergraduates 2. Iqbal Quadir (head of MIT's Program in Developmental Entrepreneurship and

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

  last minute application panic for the procrastinators

  

  , embrace serenity with 21% oxygen, 78% nitrogen, and small amounts of argon ... deadline. Most schools will take letters of recommendation and other ... . Give yourself more time and avoid a heart attack. You’re too young for

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 22, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  IAP: A Quick Roundup Snively and his homepage dominance must be stopped!

  

  don't sleep, and perhaps that Chris M. is pretty smooth with the ladies ... , admit it, that's more money than you've ever seen in person) While there ... know that stuff from the pamphlets you read over and over again (I'm on

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 27, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s May 2nd. Have you replied to your colleges yet? The music has stopped -- the last dance is over.

  

  dance that happens between students and colleges where the power dynamic shifts back and forth several times; one courts the other, then the other courts the first, and so on. We spend time and money trying to identify

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 2, 2014