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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

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

  

  Back when I was about seven I dreamed of being an astronaut. Of ... a half months ago, I thought that was just one of my many fleeting ... magnet high school in NYC. This is a planet of it's own. It's called TLM

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

  Back Home No Strings Attached

  

  double bacon, two apple ciders, tater tots, and an extra order of fries ... not as hot, no humidity, and a pleasant trickle of breeze (MIT is also ... , Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, iRobot, or any of those other "MIT summer job

  • by Snively '11
  • May 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  As Winter Melts things are gonna change so fast

  

  easily frustrated by lack of progress, or by people who seem more content ... come up with a word to succinctly describe this aspect of my personality ... it's this part of my personality that's secretly behind my not

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 3, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  We Treat You Nicely VOTE VOTE VOTE!

  

  of those ways is to attend MIT. Another one of those ways is to visit ... MIT into that day as possible, but that's kind of what MIT is like, right? Cramming a ton of stuff into a really short time period? I have

  • by Snively '11
  • November 13, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Overheard at MIT Vote vote vote!

  

  competition! Thanks! One of the biggest culture shocks coming to MIT for me, a kid out of a public high school in Salem OR, was the difference in ... day here over a year ago I've heard some of the most entertaining bits

  • by Snively '11
  • November 11, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Global Poverty Initiative Because you’re reading this while 1/6 of the world is illiterate.

  

  that much of your schedule will revolve around free food. Chess club not ... Cross? But oh, free food! Of course I’m terribly interested in getting involved. (I kid you not, a friend of mine actually kept a calendar of free

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Colors! Burton-Conner:12523 kbps1649 kbps140 ms

  

  blog. Some of my most prolific blogging streaks are when I'm actually the ... it comes out to 40 parts. 4 questions? I think not! So, instead of ... form of pictures that show colorful things that have been happening

  • by Snively '11
  • September 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Peanut Butter Delusion Arguments as old as man.

  

  upon while on campus. I spent a good chunk of time during rush with the brothers of Alpha Delta Phi. One of the rush activities was a pizza dinner at ... the superiority or inferiority of crunchy peanut butter compared to

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • September 13, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Boston Marathon ‘08 I'm back!

  

  three of the bloggers would drop off the face of the earth for a little ... think, "PSHHH." "Pshhhhh," I would think. "If I had the honor of being an ... 's been a month and a week since I last posted. And it's not for lack of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 14, 2008
• Blog / Events

  What can I say, it grew on me . . . (Guest Entry) Now I'm a beaver believer!

  

  staying on The 5th floor of The West parallel. And, I was at The MIT. It ... icebreakers Thursday night (he's the one in the gray sweatshirt). The three of ... physically possible, and to visit all of the dorms. And so, we began our

  • by Snively '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Sam Survey I'M HOSED.

  

  until about a few weeks after I graduate. Also, I made fun of Ben for not ... entry, might I add, of like eight billion. Snively is totally making me ... never wanted to ask, like my favorite kind of chocolate bite-sized candy

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Wall A Lack of Color

  

  for seniors) right now. My walls are an uninteresting shade of white. I ... like it. I have a view of the Media Lab and of the construction next to ... like five or six, but my suite is somewhat of an architectural anomaly

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / Events

  SNOW SNOW SNOW! And other festivities.

  

  So yesterday I saw the first real snow of the season!! (come on, the ... was walking out of Lobby 7 after spending the afternoon teaching my last SAT class of the semester, and I suddenly saw specks of white fall from

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 3, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brains and treason and bouncy balls, oh my! A brain dump largely about - what else? - brains.

  

  Nearly two weeks ago, I promised you a Post of Substance™ to be put ... being eaten by second-order ordinary differential equations instead of first-order ones. Woo! A sign of improvement! Anyway, here. Have

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Orgo Birthday Happy birthday, Ting Ting!

  

  promise I haven't fallen off the earth! Coming off of pass/no record, though, is taking a little bit of adjustment. Speaking of adjustment.. This ... learning community that offers all of the core classes in smaller classes. It

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 14, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Colin Jackson is awesome So is my life, but not to such a great extent.

  

  shaped to remind the consumer of a child's arms folded in prayer. 6 days ... -day weekend and every single day of the weekend was the most beautiful day ever ... statement of purpose for grad school, or a practice GRE essay, or one of my

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Value added You are not the same person you'll be at the end of undergrad, and your…

  

  to grad school. You are not the same person you'll be at the end of ... education at MIT. I'm smart, okay, but I'm not, and never have been, one of ... pool. 2005: Excellent, and better than the majority of people who were

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All About the MCATs All about the MCATs and what you need to take to prepare for it!

  

  amassed a boatload of excuses so feel free to complain and I'll send you one back. I assume that most of you have taken the SATs and that you studied ... challenging, it was just a matter of learning the tricks and being consistent

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 25, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Song Remains The Same But sometimes my blog entry is a little different.

  

  Du Temps" was written while the composer was a prisoner of war in a Nazi prison camp, and was premiered to 5,000 fellow prisoners of war and ... last time. Anonymous: "Sam, would you kindly post a piece of your music

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 30, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  The first step ...is admitting you need help.

  

  ask anybody for help. As you might imagine, sticking 1000 of the brightest kids in the world on a single college campus means that not all of ... to be above average. So one of the most important things you'll learn

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 8, 2006