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• Blog / Academics & Research

  More humanities than a humanities major Bitter complaining and fond reminiscing. Can't beat that with a stick.

  

  friend of a friend of Sam's Mom Because I am a fool, I also bought the ... moments before our departure. That should be stress-free. The moral of the ... -dollar fall retreat at a cabin in New Hampshire with the dorm, both of which

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday Afternoon Props Props to ten people/committees/inanimate objects that deserve props.

  

  improving my quality of life over the past 48 hours. 1. The Burton ... of over 100 freshman across nine floors, rarely needing to sink below ... . J. P. Licks, the ice cream store of choice of many MIT bloggers, for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Pardon my French! Join me as I cross the English Channel and dodge oncoming traffic on the Champs-Elysees.

  

  So you've heard of Socrates and Archimedes. But did you hear about the Greek father of vegetables? His name was Crudites. ;-) (Yes, it ... Eurostar train through the Channel Tunnel, referred to by some as one of the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  The summer begins…

  

  and housing lottery preferences. With most of this behind me, it feels ... this weekend to explore some of Europe by rail, and I promise to post

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • June 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist

  

  I'm currently out of the office, but back in Cambridge, it has been announced that unfortunately, for the third consecutive year, and despite all ... higher than we had expected. More news on the yield and makeup of the class

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 10, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Blog Links If you have a blog, share the URL in this thread!

  

  I haven't disappeared, really! Just haven't had a ton of things to post about this week. That will change next week when I post pictures ... - it's an awesome collection of clarifications & advice for first

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 4, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  And Then There Was One Juan Salvador Acosta has broken the pact and succumbed to the mighty razor.

  

  catch the tears that would otherwise run with the ink of your applications ... been answered at the end of it.)

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 31, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Late Night Thoughts On You Guys & This Whole Process Each of you is going to make the world a better place, whether or not…

  

  't take the MIT admissions decision as any indication of your potential. You are all superstars, truly. And each of you is going to make the

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 11, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection Day 2

  

  With a difficult day and a half of selection behind me, I'm looking ... summaries of your applications, and now we take those summaries and work from them. We do selection in subcommittees, usually of three people -- I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 4, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection

  

  Quick update: Right now, the "committee room" (room 10-100, converted for the purpose) is very quiet, but in 2 hours it will be abuzz: selection of the Class of 2009 begins today at 1:00pm Eastern Standard Time. I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 3, 2004
• Blog / Classes

  contradictions too much, not enough

  

  from my brain, minimal editing, stream of consciousness -- just my raw ... position, typing this out. i just made a bunch of heart-shaped cookies with chris and tiramisu for a hall birthday. it's the first day of the long

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • October 8, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The story behind TIMtalks In other words, a story about stories

  

  , or failed at a wide range of ventures or ideas told their stories ... “Think. Inspire. Motivate.” There has already been some coverage of the ... , but as one of the handful of inaugural TIMtalks speakers, I got a unique

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 5, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Learning about the ABCs Apple Bake Competition, At Burton Conner

  

  note="one of the dorms at MIT, also where i live ... functional and eating edible food"]GRAs [/annotation]in the Fall of each year. It’s a competition where people bake a lot of goods with apples, to

  • by Janet G. '27
  • October 29, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  What Your Campus Wheels Say About You skrt skrt

  

  .[/annotation]  That was my first taste of trekking around campus. MIT’s campus is a ... end of campus to another, such as from Tang Hall to the Sloan School of Management, it would be a [annotation note="Which is about the length of 12

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 20, 2024
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Joint Post] Build a robot boat with MIT Arcturus! Q&A with Arcturus captain Audrey Chen

  

  the forefront of it! This year, we will be building an autonomous boat ... ! Audrey: Yeah! So this will be Arcturus’ second year of competition. Last ... competition this year or the next will depend on the amount of manpower we get

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  The November Rule 2: Electric Boogaloo the one rule you should not break (take it from me, kids)

  

  later, in an ironic (and quite sad) twist of fate, I broke the November ... ="exactly 2 years ago to this day. i am the master of eerie timing"]month into ... it impacted me quite a bit. with every new year comes an onslaught of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 23, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  the one where i talk to ameer what is real again?

  

  , in front of me is the Jeremy, behind me is Ariel, DJ to my left, and right behind him is Ameer. Scattered throughout the rest of the office is ... tangibly real, to digitized clusters of pixels on a Zoom call. What is "real

  • by kellen manning
  • April 9, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  [Guest Post] Those Kids in Uniform Everything you didn't ask to know about ROTC

  

  amazing program and a huge part of my life. However, it’s hard to understand ... wanted to answer some of the questions I get the most, and provide specific information about the rewarding experience of being a cadet here at MIT.  So

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 7, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Third times the charm or so I hope

  

  -and-the-firehose-oh-havent-you-missed-me-dearly kind of back-to-school welcome. Before having much time to recharge from ... -- after our family friends from Australia moved out of California. They are the sweetest! Reaching the summit of a 11k foot mountain, Mount Baldy

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

  A Home, not just a Haus fighting the good fight

  

  stresses of MIT. There are no more PSETs I must frantically worry about ... winter-me. I’m on the train heading into the depths of New York City, about to venture into the Museum of Modern Art with a friend from Senior Haus

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • June 12, 2016