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• Blog / MIT Life

  “Well, you just cost me money.” Best. Desk Call. EVER.

  

  On any given day, you'll totally forget how awesome it is that you're an MIT student, and that there are people outside of MIT who ... the moon is a planet or not. me: well, the moon is a satellite of the

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 23, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  MITwitter That's possible the worst portmanteau I've ever made.

  

  that aren't worthy of a full blog post (like, for instance, announcing that I now have a twitter account), plus there's a lot of corporate and

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 19, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Commencement Webcast MIT gives me a diploma in T-3 hours...

  

  the last time, I put my Brass Rat on facing up. In a couple of hours, I ... days I'll have had enough time to process all of this, and write

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 5, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  HS Juniors/Sophomores: Upcoming MIT Events MIT will have events with Yale and Brown Universities in Southern California and the Mid-Atlantic…

  

  counselor about the state of admissions. Counselors can RSVP at brownmityale ... touring the Mountain West/Pacific Northwest states. Of course, we'll also

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Tips from Me to You 15% is standard most places, but my tips are 100%! (awesome that is)

  

  This is more of a mini-entry, a blogget if you will. I know that for a good portion of you, the pressure is on, as there's officially ... backs guys, if you've done your best walk away from it now. It's out of

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 4, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  Hack or Treat A time for tricks.

  

  To celebrate the spirit of All Hallow's Eve, MIT hackers left a special treat (or perhaps a trick) near the Great Dome. I saw the hack ... administrators) dressed up. Walking around campus, I spotted a member of the USS

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 31, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Wrap-Up 2008

  

  was an extraordinary year across the admissions landscape, with some of ... schools for the fall. To those of you who stuck with us on the waitlist

  • by Decisions
  • June 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Funnies An Appetizer

  

  at least four entries that are in various stages of being writ. I don't have a whole ton of time for an awesome entry right now, but I do have some time to share some MIT funnies. These are examples of things that

  • by Snively '11
  • February 19, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Karen: A Short History Finally.

  

  anecdote about my first encounter with technology or science. Most of my ... (gasp!) and spent the better part of a year not always understanding what ... ... Anyway, I had a lot of time to think about ways to spend my life that

  • by Karen F. '11
  • September 25, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Time To Have A Sit-Down With Your GC. Can we tawk?

  

  case you didn't know, the GC is the guardian and gatekeeper of the ... ? Outside of your parents and teachers, your GC is one of the most important ... for you and your parents. Write letters of recommendation for you

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 24, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT TechTV: Incredible videos from the MIT community YouTube has nothing on us.

  

  of their Tech Video Showcase. Watch the videos and judge for yourself ... — http://techtv.mit.edu/file/31/ Most “MIT”: The Making of Mens et Manus

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 20, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Party!

  

  , which people later eat. It has other food, and bands, and two nights of ... , backed up by Campus Police. My good friend Erik '09 was the head of

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 8, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Weather Machine We wish you were still here!

  

  course of writing this entry (and all I wrote about was something about a ... certification (I'm now a certified EMT in the state of Massachusetts, which makes

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 22, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m in Lusaka, baby, so why don’t you blog me? I told Sam to blog this entry since I'm in Zambia (that explains the title).

  

  University of Zambia (UNZA) before we begin our trip to the community of Mwape

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Happy Holidays! Pictures from our recent holiday party.

  

  Happy holidays from the admissions office! I'll be leaving in a bit for a week of vacation (YES!) - back on January 2. I hope you all have ... it out. The requisite embarassing picture of yours truly. Marisa

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Edmund’s New Toy Guitarring starring eJones

  

  Meet Edmund Jones, a member of the Admissions Office staff (and Sam's freshman year advisor) I ran into him yesterday in Lobby 7, snapped this ... with mother of pearl pickguard, ash body with maple neck and rosewood

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 28, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  The ‘Game’ Supporting inter-collegiate relations.

  

  to Yale.) And WAIT! This really is not just a rivalry of two schools, MIT is in the mix too. MIT has a long standing tradition of hacking the

  • by Bryan
  • November 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  My First Full Reading Day So far you're all awesome, of course.

  

  you out of your reading chair and into an adventure, each applicant's folder is a story. When I'm "in the zone," I don't notice the monotony of

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 8, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Everybody LOVES a math joke Math jokes for a Monday chuckle!

  

  even told it at a Harvard party that we went to, with an audience of ... American Mathematical Society Journal, called Foolproof: A Sampling of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 6, 2006
• Blog / Events

  ZigZag 10 A new episode of MIT's video podcast, hosted by me. And there's mariachi.

  

  Episode 10 of MIT's video podcast, ZigZag, has been released. It contains a piece about the annual Freshman Photograph, the Kendall Square Bio ... valedictorian). Anyway, "White & Nerdy" is a parody of "Ridin'" (Ridin' Dirty

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 22, 2006