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• Blog / Athletics

  Learning more than just math MIT will help you discover other decidedly non-academic passions too.

  

    While it’s easy to think and talk about the incredible academic opportunities at school when you’re, well, at school; it’s decidedly harder to notice them when you’re not. This…

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 3, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Never Mind The Score Insights from the National Poetry Slam - for both MIT students and hopefuls

  

  surprises each and every day. But when I took 5.12, I ended up taking a liking

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In Which I Sound Like an Old Man I'm really not that old...according to CVS cashiers, I apparently look 17 =p

  

  graduation...the class is weighted at 30 credit units (a standard class is 12

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Scary Tails and College Essays Three bad puns, two bloggers, one post.

  

  by Daniel '12, a fellow French House-er. That's not to say that you

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 31, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Misery Loves Company: Part 1 You might fit in at MIT if...

  

  immediately (<12hrs) followed the busiest work week of my life. It was a busy

  • by Cam T. '13
  • September 19, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  What YOU’RE Doing This Summer! (2010 Edition!) yay pictures!

  

  of our group of 12 standing on the brick pile in The Pit after we were

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 9, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions…..*sigh* Is (Fill in the Blank) University the right school for me?

  

  of 12 schools down to 3. (Whewww!!! That’s been a journey.) We are now

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • April 22, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider taking a year before entering college.

  

  I’d like to talk a bit about deferring entry to MIT, also known as taking a gap year. My hope is that you will at least consider, just for a…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Asymmetric Discussion of Shoes, the Process of Moving, and 3D Glasses Physics problem included. Some assembly required.

  

  Today I will tell you how to get into MIT. You get into MIT by wearing thick, waterproof shoes, because the road to MIT is paved with slush. (Yes, all…

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 22, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  8 Hypotheses Like Schubert, I never finished the Eighth.

  

  8 Hypotheses, Mostly Non-Testable: 1. Today I accidentally punched a friend in the head while gesticulating the angle between a wall clock and the horizontal. In an effort to convince…

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 7, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More thoughts on classes However, I did not find Matt's stuff (see blog post below this one).

  

  Dear November, 2009: I’ve reached the age when self-discoveries are easier to find than my room keys, or the chunk of free time missing from my daily agenda, or even…

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 11, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Schedilemmas Schedule + dilemma = most incompetent-sounding portmanteau ever

  

  Three days before classes start, I woke up at 7:09 AM, ran 6 miles, discovered three new species of granola in an unexplored section of the pantry, preheated an oven…

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 7, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Supposedly Fun Thing That I’ll Probably Do Again On July 4th, I reenacted The Old Man and the Sea, minus the old man…

  

  My first Fourth of July in Boston was spent on an inflatable 61-inch-long mattress in the middle of the Charles River, drifting underneath the hulls of pearl-white private yachts and…

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 7, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Value of Creativity Sí, se puede.

  

  Spanish essay due tomorrow and 5.12 to study for, but I feel I must get this

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 6, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  I’M BACK!!!!! (and MIT is hard)

  

  **I’ve been having computer issues for a few weeks, so this entry was written a while ago, but I’ve been unable to publish it until now. Enjoy!** *GASP* *PANT* wow!…

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 11, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Things that make you go hmmmm……. Obama’s transformative presidency………for geeks????

  

  ; Obama to Boldly Go Where No Geek Has Gone Before</h2 >12/24/2008, 10

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • December 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Boing! Boing! Maybe not the best writing ever, but the pictures are awesome!

  

  , and on Saturday evening I went out with James '11 and Sara '12 to buy

  • by Snively '11
  • November 24, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures in Chinatown Food and friends and pigeons.

  

  To be honest, my weekend mornings are probably less exciting than yours, especially if you spend them in riveted perusal of my fascinating blog posts. On Friday nights, while the…

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Historic Boston This entry may be a little long . . .

  

  that for next year all you eager beaver '12s). Eventually, 294 steps up

  • by Snively '11
  • July 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 2) The dog days of summer.

  

  to 12am or later, they really aren't too inclined to be especially

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 30, 2008