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• Blog / Admissions

  Let the games begin! Last minute advice for your CPW.

  

  Student Center -- and it'll definitely be worth the trip. Directions: N52

  • by Cam T. '13
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  In which I show no restraint whatsoever But don't worry, you'll all probably benefit from it (unless, you know, you don't).

  

  , everyone! - Futurama just got uncanceled! Better than pancakes: Y/N? Y

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 11, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  The Grandest of Road Trips Reflections on a cross-country road trip, on an international plane flight, on a full bladder.

  

  . -Eating at a Steak 'n Shake in Indiana as a minority is a lonely endeavor

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 1, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Really, I don’t feel like thinking of a title right now Now there's a title cop-out you can only use once. Good thing I saved it…

  

  As much as I hate Twitter, I think I’m going to follow the trend of “micro-blogging” that has apparently hit MIT Admissions this week. See, I’m hosed beyond all imagining,…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 11, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things You Shouldn’t Do And something I did

  

  officially gone. I have no backups, I have no caches, they were just gone. G-O-N

  • by Snively '11
  • February 27, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Rainbow Lounge Where the LGBT kids hang out.

  

  Back in the day (TM) when I was a prefrosh participating in the awesomeness that is Campus Preview Weekend, I noticed an event in my 500 page calendar called “Rainbow…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 23, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things that are awesome being published, D-lab, and MISTI. Also cookies. But there are no cookies in this entry.

  

  Well here are a whole bunch of interesting things, and I’m just going to blog about them all at once RIGHT NOW instead of putting them off until later (i.e.…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 20, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Integration Bee If this were televised, nobody would watch the Superbowl.

  

  , s, i, n, h, e, l). Here's the gig: The 12 top scorers on a quick

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 2, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  American culture at its finest: Thanksgiving How my family celebrates the holiday. Plus a crash course in U.S. culture for internationals.

  

  The fourth Thursday of November and the few days before and after are typically the biggest travel days in the U.S. Why? Because that day (today!) is Thanksgiving day, which…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The story of the most epic pset ever If you correct my problem set in the comments, I will get angry. And you…

  

  This semester I’m taking a class called “Sustainable Energy,” and so far, it’s pretty awesome. It’s one of the few classes where I really feel like I’m learning a lot.…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

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

  

  n>>2. The preliminary calendar of events is here, and I have a

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tale of the Midnight Tool! Simulcast in 1337 for our viewers at home!

  

  - 1. v. To work tirelessly on p-sets or other tedious things. 2. n. One

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Courses and Stuff Mason '10 made up the title, blame him.

  

  I think it was Snively who called this the “freebie” entry: describing the classes you’re taking in a given semester. Well, now that I’m a first semester senior who just…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 15, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The other 2 of the 3 R’s About reading and writing on campus -- forget the 'rithmetic.

  

  , and serious student group (n.b. I saw their president last week and she

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Olympians, Part 2 This time, I am talking about science olympiads.

  

  , Chemistry: Bronze (n.b. There were no seniors on the US International Biology

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 22, 2008
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  ¡Es-pa-ña! ¡Campeones!

  

  So. I know a lot of you reading this are Americans, which means that the word “football” means a sport played neither with feet nor anything resembling a normally shaped…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 5, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  ¿Cómo se dice…? La única cosa que he aprendido en la clase de español.(Blame Google Translator if that…

  

  total n00b when you get to MIT. I'll help you out. First, pronouncing

  • by Snively '11
  • June 11, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Internet is Weird My first attempt at using eBay, or, how I'm trying to profit off of sad…

  

  Go read about the Big News first. (I considered adding spoiler space here, but um…that’d just be weird. Because the rest of this entry is SO TOTALLY NORMAL and all,…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 15, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Parliamo Italiano! And some other languages too.

  

  This IAP I took Italian I, and it was basically awesome. You might be wondering about MIT’s language department, considering that….it’s MIT, and languages don’t involve math and all. First…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 1 Yay, power tools! A look at places to find them around campus.

  

  In response to a request from a current applicant, I’m proud to present to you a virtual tour of some of MIT’s machine shops. As you can imagine, especially considering…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2007