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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  61 Things to Love About Boston Give or take a few.

  

  A lot of the day-to-day communication at MIT happens, not through face-to-face conversation, but via email. I get email from my dorm, from my fraternity, from my professors, from the…

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 29, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Acting, Writing, and Roleplaying: A Match Made in Heaven [by Susan Shepherd '11] Guild members have infiltrated the KGB, made first contact with aliens,…

  

  [by Susan Shepherd ’11] Here at MIT, you can find students pursuing hobbies of all kinds – acting in the Musical Theater Guild, for example, or painting a mural on…

  • by ARTalk
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Info Session Courtesy of Ben Jones

  

  Barkowitz and I have decided that today would be a good day to liveblog a Ben Jones info session. Now, we’ve never done a joint liveblog before so be easy…

  • by Snively '11
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reflections Some thoughts on the admissions process, both to those who were admitted and those who…

  

  I know that it’s been a long year, and now that you’ve had a week to process the decisions, I thought I’d offer some thoughts on the process, both to…

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Your MIT ID PLASTIC! Shiny plastic, at that!

  

  What was I looking forward to most when I arrived on campus for Orientation (Pre-orientation rather)? MIT’s next installment of the “Here’s a HUGE envelope full of colorful stuff for…

  • by Snively '11
  • March 26, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Updates And Shannon’s Formula Random mid-week fun, and a few small updates for admitted and waitlisted students.

  

  Update for Admitted students: We’ve been hearing reports that a few of you haven’t received your packages yet. Please don’t worry – they should arrive very soon! In the meantime,…

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 26, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Class of 2012 Night at the Movies '21,' the MIT Blackjack Team movie, opens this weekend... who's in?

  

  As you probably know, the movie 21, based on the true story of the MIT Blackjack Team, opens Friday in movie theaters across America. In case you haven’t seen the…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  All these days I spend away What does "home" mean to you?

  

  BREAKING NEWS: Stu Schmill ’86 Named New Dean of Admissions – go wish him congratulations! Shockingly, MIT does occasionally grant its students reprieve and respite from the constant deluge of…

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 25, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Stu Schmill ‘86 named Dean of Admissions Exciting news!

  

  I thought you all would like to know this exciting news! Schmill named new dean of admissions March 24, 2008 Stuart Schmill SB ’86 has been named MIT’s next dean…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 24, 2008
• Blog / Events

  AND THERE WAS A PILLOW FIGHT!!! Didja catch the reference?

  

  On March 1st, this was posted on the MIT ’12 Facebook discussion board: On March 5th I received an e-mail from Tamara ’12. Hey Snively! So, you want a fun…

  • by Snively '11
  • March 24, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Upside-down and Reversed: Photography at MIT [by Biyeun Buczyk ‘10] I came to MIT thinking I’d put art aside for the…

  

  [by Biyeun Buczyk ‘10] Behind these gray walls, Prof. Harold “Doc” Edgerton invented high-speed stroboscopic photography, and to this day his work lines the Institvte’s hallways. The Edgerton Center (nicknamed…

  • by ARTalk
  • March 23, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  Laptops! It goes on the top of your lap.

  

  I’ve had dial-up internet for as long as I can remember. One of the things I was looking forward to most about MIT was having a laptop and campus-wide WI-FI.…

  • by Snively '11
  • March 22, 2008
• Blog / Events

  On Latin American Things Hablas español? Do you want to?

  

  Omigooooooooosh (Yes, goosh) it’s spring break! And by spring break, I mean that I’m not attending the last two classes I have today, because I’m leaving for Mexico in a…

  • by Karen F. '11
  • March 21, 2008
• Blog / Events

  A Mystery Hunt Puzzle A Taste of Things to Come...

  

  It is 2:45 AM. You have just finished your 5.111 pset. The handwritten solutions took you 10 pages, and you’re very fed up with drawing molecular orbital diagrams. You still…

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Forget that Or, "Why I won't be posting next week"

  

  On Tuesday night, Diana ’08 baked a cake. Since she borrowed a bunch of my kitchen stuff (bowls and spoons and so on), she promised to save me a piece.…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Updates for the Admitted There's good stuff on your MyMIT portal.

  

  Hello, Class of 2012! There’s lots of fun stuff now on your MyMIT portal now, including: Campus Preview Weekend Registration: Please register for CPW on March 31 or when your…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A for the Waitlisted Some (hopefully) helpful questions and answers for waitlisted students.

  

  I know that folks on the waitlist have lots of questions; hopefully this post will be quite helpful! How does the waitlist work? We are aiming for a class of…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Neglect Your Creative Side And I don't mean the side of you that thinks up math problems while you…

  

  First off, congratulations to the Class of 2012! From what I hear you guys are amazing. I can’t wait to meet you. And to those of you who weren’t offered…

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Tour/Hack/Math Three things that happen a lot at MIT

  

  Yesterday (Tuesday) was a very eventful day. It began with me in lab building toys (for anybody who is unsure, this is a good way to start the day). After…

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

  What Do You DO All Day? A guest-author entry by Joan Horvath '81.

  [by Joan Horvath ’81] “What do you DO all day?” There’s a certain furtiveness when someone asks a scientist or engineer this question: perhaps it is nervousness about how thorough…

  • by mitblogs
  • March 19, 2008