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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Marjane Satrapi and French Breakthroughs The author of Persepolis visits MIT, and my French professor is famous

  

  Iranian graphic novelist presents her recent works Sarah H. Wright, News Office October 18, 2006 The Center for Bilingual/Bicultural Studies will present an evening with Iranian graphic novelist Marjane Satrapi…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Ice cream and an onion Chun Li, pirates, magnetic poetry, and an RLC circuit.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Paula Abdul is not African-American. She is of Syrian and Brazilian descent. So every year the senior class sponsors a really, really cheap (like $2.50) Halloween-themed cruise…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breakfast with a Genius Okay, so I stole the genius joke from Bryan. But it's still true.

  

  When I grow up, I want to be Suzan-Lori Parks. Only, you know, not. Suzan-Lori Parks is a playwright and novelist whose play Topdog/Underdog won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for…

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 28, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making Things Fly for a living.

  

  The only course that comes remotely close to being as badass as aero/astro is nuclear engineering and even they don’t have jet engines. If you’re an aero/astro major at MIT…

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Wolverine Wolverine, creme brulee, Ina Garten, BOOM. You symbiotic patriotic slam book neck, right?

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Wolverine is from CANADA. Okay, first of all, who would win in a fight: James Bond or Wolverine? “I’m sitting in lab right now typing this–the computers,…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A Student, A Professor, An Alum Hacking a door, the human genome, and robots.

  

  Today, three very cool articles about MIT people. First, an article about Dheera ’06 MEng ’07, who, um, upgraded his door lock. Next, US News & World Report profiled 20…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Halloween Preparations First my birthday, then halloween!

  

  Yes, it’s been a while since my last entry…much has happened. I am now the ripe age of 20 years old, after a weekend of birthday celebrations in New York…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 26, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  How to Foil a UFO Abduction 1. Control your thoughts.

  

  For the past six years or so, I’ve been a desk calendar addict. You know, the ones that have something to read every day, and you rip them off every…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 26, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Apple Sculptures The Caltech Cannon and soft core porn

  

  I’ll admit it — the “soft core porn” reference in the excerpt for this entry was pretty cheap… but it worked, you pervert. Here are some of the sculpture entries…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 26, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  On Supplemental Materials Further information about application supplements.

  

  I’m often asked about supplemental material. None of the below is required or even expected. In general, you should not send supplemental material unless the application did not sufficiently show…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  More On The Interview… The deadline has passed, but if you're an EA applicant who has not yet contacted…

  

  Please note that, as of August 2018, our process for assigning interviews has changed (though Stu’s observations on the demands of our interviewers remains accurate). A description of the current…

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A Day at the Beach: Quick Trips From MIT The ocean is only a short train ride or drive away!

  Growing up in the Midwest, my “beach” experiences consisted of the sands of Lake Michigan or small lakes in Wisconsin and Michigan. Living (or going to college) in the Boston…

  • by mitblogs
  • October 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Are you sure you don’t want to cancel? Double whammy.

  

  “The author has filed this entry in the ‘Life After MIT (Careers & Grad School)’ section; check it out for further reading on this topic.” …wow. Get ready folks, this…

  • by Bryan
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hi, I’m Lulu ...a different kind of blogger; I take pictures.

  

  Hi, I’m your second new blogger, there’s Keri, and then there’s me. You’ll probably like her better but I hope you like me, too. Most of the basic things you…

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh, sweet freedom? One girl's tale of how to (try and) fend for herself in college. Tire swing…

  

  Oh, the joys of being in college. Finally, we’re independent! We can do whatever we want, even if that entails eating nothing but ramen noodles until we get scurvy and…

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  October ‘06 Questions Omnibus Some advice from MIT interviewers, and answers to your questions.

  

  First off, I’d like to thank everyone who comments on this and the other blogs. I do read all of your comments, and even if I don’t respond, you should…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I like romantic things like music and art ...so why don't I have a boyfriend?

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Andre 3000, from OutKast, has a son (by Erykah Badu) named Seven. I wonder if that makes his name 73000? Dre was also named “Sexiest Vegetarian of…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I’m Kind of a Big Deal Leaves and famous people alike think so.

  

  I’m beginning to think the foliage is out to get me. I was hit by another leaf, on the foot, two days ago. It wasn’t a gentle smack, but it…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 22, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Paul Farmer at the Broad Lander update October 28

  

  I try to attend at least one guest speaker talk a week (many of them are posted on the MIT events calendar), and they usually are are very impressive and…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  This doesn’t suck It's not particularly great, either. But you could go to Germany!

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Upon hearing one of Bach’s motets late in his life, Mozart reportedly remarked, “Finally, here is music one can learn from!” Jeffrey? Seriously? Jeffrey? Okay, the zippertastic…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 20, 2006