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• Blog / About Decisions

  Making your college decision May 1st! Have you decided?

  

  “[In many ways, picking a college is a lot like marriage: the courtship, the ceremony, the cost. So it’s not surprising many players compare it to falling in love.] Make…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 28, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Springtime for Interns in Germany Watch out, Europe: I'm going on tour.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Resistance is measured in Ohms, which are represented by the capital Greek letter omega. The inverse of resistance is conductance. Conductance is measured in Mhos and is…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Undecideds VI: The Undiscovered Country Even more undecided students' questions & answers.

  

  The sixth in a series… With less than a week until the May 1st postmark deadline for your college decision, I figure now is as good a time as any…

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

  Thursday

  

  Sorry, things have been hectic lately, plus my knees really hurt. Tomorrow: 10:00-4:00 — Earth Day 10:30-12:00 — 14.64: Labor Economics class 12:00-1:00 — economic lunch with Janet ’06 4:00-5:00…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  DNA-mazing Lots of tidbits about the biology program at MIT.

  

  Today I am inspired by Ben (not this Ben), who asked it seems that biology courses at high-school level focus a lot on reciting things, and I don’t believe it’s…

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 26, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Neuroscience classes

  

  I ate lunch today with Mollie, and we talked about different classes that we’ve taken (I’m a course 9 major and she’s a double major in course 9 and course…

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 26, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Dating At MIT: Episode 1 So two of my favorite '09s have just started dating each other...

  

  So two of my favorite ’09s have just started dating each other (it’s, like, facebook-official dude!), which makes me enormously happy because (a) they’re pretty much the same person so…

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 26, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Nance Nance Revolution! (+ My CPW Recap) New art and new memories.

  

  As Sam Cooke once said, “It’s been a long time coming but I know a change gonna’ come.” For the greater part of my blog’s existence, many of the regulars…

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • April 25, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds and the Order of the Phoenix Answering the important questions of those still making their decision.

  

  The fifth in a series… With less than a week until the May 1st postmark deadline for your college decision, I figure now is as good a time as any…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 25, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Go, ninja, go. A four hour tour of Boston, with Gilligan, and the Skipper too.

  

  UPDATE — April 16, 2011 — Five years ago I ran the Boston Marathon bandit and posted a mile-by-mile account in this blog entry. It was pretty exciting. My parents…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Additional Questions & Answers Regarding Music At MIT If you've pursued music in high school and wish to continue doing so in college,…

  [by Clarise Snyder – Director, Concerts Office, MIT Music and Theater Arts] If you’ve pursued music in high school and wish to continue doing so in college, you may be…

  • by mitblogs
  • April 24, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Whirlwind Weekend highlights of the weekend (UPDATED!)

  

  Thursday: Medlinks auction So on Thursday, the Medlinks had a dating auction to benefit a scholarship fund in Louisiana. One of my friends, Mike ’07, asked me if I wouldn’t…

  • by Bryan
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds, Episode 4: A New Hope Addressing the concerns of undecided students.

  

  The fourth in a series… With a week until the May 1st postmark deadline for your college decision, I figure now is as good a time as any to the…

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

  Collective Apprehension Seems like my last entry freaked everyone out. No worries guys! You can do it!…

  

  So, a quick recap of my week before I launch into repsonses to the many, many comments I’ve received the past few days: On Monday I got back from my…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Ring delivery! Saturday night was Ring Delivery!

  

  Here is my delayed entry on Ring Delivery!!! (To learn about the ring, check out a previous entry). It was held at the Boston Public Library, which I had never…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tech Nomads Four MIT students are spending the summer racing 8000 miles across Europe. Find out why.

  

  “The mother of all adventures, the Mongol Rally is an 8000 mile dash across пњљпњљ of the earth’s surface in cars that most people consider underpowered for doing the shopping.…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  You oughta know Answers to many, many questions.

  

  Questions about class plans Nehalita asked about class plans, and I promised to get back to her on that. Class plans are mostly useful for people who are interested in…

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds, Part 3 Helping the Class of 2010 with their decisions.

  

  The third in a series… With fewer than 10 days to go until the May 1st postmark deadline for your college decision, I figure now is as good a time…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  This was meant to be written a week and a half ago

  

  Yeah, I’ve been a slacker about writing this up. So in my last entry, Caltech’s cannon appeared at MIT for CPW, complete with intricately machined ring around the barrel. Of…

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  My Long-Overdue CPW Recap Better late than never!

  

  So I did pretty much everything I said I was going to do at CPW, but I was fairly negligent in documenting my adventures in photos. Alas. Well, I’ll show…

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 21, 2006