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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Meets The OC Be sure to watch the April 6 episode!

  

  Oh, so good. Joanne witnessed the convergence of two of her loves a few days back, and now it’s my turn. Just received email from my friend who works in…

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 2, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  MIT wins the gold

  

  Oh look, how interesting. MIT seems to have won an Olympic gold medal at Torino. All photo credits go to Matt Peddie ’09. A pretty nighttime shot from far away.…

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 2, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Hello from Palo Alto My California not-so-vacation.

  

  I’m not going to lie, I’m pretty sick of grad school interviews. I’ve been extremely lucky to interview at all of the top five programs in biology, and eat lots…

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Financial Aid Tracking + Evie Pix Some quick updates.

  

  Hi folks, First I just wanted to give mad props to the kind folks who have submitted photoshopped Evie/Sawyer photos in the last entry. They are amazing and are giving…

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  More quick answers Finaid questions, etc.

  

  Answers to some more of the common questions… ————————————- What’s up with the financial aid deadline? All financial aid forms should be submitted/postmarked by today: Wednesday, March 1. ————————————- What…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 1, 2006
• Blog / Events

  A Sweet Deal An offer I will not refuse.

  

  I just got this email, and I’m excited. Any recommendations on who we should take out to dinner or where we should go out to eat? Mitra recommends: Professor Jeffrey…

  • by Bryan
  • February 28, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Indra Nooyi presentation A presentation from Indra Nooyi, President & Chief Financial Officer for PepsiCo.

  

  This afternoon I went to a talk on Diversity in Action by Indra Nooyi. She spoke at Sloan (MIT’s school of management) as part of a series that will host…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 28, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  Citius, Altius, Mens et Manus In the words of a great woman, "Yay, a hack!"

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The United States won 9 gold medals in the most recent Winter Olympics in Torino. ..and many thanks to Joe ’06 for showing up with this photograph…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 28, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Fun With Photoshop Do you have mad Photoshop skills? Show us.

  

  Things are still pretty crazy around here, so until I get a chance to post, I’ll keep you entertained with the following. As you know if you follow Matt’s blog,…

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Relaxing Weekend Did you ever hear about that whole firehose analogy?

  

  After two weeks of pure torture (that’s what MIT is in the end, don’t kid yourself), I was really looking forward to relaxing this weekend. Of course, I did nothing…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Professorial Help Thanks to the faculty.

  

  While we continue working 7 days a week toward selecting the Class of 2010, I’d like to take an opportunity to thank the many awesome faculty members who have helped…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 26, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Super Top Secret Spy Action Real Life Experience: Building a car in 2.007

  

  So in hopes to show you more about what classes are like, over the next few weeks, I’ll be highlighting one of my classes in each entry. This week, I’ll…

  • by Bryan
  • February 26, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  VSEPR Google News is the best.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? A jurassic beaver once ruled the riverbank. I’ve had an extraordinarily busy (and short!) week that I will describe to you all in detail soon enough; for…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Michael Xiang: Double UROP Extraordinaire! Michael Xiang has two UROPs, one at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and another…

  

  Speaking from experience, having a UROP is a big time and emotional investment. On average, UROPers spend eight hours in the lab per week and a lot of free time…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why I do what I do A few reasons I'm still on this planet.

  

  I’ve gotten a few questions lately about my activities — why I do what I’m doing and such — so I thought I’d clue you all in on my raison…

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Holmstrom, et al.

  

  On Friday, I attended a Undergraduate Economics Association(UEA)-sponsored lunch with Professor Bengt Holmstrom, the head of the MIT Economics Department. Not too shabby. Professor Holmstrom spoke about different routes to…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Small Get-together Friday An informal reception for HMMT participants and others visiting Boston on Friday.

  

  While we’re still quite busy with selection, tomorrow (Friday) I’ll have a small reception for any students visiting MIT. The reception will be tomorrow (Friday) at from 5-7pm in Stata…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A few quick answers The skinny.

  

  Selection has been busy enough that I haven’t had time to do a full Questions Omnibus, I do have enough time to steal an idea from Ben and quickly answer…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Mid-year Grade Reports And Other Common Questions Quick answers to a few of the common questions in my blog over the last…

  

  Quick answers to a few of the common questions in my blog over the last few days… ————————————- How will I know if MIT has received my mid-year grade report?…

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Engineering Hero One of the coolest professors at MIT

  

  So two weeks ago, I had a lecture from one of the oldest people at MIT. …This might have also been possibly one of the best lectures I’ve ever had…

  • by Bryan
  • February 22, 2006