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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  ‘Twas the Night before Finals Likely the highlight of my literary career. And some words of advice to EA.

  

  hoping for at least one 5 AM rest; And I with my physics, roommates with their chem, Had just settled down for some quick SHM, When out on the ‘net ... just one of you- yeah, I still didn’t know! So while I wait for finals

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • December 15, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Early Action Decisions Details for retrieving your EA admissions decision on Monday evening.

  

  . Q. What is the process for receiving my admissions decision? A. When ... available this week for applicants to confirm their login ability and ... receive your decision online, you will need to register for one using your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life, the Universe, and the Energy Content of Gasoline "Don't Panic. It's the first helpful or intelligible thing anybody's said to me all day."

  

  became a tradition. Every equation sheet I've ever written for an exam at ... week (I believe it was while planning for CPW last year, and around the ... message on my palm at least twice a day for 5 or 6 straight days. And

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 16, 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…

  

  library" (fancy name for a bookcase in the floor lounge where people stash old textbooks they don't want or need anymore for anyone on the floor to ... to give up on the circuit problem for a little while, even if just to

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

  Early Action Season Some advice for the EA deadline. (Relax. Be patient. Don't stress. Don't procrastinate!)

  

  submission date for documents to show up in the tracking system. We have ... lots of time for delayed documents. We are happy to be flexible with ... 'd like it to. We're reading for content, and we're used to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Dah noo-loo Hey kah ay-ay u-nye

  

  big corporations that you hope to work for in the summer. Last year I went to the career fair for all of the free swag, and free swag was what ... the job. Any awesome costumes y'all have made before? I'm looking for

  • by Snively '11
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Sick of Being Sick On being sick at MIT.

  

  stood up - woah, REALLY dizzy - aaand they pretty much took care of me for ... for MIT students. That also includes ambulance rides to and from MIT ... extension for the assignment. (Honestly, I thought the fact that I'd been

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fall term is already a nightmare Today I went to my second day of classes.

  

  HASS-D and writing course, required for both graduation and my writing ... registered for the course getting really excited to be there only to find out ... notwithstanding, this is when you get your shit together for the semester ahead

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 5, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Central Square Dance Party You can even play the videos and dance along to them. It'll be like you…

  

  As Snively wrote, school's out for the summer, but that certainly ... 've been on for the past two months.*) A couple weekends ago the city of ... okay for about three minutes during their cousin Becky's bat mitzvah. We

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 12, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Why yes, I’m with the news I need a good fedora

  

  Clubhouse coordinators for outstanding leadership skills, technical and ... the Museum of Science for free (yay MIT ID card!) and because I figured ... while Kim got all checked in I flashed my ID and got my hand stamped for

  • by Snively '11
  • August 7, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  NOOOOO! It's so sad!

  

  skimmed it, looking for any mention of chairs. Nothing on the front page. I ... -250 Will Be Wider, With Power Outlets for Each." Woo-hoo! Wider. . . and powerful, I'm liking this! I read on, hoping for an indication as to which

  • by Snively '11
  • July 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Study Break To sleep or not to sleep?

  

  . Many different acronyms have been invented for the word "finals," most of ... library (for the quiet more than for the books), completely unaware of the ... examples: Maddie '11, after staying up until 5ish studying for 2.001, gets

  • by Snively '11
  • May 21, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Paris Hilton comes to MIT Just kidding, but I bet that got your attention

  

  ;? Congrats to Bryan for completing it! Bloggers have strong track record; Mitra ... catch up on work and sleep. And yet, there’s never really time for ... /AIDS initiative. He served for six years as Senior Advisor to President Clinton for

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Recap (Guest Entry) "a perfect introduction to MIT"

  

  decided to roam around the campus for an hour. Of course, I ended up in the ... in this picture).So, now I'll move on to Friday!For you people on the ... anyways, as a San Diego girl, I reali zed I was sorely unprepared for cold

  • by Bryan
  • April 19, 2008
• Blog / Events

  What can I say, it grew on me . . . (Guest Entry) Now I'm a beaver believer!

  

  Senior Haus for the bouncy ball drop. Tim brought an umbrella, partially ... the prefrosh, as we expected. For most of Friday, the students on my ... friends, at 10 for my campus tour. I told Becca and Tim about this, and

  • by Snively '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Events

  CPW 2008 @ MIT – Awesomeness Guaranteed (Guest Entry) On things that other colleges (namely their dean of admissions) will never letyou do.

  

  Schmill, Kim Vandiver (Dean for Undergrad Research), and me ???: <class="photo"> Um… Speaking of pictures, I apologize in advance for the poor quality ... Stata Center. As for the building, some love it, some hate it, but nobody

  • by Snively '11
  • April 17, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

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

  likely to be, or perhaps a sense that maybe it's best not to know. As for ... robots to explore other planets. The high point for me was when I was on the flight team for the Magellan spacecraft, which orbited Venus and

  • by mitblogs
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  H0sed Psets, exams, and being "mediocre" at MIT.

  

  .) Psets stand for Problem Sets, and they are the equivalent of the "homework ... classes, they count for little to nothing in your final course grade. You ... psets count for a fair bit in 14.01 (Intro Econ)), your cumulative problem

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Seamless And A Seamless Transition [by Sadie Scheffer '10] I present to you "Seamless: Computational Couture," a smart-fashion show and…

  

  bed in a case that smells like mildew. Luckily for fashion, not everyone ... embellished garments and an umbrella that shrinks on command for space ... can be so much more than a mess of fabric! For example, Amanda Parkes

  • by ARTalk
  • February 27, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hot Dogs Or, how I fail at eating hot dogs.

  

  not only a fire fighter but also because he used to be a cook. For those of you who are out of the loop, fire fighters cook enough food for an ... for an army but only has to feed a family, the boy has to eat it all

  • by Snively '11
  • February 10, 2008