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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels More on the evolution of the MIT class ring.

  

  , for the unveiling of the class ring. The design process begins in ... lucrative ring contract: 90% of all students will purchase the ring in a ... a beaver? Another interesting story. In 1914, Lester Gardner of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Woot! My t-shirt is funnier than your t-shirt.

  

  ordered finally arrived in the mail today. Autumn = Embarrassment Donut

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Week MIT: It's so dangerous, you'll have to sign a waiver.

  

  you have to do in a week, and you sort of want to die inside. :) For ... session for MURJ, the research journal I'm co-editor-in-chief of GM ... had psets in 24.900 and 5.12 instead of tests). And all in all, I'm not

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT goes on the road Beginning Sunday until the end of October, my Admissions colleagues and I will go forth…

  

  in the MIT undergraduate student body? And, which foreign country is ... to tell you tales of MIT. This year, the first meetings are in ... 'll talk about what MIT looks for in an interview and give you some advice

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Surprise! Long time no see!

  

  that you were in Milwaukee and didn't call him.

  • by Snively '11
  • August 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Win Sam Stuff! That, amongst other things.var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" +…

  

  the rounds so I hopped in and joined them. It's always nice to hang out ... chillin' in my mouth. I got back to my room and decided to spend some time ... a way to post all of the videos in such a way that not only do they

  • by Snively '11
  • June 21, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Update The Waitlist Committee has finalized decisions and has emailed all waitlisted applicants.

  

  yield for international students admitted in Regular Action was quite high

  • by Decisions
  • May 20, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Disaster Relief .

  

  everything is alright with your family, your friends, you, out in this

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 13, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The State of Things Deflated, that about sums it up.

  

  BOOM! CPW is now over and dear sweet gummy bear in the sky was it ... building things in East Campus to leading dorms tours to Meet the Bloggers to ... students are still in bed, broken, and there is this sense of dread

  • by Snively '11
  • April 13, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  A Fool’s Holiday How MIT celebrates April Fool's Day

  

  MIT homepage. Hey, anything's better than trying to work in an Athena

  • by Bryan
  • April 1, 2008
• Blog / Events

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

  

  , you decide to return to your 14.01, for it is due in 11 hours. Luckily

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

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

  

  page has your MIT username in the top corner, so you can quickly and easily find your printouts in the massive pile of stuff that has been ... found the slice of cake in the kitchen the next morning, and decided to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Years of the Rat More about MIT's famous class ring: the "Brass Rat."

  

  the unveiling of the class ring. The design process begins in freshman ... contract: 90% of all students will purchase the ring in a typical year; one ... features a beaver on the front. Why a beaver? Another interesting story. In

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 21, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Sometimes we have fun Pictures, pictures, pictures

  

  -Entry Thanksgiving Dinner A new tradition we started in A-entry this year. Each person ... there's ham on her plate. Lynn cannot multitask at all. In fact, if you ... logs (my favorite acapella group) performed too. Meeting Paul in person

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • January 7, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Inbox Insanity "You've Got Mail."

  

  Considering the lack of inactivity on these blogs in the past week or ... other eager freshmen, still believed 24 hours in a day was surely enough ... (many) are from dorm mailing lists – the topics in those can range from

  • by Karen F. '11
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  You’re Not Alone Even if you think you are.

  

  seminar in Japanese Politics and Society 3:00 - 5:00 PM: seminar in Japanese ... debating the finer points of reaction scheduling in a batch process with our ... 're exhausted and you still haven't started your pset that's due in 8 hours, you

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • October 17, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  Harry Potter and the Infinite Corridor (updated!) Don't even try to post a spoiler.

  

  Currently at Au Bon Pain in Harvard Square awaiting the arrival of ... wearing reads: "If you tell me what happens in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, I will punch you in the face. I'm not kidding." Photos from

  • by Bryan
  • July 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The ‘Magic Paint Brush’ This is so much cooler than MS Paint.

  

  leaves me in awe. This time, it is the I/O Brush: [I just realized that ... /O Brush is a project by Kimiko Ryokai in the Tangible Media Group at the ... tool to explore colors, textures, and movements found in everyday

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Stories of Senioritis How to Procrastinate

  

  ninety minute final, open book, open note final exam in cell biology. It ... Bloggers...just wait until you see me in the Infinite in the Fall. I can ... 'm in no rush to see Pirates 3. And finally, if all else fails

  • by Bryan
  • May 31, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  …More CPW The last of my photos from the weekend.

  

  times. "Is MIT really like CPW?" The answer is, yes and no. Yes, in the ... ]. Also on Friday, I emceed the inaugural Gap year Panel. In the below photo ... judges were actually celebrities. In addition to Random Hall Housemaster

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2007