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• Blog / MIT Life

  Reality is merely an illusion… Ben : The OC :: Sam : ?? . Oh wait, you took the new…

  

  coolest person of all time. No, really. So, I'm MIT's biggest fan of reality ... anything. But should it be? Hmmm... You have no idea how excited I was for ... test, I really, really have no work for the next, like, two days, I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT is easy if you study rastrology. Getting into awkward positions, at the Bank of London, with penguins.

  

  engineering honor society, at which the equally lovely and no more comparable ... laughter and affecionate "ahh"-ing at the cute little penguins and "ohh, no ... really no movies are better than Galaxy Quest.

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Quick and dirty I freak out a little about graduate school applications, then answer some questions.

  

  cellular, molecular, and developmental biology, so no ecology classes for me ... during the fall, but almost no free time during baseball season. Tal '09 ... department you're writing down on your application has absolutely no

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Small talk How about that weather?

  

  , layered with ice, piled in drifts...I'm no stranger to snow. But snow before ... Section 2.12 of the Rules of the Faculty, no classes or tests can be ... exactly no one else. (Merudh and I went to high schools in the same district

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meeting FAQ The answers to the FAQs at our Central Meetings.

  

  "bonus points" to those who apply early. We are committed to admitting no ... enough? We do not make decisions based on test scores. There is no formula for admission, and there are no minimum test scores. Test scores are one

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 28, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Three cheers for the MIT Marching Band Is the band ready? You bet they are.

  

  -famous, nationally-renowned, often copied but never cloned, unforgettable (no matter ... !" "What?" "Shake your booty!" "No way!" "Shake your booty!" "Okay!" "Jump ... , band!" "What?" "Shake your booty!" "No way!" "Shake your booty!" "Okay

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Varied states of the basement A roundabout trek to an underground level of Building 7 leads me into areas very…

  

  , except it was late at night, and the sign was clearly no longer applicable ... -032 proved no barrier to a view inside. You see, there are these wonderful ... , you obey the sign of "No Access" and turn as indicated. (Yes, there

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  riverrun, past Eve and Adam’s "Do we start and end at the same place on the river?"

  

  the Z-Center (no, really) and I'm so disheartened by this that a ... to say "no" to people yet, so I had to oblige. So, I ran with her, like ... Portland, Maine--and in an area that I recognized, no less. Unfortunately

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Double diplomas The only thing better than one MIT degree is TWO MIT degrees!

  

  -A. You may notice there are no year 3 VII-A's listed. Yep.) The MIT ... North End dessert place -- no trip to the North End is complete without completely blowing one's diet at Mike's. There's no direct information about

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 12, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Advising Folders! Lots of fun discoveries about advising and such. Also, how I managed to confuse MIT…

  

  have no problem with this concept where everyone refers to classes by ... ," (which is a longer version of 8.01 designed for students "with little or no ... about school. No offense to all the adults out there, but that one

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pre-med, Everybody’s Best Friend If you are considering a career in medicine -- and not as a pharmacist.

  

  program for students who want to go to medical school. MIT has no official ... , at MIT, there is no special track you have to follow to go to medical ... are some related student groups. (I have no idea if these groups tend to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let’s Get Physical Olivia Newton-John, I am not, but I can still pretend.

  

  . (No offense, Rose. You still rock.) Okay, so I went through the list ... -defense and martial arts based moves. No previous experience necessary. Dance ... flow. No experience or partner necessary. Wear comfortable clothes and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Save a tree… ...eat a Beaver. MIT makes me fill out lots of paperwork. Get it? Beaver? Oh…

  

  ...they totally called me on the fact that my essays had no structure at all, so ... year at MIT," which was fine with me, because I had no idea what the ... ineligible for sophomore standing for the spring semester, but...hey, I have no

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Day Before Selection Begins "Tell us about something you do for the pleasure of it."

  

  freshman here at MIT now, although I have no way of proving that. The irony ... never get discouraged no matter how deafening the silence from ... leave the office even when they're on vacation. The lazy weekend is no

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The mail, and more

  

  MIT Tracking System, though this could take upwards of a week. We make no ... deadline versus those submitted on the deadline day. The bottom line -- no ... , "For UROP do I have to do research connected with my major?" No, not at

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  rage, as explained by thermodynamics I had a bad day and soon a thermo exam

  

  that I'm pretty sure I need to. Nothing was turned in late, no task was ... works with where I'm at. There will always be a point at which no matter ... provide no stress or even remove it (ΔS<0) and have it "spark joy" (ΔH

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 25, 2025
• Blog / Personal Travel

  seven scenes from Paris a simple story

  

  it so often they no longer had to reference it, or if they climbed the ... teenaged concertgoers. I have almost no memory of her face, nor of what it ... beaucoup. There was nothing extra behind my words, I mean, no management of

  • by Kai V. '25
  • March 31, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  Bad Ideas Month word of the day is oops!!

  

  I’m no cook when it comes to normal food, but if stupid ideas were ... . And though I had no idea where to host my event, or where to get the ... ’mores was back on, but without all the fire-making contraptions. And we had no

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 3, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SONIC JUBILANCE A day at the new Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building at MIT

  

  included Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 (featuring Arnold Judson ’47 as the soloist), Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, Mozart’s Symphony No. 35, and ... create something that is multifaceted. No matter what angle you look at the

  • by Jeremy W.
  • February 22, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Growing Pains And Every Other Type of Ache

  

  . I just… don’t like coding, and no matter how much I want to be ... ] their freshman fall. I walk around feeling as if I have no technical ... ’ve called me reserved and calm. But there was no doubt that I used to command

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • December 6, 2022