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• Blog / MIT Life

  Hit in the Face: A Snively GuestBlog Snively's point of view. Only this time it's actually his point of view, and not…

  

  pretty much the perfect metaphor for what MIT has been like for me thus far ... you’re reading now. I got to MIT on August 19th and have been living it ... from 5 to 7. OK, YOU READY?! OPEN WIDE! So, like any good MIT student

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 14, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Drinking from the Firehose By: Teresa, '11

  

  I experienced at CPW was just amazing. How can one compare an MIT education to a drink from a firehose? There is so much more than water at MIT ... MIT. It was my very first time on campus, so I was struck by the sheer

  • by Bryan
  • April 24, 2007
• Blog / Events

  A sample of life in the past week A summary of a million events in 7 days!

  

  can speak for all of MIT in saying that our thoughts and hearts are with ... and come to MIT =) If any of you saw the Wall Street Journal today, the ... , MIT Professor Daron Acemoglu won the award. “Professor Athey has been a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 21, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Congratulations! You have been named… Time Magazine's Person of the Year!

  

  'm filing this entry under the "MIT's Mission: Who We Are" for a couple of reasons. One is pretty simple- I go to MIT, and this is who I am. I can ... truth, and my second reason, is that this is what MIT is, at its core

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 18, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Pimp my sukkah. I really can't think of a better blog entry title than that.

  

  . From: Jordyn To: pizzainthehut@mit.edu Date: 10/5/2006 1:24 PM Subject ... the MIT Sukkah) and enjoying Pizza (in the Hut). Come by and join us, we ... that to MIT Hillel! I think that one time there was some form or

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Testing the Waters There comes a time in every man's life when he has to make a choice.…

  

  whether or not to apply to MIT, or whether or not to come to MIT after you get accepted, you can come stay with an MIT student and we'll show you ... worries; at the beginning of summer, MIT will send you a booklet on all the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lit Analytics How humanities classes can be analytically rigorous, courtesy of a Shakespeare scholar

  

  place in 2005), a parent asked me if/how MIT humanities classes were ... MIT News Office that addressed this point, but really butchered my ... came to MIT, but certainly there are analogies with scientific models of

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Events

  The sun comes up, then goes away Graduation day with pictures!

  

  , commencement is over, and I'm officially an MIT graduate. That's still a little ... yesterday, and they got deluged; somebody managed to dig the MIT weather ... pictures, although I don't think his mother agreed with him. MIT alum (and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 9, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An Entrepreneur’s Story How billionaire entrepreneur Pat McGovern '59 got his start.

  

  Yesterday's New York Times had a nice piece about MIT alum Pat Mc ... MIT. I'm always interested in how such successful people get their start ... organization in Philadelphia, and I ended up getting a scholarship to M.I.T. I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 22, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Don’t Worry, Be Happy A few words of advice.

  

  factor." MIT was one of the schools I applied to because it was "that ... 'd never met anyone from MIT until my MIT interview. Still, I applied. On ... school) trying to get me to go there. I didn't get into MIT." (Phone is no

  • by Bryan
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Burning questions A lot of people had questions!

  

  mythical. Darn, there needs to be a Snopes for MIT urban legends. One day I'll do an entry on MIT campus legends, if I can recognize enough of them ... expansive issues like international students and funny/unusual MIT stories

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Where are we going?

  

  important point about MIT. At many universities, policy-makers act under the ... them personally? Anyone who tried to do this at MIT would run into ... grad students who were MIT undergrads Back In The Day, the number of

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Third Semi-Annual Q&A More answers to your questions.

  

  department at MIT interests you and why?'" First, I should note that it has no ... - remember that we have no quotas for majors, which is why you apply to MIT ... : "Should I have my November scores rushed to MIT?" And Sarah Bana followed

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  First Post A little about myself.

  and Associate Director of Admissions at MIT. I’m so glad you’re joining ... terrific universities (including MIT). I never aspired to have a career in ... , motivated, and exciting young people who are applying to places like MIT

  • by mitblogs
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Avoiding moonlight on an empty stomach Late-night snack cravings lead me underground on meandering routes to Massachusetts Avenue.

  

  See, MIT has these nifty basements that interconnect with each other ... along MIT's basement paths and provide your friendly lurkers (i.e., me ... custodian who works for MIT's Department of Facilities. He and a co

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Every square is a rectangle A brief look at every student activity at MIT.

  

  too. Tonight I didn't have any "p-sets" (MIT slang for "problem sets") to "tool" (MIT slang for "work fastidiously") on, so I played this game ... midway to check out Alicia '06 performing in the MIT Sport Taekwondo Club

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Living in the Past The one where people drive up just to visit me.

  

  (mellophone, MIT '09), all recently graduated from my high school. It turns out ... Boston was. Well, obviously, the answer to that is "visit MIT," so we took ... three or four random facts I know about MIT. "Due to a zoning ordinance

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  GRE, Boston love, and loose ends from last time Wandering around Boston lost is one of my favorite things to do.

  

  -back-at-the-ex MIT application. One thing I forgot to mention is that it didn't entirely work -- I ran into him a few days after getting my MIT letter ... ! Did you hear that I got into MIT?" (I'm so subtle. It's a gift.) And he

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Bed arrangements in dorms, and beauty on campus

  

  norm. Over in Matt's blog, there was a question about why MIT is on the ... had something to add to it: Most people will tell you that MIT has an ... articles ever written about MIT by an outsider (and look for the familiar

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Radio Radio

  

  An MIT '09 emailed me today and asked if MIT had its own radio ... WTBS [now TBS] for his station, and contacted the MIT radio station with ... loophole made possible by the MIT station's recently-obtained non

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 2, 2005