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• Blog / MIT Life

  25 things and another reason to come to CPW. FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS. OH GOD.

  

  with me can't convince you, and in case you're afraid you won't have ... with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end ... ." Basically, let's have fun with this. I'm doing this now, and now you have to

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 3, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A word about the humanities It's sort of a long, multi-section word.

  

  grandmother accidentally stuffed with snow As you can see, the existence of the ... with the humanities, working on problem sets about the humanities, going ... . The workload involves: 2 five-page papers Regular fieldwork with a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Warning: Contains Biology This entry may be unsuitable for children, liberal arts majors, and mathematicians.

  

  provides all students with a common core of foundational scientific knowledge ... . Bioengineering is still incredibly ground-breaking, with new research pushing the ... (mechanical engineering with a particular focus; I would have chosen biomedicine

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 14, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Large Format Photography [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] Please, please let there be no light-leaks.

  

  , polishing the brass and oiling the cherry, with the hope of having the camera ... shoot (with a smaller camera), I spent a few hours struggling to fold the ... successful) shoot. With two hours left, my goal was to take one photo. Just one

  • by ARTalk
  • November 6, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Time Management Reading this article adds +15 to Time Skills

  

  I'm fairly sure all of you are familiar with the fact that MIT has ... would anyone else. So with all this awesome clammering for my attention ... nothing to do with DeLoereans. And perhaps thankfully it had nothing to do

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 1, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Banditos Misteriosos Everybody enjoys a ghoul dance party!

  

  , it is with pride, that Banditos Misteriosos announces our very own Monster Mash-up! Consider this a Halloween Dance Party but with all your ... an instructional video, complete with dance moves and your very own

  • by Snively '11
  • October 25, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  My Application Story Modified (but mostly plagiarized) from my personal blog. Enjoy the copy pasta.

  

  was nothing wrong with MIT. It was just my dad's school, and he was ... became clear that Chicago is a liberal arts school with a strong science department, while MIT is a science school with a strong liberal arts department

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 3 Connecting with your Educational Counselor

  

  reports about their meetings with you. For some of you, an interview may not be something new, but for others the meeting with your Educational ... in touch with them via email or by phone. If you email them include a

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  VI-A Course 6? Work experience and a Masters degree all at once!

  

  /you/ there, here's a quick recap, sprinkled with pictures from last ... their senior year writing the thesis. And they can graduate with real work ... comes with a voice that can read text to you. But, you can almost

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 3, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Fall Formal My Saturday evening.

  

  with your problem sets for the week (or even if you aren't...) and are ... . Here's what I wore (posing with Emily '10): Anyhow, we started off the evening with delicious hors d'oeuvres in our chapter room, ranging from

  • by Paul B. '11
  • September 24, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sabar drums, Rwanda, and the C.I.A Can you guess what all this stuff has in common?

  

  rank it up there with the Black-Scholes model. (don't know what that is ... 'll be with you 'til we die!". Also my personal favorite: [translated ... ]'" Unfortunately I had to answer that last one with "Easy Mac" =( After about an

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  And so it is… Just like the blogosphere said it would be.

  

  , with some "day in the life"s, similar to others that have been done in ... where I grew up! I decided to start the trip early and hang out with the ... Day weekend. [SIDEBAR: for those that aren't familiar with the great

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 14, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Ben’s Farewell The conclusion to the Ben tribute entries, and a little advice.

  

  town for the ceremonies, turned to me with their eyebrows raised six ... I received the NBM two years ago, I spent just about all my time with ... friends about how my school wasn't going to stick me with a random roommate

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 28, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Moving On, Moving Out, and the Conservation of Freshmen Reflections of a (kinda) sophomore.

  

  As of noon today, I am officially done with my first year at MIT. I ... . Before I take off on Saturday, though, I have to deal with what I think has ... backpack (laptop, Starship Troopers, iPod), with a little space leftover in

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 22, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Steer Roast 2008 We Sport Death like it's never been done before

  

  -packed with events like Senior Ball and Burton-Conner's dinner cruise, then this ... said, I present you with pictures from the pit lighting and mud wrestling ... ovens in the Haus with massive amounts of baking pie. Our housemasters

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 5, 2008
• Blog / Events

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

  

  has an intense love-hate relationship with four-day weekends. On one ... can go home, enjoy Boston, catch up with friends, and hey, maybe even ... many people with tuberculosis and AIDS. At the conference, his talk was

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

  CPW-ing the Weekend (Guest Entry) ...even though it is technically two days longer than a weekend.

  

  in the Alpha Chi Omega (AXO) sorority house with my host, who was also ... dinner with the Society of Women Engineers, junk food at the academic, athletic, and activity fairs, etc. etc. etc. Each CPW-er did get a card with

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 22, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  A Parent’s Perspective (Guest Entry) A Parent's Perspective of MIT

  

  pipes hanging from the ceiling, when my son looked over with a smile and ... Everywhere we went during CPW, we were regaled with incredible stories: Donald Sadoway’s students working on a new process to make steel with oxygen

  • by Bryan
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Toy Design Update How couldn't you enjoy building toys?

  

  've declared a major! I decided on 2A, Mechanical Engineering with a ... 've realized that I really like having the skills to come up with an idea and ... plain white folder with the Hasbro logo stamped on the front. I opened

  • by Snively '11
  • April 17, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  At What Cost A summary of my fall semester

  

  experiences with untold numbers of people. Maybe I can even give them some ... , sort of. Every decision you’ll make here carries with it an associated ... ’t do particularly well in any of them. I ended up with a 3.9/5.0 semester

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • December 21, 2007