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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Not a Real Entry I wrote it in the imaginary plane.

  

  getting owned by the college bookstore's price system and then snagged two ... for 30 minutes and went to a lab meeting and started an e & m ... attempting to fall asleep, having heard stories of people doing this at times

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 10, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  You construct intricate rituals function loses form and form loses function

  

  phrase has evolved to be a metaphor for an irrational method to obtain some ... 't, shouldn't be the real reason. It's not getting to the heart of the matter to ... walking to class every day and listening to chalk-on-chalkboard, for

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 3, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  We are suspending our SAT/ACT requirement for the 2021–2022 application cycle as well

  

  cautiously planning to resume full operations in the fall.']given us hope for ... for an application to be considered.']suspend[/annotation] our testing ... requiring the SAT/ACT once it is possible for everyone to take them safely."]for

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 6, 2021
• Blog / Residential Life

  Don’t Stop Believing you can take the east camper out of east campus but...

  

  was a little room for sadness to creep in around the edges: as my room ... getting in,[/annotation] and when we got to the courtyard we found that the ... for 45 minutes and then go back to packing, before we knew it we'd been

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 6, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap Gap years are a good option for some students.

  

  point where a lot of us in admissions are talking about ways to get ... : Gap years need not be a luxury for the rich. Some students use them to ... ,000 or more many of them would be paying for college. I'm not writing to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston becomes Pottersville The MIT area is full of celebrations for the release of "Harry Potter and the…

  

  Newtonville Books' party so awesome? For one, there's going to be a musical ... singer of the band Letter to Cleo, which provided the soundtrack for (among ... on by the Charles Hotel here in Cambridge. Their plan is to turn

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Just My Luck The somewhat eventful story of my first EMT shift ever.

  

  tale, I'd like to take full responsibility for Sunday's events. I did ... for at least two hours. By this time, I was numb and greatly regretting ... remembered how to navigate a vehicle on a road. The two hours flew by, and the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 12, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Story Oh goody!

  

  As I've said many a time, but will say again for new readers, I live in Burton-Conner. In Burton-Conner we have kitchens, kitchens for ... be the first to tell you that the day he saw me cooking corned beef

  • by Snively '11
  • July 19, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A with Prof. Nancy Kanwisher ‘80 (CPW Preview!) One of the CPW Keynote Speakers, Brain and Cognitive Sciences Professor Nancy Kanwisher '80 PhD…

  

  also give talks in class, and get lots of individualized feedback to ... Auditorium), there will be two prominent faculty keynote speakers. To highlight ... ; Cognitive Sciences faculty at MIT. Here's an official biography, followed by

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 5, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  MITES, RSI and WTP applications due next week The three high school summer programs hosted by MIT have their application deadlines next week.

  

  ), sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Education and MIT, is a rigorous ... The three high school summer programs hosted by MIT -- MITES, RSI ... open exclusively to high school juniors. MITES and RSI are free; WTP is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 25, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  we made things and want to show them to you 2.009: an iconic mech-e senior capstone class!

  

  worth it. I can’t wait for you to see what we’ve created. We’re so hyped ... Final Presentation. Everything you need to know lives on this site ... !']If you weren't able to secure a ticket—worry not:[/annotation] there's a

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 9, 2024
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Is there really a swim test?

  education courses for undergraduate students to complete the swim requirement ... requirement can be met by completing a beginner swim course or electing to test out. Courses generally meet twice a week for 40 minutes. The program
• Blog / Admissions

  Weekend Update A couple FAQs and others tidbits.

  

  to get more folks to watch it, since the director/producer is a friend, and they're hoping to get picked up for a third season. Also hoping to ... you may want to check out. One is for the animated TV series O

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Keep it simple, stupid I try to choose classes for the fall. Things get messy.

  

  tailored for robotics. I started trying to re-work my fall schedule. I had ... given my new ideas about what I want to do with my life, it may or may not ... problems for government to solve, why some political arguments are more

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  18 and Counting Congratulations, Professor Diamond!

  

  excellent age for wine, or so I'm told by the sommelier app on my phone. It's an excellent age for video games - Mortal Kombat was released 18 years ... ", or the costs attendant to searching for employment in down labor

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 11, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Culture, not the bacterial kind Some questions you should be asking about all the schools to which you're applying.

  

  I get home for holidays? What will happen to me if I get sick? What ... shuttle to take me to SFO for my red-eye flight to Boston.) I'm really kind ... the blog, because I get to impart all kinds of advice from an almost

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 4, 2006
• Blog / Events

  How to MC Hammer AKA embarrassing yourself for charity

  

  was another huge success and an easy way to get involved in charity at ... The Class of 2015 list of 101 things to do before you graduate has ... Boston (#37), but I have yet to earn my pirate's license (#64). I recently

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 20, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Campus visit, revisited In which I dissect the campus tour/ info session and forget to clean up afterward

  

  was awed and astounded by an elevator that connected the tunnel to the ... going to be the new trend in blogging. Thursday: Woke up at 8:30 AM to the ... by the human sensory system. I had insomnia for two nights afterward

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 14, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  chances the point is to let yourself be helped

  

  always felt near-impossible for me to put forth. This goes beyond ... chances. Somehow it took seven semesters for me to learn what’s always been ... even when I didn’t know what in the world I wanted to use it for. And

  • by Kai V. '25
  • November 26, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ack, finals!

  

  Sorry for my lack of posting lately. This is just a notice to say ... appears to be broken, which makes me sad, especially since I had cute pictures of the new 5th East kitten on it. While I am busy in testing hell

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 19, 2005