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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Juggling Act When you're used to life in Hell...

  

  as well be on fire. When you're used to life in Hell, sometimes a ... , you actually expect MIT kids to remember things that aren't numbered ... features include an über-convenient café, an Athena computer cluster (not to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Don’t feed the squirrels In which I work with gifted children.

  

  Two or three Thursdays before finals, Peach '09 and I went to Au Bon ... complained about something or other, I began to enter the Summer Jobless stage that can only be described as Full-On Panic Mode. (I didn't get final

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 5, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yes, eat all our shirts! See MIT through the eyes of my prefrosh.

  

  Yesterday one lucky prefrosh got to be hosted by me through the MIT overnight program. Be sure to sign up early and sign up often, to increase your chances of getting to meet me and Mitra! You could see such amazing

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 22, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  More on food

  

  I think I'm going to be fixating on food for a while, at least until I get used to this "eating healthy food" BS. So I'm going to write ... Simmons offer made-to-order stirfry, so you can "have it your way" without

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breakfast with a Genius Okay, so I stole the genius joke from Bryan. But it's still true.

  

  When I grow up, I want to be Suzan-Lori Parks. Only, you know, not ... to win the Pulitzer Prize. She was also a recipient of the Mac ... in Miami when she released her first novel, Getting Mother's Body. It

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 28, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Regular Action Decisions: Sunday 3/14 How to receive your MIT admissions decision.

  

  to log into your MyMIT account. There are no interim screens, so you should be sure you are ready to receive your decision online before logging ... ;ve forgotten your MyMIT password, you may use our automated system to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 4, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Play it again, Sam You wouldn't be saying that if you were in lab with me.

  

  get at MIT, with all the work they have to do? Well, yesterday I broke ... your finger to a problem set and then fall asleep, sitting down, half an ... get to pass 6.002 for one. But you also get music. Sweet music. I was

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 11, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Nerdy adventures on the West Coast Q: What changes when you transplant a few MIT students 3,000 miles? A: Not much.

  

  ordinary that I often forget all about them before I get the chance to ... . (Free admission! If you're ever looking for something to do in San Fran ... cars actually latch on to the cables and get pulled along for the ride

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Flood, an Ark, a Third Word I Am Missing Sophomore year starts out a little wet, and what is a community, really?

  

  ’t blagged since the fall semester started due to trying to get on top of ... to ask yourself what your community is, and how you fit in it. When ... discovered they were all pretty awesome, and I’m glad I get to live with them

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 21, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Senior Week: Mollie Burgoon A look at some of MIT's graduating students.

  

  , who's going to be a Nobel laureate, taught 7.31. Favorite professor at ... time to apply to graduate school. Favorite MIT event: Rush! Free food, seeing your friends for the first time after the summer, and helping a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Fall Semester Recap my classes so far

  

  need to get above a 75 (the C- cut off) to pass. 6.009 I will ... wasn't possible for me to get an A in this class, so I left it on PNR to ... quick recap of how the semester's gone for me so far since I've wanted to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 24, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  The long view days, months, years

  

  ." On Monday I had an appointment with MIT Medical, to get the irregular ... said. "You're the only person with an actual job that I talked to about ... between us. "Probably," he whispered, "that I've started to think like an

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 27, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  Thanksgiving Nostalgia if MIT == home

  

  , trying to get my body to move in ways I never knew it could. The whole ... rare observation because I think it’s often hard to notice change in ... literally moved my whole life to Boston T H E  R O U T E  H O M E Before

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • December 1, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Throwback I'm gonna throw this out there. If you don't like it, you can throw it…

  

  rolling backpacks and headgear. It's not that my throwback to the early 90s ... getting places quickly, maybe, but not so useful for getting places looking ... haven't rollerbladed since I was much closer to the ground. Speaking of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Of Dancing and T-Shirts (Guest Entry) Who had fun at CPW? I did!

  

  sure this is condoned. Just to get everybody in trouble, clockwise from ... 't get over this. Fortunately, the videos were preserved. When I hopped ... the background. I got my plane buddy Philip '12 to pull Tim the beaver

  • by Snively '11
  • April 22, 2008
• Blog / Events

  A Break from Break I went to the Undergraduate Women in Physics Conference at Yale. And I'm blogging about…

  

  interdisciplinary area such as BioPhysics. At least if you're not prepared to deal ... career with no family to come home to seems like a surefire way to get ... College. Saturday night, getting back to the hotel room after chilling with

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 22, 2008
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do I have to send an official college transcript?

  Applicants who have completed college coursework are asked to submit ... entered as a supplemental document in your file. Enrolling first ... will be required to submit an official college transcript.
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Dorms: Burton Conner House Why is BC awesome? Because three bloggers live there. Plus, lots of other stuff too.…

  

  checks in and out. The front desk is also where you can get your mail, find ... -distraction walls. It's a good place to study without being tempted by your computer ... floor, but there's no way to get from one to the other without going down

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  Where the Sun Shines, There Hack They MIT is known for many things, including its legendary hacks.

  

  deconstructs the psychological nature of hacking, and gets to the inner zen of hacking and what it really reflects about MIT. If you're looking for an unusual but relevant introduction to MIT, I highly recommend this video on

  • by Laurie Everett
  • August 2, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Ops Air Force A summer spent with B-1Bs and C-130s.

  

  different squadrons to get a broad view of base operations. I was lucky enough to be assigned to the B-1B Maintenance Group. I was able to get down and dirty in some jets and really get to know the enlisted side of the

  • by ROTC
  • September 4, 2008