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• Blog / MIT Life

  I saw a turkey the other day… hello, world!

  

  birds. That’s kind of a problem for my teammate Katy ‘11, who is deathly ... and I had just woken up to go for a run, so at the time I pegged it as a ... ran up and saw canines), it was definitely a school bus for dogs. I have

  • by Alina G. '11
  • July 14, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  What I Did on Registration Day I registered.

  

  morning, I peddled a small piece of my soul in exchange for my academic ... about classes with my advisor for 10 minutes, and walked out with seven ... earlier tonight while waiting for iTunes to load*. *Not that this is

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 2, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On a Week of IHTFP An Exam Week story. Starring none other than 18.022.

  

  Hey all, sorry to be absent for... what has it been by now... three weeks? That's inexcusable for a freshman blogger! So I will have to make ... million possibilities for each minute, and you would go to every single one

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  ILGs at MIT They're independent! (Guest post by Sondy '07/G/awesome.)

  

  . Enjoy. I'm off to study for 7.05. In response to not-so-recent posts by ... , we are actually the cheapest option for MIT affiliated housing at $370 ... for most aspects of life at the house, including house government

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 5, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To D or not to D? MIT's Design Lab is tempting me.

  

  semester. I'm not sure if I have the time for D-Lab this semester or not ... created a bicycle ambulance for use in rural areas. Can we modify this ... would provide income for them, and also prevent the deforestation that

  • by Kim D. '09
  • February 17, 2009
• Blog / Events

  The Places You’ll Go Places I've recently gone.

  

  waking up at 7:30am on weekdays (this is hard for a college student. really ... city for analysis so recommendations could be made for energy ... staring at The Weather Channel for hours on end as a child, and having a

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • February 13, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Tracking now available You can check the status of your application components now on MyMIT.

  

  . MyMIT Application Tracking This is a good time for you to check up on ... show what materials we have processed for you. We should have the ... days for your MyMIT tracking system to reflect new documents faxed to us

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 28, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  My First Visit I... got lost on the tour, actually...

  

  certainly cannot substitute for the real experience of being on MIT's campus ... very lucky to find out that my high school sponsors college trips for ... SLUSH. Now I was in the State of Massachusetts for the first time. A inch

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Grocery Store Run Run, Geza, run!

  

  . The house was without electricity and running water for quite a while ... weekend for the Alumni Leadership Conference, but the storm seemed to have ... line for hours for milk, to enjoy a weekend in the beautiful New England

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dorm Companion #1: Art MIT loans out 400 pieces of famous art each year from its collections to its…

  

  for the entire academic year one of more than 400 noted pieces of ... doors for a second chance to participate in this extraordinarily popular ... 's a trigger for inquiry and learning." Despite this free-for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger selection 2008 results We have completed the selection of this year's bloggers!

  

  Trivia: Who was the first student blogger for MIT Admissions? And who ... of the entry] You may recall that last month we put out a call for new ... blogger as it was to be selected for MIT this year (11.9%)! Before we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 26, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Big News The next chapter in the life of Ben Jones.

  

  I've been putting off writing this entry for a week, because I simply ... the long, introspective part for a later entry, once I've had a chance ... Boston, which has been my home for more than a decade, and which will

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 15, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music in Springtime and MIT [by Ken Haggerty '11] Music at MIT can be both beautifully melodic and destructive, and…

  

  next to the shattered fragments. We also took a few mementos. (For these ... anticipated, MIT being MIT, not having enough time for viola; and, both ... time for it. I'm going to practice over the summer and audition next fall

  • by ARTalk
  • April 25, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  CHICON 2008 by C/4C Adam Fuhrmann '11, C/4C Patrick Ernst '11, and C/4C Daniel Darlington '11

  

  hosted a luncheon for the cadets where we heard an incredible war story ... importance while we were at CHICON. First, we voted for the Charles E. Yeager ... Arnold Air Society for 2008-2009. This resolution passed after heated

  • by ROTC
  • April 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW: The Story So Far An update from the frontlines.

  

  at my recitation for 5.12 (organic chemistry), where I spent an hour ... that up with another recitation, this time for 18.03 (differential ... . Weinberg - who was my professor for 7.012 last fall - is a brilliant

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 10, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MIT vs. Chuck Norris Ever wonder how many math and science Chuck Norris jokes exist in cyberspace?

  

  noticed an article about a commercial that Chuck Norris filmed for ... that I may have missed. - When taking the SAT, write "Chuck Norris" for ... : Although it states that for each action, there is an equal and opposite

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Riddles, Research, and Nerds with Power Tools My week.

  

  humble opinion. I've spent the past week solving puzzles for Mystery Hunt, playing with cell culture for my UROP, and building stuff at my fraternity ... for me to join the official Simmons Hall team, which has played the Hunt

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Telethon Live Blog Where we call you --

  

  Gann has just arrived! He's dressed very nicely for a telethon, maybe he ... digging around through bunches of paper. Score one for blog comments being ... number two! We'll dig for more names. 11:14 pm Alright, I'm back in my

  • by Snively '11
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The Igs Where Science meets Silly. Hello Silly!

  

  the prestigious Nobel Prizes, honoring individuals for achievements that ... -Gallés, of Universitat de Barcelona, for showing that rats sometimes cannot ... Wright Laboratory, Dayton, Ohio, USA, for instigating research &

  • by Snively '11
  • January 15, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  IHTFP Warning: Bitterness Ahead! (And why IHTFP can mean so many different things.)

  

  for admissions work, but for years it has been taken over by students ... for years, and you will love the way that grades are flexible and ... will give you cookies without razor blades in them for trivial reasons

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 20, 2007