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• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesday is the new black. The world moves on MIT's hips. The world moves and it swivels and bops.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? After failing to acquire MIT no less than 3 times in the early 20th century, Harvard used a substantial grant from George F. Baker to establish a school for engineering in Cambridge. This college is

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  Another hack Snow and hacks and exams.

  

  really early when I got to the front door of the dorm and saw: No

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Ninth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 2PM on 02/14/06.

  

  postmarked no later than November 1 for Early Action and January 1 for Regular ... transcript, no? In any case, we're not going to care terribly much about grades ... to be pretty obvious what's going on. No worries

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ho-dee-hi, hi-dee-ho, ho ho. How many digits of pi do you know?

  

  they'll let us, do a "Marching Band on Ice" show (no skates). Well, if

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 10, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Engagement Party Salsa dancing with Benjamin Franklin and Optimus Prime

  

  if you have no idea who this is -- I didn't, and Shannon certainly didn

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tuesdays with Linda It's kind of like making smoothies but not.

  

  prior to MIT, I had no clue what aspect of mechanical engineering or

  • by Bryan
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time passes Someone left the cake out in the rain.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Milk-producing glands in mammals actually evolved from sweat glands. The duck-billed platypus has no nipples. Thus, in order to feed its live-born young, the platypus secretes milk over the entire

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Lucky Saturday the 14th Luck was a lady three nights in a row in NYC

  

  minutes inside Serendipity 3 (after which we decided no frozen hot chocolate

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 17, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  A Visitor In My Own Hometown Yeah, so it was boring. But it's still where I spent the better portion of…

  

  feel like a visitor, now that I no longer subconsciously know that I live

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I won the game! Not (quite) another picture entry... with Tastykakes!

  

  ' Market. Why they sell Tastykakes at a Farmers' Market, I have no idea. I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 6, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  I Am Prepared! Getting ready for IAP! (Find out how to join our mystery hunt team, too!)

  

  , Sat Jan 14, Sun Jan 15, 12:15pm-??:00am No limit but advance sign up

  • by Bryan
  • January 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Last Night What I did last night, on my last night. CambridgeSide Galleria & Brokeback Mountain

  

  : I'm taking 14.41 this term Professor: Oh, is that PF? Student: No, I

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An MIT Apprentice!!!!!! MIT Alum Randal Pinkett has won The Apprentice!

  

  in Kresge took a deep breath, and Randal said no! It was shocking! On

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  What’s Up With The Mail?!? Honestly, I'm not entirely sure. But I'll tell you everything I know.

  

  admitted on monday, all deferred on tuesday, etc.) There is no rhyme or

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Play hard…and then work hard! There's no excuse not to have an AWESOME time this weekend!

  

  there's no excuse not to have fun! Think about it, when you've been

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 8, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  What I Have Learned From The Early Decision Process At MIT Here are some of the things that impressed me.

  

  , no matter how much lead you use as packing material. A low geek

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fixing a hole First figuratively, then literally.

  

  progression sounds like... no matter how hard you may try." Heck, it could go

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 17, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spectacle I was going to title this entry "Spectacle of Light," because I mention MIThenge. Then…

  

  hockey, and I know what it's like to be the neglected athlete when no one

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Fourth Semi-Annual Q&A Even yet still more answers to your questions.

  

  , there's no way it can sound professional. The best I can probably do is ... if your school releases quarter grades, yes; if not, no worries ... olympiads about which I can write in my app and which were in no way less

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So done Midterm week = loss of Mollie's mind

  

  absolutely no common sense about what classes to pick (and apparently due to my

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 3, 2005