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• Blog / Challenges

  Help@MIT welcome to student resources

  

  'll be a time for some new adventure before classes start.  Boston is to be ... MIT, where the education is likened to drinking from a firehose.  As one ... parents a call.  But sometimes, you'll need more resources than those.  You

  • by Piper '13
  • August 24, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Recycle, Reuse, (Map) Reduce? Jackpot, baby!

  

  Scandinavian furniture from your favorite importer... (I got a new bookshelf! I have a massive summer reading list that I cooked up... although it is ... 've asked for old computers and furniture from a number of such entities

  • by Cam T. '13
  • June 10, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Preparing for the real world An alum's perspective!

  

  said that she wanted to write up a little entry about how GEL prepared ... . There I was, slaving over a 18.02 or 8.012 pset at 3AM, being really no closer to finishing than I was a few hours earlier. On his way through the

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 18, 2011
• Blog / Events

  MIT International Or how a local Model UN conference broke molds and expectations by going abroad

  

  seemingly only a science in a purely semantical sense, is a hidden gem here at the Institute. More importantly, in ways, it's a bit of an art, too ... UN conference. Though MITMUNC (pronounced mitt-monk), a 3 day Model UN

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 11, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Ode to the New, Part 3 "Your calendar looks like a clown threw up on it!" -my friend Jordan

  

  finding a balance between activities I did in High School, and new ones. The fact that MIT has over 450 student groups, ranging from a Rubik's Cube ... with the decision-making process. In High School, I did a lot with FIRST

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Orthostatic Tolerance [by Ken Haggerty '11] It might not be such a bad idea to visit this…

  

  " (2010): India ink on Mylar®. I will admit upfront that I am a bit, if not a byte, more of a museum nerd than your typical MIT student, which ... Not Be Such a Bad Idea if I Never Went Home, is really one of the best

  • by ARTalk
  • June 23, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Story of Tim Tebow My friend Steve '11 wrote a blog for the not admitted.

  

  I thought it was really a good story, and maybe some of you would ... kick in. Get off the blogs and let out a few tears. Then watch some awesome YouTube videos Or eat a Vermonster with your friends. ("editor

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To Defeat the Huns ...as Hamsika said, there's major business to get down to this semester.

  

  .013 – Introductory Biology (a GIR class) I’m ALWAYS excited to take biology, but that ... , some more in 7th grade, for a whole year in 9th (including some intense ... biology. 18.01A-18.02A psets were definitely nothing like what we had in AP

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 3, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice for Seniors From me to you. Why? Because I care

  

  I have been back from my fall travel rounds for almost a week now ... between. My trip was a lot of fun! I saw the Pacific Ocean…… ….got lost ... is not a lime. However, it does taste like an orange!) I had a blast

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Truth Values [by Ken Haggerty '11] A fantastic one-woman show about life at MIT. (Now playing!)

  

  girl's romp through MIT's male math maze," and as neither a girl nor a ... a showtime into my schedule. ABOVE: Central Square Theater's new ... just a short walk northwest from 77 Mass Ave (i.e. Lobby 7, the Great

  • by ARTalk
  • September 22, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Photograph-athon Because anything can be a catchy title if you add -athon to the end!

  

  Honorable Mentions: First off, Josepher presents an excellent example of a ... approvingly. On a less-traveled path of the prefrosh journey through CPW ... contests that feature cheap foods with comedic potential is more or less a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 29, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  [by Biyeun Buczyk ‘10] I need a mule. I also need to train for a marathon. Why? I’m now the owner of an 8x10 view camera. In my ... camera from scratch, in between classes and a summer job, I finished it in

  • by ARTalk
  • November 6, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Banditos Misteriosos Everybody enjoys a ghoul dance party!

  

  A huge perk to living at MIT is living right across the river from ... happens is a new store opening up or a car crashing into a building every ... many colleges, actual exciting things happen. The concept of a flash mob

  • by Snively '11
  • October 25, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  E-mail It's like D-mail, only the next letter.

  

  perks I was looking forward to if I got accepted. The first was a Brass ... being able to write down "[email protected]." It's a right of passage, a treat you only get as a student, and there's something

  • by Snively '11
  • September 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  If strangers meet life begins you shall above all things be glad and young

  

  I. Flying back home to MIT from home in South Bend (not a typo), I had a perfect view of Cambridge and Boston out my window. The plane was ... River and the bay glittered like uncut gems in the light. It took me but a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 23, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Things I’ve Missed About Home My top six.

  

  So I'm writing from the end of a well-needed break back in San ... than a three-hour time difference. These adjustments are mostly positive ... .) * Home-cooked meals. A cliche, but with good reason - when you've been

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / Events

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

  

  weekend-long party centered around the overnight roasting of a steer in our courtyard and the subsequent feast. The following description is courtesy of a ... dogs, we roast over 300 pounds of meat over a giant spit for 17 hours

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

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

  

  coming late! I had a great time at CPW, really. But my SD card corrupted ... off the airport shuttle, I immediately felt a sugar rush. The weather was great, students were tossing a frisbee, and music was blasting in

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

  What to expect when you’re expecting CPW Some thoughts and advice in advance of Campus Preview Weekend.

  

  Preview Weekend (CPW), I figured it would be worthwhile to spend a little time helping to set expectations for the weekend. Because CPW is such a big MIT event, there's a lot of hype, rumor, and mythology surrounding

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Happy Valentine’s Day from MIT Because theobromine is delicious.

  

  on a secret: MIT Admissions loves you. No, really. I know the L-word gets thrown around a lot these days, which I think is sort of sad, since ... what used to be (and in some ways, still is) a very powerful word. But I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 14, 2008