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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Transporting In & Around MIT Everything you need to know about how easy it is to get around MIT.

  

  that he missed driving terribly. So, not too long ago he bought a used car. Keeping a car around campus is not free of course, but there are a ... either... PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION You may have heard that Boston has a

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 1 ECs are some of my favorite people in the world and you'll like them too.

  

  interviewers remain helpful). A description of the current interview process is posted here.  For me, Educational Counselors or ECs are a special group of ... . They are also teachers of a type when they talk to each of you during

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Olympians, Part 2 This time, I am talking about science olympiads.

  

  MIT freshman calculus class back more than a decade ago (wow, I feel old) next to a friend of mine from Singapore. At the time, he was the only ... as a really cool thing. Being at MIT meant that I was going to school

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sore Subjects state of affairs isn't so good. But here are some telescope pictures!

  

  derive the energy eigenvalues for a hydrogenic atom. Pretty kickass, right ... Islands with me during spring break. Opened it on the beach a few times and ... a 10-page term paper on Julius Caesar due this past Monday (the sort

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 14, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Welcome to MIT, Class of 2012 Welcome home.

  

  Even though it's been exactly a year since I found out I had been ... been outside on a cold, cloudy, rainy day when suddenly, almost without ... everything, if only for a moment? That's how clicking that button felt for me

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogging About Blogging CAPTAIN FAFSA!

  

  Internet." It was essentially a conference and over a hundred college and ... it. I was really excited for the conference for a couple of reasons ... admissions as a whole. While we were there we saw something so, um

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Blogger Decisions Released Many thanks to all of this year's incredible applicants!

  

  So we were a little more efficient this year in making decisions (i.e. none of this October business from last year!). I've spent a ton of time ... having to actually vote, which was a really nice conclusion to the

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 7, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Making house calls "Uhh, someone from MIT wants to talk to you."

  

  ’s awkward to get a call during dinner from someone you don’t know. But, we ... curriculum. I went to a math and science Magnet program, so I came into MIT ... just a matter of personal preferences, as long as you finish your

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Wonder what an Amtrak station in the middle o’nowhere looks like? Pulling an Anthony on you: pictures of train stations, followed by my IAP so far.

  

  This was the title of an email I sent to Neha '10 a couple of weeks ... moved and where I spent the first week of the new year. As we drove over a ... the tracks a couple of days later; sure enough, there was this: And

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 17, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Wolverine Wolverine, creme brulee, Ina Garten, BOOM. You symbiotic patriotic slam book neck, right?

  

  would win in a fight: James Bond or Wolverine? "I'm sitting in lab right ... . Except at MIT, it's a waterfall of knowledge. As I said last entry, I won ... clearly stupid. I just made a few small alterations--I didn't have any curry

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

  I’m Back!

  

  hours in between. It makes for a nice lunch/blog update time.) Today is ... what my fridge looked like: That's right, its sole contents were a bottle of water and a box of seafoam fudge. Mmmm, the tastes of home. (I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 1 In this entry, I answer your recent questions left in the comments of previous entries.

  

  ?" Well, there are only a few vegetarian-only restaurants in the area (such ... Cafe." And Vicki added, "Veggie Planet in Harvard Square is a tiny hole-in-the-wall that a lot of people miss, but it has some great veggie options. I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 8, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Profile On The Web: Can It Hurt You? Responses to questions on Facebook and other internet profiles and how they can affect college…

  

  A rising high school senior who is currently in a prestigious summer ... a copy of our correspondence: Do you believe what students put on the ... in general?) Do you believe someone could be rejected from a school

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus, Part One Photos and commentary of a sample floor of the East Campus dormitory.

  

  The blogfathers in the admissions office requested a while back that ... each floor, along with one graduate student (called a "GRT," for graduate ... built or planned, and it's about eighty years old. It's been renovated a

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • June 26, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Last train to Koblenz If I get back by 7:30, I don't need a reservation.

  

  , authorities have set up a row of big-screen projectors in Berlin spanning an ... than Boston, is serviced by a vast network of streetcars and subways ... in all the train stations make up a personal itinerary for you listing

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Additional Questions & Answers Regarding Music At MIT If you've pursued music in high school and wish to continue doing so in college,…

  instrument. 1. Do you have to be a music major to perform in MIT's ensembles ... concentration, and some who choose to declare a music minor or major - but the ... , private instruction. But all students with a serious interest in music

  • by mitblogs
  • April 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So I said to Einstein… ...think of a name for my new theory while I go talk to my relatives.

  

  .. "I think of MIT as a samurai school," said Jones. "It is preparing you for the highest work of advancing civilization. You have to find a way ... end up surfing the internet a little at work. One thing I found today

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  First Post A little about myself.

  write once a month or so to tell you what we’re thinking about, working on ... to getting to know you. To tell you a little about myself, I’ve had ... terrific universities (including MIT). I never aspired to have a career in

  • by mitblogs
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  No more physics It was Day 2 of classes when I got kicked out of one! (Only it…

  

  , it's such a cool class!" I was enrolled in 8.02, and I was very ... how 18.01 is a prereq and 18.02 is a co-requsitie for 8.02. Since I ... physics). Just a heads up to the 4 other people in the world who test out of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Power Tools at 2 AM A typical MIT experience.

  

  I've been on campus for over a week now, which basically means that I ... afterwards we all got a chance to meet President Hockfield. (By the way, the T ... floor like a good frosh. Conner 2, where Sam and Mitra live, had written

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 2, 2005