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• Blog / MISTI

  Piece of my Heart Hey, look, a Turkish internet cafe.

  

  apparently caused by a law requiring any restaurant with seating to also have ... pretty well set up here--I opened a bank account, almost entirely in German ... can tell a lot from social cues, hand gestures, and a limited

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  End of May updates More waitlist admits, no ARML, Bollywood in Boston, technical theater at MIT.

  

  It was a nice, relaxing 3-day weekend here. Summer has arrived in Boston. Now, after a lull in posting over the holiday and during yesterday ... remain on the waitlist.Unfortunately, I have to take back what I said in a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 31, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An Entrepreneur’s Story How billionaire entrepreneur Pat McGovern '59 got his start.

  

  Yesterday's New York Times had a nice piece about MIT alum Pat Mc ... , and, as it is here, it is often a very interesting story. Read on: I was about 15 when I read "Giant Brains, or Machines That Think," a step

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dass ein Ende mit mir haben muss ...und mein Leben ein Ziel hat.

  

  with a chance of you're not going to get a blog entry this week. I want ... MIT students. So, in case I get a little verklempt, figuratively, with ... 'll give you a topic. The peanut is neither a pea nor a nut. Discuss.

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 8, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2006 Day 1 Campus Preview Weekend has begun! [photos]

  

  : Registration began at 9am with a huge influx of people. It was great to see so ... concluded with a huge Festival, which included... Liquid nitrogen ice cream! A resident of Random Hall prepares a dry ice (!) drink for me. TEP

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 7, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Hello from Palo Alto My California not-so-vacation.

  

  tired of missing class, considering that I have two tests and a pset due ... program. It's gone/is going a little something like this. Saturday, Feb 25 ... a shuttle across the bay to Berkeley. Dinner is pizza and beer at the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Engineering Hero One of the coolest professors at MIT

  

  So two weeks ago, I had a lecture from one of the oldest people at ... the Mechanical Engineering Department. Now ever since I was a young ... electric shock at times when I tried to power a robot by plugging a wire

  • by Bryan
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Some Notes Misc. fun stuff.

  

  with a 7-1 record [read more: MITAthletics] So, Summer got a 2300 on ... , regardless of who else is applying from a particular school. Dressing like a ... quoted in a recent Bloomberg News article on stress & college

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s going on inside my head It might not have been so very important.

  

  threw a dinner party for a bunch of people Friday, including Sam's Mom ... I have to cover it in a bacon-sugar sauce before eating it. Actually, I just find it to be a little bitter, which may make me a supertaster

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Forum Monday Let's make a list of questions that you feel you REALLY need answers to ASAP.

  

  Today's post is a bit different from my regular posts. As we get ... incline. As a way to help with your tension headaches, I propose the following: instead of me posting a topic and you responding, let's make a list

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Avoiding moonlight on an empty stomach Late-night snack cravings lead me underground on meandering routes to Massachusetts Avenue.

  

  , when you're hard at work putting off a problem set, you realize that you forgot dinner and are in fact pining for a cold drink, hot sandwich, or ... join me on an all-too-familiar excursion. :-) (a closer look at the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  First Blogiversary One year ago today, "McGann's Factors" began.

  

  blogs MIT Admissions would launch in 2004. Now, with more than a dozen ... . Over the past year, I've learned a lot about blogging and how to best ... criticism, or any other helpful comments about how I can be a better blogger

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Want To Play Music @ MIT? (informally, that is.)

  

  in auditoriums, as part of a band in various bars & clubs. I sang in an a cappella group for most of college as well as college choir ... -up-of-instruments that occurred late at night in the dorms - a guitar here, a drum here, a

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Enrolled 09’s: Watch Your Mailbox I've been getting a lot of questions about the Next Big Mailing (NBM®). Here's the…

  

  I've been getting a lot of questions about the Next Big Mailing (NBM ... by the ARC - so my knowledge thereof is a bit limited. I just spoke ... it takes a bit longer. They are not all mailed at the same time, so if

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 4, 2005
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Cambridge-MIT Exchange

  

  matriculate as a full student for a year at Cambridge University in Cambridge, England. Read on for Amanda's experience... A Year at Cambridge A "guest blog" by Amanda Frye, MIT '06 Spending a year at Cambridge has been an

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  International Selection Day 1

  

  international students.   I wore a tie today, which might clue you in to a selection committee meeting: it was the first day of international ... conclude selection of the international class. Relatedly, I had a great

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection Day 3

  

  Office followed, making for a fun Admissions Dance Party of sorts (which is just what one would expect to see at 11:30am on a Sunday in the MIT Student Center). It was good relaxation during a serious time of year. The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 6, 2004
• Blog / Events

  Spending the F.A.T. with Arthur Ganson A missed opportunity to build kinetic sculptures with artist Arthur Ganson.

  

  of activities -- “studying” and “sleeping.” Unfortunately, I have a ... I scanned the front page of The Tech, MIT’s major newspaper, and saw a picture from an event called Friday After Thanksgiving (F.A.T.), sponsored

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 28, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finding a job at the National Institutes of Health A guide to getting a job at the NIH

  

  Human Genome Research Institute? Thanks a lot for your help." This is an ... complete a Senior Research Project and I thought it would be neat to do my ... Program (SIP) application (which includes 2 recommendations, an essay, a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 13, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  I Am Prettylatebuthere’sanIAPpost on MIT's independent activities period (ft. friends!!)

  

  little sidequests, our paths mainly crossing for dinner in a dorm lounge or ... ="attachment_111599" align="alignnone" width="300"] sarah and i on our way to a wallows concert back in august![/caption] hello blog!!! my name is sarah and i am a

  • by Angie F. '28
  • February 24, 2025