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• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Whoooo!

  

  your profile a map of all the places in the world that you have been. As ... have traveled. I think it's a particularly touchy subject because I feel ... such a sheltered life so to speak, and when I gush over the fact that my

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Southern California Fires Our thoughts go out to those affected by the wildfires.

  

  wildfires. Half a million people have evacuated their homes, and more than ... has 646 public schools, with nearly 500,000 students. A thousand homes ... that there must be a better solution to fighting these fires. Maybe it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT goes on the road Over the next month, MIT Admissions Officers will visit dozens of cities across North America.

  

  Island, followed quickly behind by Virginia and Pennsylvania. For a ... universities? How might you know whether or not MIT is a good match for you? We ... an interview and give you some advice. This is also a good chance for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 3, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Yay CPW! I'm just trying to see how many blog entries we can get in the RSS…

  

  getting to meet a lot of you, but it was exhausting- I lived in the Burton Conner TV Lounge. When one event was over I'd clean up from it, take a 30 ... then set up for the next event. But, from what I hear, you guys had a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Pre-Campus Preview Weekend GET PUMPED.

  

  DChen '10 said, "when I left CPW, I was left with a longing to return... and a sense of loss of the warmth inside of me... blah, blah, blah." And while CPW will probably indeed fill you with a sense of warmth and the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 11, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW: Tips and Tricks Hitchhikers Guide to Campus Preview Weekend

  

  Here are a few tips to making the best of your CPW experience. Rule ... people that I would be going to school with for four years. I also had a ... #4: Explore the campus. Walk around the campus. The fact that you're a

  • by Bryan
  • April 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to Senior Haus, version 2.0 More pictures!

  

  stairwell opening into the third floor, there's a mural of our banner with our motto. Sport Death! Here's a view of another room, this time a double - that of Kel '10 and Thom '10. Many of us spend a lot of time taking up

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  By the numbers Who needs words to talk?

  

  else that I know of. They’re the kind of thing that serve as a dead ... immersed in the MIT culture. I am certainly a full-blooded MIT student, and ... rumors- at MIT, everything is given a number. Classes, buildings, trees

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Ah, TV… A super-sized value meal for the mind, not the body.

  

  a stressful endeavor. I know, I know! Applying to college is beyond ... about admissions and instead transform into a cozy place where we can ... ? Who do you think are the last 5 Cyclons? Is Starbuck a toaster? Is she

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh Sam Guess what? Ben's mom. Ha!

  

  course). Oh Sam. While I'm talking about Sam, I just have to tell you a ... . It's just a few seconds before I'm out the front door or into the ... terribly busy I make a point to say hi. Now, as I mentioned, it's only a few

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  Food? What? I may weigh approximately two pounds, but I eat as much as everyone else. All…

  

  bean and garlic sauce. It is amazing. It will last me a week, because I ... 't cook to save my life. I was dead set on living in a dorm with a dining ... a dining hall when I can go to my floor kitchen - or, better yet, when

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Marjane Satrapi and French Breakthroughs The author of Persepolis visits MIT, and my French professor is famous

  

  about life and criticisms of American foreign policy. All in all, it was a ... Satrapi said something along the lines of: "We live in such a conservative ... AIDS, there is a lot of joy. And life without joy is pointless." It

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Solicitation You've got questions. I'll have answers tomorrow night.

  

  , food -- whatever. Bonus points if you ask a question so blatantly ... . Anonymous wrote Awwww.... you were such a drama queen! Here I was thinking ... . In my defense, I'll say that I'm a lot less of a drama queen than I was

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The LiveJournal Survey Mid-summer frivolity, part three.

  

  care about people - I'm a good dad THREE THINGS YOU DON'T LIKE ABOUT ... | The Joshua Tree - Death Cab | Transatlanticism TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE: - I ... - Exercise - Taking Timur's money in Texas Hold 'Em THREE THINGS YOU NEED IN A

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2010 Roll Call It's May 1st -- welcome to MIT!

  

  comments. We're excited to have you as a member of the class! We've spent the ... and say hi to Ben, Nance and I!) It's going to be a wild ride -- fasten ... sometimes, you want to be a little subtle in your MIT pride, while still

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fame Discover Magazine tries to cash in on this whole "turkey into oil" craze that I…

  

  DID YOU KNOW? America's fastest competitive eater is Sonya Thomas, a ... , Jefferson Tester, a professor of chemical engineering at MIT, says he ... ... did you know that "a 60-mile bike trip" means 60 miles each way? Really

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Don’t Miss the Battle of the Bands Watch Ben Jones's band, Tremulant, perform with Marilee Jones at Battle of the Bands this…

  

  Floor of the Student Center Who: YOU! Battle of the Bands will be a ... part about the refund is a lie, but the rest of it is all true.) There ... 's ice cream, and see a demo by Harmonix, the creators of the PS2 game

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Antici A long time ago in a suburb far away...

  

  was too young and stupid to know what a postmark was. That's probably ... a few nights. Anyway, that was way more exciting than sitting at my ... in a swimming pool full of strawberry soda, and will ride in it with

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Conversations with graders And other ramblings of a frosh...

  

  As promised in my last entry, it has been quite a week! Tuesday ... my corny little flashlight: Now I can use a milling machine and a ... = verb for using the lathe to machine something) a pin for the pedalbox of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Flowers in your hair

  

  Boston have fun! There's a lot going on this weekend, including: Pulse ... Month, come see a FREE show featuring the Logs, Harvard's Ku ... !! "Pulse: Waves From the Motherland" is a demonstration of the extent to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 16, 2006