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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Making Time For Art [by Ashley Nash '11] If you don't have much or any experience with art, MIT…

  

  has been one and only one answer to every question. The reason to do a ... , the answer doesn't matter very much anyway. I got a 39 on my first math ... opportunities in classes and in clubs. I am taking SP.747-Creative Imaging, a

  • by ARTalk
  • March 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Quantum Mechanics ...

  

  Quantum pset is slow-going tonight. I was having a lot of trouble until I saw this: What luck! My many questions were all answered. THANKS, CONAN! -luvlulu

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • March 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST Robotics Kickoff Things go into Overdrive at a reception at Dean Kamen's house.

  

  Last night, after a day of reading the first batch of regular action applications, I grabbed a Zipcar Prius and set a course for New Hampshire. After ... hosts a reception at his enormous hilltop mansion, "WestWind." The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Attack! My war diary.

  

  ! Please excuse the lolcat/EECS reference, it was a necessary evil. Surprise and happy New Year! There's a new kid on the blogs, halfway through the ... aren't expecting. I plan on doing a bit of that myself actually, so

  • by Snively '11
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Desired things a youthful aside.

  

  I just had the busiest, craziest summer of my life. I remember a high school teacher who had high hopes for us. She owned not a small fraction of the most difficult course at my school. A course on American

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 12, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Behind the scenes of Glamour: Part 1 Two MIT students were chosen as Glamour's Top 10 College Women

  

  ’s typical to neglect your appearance after working on a problem set until 4 am ... 2004. I received the application from a sorority sister and filled it ... got a call in early March saying that I was a finalist. It wasn’t until

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 9, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interview with Hanhan Wang: EECS, robots, and more! What it’s like to study electrical engineering and computer science at MIT

  

  video game and joystick, a detector for interplanetary communication, HDTV ... , a senior majoring in Course 6 to learn about her experiences with the ... Corporation. Currently, she is a lab assistant, or L.A., for a new class called

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work Hard, Play Hard MIT students actually have lives, occasionally.

  

  risk of sounding like a complete idiot, I have to ask: do people always ... queries: I'm a little concerned about MIT's degree of toughness...is it ... people, and never showering. This is definitely not the case - as a matter

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Alive and In London Updates from the Road

  

  Currently writing to you from the London Apple Store. Spring Break has been a blast so far. Once I find free wireless, I'll upload the real entries.

  • by Bryan
  • March 26, 2007
• Blog / Events

  I’m embarrassed to be writing this entry. The one where Matt regresses back to being a 12 year old boy.

  

  Yesterday evening at MIT had a fairly random pair of events: First, pro wrestling announcer Jim "J.R." Ross spoke at a colloquium hosted by the Comparative Media Studies (CMS) department. Later, there was a free

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 23, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Pictures that don’t belong anywhere else – Part I because i'm a slackslackslackball.

  

  This entry is a lot of things. Read! First here are some pictures ... it over IAP when a single became available) and was kind enough to let ... pictures for the sake of clarity. Because you see, we have a second

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • February 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes – Spring 07 Ending MIT with a literary bang. Can you hear it?

  

  a week (~20 people, discussion class) fun fact: Professor Lipkowitz ... a week (~20 people, workshopping class) fun fact: "Diaz’s 1996 book [Drown], a collection of coming-of-age short stories set both in Santo

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 14, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Guessing game results MIT's student newspaper publishes the number of freshman applications.

  

  Today, MIT's student newspaper, The Tech, published a story with our current number of applications: 12,440. This represents a 9% increase over ... ... Guessers within half a percent either way [12378, 12502] were Anonymous (from

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 6, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Professors Are Human Too (Really!) My name is Eric Grimson, and I am a professor at MIT.

  

  bloggers - a source of insight into MIT that I hope is of value as you ... succeed at MIT. My name is Eric Grimson, and I am a professor at MIT. I ... deal with the faculty and fellow students a few at a time, in your

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Former MIT Students on TV Two in a flattering way, one in a potentially embarassing way.

  

  up for a full run. One of the shows, WIRED Science, is co-hosted by an ... Sciences, or EAPS) and was a member of the a cappella group the Muses. Aomawa is also a contributor to the new book She's Such a Geek: Women Write

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview: 10/20 Approaches Some thoughts on the interview, as the EA deadline nears.

  

  a little crazy. If you have already contacted your EC but haven't yet heard back from them, don't worry. Give your EC at least a few days to ... can either give us a call at 617.253.4791 or drop us an email at

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Colin Jackson is awesome So is my life, but not to such a great extent.

  

  shaped to remind the consumer of a child's arms folded in prayer. 6 days. I haven't written a blog entry in 6 days. God created the Earth in six days. Me? I'm a slacker. Well, here's my excuse: it was a four

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

  Classes – Fall 06 The inside scoop on all 54 units I am taking this semester

  

  . Requires a 20-page paper on the economics of long-run economic growth. Professor: Peter Temin format: two 1.5 hour lectures a week, one 1 hour ... enterprise. Professor: Ryan LaFond format: two 1.5 hour lectures a week good

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

  Heading back up Goodbye Maryland, hello Boston!

  

  Helllo! Today’s the day…I’m going back to good old Boston. Any last minute questions about classes or life??? Post away…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Value added You are not the same person you'll be at the end of undergrad, and your…

  

  for worse. Tonight I am highlighting the differences between me as a 17-year-old undergrad applicant and me as a 21-year-old grad school ... from your typical bright, well-rounded kid into a real scientist. Test

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 25, 2006