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• Blog / Study Abroad

  One Life to Live In which I use the title of a soap opera as a motivational phrase

  

  sounds incredibly daunting, and to some people, even a little crazy or ... to do it. If you're a junior or sophomore, that's great, you have ... 'm guessing most of you are seniors, so you'd be looking at taking a gap year

  • by Karen F. '11
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist We have admitted 20 waitlisted students.

  

  will lose your deposit at the other school, but it is a standard practice to consider accepting a waitlist offer) or decline it. The waitlist ... for a day before leaving for Albuquerque and I can tell you that it was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Future of Work How can people and computers be connected so that—collectively—they act more intelligently than any individuals,…

  

  . "Working" had a profound affect on me as I thought about work, and the basic ... that stayed with me for many years was called Car Hiker, a profile of Al, a man who for thirty years, parked cars in a garage. HIs nickname was

  • by Laurie Everett
  • March 6, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Pieces Check your application tracking.

  

  . This is a good time for you to check your application tracking on My ... Report and Transcript, Evaluation A, Evaluation B, Testing Requirements ... done, so as long as you get us the copies in a timely manner, we'll be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 24, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Exploring the newest innovations in dessert technology A trip filled with enough desserts to satisfy anyone's sweet tooth!

  

  decided to find out, while celebrating a 21st birthday. We had three stops ... July and boy, what a great concept. We had two chocolate fudge cupcakes ... mechanical engineering required for such a restaurant. They had this really

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  ADITL My wednesday.

  

  As promised, a detailed recount of Bryan's Wednesday. 7:45 AM: Alarm ... . My breakfast. My best friend telling me I'm crazy because I'm taking a ... have a *great* view from my window in lab. Until 9:57 AM: Finite element

  • by Bryan
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freedom isn’t free. ...but a biology minor is, sometimes.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? "Hey Ruth ['07], I need a did you know?" "Oh, those are ... 's name is Quicky... that could be a did you know." So I just got this e ... Chemical Engineers, which I'm not even really a member of. From: Maxine Date

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus Okay, so it's not even really half a bus. But I'M not the one asking…

  

  I did, online. But today I decided that was a bad move, so I switched ... less than a second. No paperwork, no irritating confrontations with raspy ... now, which is probably better for me since I've taken a lot of chemistry

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 11, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Lodger Third in a trilogy of Berlin photo entries, featuring the country of Moldova.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? This World Cup was the first time that a country ... -Montenegro split into separate countries a few weeks before the beginning of the ... , Kendall '07, and I got a picture in front of the very popular United States

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 15, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  World Cup Final in Boston An MIT- and Boston-centric look at the Italian victory.

  

  was huge here in Boston, home to a large Italian-American population ... . Despite the American reputation of not being a soccer-friendly country ... have to look forward to is a down market. According to this article, the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Unfolding of Language Your high school English teacher may hate it, but "gonna" really is a word.

  

  . The whole idea was in fact inspired by one of my random "pick a book off ... awesome. In content, anyway. The author tends to ramble on a bit, and seems to spend a lot of time with wordy disclaimers and pretentious claims

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 9, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  All my pasts and futures A blog entry about band and quiz bowl, to prove that I'm still hip.

  

  lateral epicondylitis?" I won the "funniest answer" prize (a free entree and ... thought it was a pretty reasonable answer. I know I promised an entry on a portrait of my UROP as a young man, but I got so involved writing the stream

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Parafilm Effect The center cannot hold... unless you stick it together with Parafilm.

  

  is Parafilm? Parafilm M is a unique self-sealing, moldable and flexible ... a "dead fold". And as if this is not enough, Parafilm can be stretched ... Parafilm is. Basically, a high-tech version of Glad Press + Seal. Anyway

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions Updates Online & postal decisions, matching Pell Grants, and reading continues.

  

  not have a definitive date and time when letters will be mailed, but it ... expect a large envelope and not a tube. Students not admitted will receive a standard business-sized envelope. In other admissions-related news

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Some comments on topics of interest

  

  So, usually I stay away from College Confidential, as it has a way of ... schools' real or imaginary affirmative action policies. There was a thread ... was quite a long thread which went on many different tangents. One of

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  $100 Laptop Unveiled Inspiring!

  

  I just took a break from reading to watch some of the webcast of ... "machine will be a Linux-based, full-color, full-screen laptop that will use ... , 1 Megapixel." The plan is to initially roll out the computers in a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  No Child Gets Ahead?

  

  There was an article in the New York Times yesterday about a topic ... . A new survey by her association found that among 39 states that ... 7 spent less than $1 million and 8 spent nothing. "For a nation, I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UEA Internship Panel

  

  The Undergraduate Economics Association (UEA) sponsored a dinner and internship panel for anyone interested in a career or degree in economics. (I ... dinner was catered by Vinny Testa's of Boston. We took a cab back

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Decisions mailed;

  

  , and at a quarter to five, the mailman came to post the letters. Sadly, I ... and deny letters each come in a standard #10 window envelope (4.125" ... first year of blogging very interesting and enjoyable. It's been a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 8 & Beyond

  

  On Selection Day 8 (Thursday), I wore a skinny tie, and worked with Mari and Prof. Patrick Henry Winston. Winston is what we at MIT call a ... others). The following day (Friday), I did not wear a tie for the first

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 26, 2005