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• 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 always the best part... how about the milk vending machine in the basement of building 2?" "I don't know, I dont think milk vending machines are

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

  I read the news today Oh boy! I hope that you're as excited as I am.

  

  , I don't know if I should even bother applying to MIT, it's so hard and ... the article, hey, don't worry, you could still come to MIT and major in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 23, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Ultimate Showdown Making important college purchase #1

  

  like me, you really don't need a computer. Athena has got most of the ... them, just email me and I'll give you the sites (I don't want my blog to

  • by Bryan
  • July 10, 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 YOURSELF: - I can be compulsive - I work too much - I don't sleep or exercise

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Activities, humanities, question-ities Will you have time to be in an extracurricular at MIT? Yes, you will.

  

  -requisite to have been a cheerleader to try out for the MIT squad. No, you don't ... always really happy to help everybody else learn. We don't really have ... requirement at this moment, don't worry about it. I think I figured it out

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let It Bleed There will be an answer, let it bleed.

  

  GIRs. This is usually a good thing. If you don't have so many GIRs to ... you don't need to take. So, here's how it goes. Physics: The GIRs are ... people don't take it their freshman year, put it off as long as possible

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

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

  

  next four years. These days, you don't have to travel all the way to ... The Coop's web site, you can pick up all the MIT swag you need. And don't

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Home on the range Dorm choice timeline and advice.

  

  temporary room. Don't unpack. (A good strategy is to pack a suitcase with a ... don't want to not get lotteried into dorm X and set yourself up for ... 's really important that you end up in the best dorm for you and don't succumb

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

  Bio? My sort-of bio, but not the Course 7 kind.

  

  In my past entry, a few students commented with the request that I post a biography of myself. I wrote a list of things I do and don't like ... freak me out, and I really don't like it when people bring more carry

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Mid-year Grade Reports And Other Common Questions Quick answers to a few of the common questions in my blog over the last…

  

  MIT has received my mid-year grade report? You really don't need to ... be released? I don't know the exact date yet. Sometime in mid-March. It

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Waiting (is the hardest part)

  

  pressures to apply early are too high, and don't want to further contribute to ... , further pressuring people to apply early. Additionally, we don't want to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I am dumb

  

  people don't agree with me (and it's easier to clean a suite kitchen shared ... magazines to look at the pictures... 3. Don't get scurvy! It's not a good idea

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Borne back ceaselessly into the past I've had a week! The whole earth was created in a week!

  

  hacker types. Don't look at me, I live on West Campus. Oh, but my life has ... -degree sauna into a 36-degree river. So, I hope you don't mind me writing

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 13, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Carnival A glorious carnival is marred by the passing of a beloved goldfish. (24 pictures)

  

  sheltered childhood, since I didn't know that carnival goldfish don't live ... ? *sniff* I don't want to end on such a tragic note, so I will leave you

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 2 Many more of your questions and my answers.

  

  around where I live, other than golf and soccer, sports I don't have the ... at MIT I don't think?) - is that really bad?" It's cool that you ... major. Remember that half of MIT students don't major in what they put on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maine, Episode III: Ain’t No Mountain The one with more pictures than text.

  

  evidence of that. Time to go back down. Hiking is the only time that I don't ... . Thanks a lot, Joe '08! Don't worry Mom, I'm walking fine now. And the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Hosts

  

  days. If you don't, don't worry: I assure you that you have a host, and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist Questions The waitlist seems to be a hot topic so I'll try to answer the most…

  

  does it work? Don't I have to let other colleges know by May 1? Is it ... case you don't get in off the waitlist. Those colleges will likely

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 1

  

  so, how many applications per year don't get considered because they ... considered; these are missing, for example, the transcript or Part II. I don't ... do? Will they get mad if I call about it? I don't know why I didn

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• Blog / Events

  How about an eπ Reunion?

  

  .mit.edu/classes/1997/miamireunion.html At MIT, we don't just have 5n year reunions ... seen -- if you're in Las Vegas, don't miss it. I was lucky enough to get

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 27, 2004