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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  LAST! It's the end of the world as we know it!

  

  Stop doing your homework, don’t worry about papers, don’t pay your bills, don’t make weekend plans, don’t even finish applying to MIT, there’s no point. This is goodbye, this is my last post. I know what you

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 10, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Post-finals stress? Oh, it happens. Trust me.

  

  . Also, I'm going to be in Madrid in 4 days and still don't have an

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It Ends Tonight, It Ends Tonight On this evening / I give the final blow...

  

  second semester! Good luck on your AP exams, too! But don't stress out too

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 8, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  It’s not all happy I know, shocker!

  

  don't happen every day and they don't happen all day. You know when they ... ONE PSET. I don't blog about how overbearing things can feel (a test and ... on Thursdays). I don't blog about the specific grades I get or worrying

  • by Snively '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

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

  

  term), and 700 undergraduate majors. Don't let the size scare you! - you ... during a term will face a stage of self-doubt: they don't understand some ... faculty won't understand, so they don't seek out help or advice. Contrary to

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to Do While Waiting for Decisions Like elevator music, except without the awkwardness of standing next to a stranger whose priorities…

  

  Admissions Decisions 1. Dream about getting into colleges that don't exist ... much fun as it is being pompous and loathed by everybody, just don't do it. Nobody likes that guy. You don't want to be that guy, do you?) 4

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 2, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Children of Eden, seek for your garden. You and your children to come, someday to come home.

  

  i was going to write a post about Thanksgiving and Drop Date and not dropping 18.02, but it was boring. So I deleted it. Don't complain; I've spared you the trouble of reading something you really wouldn't have wanted

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  heard back from them, don't worry. Give your EC at least a few days to ... . Neighbours. He had retired to the town next to mine. I don't remember much from ... , student activities, and female students). I don't remember anything about

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Dewey Love Libraries? Yes we dew!

  

  for the Dewey furniture survey. (Clearly, I don't have enough work to do

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Tried to Ford the River Are you even old enough to remember this?

  

  Pika (69 Chestnut Street) I don't know how many of you had the luxury of

  • by Bryan
  • April 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mitra, it’s your birthday. Happy birthday, Mitra!

  

  . Happy birthday, Mitra! Don't eat too much cake; you have got a marathon to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Reading Some final notes before decisions are posted.

  

  Required reading (from folks who are better writers than me): Ben Jones: It's More Than A Job Marilee Jones: Sending You My Best Also: Bryan Nance A Post For Parents and It's All About the Process, Bryan Don't

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Happy Pi Day

  

  recitation contest Pie eating contest Free pie for everyone! And don't forget

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Maybe later

  

  "eat my words" because Boston weather is crazy. But I don't care. It

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A few quick answers The skinny.

  

  . ------------------------------------- When will regular action decisions be released? I don't know yet when

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Spreading Santorum around MIT Or rather, just spreading awareness of Santorum.

  

  I don't want to make this blog too political--I will not use Turkey vs. Spam as a stepping stone to the presidency. Still, I must say, I'm not too fond of my US senator, Rick Santorum. I won't go into any

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 6, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Odds and Ends My brain is too fried to think of any original content. So I'm commenting on…

  

  , it was. Moral of the story: whatever classes don't kill you will only ... bubble of context, and that you don't have to have a certain GPA or certain ... -- and if you don't get in, it's not because you are being rejected, or you

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Belonging Who belongs at MIT?

  

  pretty sweet spaghetti wrestling... what, you don't know what I mean ... wrestling can't be the only thing all 4000 of us have in common. I just don't ... 'm looking for a large sample size, so don't be a lurker -- tell me why you

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summertime and the living is slightly less difficult than usual MIT = Masochists in Training

  

  -- but I don't think I've ever spent so much time studying for a test in my ... night and write my statement of purpose. (For grad school, you don't get to write essays about what you do in your free time -- they really don't

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An MIT FAQ Because it's better to laugh at blatant stereotypes than to let them make you angry

  

  how to talk about anything but science? A. Well, most of us don't. But ... extremely small sample size. Q. I don't need good extracurriculars to apply ... 's campus really ugly? A. I've heard this one a lot, and I still don't

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 28, 2005