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• Blog / MIT Life

  Lie la lying down Sometimes there are perks to attending a school with a notorious reputation for producing stressed…

  

  Housemasters and house government, I have arranged for free massages for Burton ... provide free 8-10 minute massages for Burton-Conner students who sign up in ... ... uh, I could have studied a little more for that dirty little puppy, I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 4, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Football home opener College football is as American as apple pie.

  

  past few weeks, we were finally ready for the football home opener ... -Center pool to cheer briefly for the water polo team. (We will, as a general rule, cheer for any team which asks us to. The water polo coach came in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  You Make The Call So you think you've got what it takes to admit the Class of 2010 to…

  

  diverse class that reflects the values and goals of your institution. For a ... grades and scores. Now that you have controlled for those factors, please ... -qualified, under-represented minority applicants. (Remember, this is not up for

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 9, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  A thousand million questions An evening with Gaelic quesadillas and Farrokh Bulsara.

  

  later, my floor headed down to the Asgard Irish Pub and Restaurant for ... famous for holding up a microphone stand without the bottom part. 3. What ... for Burton-Conner, a scholar of the history of technology, and a regular

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Can You Become Back at MIT, with excitement and pictures

  

  thing I didn't get a super burrito, since after paying for the regular ... wanted to talk to him (and he wasn't online). For some reason, he didn ... weeks for a graduate program in bioengineering. This stud sang in the a

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Schedules are up!

  

  , because individual class schedules for the fall term came out. (My very ... schedule for the next term, but this takes place several months before a term ... 't think it counts as my favorite day of term.) I know for sure that I'll be

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  jetsetting i saw a flying pig.

  

  visit him for his 20th birthday. Before I made it there, I experienced my ... actually won a game for once. Highlight of the Game: When the mascot did the ... for a bit because I was leaving the next morning for the Lone Star State

  • by Bryan
  • August 9, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  My Old Kentucky Home

  

  , stepdad, and four siblings in Louisville, Kentucky, and will be there for ... argument about what the proper name is for a soft drink. Most people said ... generic name for soft drinks. If you go to a restaurant and say "Could I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  You Can’t Make MIT Love You If You Don’t… my advice on application essays (updated 7/29)

  

  mail, but that was back before MIT had the technology in place for online ... for fun.) "You can't make MIT love you if you don't [write a good essay ... for a good cause.) ----------- 7/29 EDIT I don't think the admissions

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nightswimming

  

  denizens, is that we get up to such interesting things! For example, a few ... 's easy to blame him for anything involving nudity. The driver of the car I ... except for our own voices and some very excitable bullfrogs. There were

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  USA Wins 2nd in International Math Olympiad Three MIT '09s won Gold Medals.

  

  international math & science olympiads. Competitions are held for such ... them look deceptively simple. Take, for example, one of this year ... team members are tallied for a country team score. This year, the top

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Work in Progress So. I decided that I needed a new banner.

  

  . Ben decided for me that I needed a new banner. See, when Ben sets up the original blog for us, it has a "default banner" that says "replace this ASAP ... Mitra and put up a really simple temporary design for the time being. So I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  As The Saying About Assumptions Goes… Assume = Ass + U + Me.

  

  (for which I still owe you the summary, I know) we had a group discussion ... hearts and true passions. I mentioned to the group that at MIT we look for ... in order of priority). (We'll pause here to clarify for the record that

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  5n, n=1

  

  I'm in Phoenix for the International Science & Engineering Fair ... : For 108 years now, Tech Night at the Pops has been one of the most ... together for an exclusive concert and a rousing rendition of the alma mater

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

  Schools of dreams

  

  come to a section about a student coming in for a mock college interview ... down to the fact that we don't have room for every excellent student who ... choices for college, though. We need to hear more about them. And parents

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT writing faculty comment on GPT and other AI assisted writing in education

  

  supposed implications for all forms of human text generation. For reasons ... . However, it certainly does pose interesting questions for pedagogy ... /W is also the departmental home for the MIT Writing and Communication

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 24, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Dance ‘Til You Drop 53rd planning a 53-year old party i've never even been to

  

  Conner's Porter Room, but since the dorm is closed for renovations, it took ... so many alumni came back for dtyd L, but boy do i wish i was there to ... . For DTYD L, literally hundreds of alumni flocked back to MIT to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 3, 2022
• Blog / How to MIT

  [joint post] the MIT picture scavenger hunt or, how to drive yourself insane by looking at floorplans

  

  around campus, taken from interesting angles, and the goal for each is to ... exploring it for four years. CJ: If by exploring you mean “living on campus ... -188! We have the room number! We’ve attended this institution for two whole

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  how can i keep from singing? a midpoint check-in

  

  one. For the past two weeks, I’ve been spending my evenings singing in a choir. The Boston Conservatory is running a program for high ... members in the area to fill in for vocal parts that are underrepresented

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 22, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  senior house / pilot 2021 / senior house facts, and a thought

  

  many others for the past month. I'm not going to, nor would I like to ... /criticize anyone for what they've done. Instead, I'm going to give you the facts, as ... undermine our shared goals for the safety, health, and academic success of all

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 11, 2017