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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final Forty-Five Still somehow worse than last term

  

  ’ve ever taken at MIT. Part of the reason for that is that one of my classes ... of other classes. For that reason, 21F.702 (Spanish II) and 14.02 (Macroeconomics), two candidates for a fifth class, were not truly feasible. But, I

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • February 28, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Tying up some loose ends On getting old and doing things I hadn't yet done in Boston. Also, hot dogs.

  

  So I just submitted my first-ever RSVP to a wedding for people who weren't old. As in, not for a distant cousin or my mom's best friend from ... homemade Jedi costumes for Halloween our junior year. Wes once shot the guy

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 20, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  In which I show no restraint whatsoever But don't worry, you'll all probably benefit from it (unless, you know, you don't).

  

  On Sunday, I moved out of Senior Haus for the first time in two years, as I'm working at CTD again this year as an RTA for Neuroscience and living at Northwestern for the summer makes it difficult to also live at

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 11, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  What to expect when you’re expecting CPW Setting some expectations, discussing myths & realities.

  

  time helping to set expectations for the weekend. Because CPW is such a ... , and what not to expect. Your host: There's no one standard for ... for you to explore on your own. You may want to talk with your host

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 15, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions updates ...including the state of the mail and EA application tracking.

  

  date for documents to show up in the tracking system -- this means there ... specific dates for decisions would be just that -- speculation. I promise you ... enforcing a hard cutoff at the deadline for this year's early action; no need

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 12, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Ben’s Farewell The conclusion to the Ben tribute entries, and a little advice.

  

  town for the ceremonies, turned to me with their eyebrows raised six ... idea of what you're going to eat for lunch today (update post-lunch: a ... make for the future, and a lot of those decisions involve advising. When

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 28, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Welcome to MIT, Class of 2012 Welcome home.

  

  everything, if only for a moment? That's how clicking that button felt for me ... enjoyable and rewarding for you and your families as it was for me. The ... opportunity to make similar memories for yourselves. The first word of the MIT

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 18, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Laura’s UROP Advisor in ‘American Inventor’ finals tonight! Watch it tonight on ABC and vote!

  

  : blog entry for wednesday? Date: July 20, 2007 1:08:15 PM EDT To: Matt Mc ... actually write out a nice, thought-out entry, you think you can cover for me ... : American Inventor Wednesday, July 25 at 9/8c "Episode 207" Time for America

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 25, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Making The Switch Making the transition from high school to college, Chapter 1

  

  buying a computer for college, I can share my thoughts. This blog entry ... curfew or parental supervision - actually studying for classes - moving ... yourself to new ideas. For me, personally, in the summer leading up to the

  • by Bryan
  • March 31, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Adventures in Logan Airport In which I attempt to fly back to Florida. Written during a too-long wait in…

  

  all? you may ask. In all honesty, nothing. There is no reason for you ... absolutely crucial information. Or something. Whatever. So in preparation for ... view of the night sky for three and a half hours because THE SUN GOES

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  statement of purpose for grad school, or a practice GRE essay, or one of my ... EAT MY OWN HAND!" So that wasn't a good mindset for writing a blog entry ... around there for 3 hours cutting and sewing before I had another commitment

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Pimp my sukkah. I really can't think of a better blog entry title than that.

  

  something that I had to send back to MIT, and it asked for my religious ... that isn't Kim or Rizos or Lzhpb*n!xobile is code for "JEWISH!" in Hillel ... admission-related mailing from MIT. It contained a form to apply for my

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer, East Campus rush, and the new term East Campus orientation activities, the summer, and the upcoming term.

  

  The month of August was pretty busy for me - a combination of work and preparation for the new term. Last week, for example, I day-tripped DC for some work meetings (6.5 hours each way makes for a long day

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  How A Blog Became A Community ...in which The Nance waxes philosophic about The Nance Effect.

  

  one will get hurt." (By "no one," she meant me.) For all of you who call the "Nance Effect" a home of sorts, thank you for your continued ... importantly, it does not rely any one individual for its success. Everyday I

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Indiscipline Taking a break from finals studying to explain what I've done instead of finals studying.

  

  done this weekend instead of studying for finals, exactly? Well, what I ... -denominational Secret Snowflake present, but that was cool, because what I bought for ... to buy christmas presents was not such a great idea for me this year

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Special October Events

  

  Though I haven't had internet for the past week, there has still been ... -Conner Apple Bake: Win as much as $500 for your floor, the most prize money ever ... .e. great for your elaborate, scary triple integral jack-o-lantern) pumpkins I

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 24, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Happy 375, Boston! Turning 375 years old is no easy task.

  

  for it three times. They're always just giving it out for free wherever I am. After waiting for an hour in line as they set up for the ... , I just watched Napoleon Dynamite again.) To make up for the lack of

  • by Bryan
  • July 1, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  snippets from a semester minus academics, of course

  

  :)   weekend trips Maine — for Veteran's Day weekend, my burton conner floor went to some random town in Maine for three days. our Airbnb ... burgers for the entire weekend, so i did not feel great when i got home

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 21, 2021
• Blog / Events

  science bowl we ran! a competition! virtually!

  

  loved it. Science bowl, for those of you who haven’t heard of it, is a ... , and more. Above all, my science bowl team was fun for the simple fact ... of my [annotation note='I actually opened up that essay for the first

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • November 16, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finals Week, Minus Finals all the non-academic shenanigans

  

  took a study break and went for a walk! nice weather, viewed from the Harvard Bridge A few dorms (especially the cook-for-yourself ones ... dumplings.I finished grading some problem sets for 6.0002 (Introduction to

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • May 20, 2019