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• Blog / MIT Life

  1 day in the life of an MIT student

  

  Flour--they're an amazing sandwich place/cafe on Mass ave. that has tables ... something cool to work on after graduation. She's between getting a job and ... dress. What. Just happened? In any case, she's goes off to work on her

  • by Ana V. '15
  • November 12, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2013…The Parent Experience!

  

  live in Boston are preparing to enjoy the marathon on this coming Monday ... starts tomorrow. It is always wonderful to see so many parents on campus ... to offer some tips about how you can get the most of your time on

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 10, 2013
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Check the Mail Pyramid!

  

  documents and such on the blogs the last few weeks. Things like: "I sent in my scores awhile ago, but I still don't see them on MyMIT - what's going on?!" "My teacher said she sent my eval A in

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • January 2, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Applying Regular Action – Q&A

  

  office will reopen on Tuesday, January 2nd. That said, I thought it was ... things you can find just by looking around on the site -- for example ... you can click "submit" on your application any time on January

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • December 20, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Graduation, Livestreamed cant talk gotta walk

  

  : working on embedding the official stream, which does not have an official

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist FAQ Some answers for students offered a place on the waitlist.

  

  I know that folks on the waitlist have lots of questions; hopefully ... for a class of about 1,130 students this year. Based on our estimates of ... . How many people are on the waitlist? We offered between 800

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2012
• Blog / Events

  TELETHONNNNN brought to you by Domino's

  

  congratulate Early Action students on getting into MIT. It was... tough. What do you tell a high school senior during a surprise phone call on a ... on the East Coast, slowly moving across the US into the West Coast by 9

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 1, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to Maseeh! A look into MIT's newest dorm

  

  castle, Maseeh). Since it's the newest dorm on campus, I don't really ... corkboards on every floor so clubs can advertise about events and new ... pset (work on problem sets) which shows that the white boards really help

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 30, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  (un)Empty Nest Welcome Back!

  

  ’s a great opportunity for you, it does make things much quieter on the ... on campus! * On second thought, that second one is probably a bad idea ... ’t believe me if I told you’ serendipitous moments that make up a normal day on

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 26, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  MTV Wait, I think that name might already be taken

  

  putting "build Admissions Beowulf cluster*" on the To Do list. I ♥ my MacBook, but let me tell you that HD video is not kind to CPUs. On the plus side, we have great CPW clips on the Class of 2014 site. If you didn't see Dr

  • by Dave McOwen
  • April 30, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My New Hobby…. It's Giga-cool.

  

  them leaves quite a bit to be desired. On a tangential note, I've been ... the intensity without relying on "really"**n, a problem only exacerbated ... -of-relationship conversations: "It's not that I don't care, it's just that we care on different

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 4, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Cheat Sheet This amazed me when I first saw it.

  

  on this PDF is awesome! If you even have a slight bit of geekiness

  • by Snively '11
  • August 2, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Happy New Year! And so two thousand nine begins...

  

  Happy new year everyone! I'm hanging out at my sister and brother-in-law's new house, enjoying the snow and festivities. (By the way, for those who always seem surprised when they find out, Michigan is on the EASTERN time

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • January 1, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mastering Physics Has No Soul I love online assignments. har. har.

  

  I don't usually like to post these kind of "on-the-whim" entries (I ... 's Day loong weekend to NYC* yayay so excited) -What the heck was going on ... sitting on my desk right now) In the meantime, if there is anything that I

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Events

  AND THERE WAS A PILLOW FIGHT!!! Didja catch the reference?

  

  On March 1st, this was posted on the MIT '12 Facebook discussion board: On March 5th I received an e-mail from Tamara '12. Hey ... going on in like 20 cities around the world... and it sounds like just the

  • by Snively '11
  • March 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Karma What goes around comes around.

  

  accepting it. Here's how things played out: I woke up on Sunday morning with ... spend hours working on 8.02, 2.001, and 18.03. But, as any MIT student ... (somebody out there better pick up on this reference). Consequences to doing

  • by Snively '11
  • February 27, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  Where the Sun Shines, There Hack They MIT is known for many things, including its legendary hacks.

  

  Samuel Jay Keyser gave a talk on the history of hacks. In Where the Sun ... some very deep background on legendary and notorious hacks, with passion ... unusual but relevant introduction to MIT, I highly recommend this video on

  • by Laurie Everett
  • August 2, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ana Posada: Improving the production of an HIV medication Ana Posada, who just graduated from MIT, spent a year and half of her undergraduate…

  

  project focuses on the AIDS protease inhibitor Crixivan ®. The compound has ... % yield. My research has centered on engineering a plasmid into Rhodococcus ... strictly on bench-top chemical reactions, the Sinskey Lab is using bacteria

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Some CPW Thoughts The latest on CPW planning from the Admissions Office.

  

  the CPW Closing on Saturday was me and Samuel L. Jackson reciting lines from Snakes on a Plane. I'm not really sure why we were doing it at CPW ... film ("I've had it with these ... snakes on this ... plane."). Another

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Spring Break! Spring Break Broke.

  

  So I'm sitting in the airport in Toronto on my way to London where I will be next week for Spring Break as well as Paris. I'll be sure to post photos and entries all this week. If you happen to be in London or

  • by Bryan
  • March 23, 2007