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• Blog / MIT Life

  Who you gonna call? The Mythbusters @ MIT!

  

  concert. Mythbusters on stage. Now, what you might not know is that the ... see a number of mirrors all lined out on the grass. Last year, students ... not able to recreate the flame. More on MIT and the Archimedes Death

  • by Bryan
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Ervin Puskar Bosnia, Ohio, Cambridge. A video news report on Ervin Puskar '10.

  

  Bosnian refugee is going to the nation's number one engineering school on a ... math, and now it's paying off. He's preparing to leave for Boston on a ... link to the news video; click on the picture of the video camera]

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Wish I Was an Astronaut I was a nerd even back in 3rd grade.

  

  my name, Planes and space is my game, First American on the moon, that ... space is my neighborhood, On July 16, 1969, Apollo left earth with one thing on it's mind, To boldly go where we've never gone before, Armstrong

  • by Bryan
  • July 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF Review Photos from the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair.

  

  & Engineering Fair in Indianapolis, Indiana. On Thursday, we had a reception at ... Faye '10, Sukrit '10, and Ian '10 address the crowd. On Wednesday night ... ISEF is a huge fair, with nearly 1500 students from 40+ countries. On

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Back Bay 5K Cool running... so cool that my legs were numb. (11 pictures)

  

  "freaking." While Sam '07 pins on his bib, I warm up my hands... ...so I can pin another bib on Veena '06. Don't let our smiles fool you. It is ... , Melis. (But you do have beautiful eyes :P ) I went on a warm-up jog and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Preparing for CPW

  

  not writing a whole lot this evening -- I'm still on Stockholm time, and ... to the Meet the Bloggers event on Friday, from 8:30pm-10pm. It should ... more information on events you really won't want to miss. :-) I'll post

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / Events

  A Sweet Deal An offer I will not refuse.

  

  I just got this email, and I'm excited. Any recommendations on who ... professor out to a nice dinner on the town. And we'll pay for it. So, not ... person. If you plan on taking this offer, you MUST email 2007council and

  • by Bryan
  • February 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Howdy From The Middle Of RA Selection It's Sunday at lunchtime and we have a bit of a break, so I thought…

  

  'd say hi. We began RA selection on Friday morning, with the official ... . Exciting! As I've mentioned, we also work on weekends during selection. When I arrived at 8:30AM on Saturday morning, the Infinite looked like this

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Burning questions A lot of people had questions!

  

  'll do an entry on MIT campus legends, if I can recognize enough of them. 2. Arturo asked about Mexican food on and near campus (also about more ... ). Anna's Taqueria is the only Mexican restaurant on campus, but everybody

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 21, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Just 5 Days Left! Mystery Hunt begins in 5 days.

  

  inspired courtesy of my friend Pete: 100 folks are caught on an island by ... succession what color they believe is on their head. If they get it wrong, they ... . Note: They are not allowed to talk to one another once the hats are on

  • by Bryan
  • January 8, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Upcoming MIT Deadline January 1 is the Regular Action deadline.

  

  the Post Office postmark and mail your materials on or before January 1 ... on or before January 1. However, I strongly discourage procrastination ... will take our records office to process and for it to appear on your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT in the news MIT research and hacks in Time Magazine & The Economist. (P.S. Bono visits!)

  

  First up, The Economist profiled Professor Gruber's research on ... (below) Finally, another article from The Economist -- this one on ... . Check out hacks.mit.edu for more, and here's info on the book Nightwork

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Some Notes Misc. fun stuff.

  

  with a 7-1 record [read more: MITAthletics] So, Summer got a 2300 on ... quoted in a recent Bloomberg News article on stress & college ... Times has an article on the length of the new SAT. Some students and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Please Read This Regarding the mail screw up.

  

  want to spend a lot of time on the boards and the blogs, but a guy can only take so much hatred being thrown at him. We are working on ... posted, but I'd say count on it. Ben

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  XC is Sexy

  

  I first saw the slogan "XC is Sexy" on the shirt of a 12 year old ... blog it. On Saturday, I went with some friends to Franklin Park, in ... made the trip to cheer for our friends on the MIT Cross Country teams

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Forum Monday Let's make a list of questions that you feel you REALLY need answers to ASAP.

  

  closer to application deadlines I know that your anxiety level is on the ... this started, I'll post a question that I received many times while on ... the movie "Risky Business"? (Not really a question I got on the road

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  You can get anything you want… ...excepting Alice. Or a good blog entry.

  

  I've also been really busy working on problem sets. It'll just be ... circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one explaining what ... has a student holiday on Monday that the professors always seem to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 17, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  fpop-ing I haven't worn a poncho since the third grade.

  

  stuff. Day One: - we heard a talk from a postdoc, Lyle Simmons, on DNA ... thrown on us at Blue Man Group Thursday: - a tour of IPI pharmaceuticals ... going on that are pretty exciting, and for all of you '09s reading this, I

  • by Bryan
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Western Union A celebration of marriage, nanotechnology, and acrophobia in Seattle, WA.

  

  (I should note that I stole this title from a People article on Kate ... and nostalgia, and on with the nerdiness. Mike Short '05 (Course 22: Nuclear Engineering) -- the original person who put a laptop on his door, no

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet The Admissions Staff It's my pleasure to introduce you to our current team.

  

  given on the previous year. We discussed things that worked really well, and set new goals for this cycle. I'm very excited to embark on my ... consultant (Did you know that your name tag should always go on the right? Do

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 19, 2005