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• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  would stare longingly out the window. Then when MIT went back to class on ... , spent a total of 7 hours making 20 beautiful blood-on-concrete capes for ... event offered by MIT (remember Marching Band on Ice?). As I discovered

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

  Nuns, fret not! Like baby alligators in the sewers, you too will grow up fast.

  

  weekend, I blew off steam by going on retreat with my hall (3rd East) to New Hampshire! Not all of us can go on fantasy pirate cruise ships, so we all ... that focus on science and math? Can I make a baking soda volcano and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Everything’s coming up Milhouse! This one goes out to the Class of 2010. Fire!

  

  , okay, it's true that you can just show up on the first day for any class ... normally very German boss gave me the day off. 3. On Thursday, my last day of ... . There was this one guy who I met on my first day of MIT through this other

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Value added You are not the same person you'll be at the end of undergrad, and your…

  

  applying to my programs. (I got a better score on the GRE than I did on the ... junior year. I was on the varsity quiz team, which went to the state ... MIT. I had my name on an abstract/poster at the Society for Neuroscience

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 25, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Where is the banana… ...and why is that man chartreuse?

  

  Someone commented on the post regarding blogger applications asking ... can be seen glancing around. The same image is shown on a 10’ black ... hands – paws? – on the table) Look, I swear I”m telling you the truth. My

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Quentin Smith Google Quentin Smith '10.

  

  : Lawrence Academy senior Quentin Smith works on an independent project in his office on the school's campus in Groton, Mass., May 19, 2006. Smith, a ... recognized for his achievements. "Because I asked," he remarks on having his

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 3, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Standing out But what if you come to MIT and you're not the best in the class…

  

  First, an aside Today, Adam and I were on the subway heading to the ... ). We were on an inbound Red Line train, and the conductor kept adamantly ... people who had "merely" gotten 4's on the AP test. In high school, I'd been

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  No more school, no more books Professors are people, too. Importantly, they're people who give free food.

  

  'm sure a lot of you high school seniors are. On one hand, I've had a super four years here and I love MIT to death. On the other hand, no school ... dig up some tears is due to the fact that I'll be living on the MIT

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 17, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  This was meant to be written a week and a half ago

  

  interrupt my sleep (and nearly give me a heart attack - I'm not so keen on sudden loud noises, especially when I'm sleeping): 1) Dennis '08 banged on ... that we were throwing a party. 2) Brian '08 called me on my phone to

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Since U Been Gone While I was out, the world changed. (UPDATED)

  

  (Google Maps, you're on my enemies list), I had a spectacular time getting ... mayonnaise. On maybe when Sandra Lee quickly estimated that you could probably ... suggested that you put powdered sugar on rice noodles and serve them as an

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Uh-oh Spaghetti-O

  

  . Anyone know where to find info on that?) At the same time, no matter how ... 's a lot of subtle nonsense that goes on just under the surface. Like ... undertone. On the flip side, some people can be really patronizing. There

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring cleaning and miscellany The Brass Rat club, sending 4-inch heels to Goodwill, and picking a new food-providing graduate…

  

  nothing on a weekend for the first time in 2006 (this is when you know you ... ), since Bryan, our current GRT, is getting his PhD this spring and moving on ... transiently unhappy, I place the blame on things like my choice of class

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The first of the lasts My last Registration Day. *GOOP WARNING.*

  

  I've taken care of all my graduation requirements. On my way to turn ... Georgetown, and is waiting on others. I'm getting two bachelor's degrees -- one ... get started on all the things MIT has done for me as a student and as a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Love, organically Mitra and I feel it in our fingers and feel it in our tosylates.

  

  I received on Dr. Tabacco's second test (my lowest grade at MIT for ... her higher score on the test. Thus, both of our hearts sank when we ... . Tabacco deserved more than just the 6.7 / 7 she invariably got on the course

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Out of the lab and into the internet Confession: I actually listen to music from the movie Ice Princess. I'm not even kidding.

  

  First, some updates: A few people have asked about information on ... . So, please, make your decision to come or not come to MIT based on what ... Princess Diaries. And yes, yes it was. (And I can't find the song on i

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Just a little advice…

  

  'm so and so and I read and comment on your blog all the time," I want to ... this will give you a little inspiration as you work on supplementing your ... decorating. The Friday before this fun adventure, Matt and Ben announced on

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 31, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  Yay! A hack! Know what're cool? See title.

  

  items had mysteriously appeared on and around the Little Dome, Lobby 7 ... on a public on-line publication would be rather rude of me. Hacker ... discussion on collegeconfidential. Basically the gist of it is that the admit

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  We Wear Matching Hats Very nearly one year ago, I wore the hat you're all wearing this week.

  

  been focusing on that admission decision for months. It occupied my every ... lot of my interests, the things that really defined who I was, on hold ... chatted either on the phone or using online voice conference tools. For most

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Another week? It's all in the name of pass/no record.

  

  . Most everyone resolved to get some work done on these couple of days, but who actually works on weekends, anyway? :-) [well, maybe one person ... sorts of things one can consume his evenings with, but on a grander level

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Role You Play in the Admissions Process by Jenny Rifken, Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions @ MIT.

  could be assured of some admissions offers, but I didn't count on being admitted to all of the colleges on my list. I was also really lucky in that ... look at a school not already on my short list. Their advice was helpful

  • by mitblogs
  • October 26, 2005