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• Blog / How to MIT

  Forget your plan for a minute The beauty of collage

  

  , which was already late on day two of school. “Hey, instead of doing ... goofing on collages. “Ok, whatever, I was just trying to help.” Because I ... myself from being such a mom and work on leaving the room. But I actually

  • by Kris Guay
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  So you want to be a student-athlete? Finding the balance

  

  competing in my sports. I want to share my perspective on the pros and cons of ... spots on the hockey and lacrosse teams for any other opportunity at MIT ... sports, we practice Monday through Friday, and occasionally on Saturdays

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 29, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A fortnight of Boston summer +1 for using the word "fortnight" outside of an SAT or literature class

  

  It’s funny how one month can entirely change your perspective on life ... ’re really not kidding. I found myself waking up on May 19 with no plans for ... MIT in general, I knew I had to get cracking on this list. The

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 23, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Taste of the Real World an adventure in life

  

  on in the world, only able to scan the New York Times every couple of days, relying on WILG’s resident Course 17s to explain to me the riots/reforms/goings-on ... play place of skiers, campers, kayakers, rafters and those on the hunt

  • by Becca H. '12
  • June 22, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Decisions 2011 MIT Class of 2015 waitlist decisions will be released today, via email, at approximately 3pm…

  

  waitlist offer) or decline it. For all other students on the waitlist, we ... additional students this year for the Class of 2015. Thanks to all of you on

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 10, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  This is what happens when we don’t do work Here is the infinite rollercoaster of fun I promised not to take you on.

  

  it. CPW I spent most of CPW punting psets in order to gorge myself on ... event on the fifth floor). I only wish I'd had more time to spend at my ... found a tenor saxophone on Ebay, so Angela decided to get an accordion

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 24, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Get excited for CPW! CPW= Campus Prefrosh? WHOA!

  

  diverse and talented group of individuals who use the space to work on any ... works when you play a Bb on a keyboard? Come to MITERS. Want to browse an ... relaxed and listen to music, snack on a sandwich, or just hangout with your

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 6, 2011
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread talk amongst yourselves

  

  some steam with your fellow applicants, on two conditions: 1) don't talk ... don't dwell on the subject. talk about literally anything else, subject

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 13, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Will the pie be bitter or sweet? Hint: it's a trick question.

  

  on Monday. But I can tell you that it won't change who you are ... riffing on that quadruple-necked guitar, analyzing brainwaves, building fuel

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 11, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Things That Aren’t Studying If you think about it, I get paid to procrastinate

  

  Two weeks ago, my life was studying. On three consecutive days, I had ... be turned in on that same day. If I start sounding unintelligible, it ... does it mean?!When I first got my grub (on Wednesday-ish of that week), I

  • by Emad T. '14
  • March 7, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final Forty-Five Still somehow worse than last term

  

  Add Date -- the last date on which you can add a class -- is this ... (1.013) has a four-hour lab 12-4pm on Wednesday, which blocks out a lot ... couple weeks, the course has been heavily focused on the financial aspects

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • February 28, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions: Thursday 12/16, 9pm EST On Thursday evening, our admissions decisions will be online.

  

  MIT Admissions plans to make Early Action decisions available online on Thursday, December 16 at 9pm EST. When decisions are released ... . Simply visit my.mit.edu and click on the lost password link. There is a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 10, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  You’ve got questions… ...I've got this video. Or rather, this sad excuse of one...

  

  Side note: Am I the only blogger who still uses a paper planner? Am I the only one in my programming class who takes notes on paper, not on a laptop?? Does anyone else still read books, or do you all have Kindles

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 10, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  18 and Counting Congratulations, Professor Diamond!

  

  18 is a fine number, especially when it counts years. It's an excellent age for wine, or so I'm told by the sommelier app on my phone. It ... . Mortensen and Christopher A. Pissarides, for their work on "Search Frictions

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 11, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Arts Party 2010! [by Ken Haggerty '11] Now that I'm about to graduate, it's time for some fun…

  

  community. I've been sitting in on meetings, just for fun, and it's been a ... graphically and got a direct link on the slighlty-redesigned MIT homepage ("arts ... festival, there's even an class you can take to work on one of F

  • by ARTalk
  • September 27, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Coffee Talk Random things I love about MIT #1

  

  essentially millennia-old technology. MIT is in on the concrete re ... subjected to load and which eventually causes it to fail. Based on their

  • by Dave McOwen
  • September 13, 2010
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Alaska, part I There...

  

  pace. Your thoughts on Alaska are welcomed. - I actually was in Alaska ... we didn't go to the space needle. First, we went on a duck tour of ... . But I've never before been on a duck tour captained by a man who wore a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The home of cool toys the best way to spend a Monday

  

  joke). MV-22 Osprey on display on Briggs Field Simmons Hall patio

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 4, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You’re Still Our No.1 :) less than 2 days left!

  

  !) --- While we are on the subject of speeches - for all to-be valedictorians ... before spring break. I'm super stressed. I don't know what is going on in

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 12, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Well, you just cost me money.” Best. Desk Call. EVER.

  

  On any given day, you'll totally forget how awesome it is that you're an MIT student, and that there are people outside of MIT who ... this. I'm still working on the Ring Premiere entry, but a friend

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 23, 2010