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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  ..and Here We Go Again! [by Ken Haggerty '11] ARTalk is back!

  

  [by Ken Haggerty '11] MIT can be a very tiring place. MIT IS a very ... for snacks. Art gives us MIT students a reason NOT to do schoolwork, and ... Association, and I do my research in Camera Culture, a group at the Media Lab

  • by ARTalk
  • February 5, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life, the Universe, and the Energy Content of Gasoline "Don't Panic. It's the first helpful or intelligible thing anybody's said to me all day."

  

  Remember that epic pset I told you about? Well, a few days after that ... right from freshman year, I came up with a plan to help me to stay calm and ward off test-taking anxiety. Quoting myself from a blog entry

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 16, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Dah noo-loo Hey kah ay-ay u-nye

  

  hundreds of companies come and court hundreds of students. It's a time when ... their "talk to people not from MIT" routines. It's funny, MIT is in a ... actually were given a 15 minute talk in the bus about how to behave while not

  • by Snively '11
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Ops Air Force A summer spent with B-1Bs and C-130s.

  

  opportunity to attend a 3 week base visit called "Ops Air Force" during the summer after their freshman year. This program is a Professional Development Training (PDT) program designed to give cadets a better view of Air

  • by ROTC
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Advices, advices Notes from Associate Advising...

  

  xiang" - a phrase that alludes to the traditional "tou xiang," a Chinese ... place a stick of incense in the incense pot at a temple festival. Now ... meet new people, and trying new things - the better I adjusted to a new

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Cake-offs, chariot races, and salsa dancing

  

  As you may know, MIT has a strong and vibrant Greek community, made ... (pictures below) - Eating contest (pie tin filled with whipped cream and a gum ... blow a bubble wins.) - Participation (team with most cake/pie entries

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 12, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW, via Video Experience (or relive) Campus Preview Weekend through online videos.

  

  For those of you who couldn't make it to campus for CPW, here is a ... offered activities ranging from 2x4 Jenga to big screen DDR to a liquid ... night, including a panel (first video, discussing their "scariest moment

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 16, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  61 Things to Love About Boston Give or take a few.

  

  A lot of the day-to-day communication at MIT happens, not through ... actually is rather good, I just thought I'd share a few thoughts with you ... over by a bus?) #29 - Hey, how about when they shut down the Harvard

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 29, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Updates And Shannon’s Formula Random mid-week fun, and a few small updates for admitted and waitlisted students.

  

  Update for Admitted students: We've been hearing reports that a few ... , simply send a message to [email protected] and we'll be happy to take ... '12 had created a job-awesomeness formula for me. To understand it, you

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 26, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Stu Schmill ‘86 named Dean of Admissions Exciting news!

  

  done a "remarkable job" in that capacity. "Under his committed leadership, the office successfully completed the 2007-2008 admissions cycle--a cycle that saw a record number of applicants and which we have every

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 24, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  H0sed Psets, exams, and being "mediocre" at MIT.

  

  (which was very exciting, by the way - I have never been in a country with ... generally hosed, though. So some of you have been asking a lot about "psets ... school assignments (you might just get 5 problems, with a) b) c) d) e) f

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Debunked I clear things up.

  

  anything to say, so I'm going to do a google search, find some misconception ... wading through it* OMG guys! You made a CollegeConfidential thread about ... here, I've only been officially blogging for a couple of months, and I

  • by Snively '11
  • March 3, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Half Harvard, Half MIT My schedule this term is split down the middle. Like the movie Grindhouse. Or Korea.

  

  have a propensity to spit upon all popped collars and finals clubs, but I have an older sister who is a pretty cool human bean while simultaneously ... - like Sam, who does a beautiful Flight of the Conchords impression, or

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Holy Grail of Classes Think of the coolest class you can. Then think of one that's a million times…

  

  class on Tuesday (a math recitation at 1 o'clock for an hour). I ... enough to know what he's doing, a rare combination. I think I'll be able to ... gather, it has a lot to do with internal forces of materials (twisting

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Standing Out [by C/3C Christopher Benson, '10] Before AFROTC, this abstract concept of "leadership" seemed very generic...

  

  cadets a few weeks ago. It is statements like these that make me very ... . I want to be a fighter pilot - that is why I joined AFROTC, for the ... simply as an avenue to become a pilot and to pay for school. I wasn

  • by ROTC
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Spirit of Competition [by MIDN Brendan McCord, '08] Every year, the Army, Navy, and Air Force duke it…

  

  see my comrades and I could sense that their resolve matched my own. A shrill tone broke the silence and my adrenaline spiked. In a frenzy, we coordinated a flanking attack of the enemy. They fought valiantly to repel our

  • by ROTC
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Introduction To ROTC At MIT A new guest-author blog in response to a variety of inquiries regarding ROTC programs at…

  

  this past spring. In response to a variety of inquiries regarding ROTC, it's my pleasure to introduce a new guest-author blog that will help ... assume a challenging leadership role early on, and an opportunity to serve

  • by ROTC
  • August 14, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  You can’t live without clean water Alfinio's sustainable water initiative

  

  1667a.html In the summer of 2007, four Harvard graduates will go to Costa Rica to work with their partners in a community to eradicate the ... to create a model for global engagement for students and their partner

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 12, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  For pi are cubed. There can only be one winner.

  

  blue and green. By now I think there should be a category called "e ... . We'll view the movie "Pi", while simultaneously enjoying a dinner of pizza pies. To top the evening off we'll have a Pi competition; the person

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An IAP in Texas, chapter one Reporting on location from Fort Worth.

  

  . I start in a few hours. Now ordinarily, the trainman wouldn't be ... around here and if you want to get around, you need a vehicle. I guess that ... to go wherever you want, whenever you want, even if that involves a

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 2, 2007