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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  On sleep There's nothing certain in this world but sleep and taxes.

  

  thinking, and if there's one thing we're good at here, it's creative thinking ... it is possible to get an adequate amount of sleep at MIT, as long as ... frequently started problem sets at midnight the night before they were due

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  I hate the way I don’t hate you

  

  see the earliest possible matinee, which was the noon showing at the ... government (of which, yes, I was once president). Small world. Back at MIT ... American Independent Film Festival from 8:30 a.m. to midnight at 77

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2004
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One weekend in New York, two (very different) operas And I didn't pay a cent.

  

  up at 8:30, sat in bed cooing at pictures of adorable baby zoo animals   and laughing at a bizarre article about the "craziest items seized by ... <3 YOU ARE A SUPERSTAR). At 9:30, I realized it was 9:30, and leapt

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  For Applicants Admitsphere.org, four hens, two ducks, best wishes and high regard from Mac-town, Oregon

  

  at your application essays, fretting over phrasing and wondering what to say, take a look at admitsphere.org. Admitsphere was devised by a ... in order to learn how to win at high school, college applications, and

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 27, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Under the Dome A full day of free fun at MIT

  

  seem to have a thing already for free events at MIT. I'll cut to the ... ? How about a puzzle hunt at the MIT Museum written specially for MIT ... display at the Media Lab, or a bunch of physics demonstrations. I also hear

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 22, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Saying Yes (or No) Decision time is upon the Class of 2014. How to choose?

  

  through the online reply form at MyMIT. You have three choices: tell us you ... (s) before enrolling at MIT (for a gap year, military service, or other reason ... is currently a Ph.D. student at Harvard Medical School. She will be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / How to Food

  Food Truck Song What do food trucks dream of?

  

  tasty quesadillas at Jose's Mexican Restaurant to $4 pad thai at ... school buses? Maybe they go for an after-work drink at the Asgard? Maybe ... " from The Hangover. Ahem - Where do food trucks sleep at when they take a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Name in Flashing Lights Or maybe just mitadmissions.org

  

  'll experience the MIT lifestyle firsthand. There will be too many things to do at ... myself at snively [at] mit [dot] edu -- ask-paul [at] mit [dot] edu -- bryanblogs [at] mit [dot] edu and we can discuss. Basic blog guidelines

  • by Bryan
  • April 1, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  5th of November, Remembered Bonfire Night celebrations in Cambridge.

  

  Just finished reading Paul's entry about the Guy Fawkes hacks at MIT ... /Bonfire Night over here at the other Cambridge. I actually saw V for Vendetta without knowing about Bonfire Night. Not very meaningful this way at all

  • by Cambridge
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer plans

  

  I've spent the last two weeks enjoying a nice vacation at my mom ... when I'm here, I feel deprived if I'm not getting at least 9). But ... . At Newark, I switch planes and fly to Geneva, Switzerland. From Geneva

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 11, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Evil Institute of Technology Mystery Hunt, Day 1.

  

  job to stop him! At 12:17pm today, hundreds of hunters gathered in ... at the kickoff, including Bryan, who's playing for team Too Much Clue ... for the occasion. More swanky formalwear... at left, Dan '03, a team

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP 2006

  

  restored at my house -- I hope everyone who is still without power (and ... brother off at his college yesterday (classes start today), and as far as we ... purpose of this is to help you "network" with alums and find jobs at their

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  More Notes A quick update.

  

  stress in GPA competition At MIT, whether or not your school offers class rank does not affect our decision. And at schools like the one in the ... , Quentin and Kallie! At today's meeting of the faculty, it was proposed

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ETH Zürich, hier komme ich! A semester of all things Swiss German and chocolate to come

  

  I'm studying abroad next semester at ETH Zurich in Switzerland! (Or ... out to a group chat, and we all drooled at the thought of spending ... Education at MIT and Anne Hunter, the Course 6 Undergraduate Administrator

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 1, 2017
• Blog / Events

  “Where art thou, O Higgs?” *insert shimmering transition into the past here*

  

  some extra time at the end of class. Farhi sat on the desk with his hands ... particle" by popular press—is more generally known now in 2015. At that point ... at MIT, had been churning away at data from the Large Hadron Collider

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 7, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Awesome Biology UROP: florescent plants, genomes, metabolomes, big data, puzzles + more! Bonus: A VIDEO!

  

  assume that I am pre-med, or else shudder at high school memories of ... Computational Systems Biology, which can be explored at MIT from three different ... , and I love using big data to look at the "big picture". Because of this

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • October 25, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Unlikely Candidate Finding the unexpected “right fit”

  

  " after we took our exams at the bimonthly Science League competitions ... in high school, she invited me to go to a MIT info session with her. At ... year at MIT right now, I clearly got more out of that info session than

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 9, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Professors Are Human Too (Really!) My name is Eric Grimson, and I am a professor at MIT.

  

  succeed at MIT. My name is Eric Grimson, and I am a professor at MIT. I ... EECS - pronounced "eeks" - or Course VI to everyone at MIT). I also have ... largest department at MIT, with roughly 130 faculty members, 900 graduate

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let the Rush Begin On Greek Life at MIT.

  

  So here's my introduction to Greek Life here at MIT. MIT has 26 ... one at all either. I remember coming to MIT as a freshman and hearing ... the course of the year was that at MIT, they're not like what the movies

  • by Bryan
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Monkey Dance

  

  work at 6:50pm tonight and was in the mood to do something interesting ... series from a few years back, American High (filmed at Highland Park High ... interesting (at least to me). In the film, all three teens were from low income

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2005