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• Blog / MIT Life

  Moving Out oooh, I am, moving out, mmhmm..

  

  At the end of last year, I transferred from Burton 2 to Burton 1, and ... senior who lives in the room around the corner from me moved out at the end ... look at the other super sweet rooms on my floor! (Also an entry about the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 15, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston Rain With apologies to Tay Zonday.

  

  't in my dorm room last night. Instead, I was at my fraternity. In the ... ) by spending a few nights over at the fraternity house. Unfortunately ... you haven't seen or at least heard of "Chocolate Rain" - although you

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The End of an Era The last lecture of 6.001

  

  invented at MIT to teach the fundamentals of how to program. The first class ... invented with Guy Steele in the 70's here at MIT. It's an unusual language ... languages (at least ones that aren't LISP), so most people aren't familiar

  • by Evan B. '10
  • January 8, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferred Students Update Some Q&A for deferred students.

  

  it all over for me? At MIT, a deferral isn't just a "polite rejection ... regular action. You are at no advantage or disadvantage versus the regular ... happy at many other schools, including Caltech, Carnegie Mellon, Cooper

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  Hack Study Break MIT is home to some very dedicated gamers.

  

  I am two days away from finishing my first semester at MIT. How did ... scattered across the courtyard, seemingly at random. As I got closer, I realized that the mysterious objects weren't miscellaneous debris at all - it

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 11, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The Early Applications… Things are getting busy here at MIT Admissions!

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and international students.   Things are getting busy here at MIT Admissions! Yesterday, a student came in my office and said, "Pink! I've never

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 14, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  The things I do with my Friday afternoon Really, though - how could I resist?

  

  When I got out of my 5.13 lecture at 12:55, I walked from the Green Building to my UROP in building 18 (oh look, it's that map again- the Green Building is 54, and the Dot is McDermott Court) to check on some cell

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 9, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 1 Yay, power tools! A look at places to find them around campus.

  

  keeping track at home). Pappalardo is home to a wide range of Course 2 ... drilling a hole at a precise location to engraving a pattern.) There are ... sandy water at such high velocities that it can actually cut through steel

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Global Poverty: ‘This Is Our Crisis’ People lead busy lives, and fighting poverty is hardly an extracurricular activity to which most…

  

  ’re Anne Liu ’08 (Course 7; iHouse). At the beginning of her ... gripped Niger in 2005. After taking a few classes at MIT that focused on ID ... Millennium Campus Conference (MCC) at MIT. Her goal is to make poverty an

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Excitement I'll take things that cause it for 800.

  

  watching 230-lb guys (who can also throw a ball at 99 mph) Irish step dancing ... , at which point we all piled into the elevator and proceeded to cheer on ... Chemistry II) may be my favorite classes I've taken at MIT thus far, but that

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blogging Scholarship Conclusion Rock the vote!

  

  Speaking of deadlines coming up really soon, the blogging scholarship ends the 28th at midnight PST. So if you've been waiting to vote, or you've been waiting to tell your friends, family, or family pets to vote, do it

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 27, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Does MIT Offer Application Fee Waivers? In a word, yes. Click through for the extended answer.

  

  receive free or reduced lunch at school Your family receives public ... give it out. Not true at all! But you do need to take the initiative here ... student and he or she will tell you that those who are most successful at

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 16, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Scratches On My Mind A brief introduction, so you'll know why I see MIT the way I do.

  

  , looking at the display on the microwave, while my mother holds me and gives ... graduate. It's a pretty sweet deal, with the exception of getting up at 6 AM ... home to HouseComm. Being in house government, at least in Mac

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • September 20, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Blogger Decisions Released Many thanks to all of this year's incredible applicants!

  

  Boston ROTC events for 100+ midshipmen), a UROP at the Plasma Science and ... 's, but I won't be studying trains, or transportation at all. I'll be ... volunteering activities at MIT. Although Chris is technically a US citizen, he

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 7, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Incoming freshmen, come to the Activities Midway tomorrow! Find a group where you can continue your hobbies and try something new.

  

  Do you like movies? Writing? Model railroads? Ultimate Frisbee? Skateboarding? Dancing? Taekwondo? Singing? Biomedical engineering? Community service? Want to get involved with these activities at MIT? Then, come to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 30, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admissions Statistics 2007 Numbers, numbers, numbers.

  

  Probably the most popular questions asked at any information session are statistical. What is the average SAT score? How many students were admitted Early Action? Luckily, I can refer most folks to our website, where

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 8, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Benzene Back Take it to the lab!

  

  Being aromatic is where it's at.. Take it to the bridge! [Bridge ... with it Look at that charge Go ahead, be gone with it You make me ... , be gone with it Look at those charges Go ahead, be gone with it You

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Final Countdown Duh nuh nuh, nuh... duh nuh nuhnuhnuh..

  

  sand at Hayden Library. (Except for a quick study break to Berklee to go

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 16, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Party!

  

  . Miller '07 in the mud pit at Senior Haus' Steer Roast. The match ended in a

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 8, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Live from Florida Hello from Tampa, Florida!

  

  . Tomorrow, we'll talk more about email at MIT, and more!

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 7, 2007