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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Snow On working in a winter wonderland.

  

  at the College of William and Mary before swiftly transferring) so when ... woods shooting fireworks at Jewel Trolls. Ah, youth. Why am I posting ... . I can't wait to get back up north and start skiing with my family at

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 21, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finals Week It's the final countdown.

  

  painfully large stacks of notes to review. I'm feeling slightly panicked at ... in that class! I'll be glad when it's 12:01 PM on Thursday, at which ... for EA decisions: yes, they're still scheduled for Wednesday 12/16 at 9

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 15, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to a Package of Dial Soap Substantial entries will come soon!

  

  It was my freshman year, not long ago When I arrived at MIT, complete ... farewell speech at grad I will thank my mom, for saving money Target, for ... soap, soap cleanliness, - that is all Ye know at college, and all ye need

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 6, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Top Ten Reasons I’m Thankful for Thanksgiving Breaaaaaaaaakkkkkkk!!!!!!

  

  .112 (Principles of Chemistry) class at the moment. Luckily, my TA is awesome, and he ... through break. Do I have a physics project too? Not at all :) I'm spending ... 'm notoriously awful at doing my laundry on a regular basis. I basically wait until

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 24, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Don’t Read This if you Already Go to MIT My life is good and I get plenty of sleep. Please don't hate me.

  

  students who didn't listen to me at first have returned to work by this point ... and play games all hour to see how good they are at teaching us material ... ’m playing Waker. Waker was developed at the Singapore-MIT GAMBIT game lab this

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 22, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  LIFE! is my favorite entry title.

  

  how I imagined my first test here. I know I’m really slow at math, and this is college, and this is MIT at that, and there are tons of smart ... people at their high schools. And I’m pretty sure I brought along whatever

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Turn around and pretend it wasn’t you Words of Wisdom

  

  weekend I attended "CollegeFest 2009" at the Hynes Convention Center, just ... angry at the live band. They were SO loud that I was having to shout ... wisdom, decided that shooting an elastic foam rocket at the band would be a

  • by Snively '11
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  And now, for a brief interlude from our regularly scheduled finals whining. I should be studying E&M right now, but this is much more fun.

  

  with this is that I am literally in a pair of free Crocs I got at Notre ... promise to drop off the pants at Baker when I get a chance. Fast forward to ... yes, this is a conversation between two sorority sisters… only at MIT.

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • May 17, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fresh Food! Here at last!

  

  likely you'll be at the mercy of whatever treats the school gives you ... body at large use this and see it have a positive impact on health and wellness at MIT," said Modi. "We would also like to see this become a

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • March 31, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Lots of good and important stuff for both EA and RA admits.

  

  financial aid applications) Check out your MyMIT Portal: Over at MyMIT, you ... at MIT (for a gap year, military service, or other reason -- see future ... Overnight Program. Please register at least two weeks in advance, and we'll do

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670 Wrapup I'm done!

  

  famous robotics classes at MIT. Last time I only had pictures of some ... 're about to see. So now I'm done. I have a pistol competition at West ... 've talked to the CAD guys at Hasbro, and I've talked with other people. If you

  • by Snively '11
  • January 29, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions? Answers. A valiant attempt at creating an entry that fits as many categories as reasonably possible.

  

  '13ers for the ceaseless rounds of free food that will be slung at them ... arts at MIT or eating desserts at MIT) : it's difficult to approach ... . All the dorms have microwaves, stoves, and fridges, as well as at least

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 1, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Tracking update All EA application mail has been processed; check your MyMIT Tracking.

  

  will not look at your application unfavorably because it is missing an application component at this time. We will wait a while longer before having it ... that all documents include your name and date of birth on each page. At

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part IV This should tie up the loose ends...for now.

  

  would fit into the lifestyle, culture and community here at MIT. Sometimes ... were to be a student at MIT today. While they don't compare you to ... , walking down the infinite corridor, going to classes, swimming at the Z

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask Yourself Can you really LTFP?

  

  your dorm/FSILG make you feel at home? While these are all extremely ... : challenged) over and over again? At least you'll be happy while you're hosed ... are absolute. People change over time. MIT is especially great at

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Week MIT: It's so dangerous, you'll have to sign a waiver.

  

  because students at MIT don't really take things day-by-day. A typical day is usually not all that stressful - but then you look at all the things ... .110 (thermodynamics), due Friday Meeting with my new UROP mentor at the Broad

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What’s new and exciting? You get to pick a blog topic! Yes, you! Definitely not me!

  

  my shoes at room temperature had properties usually associated with ... the Center for Ultracold Atoms. Here at MIT, everything is interrelated ... senior in high school right now, at least according to every college that

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 16, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 2 The next installment of my saga...

  

  interview plays in selection so while I’d planned to start at the very ... how they evaluate the student. I can’t cover all of it at once 'cuz it ... they didn’t feel the interview had been bad at all and each one had great

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  California, Here I Come… I begin my Fall Travel by heading to the West Coast

  

  days in Seattle, WA at a national conference for admissions officers and high school counselors among others. I’ve learned from those at other ... of you on the road as well as old friends who were at the conference

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  LAST! It's the end of the world as we know it!

  

  at the thing. From for blog Whoa, yea it's big. In fact it ... nearly forgot, the little company who's in charge of this thing, CERN? Yea,at ... 'm ever fortunate enough to make it over there while I'm here at MIT, I

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 10, 2008