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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Alternative Transportation Fast ride in a short machine

  

  At approximately 11:20 pm on Tuesday night, Charles stepped on the ... the plastic-shelled handlebar (?) at the cart-pusher end of the grocery ... capable of speeding along four-lane traffic at 35 mph. We're in the middle

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 2, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Diabolo, Pandora, and Bad TV Shows You figure out what they have in common, 'cause I sure as heck don't know.

  

  Now that things have calmed down a bit at work, I finally have some ... front page of the Boston Globe was an article about two brothers at MIT ... (those of you who went to the Closing Remarks and Variety Show at CPW may

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • June 22, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  Removing a hack This is too cool

  

  great dome, and a peek at what the dome looks like up close. I'm not aware

  • by Snively '11
  • May 22, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Waitlist, 2009 Within the next few days, we plan to make waitlist offers to complete the Class…

  

  around during the waitlist period; you will lose your deposit at the other ... people on the waitlist at this point, so we will notify hundreds of ... the best of luck at the college they've chosen. We also will keep some

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 13, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Shelby’s Amazing CPW Adventure A CPW Guest Entry by Shelby '13

  

  This past weekend was the legendary Campus Preview Weekend at MIT and ... getting settled in my host's dorm at New House 2, I was pumped and ready to ... Center. Another mind-boggling architectural masterpiece at MIT. On Friday I

  • by Snively '11
  • April 29, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Eternal sunshine of the sleepless mind Once again, the title has practically no relation to the actual blog entry.

  

  -warping influence of continued sleep deprivation, my initial 5 days at MIT were about ... -playing robots at the Boston Museum of Science. My team's robots were significantly ... point where a 2-foot-by-4-foot plastic bin at the sidelines of the arena

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 13, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  How I got mugged in the frozen foods section. So, MIT is kind of like a turkey and provolone Subway sandwich.

  

  closet at my old grade school, which was headquarters for some secret spy ... make a good blog entry.” Life at MIT does not make sense a lot of times, and this only really makes sense when you’ve been sitting at home

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 5, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Quick Update My neighbors are celebrating by firing guns in the air which is not conducive to…

  

  , good luck, and feel free to email me at the address in the banner. Have a

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Final Push Who needs sleep?

  

  This is it, MIT is in the middle of finals week and the final grind is upon us. My last final is tomorrow morning (exactly 12 hours from now) and I have not yet begun studying. That's right, not even looked at

  • by Snively '11
  • December 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things that are hard. Though not as hard as this.

  

  to laugh when people get really mad at me. I’ve wanted to go to MIT ... ’m at this school. That, and I have trouble waking up to alarms. So this ... ridiculousness that tends to be the story of my life, though, the ride should at

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  And so it is… Just like the blogosphere said it would be.

  

  . In my case it's choice A.] On the 4-hour drive up, we stopped at Taco Bell (mmmm...soft tacos), and finally arrived at my parents' cabin around ... (my Mom recently got a Wii at her retirement party), and headed to bed

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 14, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Advices, advices Notes from Associate Advising...

  

  place a stick of incense in the incense pot at a temple festival. Now ... struck by it harder than others, while others hardly notice it at all, but ... homesickness is merely this: don't stay in your dorm room. At least for me, I

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Studying For Finals Study study study study study

  

  at MIT are just like finals anywhere else, cumulative and difficult ... real look into student life? Well, here's my "real look" at this moment ... actually need to use trig. My study strategy at this point is to just copy

  • by Snively '11
  • May 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist News Within the next week, we plan to admit approximately 35 students from the waitlist.

  

  around during the waitlist period; you will lose your deposit at the other ... people on the waitlist at this point, so we will notify hundreds of ... the best of luck at the college they've chosen. We also will keep some

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding My Way Around MIT (Guest Entry) CPW was so hugely difficult to take in all at once that it's hard to…

  

  by Rena Katz CPW was so hugely difficult to take in all at once that ... . I arrived at CPW on Friday morning and went to the opening lecture ... multicolored lights of Boston reflected in the Charles River at night, especially

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Events

  What can I say, it grew on me . . . (Guest Entry) Now I'm a beaver believer!

  

  learned about in school. Later, I met The Snively and The Ben Jones at ... staying on The 5th floor of The West parallel. And, I was at The MIT. It ... ! Becca '12 and I at Meet the Bloggers Tim '12 and I stuck in a knot at

  • by Snively '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  72 Hours Later… I have the "morning-after" syndrome.

  

  myself *points at the banner* (perhaps bringing a stuffed penguin with me ... awesome. Meeting so many of you over the course of this weekend at random ... a better time than you did at MIT =p) in making an informed decision

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 13, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  I’m Poor!!! But I don't have to be!

  

  working at the carousel, meaning I was at work 6 of the 7 days of the week ... began disappearing. I needed a job. I needed something to do at MIT that ... up a lot of your time. Here are my top ten ways to earn money at MIT

  • by Snively '11
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interphase This entry has nothing to do with cell division

  

  a term at MIT. For some of you, this might entail working a part-time at the mall scooping fro-yo for snotty little kids or watching people ... ? Interphase starts at the end of June and goes until mid-August. So I’d say it

  • by Karen F. '11
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Ambulance! Ambulance! So I'm in this serious long-term relationship.

  

  to cancel my room at Burton 1, since I'm not home day or night, and my ... from eight grueling hours of training. We're required to work at least 49 hours a semester, but if you want to be really good at your job you

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 10, 2008