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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels A tour of the past 8 MIT class rings.

  

  Brass Rat Each class year at MIT officially gathers three times -- once, at the beginning, for the freshman picture; once, at the end, for ... representing events from their first two years at MIT, and drawing upon

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

  I will begin again. Maybe the time is right (to blog). Maybe tonight.

  

  see him in the "Valjeans of the World" medley at the end. It always ... entire show that Valjean never sings at all. I was Javert in my high ... second day of classes and I have now had every class in my schedule at

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 8, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  This is a song about being happy. Not a song about a whale. Sorry. But there's haute couture.

  

  ever stays at the MIT chapter when he's in Boston? Probably not... he ... at Harvard and only came to the BSO to get off campus for a few hours ... stalking Diana Eng and I discovered that she is going to be at the seamless 2

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Responses to comments! I answered your questions. Like, fast this time.

  

  your answer. You play field hockey at MIT right? Did you contact a coach ... the answers. I used to save up questions and answer a bunch of them at ... but unfortunately I think I'm going to be awful at answering your

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Reality is merely an illusion… Ben : The OC :: Sam : ?? . Oh wait, you took the new…

  

  of Project Runway at Television Without Pity to keep myself up to date ... brocade print. The skirt opens at the front to reveal a slightly shorter ... biomimetics at the University of Bath in England and has collaborated with MIT

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Where are we going?

  

  At East Campus HouseComm last week, we learned something unexpected ... Marjorie, will be leaving for South Asia at the end of this school year ... important point about MIT. At many universities, policy-makers act under the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Quick and dirty I freak out a little about graduate school applications, then answer some questions.

  

  sleep statistics for other variables. Definitely. I tried to look at hours ... during downtime at the lab, so it's not all at night at home). Since I am ... hours. Scott compares free time at MIT to the ideal gas law: the things

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Women’s Week 2005 Learn about both the mission and events associated with this year's week-long promotion.

  

  women at the Institute (MITRA NOTE: I have pictures of this, and will ... seminars by Cap & Compass, including Translating Day 1: At Work and ... you ever feel slightly uncomfortable at formal dinners? Do you feel the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 9, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spring Classes Online (...and a bit about a fall class, too.)

  

  at the beginning and the end of the course so students can assess their ... perhaps the most famous class at MIT, and Prof. Slocum is one of the best teachers at the Institute. BE.010J: Introduction to Bioengineering Prof

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s going on inside my head It might not have been so very important.

  

  employment of my high school friend Ryan at Doc Holliday's. 3. Every Friday night there's three-dollar ice skating at the Z-Center, so I headed over ... an hour and a half I feel like I'm at least starting to get skating

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 7, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  Friends, Carafes, and the Infinite Corridor What a week! Watch Tim play his instrument after a morning of camaraderie and cheap…

  

  then moseyed over to the Swapfest at Albany and Vassar Streets. Several ... at MIT can you walk past Building 32 (yeah, fine, the Stata Center) on a daily basis. ;-) Back at East Campus, Greg basks in the "ambient

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Days 8,9,10,11,12: PA, NJ, and Home! Part 5 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  at Tangerine. Not cheap, but I'd been eating junk for a week so I ... counselors, I drove around Jersey a little bit, ending up at Chili's where I ... road that is somehow both Route 1 and Route 9 at the same time? I think

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 3, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT students do it all night. A salute to sleep deprivation, Aztec philosophy, and grape-catching.

  

  my very first all-nighter at MIT; I made it through by drinking 12 ... another reaction. Well, I went in at 3 AM, purified my product, broke into ... miserable walk home at 5 AM. When I got back, I opened my mailbox on a whim

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pursuing multiple fields

  

  ), then you're looking at around 84 units beyond the GIRs. Add that to your ... .5 years' worth of work at a "normal" courseload. But there's a slight catch ... " courseloads is 384 units. So, that's what sort of picture you're looking at

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Dating Research A news story today looks at Media Lab research on dating.

  

  (pictured at right). Ever wonder if that spouse, friend or co-worker on the ... hold the answer. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ... technology at a bar in Cambridge where a group of singles were "speed

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 11, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  More on food

  

  I think I'm going to be fixating on food for a while, at least until ... about dining at the Institvte. (I'll admit that I'm also writing this ... required to buy x meals per week at the school dining halls. One of my

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap Gap years are a good option for some students.

  

  picked up by news organizations across the country. I first saw it at cnn ... financial aid at Connecticut College. We at MIT are among those college ... sometimes two-year) deferral from starting at MIT, you can send a letter

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Yay, weekend!

  

  (Undergraduate Association Vice-President - everything at MIT is a number ... bunch of friends at midnight, but got distracted by Dennis '08 and Bethany ... . *grin* Foley enjoyed our food. At 10, I went to an EC Rush meeting

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection-time Questions Omnibus

  

  watched last night, a cheerleading coach told her cheerleaders at a big ... nghi wrote, "can you write about the new management minor offered at ... coordinated curriculum aimed at enhancing the effectiveness and leadership

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 22, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  A Day in the Life (of IAP)

  

  first arrived at Charm School, I was greeted by an incredible jazz quintet ... suitemate at the dinnerware class (i.e. which fork to use, is my bread plate ... , Proctor & Gamble. At 45 companies in total, it's not the largest career

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 29, 2005