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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sore Subjects state of affairs isn't so good. But here are some telescope pictures!

  

  complete in any semester. Taking a break from work at MIT has its angry side ... isn't really losing at all, is it? At least that's how I think of it ... asbestos (at least they warn you): And a reminder of what you're after

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 14, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Leadership Training Institute by YeSeul Kim '10 and Anne Shen '11.

  with were along the lines of building houses, playing music at nursing ... at MIT. In fact, your biggest problem might be deciding which of the ... student who currently lives around the Boston area, shoot us an email at

  • by mitblogs
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The CPW LiveBlogging Project A big experiment.

  

  of the project, please send me an email (benjones at mit dot edu). I

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 3, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pie No, not pi.

  

  HORRIBLE! You probably just lounged around and laughed at all of us!" While I ... make money while at MIT? 10) Seriously, be honest. How hard is it really ... a giant party that you get to be the guest of honor at. Soak it in

  • by Snively '11
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  “Hey Guess What Guys!” That's what!

  

  want to do is sit still and go online (at least it was for me) but if

  • by Snively '11
  • March 15, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Devoid of Content Well, mostly.

  

  this morning in the comments: If you didn't lol at that then there

  • by Snively '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Sam Survey I'M HOSED.

  

  ..), but I haven't posted at all in March, and if I stopped posted entirely ... ) Name: Jess Major: 9 (Brain and Cognitive Science) Year at MIT: 2010 ... easy, in that order Record for number of grapes held in mouth at one time

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Parliamo Italiano! And some other languages too.

  

  more difficult at the same time. It's easier because Romance languages ... . At the same time, this makes it difficult: because a lot of things are ... Center is a familiar place to all who study language at MIT. Right outside

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 19, 2008
• 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