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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Diary of an All-nighter 9-5 is so out! Try um, 5 to 9...AM!

  

  . (Also: I’ve had to accept the fact that at MIT, there’s only freshmen and ... suitemates have joked about, for instance, saying hi/bye to me for a week. At ... be a competitive energy at MIT to be the most hardcore and not sleep

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 30, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Birthday! 1 in 365 readers are really pleased that I remembered their birthday! ...or creeped out…

  

  ,’ which means something completely different at MIT. The first birthday ... singing Happy Birthday during this time, but all at different rates and ... Natalia G. ’14 at the Tech Catholic Community’s Friday night pasta feed. Her

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 19, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2010 Apply...if you dare!

  

  blogger position, you must email me (chris dot peterson at mit dot edu) by ... activities you are presently or hope to become involved with at MIT. The ... . You are in your house, the car is at the shop, and you don't have any

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 7, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  More Information on the Waitlist Some answers for those offered a place on MIT's waitlist.

  

  admit. At this point, colleges will begin admitting students from the waitlist. Students who accept this offer will "unenroll" at the first college and enroll at the second. This shifting can lead to a second round of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Admissions Update Updates about application numbers, application tracking, and more.

  

  applicants under consideration during Regular Action. You can read more at this ... it, we just know that we have not processed it. We will not look at ... component at this time. We will wait a while longer before having it evaluated

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 25, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Just My Luck The somewhat eventful story of my first EMT shift ever.

  

  spent at least an hour going through a massive checklist of everything in ... for at least two hours. By this time, I was numb and greatly regretting my pre-shift plea for thrill. It was at this moment that I was given

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 12, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rambax MIT On Rambax, MIT's one and only Senegalese drumming ensemble. Also known as MIT's best Senegalese…

  

  at the end was definitely occupied prior to being sat upon: Though the ... danced (or at least attempted to) around and throughout us: Which brings ... twelve drummers drumming - fourteen, to be exact - at the end of the piece

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 6, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Undergraduates by Major AND Professor Auroux. Don't miss it.

  

  sentences like "I have 6.001 in 10-250 at 2:30, then my Course 9 UROP in ... you find yourself bored at home with nothing to do this break, LEARN ... Auroux is on leave at UC Berkeley now, and the froshies this year didn

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 28, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Aftermath Literally.

  

  end up happy at the one that reciprocates your love – whichever school ... that you’re a failure. We can all fail at things, but failing doesn ... great opportunity at hand. If you’re indeed wondering how you got in

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 17, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mens et Manus – mainly Manus! Hmm my hands feel itchy...

  

  equipped with Halloween candy. I must confess: I ate all the AlmondJoy’s at ... speechless at the sight of these masterpieces. Can you tell that it's a witch ... important at MIT... ALRIGHT you can snap out of that pristine serene dream

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 29, 2009
• Blog / Class Projects

  Mind and Hand My first CNC project

  

  thing ever, but luckily shop guys are VERY good at what they do. Please ... paper weight, one at a time, using an engraving tool with a tip only .02" in diameter (TINY!). I popped the part into the vice, set my zero at

  • by Snively '11
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  More Information on the Waitlist Further details for waitlisted applicants.

  

  so, how many students they need to admit. At this point, colleges will ... will "unenroll" at the first college and enroll at the second. This

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things You Shouldn’t Do And something I did

  

  ? Well, every student at MIT is assigned server space so that they can ... MovableType. Turns out, you can do a search/replace of all your entries at ... again. This semester is incredibly busy for me, busier than I've seen at

  • by Snively '11
  • February 27, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  As Winter Melts things are gonna change so fast

  

  most MIT students are compelled to check their email at least once every ... the Web culture at large. More likely, the truth oscillates somewhere ... administrators, and professors, and all the other hard-working individuals at MIT

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 3, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Warning: Contains Biology This entry may be unsuitable for children, liberal arts majors, and mathematicians.

  

  As you hopefully already know, I am a sophomore in Course 20 here at ... highly interdisciplinary field, especially here at MIT; and it is ... part of bioengineering here at MIT, where so many fantastic discoveries

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 14, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Large Format Photography [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] Please, please let there be no light-leaks.

  

  camera at the MIT Hobby Shop. After months designing and building this ... ...worked! The first photo at Quabbin Reservoir. Since that day, I’ve quite a ... taking “Learning to Photograph People” at the Student Art

  • by ARTalk
  • November 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  My Application Story Modified (but mostly plagiarized) from my personal blog. Enjoy the copy pasta.

  

  , and hopefully attending, the institution. To me, at that point, there ... Chicago. Every quality of that school is duplicated at MIT, from the sense ... oddity of the application. A coinflip would have been a worthy judge. At

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 3 Connecting with your Educational Counselor

  

  who I should call back. It was quite a comical at the time but still ... you--a couple of days at least before you begin to worry. They are busy ... , consider contacting the EC office at [email protected] and we’ll see what we

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sunday in the Park With chemistry

  

  decency to ring their bells at least 3 meters before nicking off your left ... from Random Hall at around noon for an impromptu study session in the ... hypothesis that I had been homeworking at some point earlier in the afternoon

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 26, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Fall Formal My Saturday evening.

  

  cancer, and otherwise having no fun at all. I know this is a common ... every party at MIT is as strangely awesome as, for example, Fifth East ... at MIT!

  • by Paul B. '11
  • September 24, 2008