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• Blog / Challenges

  The Bad Week, or How To Lose Sleep and Alienate People I'm giving out life advice today. I know you didn't ask for it, but I'm…

  

  Here at MIT, and - let's be honest, since this is more of a lifetime ... to survive a "heck week": rarely. To experience a bad patch at MIT is ... .) You don't have to be on your game at all times, but it's a good idea to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 3, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Wrap-Up 2008

  

  their waitlists. Large waitlist movement at a few schools has ripple effects, requiring longer waitlists at many colleges this year. We're glad ... , thank you, and we wish you all the best at your college in the fall -- we

  • by Decisions
  • June 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hot Dogs Or, how I fail at eating hot dogs.

  

  at a place called Spike's Junkyard Dogs. While there I noticed a ... tomorrow at about 3 pm and I'd appreciate a cheering section. I can't make ... . Anybody interested, let's meet in the 23 at 3ish. You're welcome to try to

  • by Snively '11
  • February 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Don’t feed the squirrels In which I work with gifted children.

  

  was a counselor at this one camp and I was supposed to do it again this ... instead. But I can email them for you!" In response, I said this: "At this ... counselor. Lots o' kids, you know." Two months later, I am sitting at the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 5, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Time Out I attempt to top Emo Walt Whitman, even though I'm only taking a brief reprieve…

  

  (So honestly, I wrote this emotional post about my first year at MIT ... own totally better and more emotional post about his four years at MIT ... freshman year at MIT is over. Let's take that apart, shall we? The phrase

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 27, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Spring Break post

  

  surprised - I had not expected it at all! Enjoy your victory, but remember ... 't get in - we'll all be there at some point, whether it's other college ... ...I can empathize with the applicant pool. At least you guys get to see

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 29, 2007
• Blog / Events

  The Namesake Jhumpa Lahiri's novel comes to the Cambridge screen

  

  scene Thing the movie didn't get at all: Nikhil's Yale years -- these were ... Castle hamburger) his name, came to America to research at MIT. Nice ... purchased tickets for us in advance and offered them at half the cost. Many

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 19, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life as a Talent Scout I could be the next Randy Jackson.

  

  competition. So on the way there, I stopped at Burger King on the way and tried ... scraped off with that one. I soon arrived at Harper's Ferry to a packed room ... , right? At a senior class event last semester, three of my friends and I

  • by Bryan
  • February 28, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Having Trouble Reaching Your EC? Some advice on getting in touch with your interviewer.

  

  [email protected] or call the Admissions Office at 617-253-3400.]   I ... or email your EC, you should identify yourself at the front end, so ... too late at night, either!)

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 31, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  You Gave Love A Bad Name A night of talent.

  

  , Zeta Beta Tau, the prize for best large act at Sigma Kappa's Late Night ... Hancock, he's gonna make it big. So basically, every sorority at MIT throws ... lesson to everyone at the performance to highlight how dangerous it is to

  • by Bryan
  • October 8, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, adieu To you, and you, and you and you and you.

  

  at MIT (2010s, bloggers, etc), you know where to find me, and my door ... at MIT, I wish you the best of luck. It's a fabulous place, and I hope ... life, the universe, and everything -- my email's still mollieb at mit dot

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 4, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Back to Boston Recommended Orientation events

  

  for any food at all) at this point during Orientation, but if you are, hope to meet you at an event this week.

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Senior Week The beginning of the final week for MIT's Seniors.

  

  Today begins a weeklong event at MIT called Senior Week. During ... final week of excitement at MIT. Events include "Breakfast with the Professors," a trip to Six Flags New England, and Tech Night at the Pops. And

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ISEF Reception MIT will host a reception at ISEF in Indianapolis.

  

  Thursday, May 11th, from 4:00pm to 5:30pm at the Indianapolis Artsgarden ... Arts at MIT." And since we don't want to ruin your dinner, we'll just be ... '09, and two photos of last year's huge crowd. If you'll be at ISEF, I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 3, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  MIT wins the gold

  

  at Torino. All photo credits go to Matt Peddie '09. A pretty nighttime ... 's article NBC article Not that such odd occurrances are so unusual at MIT ... . Unfortunately most of them have no descriptions or pictures yet, but it at least

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Howdy From The Middle Of RA Selection It's Sunday at lunchtime and we have a bit of a break, so I thought…

  

  It's Sunday at lunchtime and we have a bit of a break, so I thought I ... kickoff meeting. By 1PM the committee was looking at its first applications ... I arrived at 8:30AM on Saturday morning, the Infinite looked like this

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  For My Fellow Coffee Lovers Out 3 choices will soon be 4.

  

  convenient options are Peet's at Bosworth's, Starbucks at Steam, and Green Mountain at the Building 4 Cafe (and soon DD). We seem to rotate between them

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The kindest cut Blog and night and red all over.

  

  the #1 ranked scrabble player in all of Massachusetts, is a sophomore at ... waited for the bleeding to subside. Props also to the Medlinks program at MIT for being so accessible that I can get neosporin even at 1 AM. Mitra

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Birth Of Baby Nance Regular updates from labor through delivery (guest-hosted by Ben).

  

  Hi folks, Ben here, with an update from The Nance, who called me at ... not born on my birthday. :-( He was born at 10:40PM on 1/11/06, weighing in at 9lbs, 14oz (!) and 22 inches long. Congrats to Bryan and Tina!

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 11, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Nothing beats a wet beaver! Except, in this case, a wet Iona. Pictures!

  

  Hahn 1999) of hardcore text, I thought you'd like to look at some pictures of the band too. These were taken at last Saturday's men's water polo game against Iona. I mean, it's kind of hard to take pictures at 1

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 2, 2005