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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Four years, four summers The stuff I've been up to every summer at MIT.

  

  stuff in the back, and we drove home. I was home for a week, during which ... she struck a deal with me that we'd share payment for groceries, she ... for genetic changes linked to different types of addiction. After a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Toga, Toga, Toga On being in a fraternity (info for parents too)

  

  House, and I was on my way to Baker. (pause for information) Just a few ... Orientation and lasts for up to two weeks. - Over those two weeks, you get to ... about classes, applying for jobs, etc. I discovered that fraternities

  • by Bryan
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Senior Week: Jonathan Lii A look at a senior from the Class of 2006.

  

  birthday problem. This class really helped me out for my finance interviews ... . Going to him for one on one help really pulled me through 18.310. I feel ... there is a giant music free-for-all. Its definitely one of the most

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 5, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Marking time Somewhere between the end of classes and graduation...

  

  myself how to use Photoshop for scientific applications today. Check out ... to be waiting for your grades for a week or so.) I've fulfilled all my ... ). Questions! 1. Thanks all of you for your kind words. I'll keep blogging as

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Battle of The Bands takes over Bryan’s Blog Hostile takeover of Bryan's blog for the night.

  

  's blog for the day... Shaye: Are you sure this is legal? Yuan: Don ... MIT to compete in front of YOU for prizes and bragging rights. Yuan ... . Shaye: heheheh. Yuan: Hey Shaye, so do we have any inside info for Bryan

  • by Bryan
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ho-dee-hi, hi-dee-ho, ho ho. How many digits of pi do you know?

  

  for orientation: You're supposed to read it in four rhyming lines, like a poem. I was especially proud of us for the rhyme "three eight four ... fifth one was breaking out a laptop for verification as we spoke. Now

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Art? It's late, but not too late.

  

  that I appreciated during finals week: For 10.213: Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics, we got four review sheets for the final. I know someone once commented on Laura's blog about getting cheat sheets for exams... you may ask

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 22, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Play hard…and then work hard! There's no excuse not to have an AWESOME time this weekend!

  

  a "reading week," but apparently a "reading day" is enough for MIT ... on "Leonardo da Vinci and the Search for the Soul" by world ... lie.) Saturday: 7:30 AM- 5:00 PM: MIT Habitat for Humanity workday

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  See, I Am! (CI-M) Communication-intensive economics research. (If that sentence doesn't make you want to read this entry, I…

  

  See, I am here! Sorry for the gap in my posting. My CI-M (TLA!! Sam ... journey through 14.33: Economic Research and Communication, my CI-M for the ... . First, we had a pun in our title. (Also, note the colon. Do we get +20 for

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  More About Reading ...based on your questions!

  

  other non-reading work we're responsible for. Sirius asked, "How many ... application becomes complete, it goes to the staff to be read. For applications ... morning, I went with some friends for dim sum at China Pearl in Chinatown

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On How To Approach Your Interview Advice on how to approach your interview.

  

  Please note that, as of August 2018, our process for assigning interviews has changed (though Stu's advice on how to prepare for it remains ... , they should limit themselves to nagging you to do it, and not do it for

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Lie la lying down Sometimes there are perks to attending a school with a notorious reputation for producing stressed…

  

  Housemasters and house government, I have arranged for free massages for Burton ... provide free 8-10 minute massages for Burton-Conner students who sign up in ... ... uh, I could have studied a little more for that dirty little puppy, I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 4, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Football home opener College football is as American as apple pie.

  

  past few weeks, we were finally ready for the football home opener ... -Center pool to cheer briefly for the water polo team. (We will, as a general rule, cheer for any team which asks us to. The water polo coach came in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  how to spend a summer Spending a summer in Boston a la Bryan

  

  buying one, but this summer it made for a great resource. With my T-Pass, I ... as I wanted. And the big plus, on Sundays I could bring a friend for ... coaster for the coffee I pretend to drink, reading thin newspapers like the

  • by Bryan
  • August 27, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Can You Become Back at MIT, with excitement and pictures

  

  thing I didn't get a super burrito, since after paying for the regular ... wanted to talk to him (and he wasn't online). For some reason, he didn ... weeks for a graduate program in bioengineering. This stud sang in the a

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  jetsetting i saw a flying pig.

  

  visit him for his 20th birthday. Before I made it there, I experienced my ... actually won a game for once. Highlight of the Game: When the mascot did the ... for a bit because I was leaving the next morning for the Lone Star State

  • by Bryan
  • August 9, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  My Old Kentucky Home

  

  , stepdad, and four siblings in Louisville, Kentucky, and will be there for ... argument about what the proper name is for a soft drink. Most people said ... generic name for soft drinks. If you go to a restaurant and say "Could I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  You Can’t Make MIT Love You If You Don’t… my advice on application essays (updated 7/29)

  

  mail, but that was back before MIT had the technology in place for online ... for fun.) "You can't make MIT love you if you don't [write a good essay ... for a good cause.) ----------- 7/29 EDIT I don't think the admissions

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nightswimming

  

  denizens, is that we get up to such interesting things! For example, a few ... 's easy to blame him for anything involving nudity. The driver of the car I ... except for our own voices and some very excitable bullfrogs. There were

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  USA Wins 2nd in International Math Olympiad Three MIT '09s won Gold Medals.

  

  international math & science olympiads. Competitions are held for such ... them look deceptively simple. Take, for example, one of this year ... team members are tallied for a country team score. This year, the top

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 18, 2005