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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool People. And Lunch! visiting committees = awesome.

  

  A few weeks ago, Susan Lanza (the undergraduate administrator for MIT ... following email: "I , and the department are looking for 4-6 volunteers from ... event for two main reasons: (1) I didn't really know much about Visiting

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 26, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Love Affair: 11.027 & New Orleans [by Janet Li '12] Spring break in NOLA.

  

  class 11.027, City to City, spent our week doing ground research for four different planning projects: working for a neighborhood advocacy group, blight ... for many years to come. I was part of the transportation group. Each day

  • by ARTalk
  • March 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Dell-icious. MIT students and the Dell Social Innovation Competition

  

  , asking me to take a moment to vote for the idea that she and Divya '13 came ... thing for the idea that she and her team came up with. Since (a) both ... entry, for your reading pleasure :) ~*~ First up: DevLinks (You can

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 15, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  mit.wikipedia.org The best dang hack there ever was [citation needed]

  

  of geeky wit. This, for instance, hung from the ceiling of Lobby 7: I ... several missing from this collection. For those who just can't understand ... , composed of two parallel buildings, can get away with it: Also flagged for

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 20, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Settled It's good to be back!

  

  tomorrow, as I pack my bags for what seems like the hundredth time this ... , Spartans/Aztecs/Greeks/Vikings! These past few days, spent preparing for the ... there for the camper, and save my bawling for later. Fingers crossed that

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 20, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  I saw a turkey the other day… hello, world!

  

  birds. That’s kind of a problem for my teammate Katy ‘11, who is deathly ... and I had just woken up to go for a run, so at the time I pegged it as a ... ran up and saw canines), it was definitely a school bus for dogs. I have

  • by Alina G. '11
  • July 14, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  What I Did on Registration Day I registered.

  

  morning, I peddled a small piece of my soul in exchange for my academic ... about classes with my advisor for 10 minutes, and walked out with seven ... earlier tonight while waiting for iTunes to load*. *Not that this is

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 2, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On a Week of IHTFP An Exam Week story. Starring none other than 18.022.

  

  Hey all, sorry to be absent for... what has it been by now... three weeks? That's inexcusable for a freshman blogger! So I will have to make ... million possibilities for each minute, and you would go to every single one

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Christy ‘13 The first in a series of articles about students coming to MIT in the fall.

  

  state in the class), are very underrepresented. For a full look at the ... letting her know she had been accepted to the university renowned for its ... to 3.14159, better known as pi, the mathematical symbol for the ratio

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 17, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  ILGs at MIT They're independent! (Guest post by Sondy '07/G/awesome.)

  

  . Enjoy. I'm off to study for 7.05. In response to not-so-recent posts by ... , we are actually the cheapest option for MIT affiliated housing at $370 ... for most aspects of life at the house, including house government

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 5, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To D or not to D? MIT's Design Lab is tempting me.

  

  semester. I'm not sure if I have the time for D-Lab this semester or not ... created a bicycle ambulance for use in rural areas. Can we modify this ... would provide income for them, and also prevent the deforestation that

  • by Kim D. '09
  • February 17, 2009
• Blog / Events

  The Places You’ll Go Places I've recently gone.

  

  waking up at 7:30am on weekdays (this is hard for a college student. really ... city for analysis so recommendations could be made for energy ... staring at The Weather Channel for hours on end as a child, and having a

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • February 13, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  My First Visit I... got lost on the tour, actually...

  

  certainly cannot substitute for the real experience of being on MIT's campus ... very lucky to find out that my high school sponsors college trips for ... SLUSH. Now I was in the State of Massachusetts for the first time. A inch

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Grocery Store Run Run, Geza, run!

  

  . The house was without electricity and running water for quite a while ... weekend for the Alumni Leadership Conference, but the storm seemed to have ... line for hours for milk, to enjoy a weekend in the beautiful New England

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dorm Companion #1: Art MIT loans out 400 pieces of famous art each year from its collections to its…

  

  for the entire academic year one of more than 400 noted pieces of ... doors for a second chance to participate in this extraordinarily popular ... 's a trigger for inquiry and learning." Despite this free-for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger selection 2008 results We have completed the selection of this year's bloggers!

  

  Trivia: Who was the first student blogger for MIT Admissions? And who ... of the entry] You may recall that last month we put out a call for new ... blogger as it was to be selected for MIT this year (11.9%)! Before we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 26, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Big News The next chapter in the life of Ben Jones.

  

  I've been putting off writing this entry for a week, because I simply ... the long, introspective part for a later entry, once I've had a chance ... Boston, which has been my home for more than a decade, and which will

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 15, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music in Springtime and MIT [by Ken Haggerty '11] Music at MIT can be both beautifully melodic and destructive, and…

  

  next to the shattered fragments. We also took a few mementos. (For these ... anticipated, MIT being MIT, not having enough time for viola; and, both ... time for it. I'm going to practice over the summer and audition next fall

  • by ARTalk
  • April 25, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  CHICON 2008 by C/4C Adam Fuhrmann '11, C/4C Patrick Ernst '11, and C/4C Daniel Darlington '11

  

  hosted a luncheon for the cadets where we heard an incredible war story ... importance while we were at CHICON. First, we voted for the Charles E. Yeager ... Arnold Air Society for 2008-2009. This resolution passed after heated

  • by ROTC
  • April 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW: The Story So Far An update from the frontlines.

  

  at my recitation for 5.12 (organic chemistry), where I spent an hour ... that up with another recitation, this time for 18.03 (differential ... . Weinberg - who was my professor for 7.012 last fall - is a brilliant

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 10, 2008