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• Blog / IAP

  The Space Between In which I attempt to explain IAP. (Hint: it's not a Dave Matthews Band song.)

  

  system for freshmen, or any of the wide variety of acronyms that have ... and relatives is that, “Oh, I'm heading back this Sunday for IAP.” If I ... in another language! (For all you pre-frosh out there, just think: next

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  72 Hours Three days can be a long time.

  

  . But that's another story for another blog entry. What am I going to ... . S. Johnston Every major at MIT has a course that's famously hard. For ... Unified. For computer scientists, it's "Laboratory in Software Engineering

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • November 8, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Time To Have A Sit-Down With Your GC. Can we tawk?

  

  If you are a senior, you know that you are playing for all the ... college process for most high school students. How important is your GC ... that make them so valuable to you? For starters they: Help you

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 24, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Overnight Program: Now Taking Requests Plus... a fun mitadmissions.org milestone!

  

  'd mention here that the MIT Overnight Program is open for business. You can ... 's an art!) so it can take up to a week for you to receive a response after submitting your ONP request. Thanks for your patience! If you have

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 18, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Blogger Decisions Released Many thanks to all of this year's incredible applicants!

  

  : you guys are amazing. Every year when the call for new bloggers goes out ... and two blogger alums) met earlier today and had to deliberate for hours ... , and we thank you so much for applying. Please remember that it's really

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 7, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Incoming freshmen, come to the Activities Midway tomorrow! Find a group where you can continue your hobbies and try something new.

  

  student group on campus (246 of them!!!!) We'll all be vying for your ... -Biomedical Engineering Society table (#33) for chocolate mice and skittles, and the Camp Kesem table (#125) to meet my fellow counselors. For a list of groups

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 30, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  Pain for a post-On The Air engineer training (me)/post-radio show (her ... instead. But I can email them for you!" In response, I said this: "At this ... smell - on my floor, it's poo! I miss Senior Haus, yo.) I'm an RA for 12

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 5, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking In A brilliantly exciting recap of the last month.

  

  month ago. Sorry guys, I apparently thought I was Nance for a second there ... them. Thanks guys, for sharing so much of yourselves over the years and for simply being awesome. With four bloggers graduating, we

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Weather Machine We wish you were still here!

  

  , its timing was off by a week, but fortunately (for me, not for you ... weather machine. I might have still been asleep for that)(once I fell asleep

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 22, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Bloggers invade LA What should Sam and I do in Los Angeles? Suggestions welcome

  

  and I are flying out to Los Angeles today for a one-week stay in the ... fun running up and down hills and looking for grammatical mistakes on ... (thanks, Laura '06!) And, um, yeah. That's it. Do you have any ideas for

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 23, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  This one goes out to the parents It's been a while since I've written specifically for you.

  

  college admissions season can be a particularly anxious time for students. I remember waiting for decisions, being both excited and very scared. Of course ... the process. It really was a great opportunity for my family to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Happy Pi Day!!! 3.14159!

  

  or not" contest There's also free pie for everyone! And, you can pick ... /14) TODAY! Stop by the Student Center 5th Floor lounge at 8pm for free punch ... of Pi apparently, I made a few news appearances for Pi Day: Associated

  • by Bryan
  • March 14, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  That’s right, you’re sick Thank you, nurse, for stating the obvious.

  

  students can choose to go to any available MedLink for help. When Med ... . Thank you for getting me through the MedLinks election meeting. As for you, Sudafed? Muchos gracias for your amazing powers of decongestion. I hope I

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 8, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Students Operate On Hawaii Time! MIT's learning environment supports a wide range of learning styles and experiences.

  

  -based experiences as well. For example, the course I typically teach, known as 6 ... -recitation-tutorial is highly refined after years of polishing, we are always looking for ... -Perez) and I engaged in an online experiment: we took all of the lectures for 6

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • February 28, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Juniors: MITES, RSI and WTP deadlines approaching Summer programs at MIT for 11th graders.

  

  -week residential, academic enrichment summer program for promising high school ... ), sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Education and MIT, is a rigorous

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / Events

  A Night with Cranium Myth debunking and Cranium!

  

  Party - Saturday January 20 As if doing puzzles and brain teasers for an ... during the session, for a quick test of your single variable integration skills. Top scorers qualify for the Integration Bee. No knowledge beyond 18

  • by Bryan
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  BEST WEEK OF 2007 ...a self-rewarded happiness.

  

  by a little I mean a ton. I was invited to interview for my PhD at my ... than when I got into MIT for undergrad. I knew I was going to get into ... for undergrad. So anyhoo, this is just the first hurdle. I still have to

  • by Bryan
  • January 20, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Random notes A little bit of this, a little bit of that.

  

  A few random notes: Thanks for all the mini-contest entries! I ... news for Heroes fans at MIT: Masi Oka, who plays the lovable and awesome ... for many college students. Piled Higher and Deeper memorialized Ando in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 9, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Home is where the heart (of Texas) is Going away to school isn't such a bad thing.

  

  ", Texas whereby "Suburbia" I mean for my first year of high school, I lived ... for the environment when I think about all the cars that actually made the six block trip. Almost everything was provided for us in our 55

  • by Bryan
  • December 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Update from selection We're working through the weekend towards admitting the Class of 2011.

  

  , there would have been no need for the winter jackets, or any jacket ... work continues. As I've said, prepare for the worst and hope for the best

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 2, 2006