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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Banditos Misteriosos Everybody enjoys a ghoul dance party!

  

  A huge perk to living at MIT is living right across the river from ... happens is a new store opening up or a car crashing into a building every ... many colleges, actual exciting things happen. The concept of a flash mob

  • by Snively '11
  • October 25, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  E-mail It's like D-mail, only the next letter.

  

  perks I was looking forward to if I got accepted. The first was a Brass ... being able to write down "[email protected]." It's a right of passage, a treat you only get as a student, and there's something

  • by Snively '11
  • September 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  If strangers meet life begins you shall above all things be glad and young

  

  I. Flying back home to MIT from home in South Bend (not a typo), I had a perfect view of Cambridge and Boston out my window. The plane was ... River and the bay glittered like uncut gems in the light. It took me but a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 23, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Things I’ve Missed About Home My top six.

  

  So I'm writing from the end of a well-needed break back in San ... than a three-hour time difference. These adjustments are mostly positive ... .) * Home-cooked meals. A cliche, but with good reason - when you've been

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Steer Roast 2008 We Sport Death like it's never been done before

  

  weekend-long party centered around the overnight roasting of a steer in our courtyard and the subsequent feast. The following description is courtesy of a ... dogs, we roast over 300 pounds of meat over a giant spit for 17 hours

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 5, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Of Dancing and T-Shirts (Guest Entry) Who had fun at CPW? I did!

  

  coming late! I had a great time at CPW, really. But my SD card corrupted ... off the airport shuttle, I immediately felt a sugar rush. The weather was great, students were tossing a frisbee, and music was blasting in

  • by Snively '11
  • April 22, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  What to expect when you’re expecting CPW Some thoughts and advice in advance of Campus Preview Weekend.

  

  Preview Weekend (CPW), I figured it would be worthwhile to spend a little time helping to set expectations for the weekend. Because CPW is such a big MIT event, there's a lot of hype, rumor, and mythology surrounding

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Happy Valentine’s Day from MIT Because theobromine is delicious.

  

  on a secret: MIT Admissions loves you. No, really. I know the L-word gets thrown around a lot these days, which I think is sort of sad, since ... what used to be (and in some ways, still is) a very powerful word. But I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Ambulance! Ambulance! So I'm in this serious long-term relationship.

  

  - with MIT-EMS. MIT-EMS (Emergency Medical Service) is a student ... in Cambridge, as well as part of Boston, and runs 24/7 - which means a ... , from 9 AM to 5:30 PM four days a week (which I took last year). This

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  Hack Study Break MIT is home to some very dedicated gamers.

  

  finals, which are now less than a week away! Even freshmen like myself have ... friends seem to be coping pretty well. In fact, a few students apparently ... the rest of us with a few games and toys to play with over the next few

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 11, 2007
• Blog / Events

  SNOW SNOW SNOW! And other festivities.

  

  SNOW!" Haha, I guess this is what happens when you come from a tropical country where it never snows. :) On a equally festive note, my dorm, iHouse, had a holiday dinner on Saturday night! (We're supposed to have a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 3, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

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

  

  , and posted it while I was on the plane, so basically Sam is a big cheater for 1) being a senior and having more emotional things to say and 2 ... then I would have just looked like a dumb freshman who wished her

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

  Drinking from the Firehose By: Teresa, '11

  

  Dorms. Multistep retrosynthesis. A cappella music. Hacks. Everything ... education to a drink from a firehose? There is so much more than water at MIT ... played a part in that total happiness. So did the welcome event and

  • by Bryan
  • April 24, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where is my mind? In Northern California, Munich, a tent in New Hampshire, and an oreo-flavored soft serve machine.

  

  Song" was originally derived from the song "A Son of a Gambolier" by my ... once in a while. I've been feeling kind of floaty these past few weeks, like there's a quote from The Unbearable Lightness of Being to describe

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 9, 2007
• Blog / MISTI

  MIT-Italy: Working With Ferrari The MISTI experience of Patrik Kunzler.

  

  - Ferrari - in Maranello, a small town in the hills near Modena. Mentally ... readiness to dream, this made for a working environment one could only dream about. Especially for a car guy. Espresso at 8 am: I'm awake. Sounds of

  • by MISTI Program
  • March 27, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mad scientist? “Everybody's a mad scientist, and life is their lab. We're all trying to experiment to…

  

  , so maybe I'm not a mad scientist. But, when people ask me where I am ... my response. I am taking the following: 7.02- Biology Lab- A notorious pre-med requirement…with a grueling 18 credits (Each week, we have 2

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Physical Education: because your body needs problem sets, too My adventures in completing the MIT Physical Education requirements

  

  You can get a perfect GPA and lead every extracurricular activity on campus, but if you don’t pass a swim test and complete 8 Physical Education ... ’s right, MIT requires you to graduate with a strong mind and body, while

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nuns, fret not! Like baby alligators in the sewers, you too will grow up fast.

  

  I'm a little nervous right now, because I have my first major exam ... chipped in $35 and rented cars and a cabin (apparently, MIT students can ... almost fell off a giant mountain. Zozer '07 smashed a fly with a spatula

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Passing Out ...of classes. Or in class. We'll see.

  

  your security blanket there. So I became a legal adult a few months ago ... we understood that cheating is bad and to bring a certain type of ... passed out of 18.01 with a 5 on the AP Calculus BC exam. My high school

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Straight from the Dean’s mouth Time magazine readers chat with the MIT Dean of Admissions, Marilee Jones.

  

  their college admissions-themed issue. Similarly, Newsweek featured a chat ... college admissions-themed issue -- it is also worth a read. Here's the TIME.com transcript of the Q & A with Dean Marilee Jones: Ever since she first

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 20, 2006