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• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 1) I ask my friends and fraternity brothers the immortal question: "What are you doing this…

  

  prospective students why MIT is amazing, or (d) all of the above - I ... poster sessions, both because physical chemistry is great and because I ... to investment bankers to recruiters. It is kind of cool because I get

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 22, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Tour/Hack/Math Three things that happen a lot at MIT

  

  building toys (for anybody who is unsure, this is a good way to start the day ... prefrosh (Danny '12) is in town and I decided to go on a campus tour with him ... interior dome. Danny asks me "Is this the spot you were complaining about

  • by Snively '11
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Psets! This starts out artsy, but I promise it's going to go downhill really fast.

  

  to go off. I go and look at my computer (which is supposed to be my ... their favorite class at the 'tvte. This term, 6.004 is being co-taught by ... Worse-Is-Better is a better development philosophy than Do

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 7, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Testimony from an ’11 By: Debbie, '11

  

  understand when I say “Hi I’m [Debbie], my major is [undecided, but ... , TechCash is awesome, and we had $20.11 in honor of our 2011 class! (Later ... … err… yea. I know a picture of this is up already (by Snively

  • by Bryan
  • April 20, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I want you to burn Unfortunately, usually somebody just blew up their spaghetti-o's.

  

  body to Mars" is "periareion." My dorm, Burton-Conner, is the best. Even ... floor is arranged into suites of 4-10 people each. This means that for a ... -Conner's culture is pretty much defined by fire alarms. Yeah, fire alarms and that

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  High Stakes Because it’s you who makes you.

  

  interview and how hopeful he is about landing the spot. Two other neighbors ... is artificially cheaper there than at any area supermarket (not that I ... everything else is fast asleep, out of distraction's way. I still have to do

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Tales From The Nance Effect Road Show My travel to the land of Boomer--Sooners, Miners. Wild Cats, Sun Devils and Rattlesnakes

  

  Meetings for the better part of September. Here is a quick update of what I ... ) "Dry heat" huh... You know what? 99 degrees is 99 degrees. End of ... . All I can say is wow! If you happen to watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 29, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Radia Perlman ‘73, Mother of the Internet Radia Perlman has three MIT degrees and more than 80 patents.

  

  know about the MIT alumna who is known as the "Mother of the Internet ... is posing as a "spanning tree") The "Mother Of The Internet' Puzzle ... -defunct Digital Equipment Corp. "The spanning tree algorithm is something that's in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And sometimes why? A reality check on the state of my MIT blogging.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? There is a free-food at mit dot edu mailing list, just ... why my site is advertised as sam.mitblogs.com and yet consists pretty ... that pretty much everybody is bilingual. No, really. A lot of people just

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007: Where even your smallest part matters The 2.007 competition has come to close!

  

  possible, especially because at MIT it is a required class for all mechanical ... teaches design and manufacturing, so the first month or so is dedicated to ... final product. Alas, here is my robot: Its name is Melotaur (both a play

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds, Part 3 Helping the Class of 2010 with their decisions.

  

  1st postmark deadline for your college decision, I figure now is as ... back from MIT is the music. Classical guitar has been a part of my life ... Boston area, but I'll keep looking. The other alternative is Yale, which

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Athletics When I picked the topic for this entry, I was cheerleading at an MIT basketball…

  

  This entry is a double cheat -- I was trying to think of something to ... school (crew is an obvious example, but I've known people who joined the ... recruitment form so the coach of your sport is aware of your interest in the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PE classes are…great!? catch me at the 2028 summer olympics

  

  "]HASS requirement,[/annotation] MIT is [annotation note="I actually have no idea how common this is except for the fact that I know of no one else who does this ... /how long until I take classes in my major, the first thing I mention is the

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 3, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  “we have the winter olympics at home” the winter olympics at home:

  

  is Briggs Field, the massive recreational field separating dorm row ... the graduate dorms. Compared to the urban landscape that is the Boston

  • by Allison E. '27
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Hi again (and goodbye) (For real this time!)

  

  writing anything. And that is because while everyone else has been checking ... , Petey, rfong, and Danny in the schmancy new Admissions building. Bryan is ... THE PAST 15 YEARS. Honestly, what is there to catch up on? The catching

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  Unveiling the New Varsity Weight Room let's get buff !!!

  

  After a seven-ish month renovation, the new Varsity Weight Room is ... MIT, the new VWR is now double the size, has double the number of racks ... is our mascot lol"]Engineers.[/annotation] I can’t wait for all the PRs

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 23, 2024
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if I’m having a hard time completing the recommendation requirement?

  humanities, social science, or language teacher. Additionally, a letter is ... Secondary School Report. We have always said that it is most important to get ... do to help us (and you) is make explicit in their letters any
• Blog / Advice

  greta gerwig’s barbie and insecurity aka moving to college

  

  modern feminist movements is something I cannot comment on nor relate to ... , despite all its glory, is also just another place I live now. I’m still ... homework at my desk. Somehow, I’ll have to swap the idea of MIT for what is

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 19, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Something to chalk about “These murals are f*cking rad” – Petey

  

  MIT is a 168-acre playground for the world’s brightest undergrads, and nowhere is that more apparent than at Simmons Hall – my beautiful ... (Floor 6 is pretty overpowered in the art department) [carousel image1

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 24, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  can’t stop smiling a time capsule for freshman fall

  

  now it’s February... But this one is pretty close to my heart, and I ... way to that conclusion. And it is. But I think it feels so unintuitive ... state of mind—my average mood is more positive, the fluctuations have felt

  • by Allison E. '27
  • February 12, 2024