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• Blog / MIT Life

  What do you do for fun around here? What,this isn't fun to you?

  

  like a pretty interesting place (SPOILER: It is.) and I happily obliged ... kill themselves while trying to build something that is both impressive ... is belongs to a class of acronymically redudant phrases (or ARP phrases

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 9, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  ‘Just Chillax’ [about your college essays] My little brother is wicked smaht.

  

  ! With one! (The secret to life is to celebrate the little accomplishments ... get a point across.) The essay is your chance to show that you're not a ... wrote about my kick-butt little brother. (Not saying that this is the

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 22, 2010
• Blog / How to Food

  Talking About Dining There's been a lot of talk on campus about one thing – dining.

  

  add money to a TechCash account and whenever your ID is swiped anywhere on campus – and a few places off campus – the money is deducted from ... halls will offer continental breakfast, something which is a rare find on

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • November 21, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Magic of Those Ivory Keys (Guest Blog!) Part 2 of 3 of "Why I Declared a Humanities Major at MIT" series!

  

  from my class, who is a double biological engineering (20) and music (21M ... on April 23, but you know how MIT is... :) ----- Chris: Since when ... has solidified my passion for it. Chris: What is the most unforgettable

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  T Minus One. BRASS RAT BRASS RAT BRASS RAT.

  

  (Class of 2007's Ring) The Brass Rat is MIT's class ring, which is earned at the end of sophomore year but premiered early during spring ... tomorrow. Because tomorrow is the Class of 2012's Ring Premiere, and we'll be

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 11, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  What Are YOU Up To This Summer? click me! click me!

  

  - compared to that, Twin Peaks is merely a foothill!) Polish mountains are ... picture/blahblah Other than this - the only other thing is to try to make ... : There is a physical prize for the picture I deem the best. The actual

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 4, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Decide my major! Because putting your future up for a democratic vote is clearly the way to go.

  

  (COUGHMITCOUGH), which, I mean, is a kind of a big deal and will in fact influence ... on how awesome MIT is. But that’s old news to me, because it seriously ... declaring what I tentatively want to do with my life. This is terrifying. I

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • April 2, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline Extended to January 3 We have extended the RA deadline. Happy Holidays!

  

  to submit your deadline. If your application is ready to go, click that ... appear on your Application Tracking. Our records office is fully staffed over the holidays and is, even as I write, busily processing all of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 3, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hi, (gasp!) I’m Kim Kimd's first post as an admissions blogger!

  

  of awesome classes. One of them is 6.131: Power Electronics. It's a lab ... efficiently. Power Electronics is, for better or for worse, about as time consuming as it is awesome, so I've spent most of the last week staring at

  • by Kim D. '09
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Copyright, Subpoenas, and You I prefer to keep the "you" part out of the picture.

  

  quote I used in my personal blog was "One of my favorite items is a ... and time of this activity is registered to your computing account (or a ... Use. This practice is also illegal and can lead to legal action against

  • by Snively '11
  • August 28, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Questions about Blogging Some friendly advice.

  

  about the time commitment. My on-campus job is 6-10 hours per week, and I ... in the fall. My point is, your first semester is pretty much the ... classes and your tests and your p-sets, how much time everything is going to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 30, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life… [Biochemistry] Life as a biochemist at MIT and Cambridge

  

  difference is to give you a portrayal of what a typical day is like in both ... lecture is thermo & kinetics (5.60). This's actually a really interesting ... awake because of content. 11am - noon Next is biochem II (5.08). It's co

  • by Cambridge
  • May 1, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Take Me Back to Tech (Guest Entry) So hurrah for technology, 'ology, 'ology oh.

  

  Drinking Song, but there is another traditional MIT song (this one in the ... expresses a lot of prefrosh’s current feelings. This is quite ... with a lot of senioritis (yes, there is a wikipedia article on it) and I

  • by Bryan
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh Wow KABOOM!

  

  !!!!!!!!!!!!) This is just a quick update on how life is for me right now (that's what ... , I will be done with all psets (this is just a theory). I'll spend the

  • by Snively '11
  • April 8, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Name in Flashing Lights Or maybe just mitadmissions.org

  

  you and anyone else will have a similar experience is 1 in a bajillion ... - we want to hear you and hear what CPW is like for you and the friends ... from you soon! See you in 9 days! CPW is a blast -- tips for conquering

  • by Bryan
  • April 1, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Meeting Michel Gondry Six MIT students and one Academy-award winning director have dinner in New York, and none…

  

  There is probably a meter somewhere that measures how much fun you ... got picked to be a FAP (Freshman Arts Program) counselor, which is an ... only is FAP one week of pure awesome (I mean, come on, you get to hang

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 30, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi(e) Day Burton 1 celebrates Pi Day as we generally like to celebrate all unofficial nerd holidays…

  

  off the front page is grape-flavored anything (it's not even a flavor, I swear). The point of this entry is that my friend Liz '11 and I recently ... : burton1 There is an ABSURD amount of homemade pie (two apple pies, apple

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Why I haven’t posted in forever In picture form, no less.

  

  don't exist. I don't exist, because this is my to-do list: No joke ... entire sheet of looseleaf paper) But there is light at the end of the tunnel. The reason all of these things need to be done by next Thursday is

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 13, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Human Factor And String Theory Two links to start your weekend.

  

  bar that Matt discovered which is so pro-red-sox that it's almost like ... links to tide you over: First, The Human Factor is a video that MIT has ... video is wearing an MIT sweatshirt. :-) Only a few more days remain

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 26, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  Where the Sun Shines, There Hack They MIT is known for many things, including its legendary hacks.

  

  MIT is known for many things, including its legendary hacks. Long a ... MIT World. Keyser is also the author of a brilliant essay in Nightwork, a 2003 book on hacking published by The MIT Press. Little is known

  • by Laurie Everett
  • August 2, 2007