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• Blog / About Decisions

  Wait List Decisions 2013 Is it supposed to be waitlist, wait list, or wait-list? Oh never mind...

  

  ;yield"). This year, our yield is going to be around 72-73 percent. Last year, it ... to admit anyone off the wait list this year. This is only the second

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 13, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Night Vision Funny how "photo"graphy throws you into the dark

  

  time-machine (film? what’s that?)....and a time-warp. The darkroom is ... are some of my works from the semester so far; the first is a rayogram

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 8, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Writing an essay using thumb tacks and arousing the suspicions of a snarky Nobel laureate

  

  doors. MIT CENTER FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS is printed on each in small ... advisor, stands in front of a blank board; he is grinning, hunched over, and ... the structure of elementary particles like protons and electrons, is

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 5, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Remnants of Four Years What happens when you have to start packing

  

  So one of the unfortunate parts of graduating is that you actually have to pack up your life from the past four years.  No more of this, "I ... ;   Senior Year \   There it is.  A brief summary of

  • by Becca H. '12
  • June 6, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Bubble Bath Disastrophe (and Other Adventures) Spring break: adventures and misadventures, coming home, and MIT on the Colbert Report—twice!

  

  , PA, which makes up the bulk of Happy Valley, part of which is called Pleasant Gap. The town revolves around Penn State, is surrounded by farms, and is said to be growing into a small city. Purple mountains shelter us

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 3, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Photodiary now with 0% instagram, 22% my cat

  

  Opera of the Future group; the enormous hanging chandelier is actually an ... thesis proposal about to be turned in. Reese what are you doing that is

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 9, 2012
• Blog / Class Projects

  Angry Birds Fly at MIT Students construct trubuchets, catapults, and air cannons to take out the dastardly pigs on Killian…

  

  impressive industry judges.  I should note that 2.009 is possibly the awesomest ... to fire I'm sorry, but this is the best action shot I could get -- it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Trumpeting for Assassins I get to watch each presidential assassination. Live. Over and over again.

  

  length, but a flugelhorn is fatter. It's like what would happen to a ... 'm aware), which is a little room equipped with a piano and music stands, so ... :   The first is a straight mute, and the second is a cup mute. The

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 26, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The 12 Step Plan don't pack too much, you probably wont use half of it anyway.

  

  . The great thing is, these tips can be applied to IAP adventures as well as ... through the Public Service Center. My roommate, Brenda,  is working through MISTI and my buddy Chandler is doing a missions trip through Breaker of

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • July 25, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Under the Dome A full day of free fun at MIT

  

  Ok, so you know how Chris is always talking about free food? Well, I seem to have a thing already for free events at MIT. I'll cut to the ... . It is all about the free food. **So if you think you may be going too

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 22, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Stress Management @ The MITstitvte What's a student to do when school gets rough?

  

  suggestions. This is by no means a complete enumeration of activities that MIT ... 't worth it. (Sorry, premeds.) Remember that everyone else is just as

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Nationals! In which MIT XC goes to Iowa

  

  from a state that is also occasionally the butt of jokes so I won't go ... that most venerable of restaurants, the Olive Garden(there is something ... . Apparently their outfits were the subject of quite the debate-this is in direct

  • by Alina G. '11
  • November 27, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  (un)Empty Nest Welcome Back!

  

  that is starting to change. Shhhh, listen! Put your ear to your favorite ... on campus! * On second thought, that second one is probably a bad idea

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 26, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Distractions For you.

  

  better if you guys were distracted in my stead. It is with this notion in ... ) hulu 5) Potter Puppet Pals! (Yes, I realize this is old, but it's funny

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 10, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Regular Action Decisions: Sunday 3/14 How to receive your MIT admissions decision.

  

  online is as easy as pi. When decisions are released, simply visit ... . There is a similar link for forgotten usernames. If you're having

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 4, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Doonesbury and MIT Meet Alex Doonesbury, MIT '10.

  

  of reading to catch up on. The last thing I should be doing is blogging ... Re, and HERE!. Of course, pollhacking is not new, as demonstrated by the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 8, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  Why I’m Baking Cookies Tonight. IAP is a beautiful time to do lots of something or lots of nothing. Or…

  

  should probably blog.” IAP is a wonderful, wonderful time. While all my ... basically no matter where I go, and The Friendly Toast's, go figure, is some ... the greater Boston area some other time, though. The point is that

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 15, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Stand Back! I'm going to try . . . well, you know the rest.

  

  2.671 is an AMAZING class (that many people dislike, for reasons that are totally beyond me) and I've been having a great time in it. I ... setup, another has a beam that is wired up to record its response to an

  • by Snively '11
  • December 9, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  I had a terrible week Also, I think that making puns about the President is Obaminable.

  

  . If MIT is the Disneyworld of misery, then I rode all the rides this ... thing about MIT, #262, is that you quickly learn to not take surveys ... far: Insight is indistinguishable from imagination. Like all

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 26, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Come Visit! I promise we'll be nice.

  

  really. So the moral of the story is: COME VISIT. Discover the various ... again! There's always something going on at MIT, so any time is a good

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 14, 2009