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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Two short stories My last three weeks in a nutshell.

  

  recruitment this year, which is precisely why I did so. Rather than continuing ... 's sororities is not to put unsuspecting girls through Formal Recruitment. Formal Recruitment, while giving people equal time to all five of MIT's sororities, is

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 24, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Registration Browser Issues Firefox isn't playing nicely with MyMIT...

  

  , which is likely why some of you have been having problems. We'll get to ... is blank, you'll need to re-register using Safari or Internet Explorer

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 30, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist post Some Q & A about the waitlist.

  

  ? It is impossible to know. We will have no idea how many people we will ... of you may be saying, "C'mon, MIT is really good at math. They have to ... admitted from the wiatlist." The reality is that predicting yield is very

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Kevin’s reflections after an IAP externship at a start-up company Kevin '08 takes a step back and re-evaluates his goals after an IAP externship at…

  

  Dear friends and fellow CS people, My name is Kevin Wang and I ... the Y Combinator (http://www.ycombinator.com/) program, which is still ... interested in, and, now after working for one, I am convinced that it is the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 7, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Little Snails SciFi movie marathons rock my socks!

  

  Escargots." One of the things I promised myself is that this year I would try ... as pets (with collars). The Traags are an alien race which is humanoid ... Traags' treatment of the Oms is ironically contrasted with their high level

  • by Bryan
  • January 28, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Happy Thanksgiving! Holiday wishes and fun stuff.

  

  Happy Thanksgiving! My friend Jennifer (MIT '01) is an artist/baker extraordinaire. This week I got her annual Thanksgiving comic in my inbox: Dear ... assistance this Thanksgiving? One place to check out is Instructables (a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions; I’ve got (some) answers Answers to your questions.

  

  to go directly into industry? Research? Education? Is there any ... everything,) and neuroscience is a definite possibility but English is just as ... 't done much within the field, but it is something that interests me. Based

  • by Bryan
  • October 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The best picture we took in Paris Slightly delayed for some slightly successful attempts at photo editing.

  

  . This is all chronicled in my favorite Tech article of all time. Regardless of what it looks like, this is a tribute to our institute, not a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “MIT Abounds With UROP Students” A photo spread about student research.

  

  The most recent issue of MIT's student newspaper The Tech had a nice spread about summer UROPs. UROP is MIT's Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, and is the oldest and most extensive program involving

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 18, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Return of the Nance Effect The Summer Update Edition!

  

  ? Summer is slipping away and the crisp New England weather is looming just ... I say welcome! Come on in, the water is just fine. I hope that you ... . This is, after all, a community designed for and about you. When I began

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The best Metro station ever The Metro does it best.

  

  station, which is located next to the NIH and my house, I saw this ... blotting in a Metro station! (By the way, a Western blot analysis is a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Building, building, building, building This one goes out to the one I've left behind.

  

  as the "international symbol for Frank O. Gehry architecture." This is ... 10 least attractive college campuses. Is it hard going to school there?" Yes, MIT is infamous for accumulating a collection of unusual and (dare

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 28, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  ZigZag Episode 7 A new episode features Commencement highlights and an interview with the party button guys.

  

  Episode 7 of MIT's video podcast ZigZag is out now. Stories include Commencement and MIDAS (a.k.a. the party button). Check it out. Marsha Bolton ... graduating students (you can frequently see my thumb). Marsha is broadcasting

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Senior Week: Jonathan Lii A look at a senior from the Class of 2006.

  

  too. Favorite professor at MIT: Prof. Daniel Kleitman is my favorite professor here. He is the coolest guy to talk to about ANYTHING. He has all sorts of crazy artifacts in his office and visiting him is always a treat

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick updates Miscellaneous Admissions Office updates.

  

  quite busy here!It is Finals Week for students at MIT. Good luck, everyone!Great entry by Mollie.Did you know that an MIT student is the No. 1 Scrabble

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Excitement On The Road Adventures in the Princeton Hospital ER.

  

  , I'm almost positive that the Princeton Hospital is supposed to be ... -worker is fine, thanks to the wonderful medics and folks in the ER. But more

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Yet Another MIT 2010? Alex Doonesbury needs to choose a college.

  

  In the comic Doonesbury by Gary Trudeau, the character Alex Doonesbury is still deciding on colleges: RPI, Cornell, or MIT? Now, her college decision is up for a vote (aren't you glad all college decisions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Dorms: Really Random 19 pictures. Don't open on a dialup.

  

  is teaching the undergraduate class 21M.304: Writing in Tonal Forms II ... Random Hall. One thing she doesn't mention is that one of the floors in Random Hall is named "Destiny." Why would a floor be named Destiny? Well

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Dewey Love Libraries? Yes we dew!

  

  2 hours. You really should try one. (That is me.) Dewey is the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 10, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Sneak Preview

  

  their reasons for visiting Boston, and it turns out the wife is running the marathon as well. Her husband is meeting her at the 13 mile mark

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 15, 2006