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• Blog / MIT Life

  Recycle, Reuse, (Map) Reduce? Jackpot, baby!

  

  awkwardly inline. As fun as it is to play outside, the time-honored sport of crufting (see: crvfting) is an important part of daily life at MIT. Although ... have a massive summer reading list that I cooked up... although it is

  • by Cam T. '13
  • June 10, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music Groups at MIT, Pt. 3 [by Jessica Noss '14, Guest Blogger] Techiya and Beyond.

  

  , my favorite group is Techiya. As an a capella group, Techiya does not have any professor as a director or musical advisor. Techiya is made up ... Hebrew, so it is definitely helpful to speak Hebrew, but it’s not at

  • by ARTalk
  • May 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final Forty-Five Still somehow worse than last term

  

  Add Date -- the last date on which you can add a class -- is this ... ’ve ever taken at MIT. Part of the reason for that is that one of my classes ... year), the aim of this course is to provide the tools engineers need to

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • February 28, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admissions Bulletin – RA News, EA Results bang it here for the latest updates and stats

  

  , and the office is revving back up. And with that, it's time for a few ... day. Opening, identifying, processing, and filing these documents is straightforward enough, but it takes a lot of time! It is completely normal for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 7, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Ode to the New, Part 3 "Your calendar looks like a clown threw up on it!" -my friend Jordan

  

  Here is what Google Calendar has to say about my first two months at ... ! Images not for the faint-hearted. Spiraling out of control. - Now is ... /No Record is a great time to do this – to adopt the “I want to be busy, but

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Diary of an All-nighter 9-5 is so out! Try um, 5 to 9...AM!

  

  case, reviews (as you will see...), etc. Apparently, there is a ... things…(brief preface: the first project is about using folding operations ... is architecture, really..." [2:07 AM] Xenia and Nicole testing their

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 30, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A with Prof. Nancy Kanwisher ‘80 (CPW Preview!) One of the CPW Keynote Speakers, Brain and Cognitive Sciences Professor Nancy Kanwisher '80 PhD…

  

  an official photograph, followed by the Q&A: Nancy Kanwisher is the ... one of the most fundamental questions any scientist can ask: What is the ... Saxe has even discovered a brain region that is specialized for thinking

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 5, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Stories from Uganda [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] Installing an exhibit in the Wiesner Student Art Gallery.

  

  [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] The Wiesner Student Art Gallery is located on the second floor of the Student Center (W20) and is the only permanent ... locked myself in the dark abyss that is the darkroom, losing all track of

  • by ARTalk
  • February 8, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Undergraduates by Major AND Professor Auroux. Don't miss it.

  

  -'10). O is "undeclared sophomores". Forgot to list CMS though (16 students ... Building 46." This is part of MIT-speak. Here's a primer. Each of MIT's majors - known as Courses, with a capital C - is known by a number

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 28, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  What to expect when you’re expecting CPW Setting some expectations, discussing myths & realities.

  

  time helping to set expectations for the weekend. Because CPW is such a ... , sometimes the match is perfect, but more often it's just pretty good, and ... ": One part of CPW mythology is the "Weather Machine" -- that somehow, the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 15, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions updates ...including the state of the mail and EA application tracking.

  

  Regular Action is December 10. If you haven't yet contacted your Educational Counselor (interviewer, or EC), I recommend you do so very soon (right now is ... contact information on your MyMIT page. Note that this deadline is before

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 12, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Global Poverty Initiative Because you’re reading this while 1/6 of the world is illiterate.

  

  .) Following this trend, then, it shouldn’t be surprising that food is in large part responsible for getting me involved in GPI. GPI is the Global ... semester, our main project is Poverty Week (October 18-24! Get excited

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Juggling Act When you're used to life in Hell...

  

  - easy access to the Undergraduate Math Office in 2-108. Why is the ... for 18.02 (multivariable calculus), which is one of the freshman GIRs ... that Calculus is more my thing. Especially when she starts going all

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sore Subjects state of affairs isn't so good. But here are some telescope pictures!

  

  piling up like crazy over here. But so is work on my 8.06 term paper and analysis for the 3rd 8.14 lab (Zeeman effect in Hg). My oral presentation is ... light, is definitely by far the fewest number of units I've stood to

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 14, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  72 Hours Later… I have the "morning-after" syndrome.

  

  Princeton is next week, and Stanford the week after), I hope you have a good ... the weekend was, "How much of MIT Blogs is real? Why does it always look ... to give you a sugered version of what MIT is like. This is real stuff

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 13, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  time helping to set expectations for the weekend. Because CPW is such a ... dating, sometimes the match is perfect, but more often it's just pretty ... Machine": One part of CPW mythology is the "Weather Machine" -- that somehow

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

  Moving Out oooh, I am, moving out, mmhmm..

  

  while rooming in Burton-Conner is done on in a complex floor ... represent how small this room is. It's smaller than my AP Chem teacher. She ... of the dorm. The design is a pretty big downside to Burton

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hot Dogs Or, how I fail at eating hot dogs.

  

  I've always been a big eater. Part of this may be because my dad is ... can do that, look! The record is only 14, and you get an hour and a half to do it, how is that even hard!?" Matt and Ben were skeptic. I was

  • by Snively '11
  • February 10, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why I do too much stuff at MIT 1)My mom doesn't have a problem with it.

  

  to get through MIT is hard, and you'll often wonder whether or not the struggle is worth it. This is how I felt during the entirety of November and ... sometimes), and planning to run for president of Senior House is definitely

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 13, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

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

  

  It is four days into IAP and I have yet to sleep in my own bed. In ... - with MIT-EMS. MIT-EMS (Emergency Medical Service) is a student ... been taking lately because it's IAP and THAT means FREE TIME (what IS

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 10, 2008