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• Blog / MIT Life

  New Blog: Humanitarian Work At MIT My name is Ali Wyne, and I'll be this year's host for the new Humanitarian…

  

  My name is Ali Wyne, and I'll be this year's host for the new ... study of politics is little more than the study of people, except that the ... , since my favorite thing to do is talk to and learn about people. What are your

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • October 19, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  An Atypical Saturday That followed an atypical week.

  

  An Atypical Saturday: That followed an atypical week MIT is certainly an unusual place. Case in point: no one really asks how your day is; they ask how your week is. That's because most MIT students take this

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • September 30, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  There Are No Uninteresting Things I'm taking classes. If you ask nicely, I might tell you about them.

  

  this term, which is a pretty normal load. Those of you that wanted a ... like how MOSFETs work and signal filters. I can already tell that this is ... electrical engineering than computer science, but this class is supposed to be

  • by Evan B. '10
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Desired things a youthful aside.

  

  responsibility than is reasonable. And that's how you like it. Contentment with exactly the way we are is not what brings us to MIT. Pushing to find your limits is not masochism. We understand. We do this, too. But a finer

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 12, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Orientation and pre-approval In which I relate orientation to getting pre-approved for a credit card in a totally…

  

  - which is fun, but can lead to a lot of confusion. When I first started ... that his is actually not three letters and consists of some combination ... is not that I myself am not the gender I've been assuming for the past

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 22, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Dig me, but don’t bury me This entry is brought to you by McDonalds and Google. I mean, literally.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Super Smash Bros. Brawl is coming out for the Wii on ... . Jackson prophesied so long ago, their main hamburger is indeed called a ... of their sandwiches is called a Croque McDo, which I guess must be some

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 12, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Testing requirements FAQ Some Q & A regarding testing for MIT admission.

  

  those of you applying this year and for whom English is your primary language, here is the official statement about what we require: SAT Reasoning ... more questions, here is a quick FAQ to provide some more answers. I hope

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 12, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biodiesel@MIT: Turning trash into black gold A student group called Biodiesel@MIT has just won the grand prize of $25,000 in the…

  

  of fresh water is waning. There are several natural reactions to these ... . Their plan is to convert used vegetable oil from MIT dining halls into ... must pay $1.10 a gallon to get rid of this oil, which is used to deep

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 16, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Answered Questions, answers, and Sam's face. This is the real MIT.

  

  : I'm gonna say that Windows Vista is going to look very Mac-ish when it ... , just because Windows Vista LOOKS Mac-ish, doesn't mean it IS Mac-ish. It ... this; I just really like my MacBook.) Manisha is just wondering: Hey, I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 11, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview: 10/20 Approaches Some thoughts on the interview, as the EA deadline nears.

  

  deadline to contact your alumni interviewer (Educational Counselor, or EC) is ... suspect that interview helped me quite a bit. At MIT, the interview is an important part of the admissions process. The interview report is often one of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / Events

  MIT Nightlife, Part II ABC, easy as duct tape, zip ties, Athena headers and packing tape.

  

  people who thinks that Stata is the most hideous excuse for a building I've ever seen. And Ruth '07 agrees with me. Speaking of Ruth '07, this is ... admissions blogger- you can never escpae your past. I figure my reputation is

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pluto replies ThinkGeek.com rocks my effing socks.

  

  's response. I WANT IT. (My birthday is January 10th.) Right now I'm supposed ... . 2.003 is basically just advanced physics, you study things that move ... that is. Sigh. It's one of the obnoxiously less satisfying questions you

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Rapids My last day at work was bittersweet. And if there's one thing I've learned from…

  

  to know what the place actually looks like. Right. So here it is, Runaway Rapids Waterpark: This is the kiddie section. It's full of ... bucket when it drops. That thing is brutal. Oh, it's also not too much fun

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Omnibus Followup: Women in Engineering Melissa asks what the gender ratio is in engineering at MIT.

  

  know what the gender ratio is at MIT in engineering (mech ... graduation. Luckily, the situation at MIT is much better -- I spent a few hours ... & Computer Science is 38% women. And even better, women are the majority of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Who’s that new kid? ANOTHER one?? Are you KIDDING me?! She doesn't even fit on the page!

  

  Is this thing on? Um, okay. Some of you are probably like me and ... ." Photo printer is doing nothing but eating paper? "GET THE MIT STUDENT. SAVE THE TREES." 14 x 22? "YO, MITTY GIRL."   My name is Jess K

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Marking time Somewhere between the end of classes and graduation...

  

  Warning: My life is so not interesting right now. We're all moved ... until this morning. Moving is tiring! Somewhat relevant moving tip: Since ... the summer. This is my third summer in a row in Cambridge, and I wouldn

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The root of all evil Money, money, money, money... money!

  

  I get the feeling that everybody is very jittery about the multiple ... for it... if this is what you really want." My mom was glaring at me in ... on less than $20 a week. That is a true story. When I got back to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Cancer Research The history and future of cancer research at MIT.

  

  Paul Marks Prize for Cancer Research. As is typical of MIT, the work is ... of MIT's Center for Cancer Research is the principal investigator on a ... program, is the principal investigator on a grant of the same magnitude that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Kiss the Frog Charm School and Nerdy Pick Up Lines. What can I say?

  

  the first day of classes is Tuesday, YIKES! But I didn't get through ... today. Charm School is an annual IAP event in it's 14th year where ... , the "b" hand is where your bread is and the "d" hand is where your drink

  • by Bryan
  • February 3, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  A Visitor In My Own Hometown Yeah, so it was boring. But it's still where I spent the better portion of…

  

  bright-eyed tourist, however, is going to soak up all there is to see ... about where to go next. This isn't just in travel -- this is in projects and in life, too. I guess getting there is really more than half the fun

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 9, 2006