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• Blog / MIT Life

  The Political Process For the civic-minded

  

  voting, despite being aware of current events, I never participated for ... I had to miss a free, pre-screening of Be Kind Rewind AND a chance to ... regular basis, you'll be pretty excited to hear that Ségolène Royal came to

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Behold, a day job! Still with ultra-short travel time!

  

  two reasons, the first being that I already go to MIT; denying my nerdiness is futile, so I might as well be unabashedly proud of it. The second ... paper for a class, I'd be in hot water right now.) If you've ever taken

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Excitement I'll take things that cause it for 800.

  

  (Burton-Conner used to be separate dorms, Burton and Conner, but were joined ... 's this scary stereotype about organic chemistry being crazy difficult ... Chemistry II) may be my favorite classes I've taken at MIT thus far, but that

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  New Kid on the Blogs Claim your place. Make your mark. Live your dreams.

  

  same conclusion: What could possibly be so special about me, that MIT ... through it all. If you happen to be asking yourself the same thing, let me ... year may even be the most enjoyable year of your life so far. So relax a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 8, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Blogger Decisions Released Many thanks to all of this year's incredible applicants!

  

  not only education, but life right - and you should be really proud of ... Black Engineers. Derrick, who will be applying to grad schools this year ... 's, but I won't be studying trains, or transportation at all. I'll be

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 7, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Time Out I attempt to top Emo Walt Whitman, even though I'm only taking a brief reprieve…

  

  cheater for 1) being a senior and having more emotional things to say and 2 ... thinking it'd probably be better if we'd just burned it off. Those seven ... past midnight, convinced I'd never be prepared for three straight days of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 27, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Sorry you didn’t meet me :( I missed Meet-The-Bloggers, and some things on this semester

  

  't get to be Tim the Beaver, which cut me pretty deep. I haven't updated ... : Also saw some huge windmills: And more! But you'd have to be in my ... , and good thing, too, since I'll be working at NASA this summer building

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 15, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brains and treason and bouncy balls, oh my! A brain dump largely about - what else? - brains.

  

  Nearly two weeks ago, I promised you a Post of Substance™ to be put ... being eaten by second-order ordinary differential equations instead of ... something that wants to be substance one day when it grows up. It's April

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  This one goes out to the parents It's been a while since I've written specifically for you.

  

  the many parents out there. It would be great to "meet" you! The college admissions season can be a particularly anxious time for students. I remember waiting for decisions, being both excited and very scared. Of course

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Bicycle Diaries Like the motorcycle ones, except far less artsy and with a serious lack of Gael…

  

  another bike, with which I imagine the other owner would not be too pleased, or to a tree, which could probably be cut down if someone was really ... bicycles never need to be locked up, everyone got into MIT, and celestial

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Thoughts On The MIT Interview ...from the perspective of an MIT interviewer.

  

  't be summed up on a few sheets of paper. And I get to meet lots of young ... depth. We'd like you to be clearly destined for that next breakthough ... exist. If they did, they would probably be an insufferable bore. Now maybe

  • by John DeTore '80
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Recap; New Bloggers Announced Philly, Jersey, Wilmington. Jess, Keri, Lulu.

  

  here so long that I've forgotten what it's like to be in love with a ... that. Except Keri just got a radio show, so there may be hope for this ... quickly how difficult it would be to come to a consensus via sporadic emails

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Manolis Kellis: Combining computer science with biology An interview with Manolis Kellis, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, who was honored as one…

  

  that UROP, he says, he “probably wouldn’t be sitting here today ... be serendipitous. One day, he ran into a friend who happened to be ... camaraderie, and the ability to be in the middle of everything. After all, he

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Straight from the Dean’s mouth Time magazine readers chat with the MIT Dean of Admissions, Marilee Jones.

  

  . The book will be in bookstores in September, and is currently available ... information common to all applicants, which can be very helpful to admissions ... college admissions practices can be very different from those of public

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Daniel Guillen Our football coach gets a surprise in Daniel Guillen '10.

  

  ) awhile back and brought a film," Smith said. "He appears to be a fan ... second. That being said, we play in a 16-team conference, the largest D ... it, we feel that he can be a strong contributor for MIT football

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 29, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  He’s Making A List and Checking It Twice The things that I found important when looking at colleges

  

  place where I was going to be stimulated and driven to learn more. Some ... school in Texas because I wanted out. I really wanted to be in an area where there was a lot to do outside of just being at school. Sample

  • by Bryan
  • July 24, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Standing out But what if you come to MIT and you're not the best in the class…

  

  's going to be difficult for a given student to stand out among his or her ... bound up with the concern that not being at the top of the class will ... I would have still felt like I needed to be at the top of the class

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Xanga Survey Mid-summer frivolity, part one.

  

  't live without music. 11. I want to be famous. 12. I spend money i don't have. 13. I'll be a kid forever. 14. I've seen the Backstreet Boys 2 ... can be mean when I want to. 26. My dreams are bizzare. 27. I paint boys

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / Events

  The sun comes up, then goes away Graduation day with pictures!

  

  mustache, because he thought it would be funny for the official graduation ... not be afraid to be unconventional, to do something that nobody else has ... not be well-marked, the scaling of some predetermined ladder. It may

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Answering some questions The entry on commencement was just getting unwieldly.

  

  'm not sure how high the ceilings are, but I guess they must be at least ... dormitories do now. It might not be listed in other places because the wireless ... asked, So now a question, when did you decide that you wanted to be a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 9, 2006