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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An Open Letter Employers love students with dorm desk experience.

  

  various sizes. The culprit? Well, most pinned the blame on Amazon for its ... Prime membership (with free two-day shipping) for a year. And, supposedly ... full-page ad in The Tech “apologizing” for the additional burden caused

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 8, 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 ... much just going nuts. For our final (9th) lab of the semester, we were ... and correlating it with EKG and all sorts of other stuff. For lab 9

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

  Cheat Sheet This amazed me when I first saw it.

  

  Mystery Hunt is a yearly tradition at MIT, but this isn't an entry about Mystery Hunt. This is an entry about one of the tools our team has for Mystery Hunt. We rarely used it, but the sheer amount of information

  • by Snively '11
  • August 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorms The closest I'll get to an entry about the different dorms

  

  speak for themselves, and our friends over at CalTech have helped us out a ... stored the file away figuring it would be useful for something one day. The release of the WikiWatcher suite near pranking season makes for a

  • by Snively '11
  • June 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  *waves goodbye* Homeward bound

  

  That's it ladies and gents, sophomore year is over for yours truly. I ... are for. I have to say, it's going fast. When I applied to MIT and got ... and get ready to head home for the summer! I haven't spent more than two

  • by Snively '11
  • May 19, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Being First is Important There can be many firsts

  

  Sometimes you should stop to identify all of the different pictures in an entry. We work hard to find pictures for you guys, and then we have to resize, upload, and link them in. I know I would appreciate it a

  • by Snively '11
  • May 14, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist and transfer: quick update No decisions yet, but some notes & reminders.

  

  I know that with all the hubbub for admitted students, some of the ... can admit. For now, we are waiting to see how many of the 1597 admitted ... transfer applications for entry this Fall. Applications are up approximately

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to get around MIT hunger pangs [by Sadie Scheffer '10] Culinary art = delicious art.

  

  and shirts and ties! What am I not prepared for? Nowadays, most high ... totally new experience for college freshmen. One of the most important changes for most people is the task of cooking meals. With LaVerde's open

  • by ARTalk
  • April 1, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I hurt myself again And again and again and again.

  

  recurring issue in for the last couple of years, probably made worse by my inability to remain standing on my feet for more than a nanosecond without ... wearing the same shirt for three days. But today I got back one of three

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 9, 2009
• Blog / Events

  The Stuff of MIT Legend I'm about to tell you a super cool story. It happened two years ago, but…

  

  Okay, so what I am about to recount for you happened like 2 whole ... and today, MIT hosted hundreds of middle and high school students for a ... Magnetism, for which I sought out a little help. The Edgerton Center is quite

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When Econ Comes to Life This has nothing to do with econ, but you should watch it.

  

  During your first day at MIT, after you check in for Orientation ... , who won the 2002 Nobel Prize for Medicine for his work with the genetics ... as Paul worked at for UROPs), won the National Medal of Science in 1997

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 18, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Observations of an MIT Sophomore Advice and insight.

  

  recent events I've been meaning to blog about for a while - and well, I ... for the next four years without having to be (as) afraid of failure. Don't save all your work for the night before it's due. Seriously

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s on my mind *insert witty caption here*

  

  Independent Activities Period! Only two months away! picking my classes for ... for this weekend: studying for the upcoming 20.110 (thermodynamics ... 18.02 grading shopping at the Garment District for my Halloween

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 24, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Not my college essay It's Blog Action Day and the topic is poverty.

  

  heaters and electric blankets for the coming winter. Although I'd love to ... shelter for the southern Californians here at MIT, I think we can agree that ... 's probably also difficult for you to think about the world beyond MIT (don

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Summer School's out for it

  

  at the classes I have to take for my major (Mech E, course 2). Every single course 2 class starts at either 9:00 or 9:30 for all four years of college. Wonderful, I picked the major with the worst possible times for

  • by Snively '11
  • June 27, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Updates, Previews, and My Successor

  

  Sorry for being MIA -- these past few weeks have been exceptionally ... congratulations is in order for Zahir Dossa, who I profiled in my first blog. A ... series. Next, keep your eyes peeled for profiles of the one and only Melis

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • May 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Meetings with Brown & Yale in CA, IL, MI, NV, OH MIT Admissions starts to look forward to the Class of 2013 (!).

  

  & Yale Universities for meetings in Northern California/Nevada and the ... a great opportunity for high school sophomores and juniors to hear ... , we will also host breakfast meetings for your guidance counselors. We

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Susan Hockfield’s Private Concert La la la la la la la laaaaaaa!!!!

  

  Yes, we are this cool. We perform our drinking song, in capes, for our president. Also, last year, the Marching Band was a bit more destructive. As you can see, Alex (a prefrosh then, an '11 now) decided to

  • by Snively '11
  • April 12, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Name in Flashing Lights Or maybe just mitadmissions.org

  

  Did you ever try to call in for radio shows? Ever want your five ... audition for those coveted blogger spots that will be open next fall! We ... - we want to hear you and hear what CPW is like for you and the friends

  • by Bryan
  • April 1, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Your MIT ID PLASTIC! Shiny plastic, at that!

  

  What was I looking forward to most when I arrived on campus for ... HUGE envelope full of colorful stuff for you to drool over.” of course ... colorful, awesome stuff you’ve ever seen, but as for the contents of your

  • by Snively '11
  • March 26, 2008