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• Blog / Personal Travel

  Patriots’ Day Rejuvenated by a Reenactment

  

  So, my last few weeks have been no fun. To put it lightly. My main ... suggested biking to see the Battle of Lexington, I was THRILLED! We woke at ... . Massachusetts Avenue, so often clogged with cars, was transformed. It belonged to

  • by Kim D. '09
  • April 20, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  We Want You! Write for us!

  

  be going insane trying to eat 500 lbs of food, watch people juggle with ... basically not sleep for an entire weekend. Current students/bloggers love to ... is why we like to let YOU blog CPW. Bryan started this system two years

  • by Snively '11
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freebie Part II My schedule

  

  freebie entry, an entry in which all we have to do is share with you our schedules and then we can feel accomplished. I present to you, my weekly ... and learn about control systems, feedback loops, and attempt to drown

  • by Snively '11
  • February 12, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  I’M BACK!!!!! (and MIT is hard)

  

  written a while ago, but I've been unable to publish it until now. Enjoy ... laptop hanging from the rafters with a note pinned to it. (not really, but ... computer, its finally back to running. (Ok, cool part, I managed to trick my

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 11, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Halloween, Part 2 Sometimes it's fun to be somebody you're not.

  

  many murals on campus. :) I'd also like to give a quick shout out to ... Costume Design for Theater class she took last semester, and I have to say ... wondering why, exactly, I chose to dress up as a Renaissance duke, especially

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 8, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fraternities @ MIT They're quite a Rush.

  

  made that year, and how they continue to affect my life today. Without a ... freshman was choosing to join a fraternity. It was, in retrospect, also one ... major living and social option for close to a thousand men. Like most

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  NOOOOO! It's so sad!

  

  I've found my excuse to write a new blog entry. Remember way back ... copy of "The Tech" after work today. I was very excited to get my Tech ... saw an article entitled "10-250 Upgrades to Be Completed by Fall With

  • by Snively '11
  • July 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Studying For Finals Study study study study study

  

  average final grade of 17%) and am about to be thrown into another. Finals ... . How does one go about studying? The general recipe is to just lock ... to answer in three hours. Goodie! I've decided to catalogue my studying

  • by Snively '11
  • May 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW, via Video Experience (or relive) Campus Preview Weekend through online videos.

  

  For those of you who couldn't make it to campus for CPW, here is a ... of you who attended CPW -- it was great to meet you! Here are the ... , but worth watching! Click To Play The CPW Festival The Festival

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 16, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Stu Schmill ‘86 named Dean of Admissions Exciting news!

  

  I thought you all would like to know this exciting news! Schmill ... reason to believe will yield a diverse and talented class," Hastings said ... he was "deeply honored" to be given the chance to lead the office on a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Faculty Luncheon for Local* Admitted Students *local: from New England or New York, or anyone who just happens to be in…

  me (maybe that's a good thing?), but I come to you today with important ... us in addition to the many activities they're planning for Campus ... -spanking-new Faculty/Admitted Student Luncheon. This is going to be an awesome, low

  • by mitblogs
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Semi-Real Time Mystery Hunt Update v. 2008

  

  immature and want to do it too, so you guys will just have 2 entries to read to keep yourself up to date. No big deal, right? Friday, 16:19 Anyway, I just got out of class and ran home to get my laptop. So nothing

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Global warming? ...or just a weather anomaly?

  

  free time to participate in competitions, take a class in something you’ve always wanted to learn, hang out with friends, or do research in the lab ... guitar, basket of food, and blanket), and I was pretty envious. I chose to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Engineer, Blogger… Rhodes Scholar (!) Melis wins the Rhodes Scholarship!

  

  Isaacson. Add to that list Melis Anahtar, MIT senior, Mechanical Engineering ... immunology. Melis is (according to this list) the 38th MIT student to win the ... coverage of the Rhodes announcement: It occurred to Melis N. Anahtar's family

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 20, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Go Sox!

  

  passively watched sports, when I did. I've been to a couple of baseball games ... one football game. I never went to any sort of sporting event at my high school. But when you move to Boston, it's really hard not to be a Red Sox

  • by Evan B. '10
  • October 25, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Helicopter Flight Training [by CDT Greg Wellman '09] 500 feet above Boston with two MIT Deans.

  

  chance to ride in a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter. My first experience was ... practice. Pretty damn cool if I may say so. I was acting as an escort to Dean ... Deans and drove them to Briggs field where the flight demonstrations were

  • by ROTC
  • October 3, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT goes on the road Over the next month, MIT Admissions Officers will visit dozens of cities across North America.

  

  colleagues and I will go forth across this continent to tell you tales of MIT ... decisions on which students to admit. We'll provide advice and tips wherever ... students to meet their interviewer face-to-face and to set up a time for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 3, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  News bites from the Institvte A taste of what's happening around campus.

  

  require frequent missions to deliver fuel, food, and spare parts. Two MIT professors have created a software tool to model interplanetary supply chains ... ://www.wbay.com/Global/story.asp?S=6275565 3/26/07: An MIT doctoral student studies how addicted people are to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 26, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An IAP in Texas, chapter one Reporting on location from Fort Worth.

  

  !) This week, I drove about 1200 miles from my house in Arizona to the Fort ... driving, but I'd be stuck walking to work otherwise... there's no subway around here and if you want to get around, you need a vehicle. I guess that

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 2, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Be Our Guest Not to name drop, but... Steven Levitt, Paul Polak, Iqbal Quadir, and Brigitte Madrian all…

  

  I have had the good fortune to hear several excellent guest speakers recently. 1. Steven Levitt (author of Freakonomics and MIT PhD) came to ... founder of the Grameen Phone program) spoke to our D-Lab class a few weeks

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 6, 2006