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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s bigger than you, and you are not me. Consider this entry the hint of the century.

  

  "hard coreness," so to 5p3a|<. We've seen it time and time again. Two ... units." Checkmate. The victor's sub sandwich is up, he grabs it and ... around? Is MIT really like this caricature? Well... yeah, sort of. It's a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maybe I’m Amazed ...but not until Season 13, at least.

  

  line?" and "If it takes 3 minutes to do an audition, they will probably ... took it as a message from some higher power) Shana decided to ask exactly ... reason that they keep changing to Power Rangers: Zeo or Power Rangers

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 19, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Happy Valley and the Sandusky Scandal Penn State, Joe Paterno, State College: the stories you've heard and the town—my hometown—behind them.

  

  Leave It to Beaver. The town is largely shielded from the recession by ... wherever they were standing to reattach it, only to have it fall off again a ... seven months. It’s sad to me that the Sandusky scandal has enveloped the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 5, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT students do it all night. A salute to sleep deprivation, Aztec philosophy, and grape-catching.

  

  Tuesday, but it's dedicated to Tuesday, because on Tuesday morning I pulled ... the star of fire to reach the zenith. Once it did, the priest would ... watching Zeffirelli's 1968 adaptation of Romeo and Juliet and comparing it to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / Events

  The Coin Is Found! The Mystery Hunt ends after 36 hours.

  

  What Bomb at Midnight in a refridgerator in the basement of E18. It ... entry. Thanks to Random / S.P.I.E.S. for running another terrific Mystery Hunt! "The Evil Midnight Bombers What Bomb at Midnight" is the team

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 15, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  It’s been a long road… ...gettin from there to here

  

  Linktree has a few links to my different donation incentives. It’s the first ... fields led to my current job. It has nothing to do with my undergrad major, but it has everything to do with my attraction – which I had then – to

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Colin Jackson is awesome So is my life, but not to such a great extent.

  

  Tuesday, it started raining. And I was like "RAWRGH! I HATE MIT AND WANT TO ... 's rugby game. Our eventual goal is to play at least once at every sporting ... when; it was all just one lovely ray of sunshine to me--I took a bike

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  On Flying ranting and venting

  

  . Time check. 10:00 PM. It turns out that it is already too late to check ... alternative was to come back early from Taiwan to do it next weekend, but of ... of the carrier, but you should be able to figure it out easily enough

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 18, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Our homework is to go camping on a school night...!

  

  ever blog about is architecture stuff - but who am I kidding - it ... , because really, it was the closest I've ever come to Project Runway - and ... so you know, it could all happen. :O Pay attention to detail, and be

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Professors Are Human Too (Really!) My name is Eric Grimson, and I am a professor at MIT.

  

  consider applying to or attending the Institute. Since this is my initial ... efforts - the point is that you have to be willing to engage. I have taught ... I am delighted to join the impressive cadre of admissions office

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 1 In this entry, I answer your recent questions left in the comments of previous entries.

  

  . However, it is important to use correct English, as a critical part of the ... what is the weightage usually given to high school GPA (not that its bad ... school doesnt offer ap courses. however i did buy a book and am using it to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  all the classes I took freshman year feeling scholarly, part 1/2

  

  Just like that, freshman year has come and gone. It’s weird to think ... note="is it because I’m a serial procrastinator? maybe ... understand what it is I’m doing with my life. I’m certain enough that biology

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • June 18, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  MyMIT is live we're ready for you to begin

  

  process and it’s not too early to start. You’ll want to do a few ... the Common Application. MIT has its own application, which is only ... Good news!  You can now log onto MyMIT to access the application

  • by Kris Guay
  • September 4, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Is this the real life? Guest writer for Sam's Blog, Ruth '07 goes home to Georgia, gets ditched by most…

  

  introverted guy, so it's on me to keep conversations going. One-way is hard, and ... usual author is at home in H-burg, I get to tell you about my recent ... comparison). Suffice it to say, that my body has lost the ability to process

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 17, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  there is no time left musings on death and the future

  

  virtually indistinguishable from their behaviors prior to reading it this is ... to take on a new commitment, you should accept it if the commitment is ... think one other reason that might not be as easy to discern is a change in

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 22, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  I Miss College Application Season The Good, The Bad, and the Casey Jones

  

  essay that I thought I did well. But I would never wish to do it again. I miss listening to Indie pop. I miss discovering all of the music that is ... up the parking lot, and playing tetris to put it all away. I miss

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 31, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  It was the blurst of times? I'm a stupid monkey.

  

  it when I wanted to check my mail quickly ina computer cluster or ... 've taken to opening it up through computers in my lab via athena.dialup.mit.edu. It's just so easy to use--type 'D' when you want to delete something

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 3, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Fun in NYC Part 2 Hold on, this is a long one. Tons of pictures though!

  

  issues. It was hard to sleep on (bumpy) but we got some naps in. When the bus stopped it was 6 AM and nothing was in English. I took this to mean ... lady whose job it was to type up and print our badges. She takes one look

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Navigating the PM Interview the crash course i wish someone gave to me

  

  break down your answers. It is: Situation. Paint a clear picture to ... to remember that while the product is for the kids, it is ultimately ... buy fridges that often so we have to make sure the hardware is really up

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 10, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  experiences, or the lack thereof flailing around in a sea of adjectives trying to find the noun

  

  I have now is OK, it's cute, but it feels a little young. It's hard to ... act". and that is a stereotype, sometimes; but it's also a way that black people can relate to each other and speak to each other - it's a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 13, 2021