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• Blog / MIT Life

  Back in Cambridge I less than three the holidays.

  

  friend Chris '09 back to Plymouth with us -- his dad works for the ... silly for him to fly all the way back there just to turn around and fly ... Wednesday afternoon, after I finished up two more grad school apps (eek!) and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let’s Get Physical Olivia Newton-John, I am not, but I can still pretend.

  

  little late for that. I hope I don't end up like my friend Rose, who took PE golf right up until May so she would be able to graduate in June ... 'll save mine for then.) There are lots of sessions for PE classes -- 2

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  π Day

  

  Albert Einstein Memorial at the National Academy of Sciences, I set up my ... the National Academy of Sciences? I was there for the public exhibition ... the meantime, thanks for all your thoughtful comments on the above

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 14, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do students apply to a specific major?

  apply to MIT for general admission and select a major at the end of the ... percentage of students at MIT end up majoring in something other than what they ... search for "pirate" above.)
• Blog / Challenges

  Somewhere in between Trying to find out where I belong at MIT

  

  This semester has been weird for me. On one side I am for all intents ... , my degree will say 2020, and for the most parts my day to day ... graduating this year I am still on the email list for the year I entered MIT

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 13, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  What to expect when you’re expecting CPW Setting some expectations, discussing myths & realities.

  

  time helping to set expectations for the weekend. Because CPW is such a ... , and what not to expect. Your host: There's no one standard for ... for you to explore on your own. You may want to talk with your host

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 15, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions updates ...including the state of the mail and EA application tracking.

  

  date for documents to show up in the tracking system -- this means there ... processed. When we are up-to-date with mail processing, we will let you know ... specific dates for decisions would be just that -- speculation. I promise you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 12, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Welcome to MIT, Class of 2012 Welcome home.

  

  'm sure some of you can come up with a more interesting use for it. 55. Got ... everything, if only for a moment? That's how clicking that button felt for me ... enjoyable and rewarding for you and your families as it was for me. The

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 18, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Laura’s UROP Advisor in ‘American Inventor’ finals tonight! Watch it tonight on ABC and vote!

  

  : blog entry for wednesday? Date: July 20, 2007 1:08:15 PM EDT To: Matt Mc ... actually write out a nice, thought-out entry, you think you can cover for me ... : American Inventor Wednesday, July 25 at 9/8c "Episode 207" Time for America

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 25, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Adventures in Logan Airport In which I attempt to fly back to Florida. Written during a too-long wait in…

  

  MIT? Other than my leaving it for what may shape up to be three very ... of Transportation calls a "processing error" and what I chalk up to ... all? you may ask. In all honesty, nothing. There is no reason for you

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer, East Campus rush, and the new term East Campus orientation activities, the summer, and the upcoming term.

  

  signed up for the PE lottery, but I won't know what I got until tomorrow ... The month of August was pretty busy for me - a combination of work and preparation for the new term. Last week, for example, I day

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Special October Events

  

  Though I haven't had internet for the past week, there has still been ... -Conner Apple Bake: Win as much as $500 for your floor, the most prize money ever ... .e. great for your elaborate, scary triple integral jack-o-lantern) pumpkins I

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 24, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Studying in China on MIT’s Budget: a Guest Post by Saul W. ‘14 Saul double-majored in Math and Asian & Asian Diaspora Studies.

  

  up at your door, you get to go hunting for your stuff in China. You get ... least in Yunnan), so everyone buckles up for a minute and then unbuckles ... Vietnam. We woke up at the crack of dawn and headed for the Vietnam

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to train your sticking-together rock I am so happy that "computer" is not a no-no word today

  

  these questions, we have to look at a sticking-together rock up close ... pretend that they're balls for now.) These little balls cause little ... directions. Add them up, and you get no total force, so those rocks just sit

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 17, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  I get a temporary cat and it comes with occupational hazards

  

  . [annotation note="short for Public Universal Feline"]PUF[/annotation] usually ... to get bullied by the other cat on the floor, and thus end up spending quite a bit of time in Ilani’s room. For the summer, though, PUF was

  • by Alice L. '24
  • September 7, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  snowfall as the snowflakes fall, they remind me of home

  

  It snowed for the first time this school year yesterday! Originally ... got up in the morning,[annotation note='over the course of the day ... ) has Boston had more than 1.1” of snow in an October storm or for that

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 31, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  How to Perform an Organ Transplant Doctors agree! "This is really the only guide we could find online."

  

  ="alignnone" width="343"] She did it! So proud! ^-^[/caption] Step 6: Prepare for ... apart and prepare for the worst case scenario by constantly thinking about ... , ready for action![/caption] This is when everything comes into play. Make

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • August 4, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Calm in Suburban Ohio sunsets, helicopters, and fruit

  

  fireflies lit up the trees. There was no one around—a terrifying scenario in ... the fences when they don’t even close? Cars here slow down for a deer ... grow up. In college, youth is appreciated. It means a more flexible sleep

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 16, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  To Those with Dreams Deferred in which Selam of Pi Day Past rants about how things are arbitrary

  

  My freshman spring, I had planned to put up this post about pi day, but for a Set of Inexplicable Reasons it did not go up in time and has ... , in spreading the message that Many Things Are Arbitrary. For one thing

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 17, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Polar Vortex or my third IAP, and how externships work

  

  You might wonder what possessed me to go to Chicago for the month of January. The weather forecast for my first day of work. Granted, this ... by IDEO for the winter, with the stipulation that I would be working at

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 16, 2014