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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Greek Way What I did for a Klondike Bar, caesar salad, chicken florentine, mushroom ravioli, chocolate torte,…

  

  -hazing agreement, but you can use your imagination as to the kind of requirements for ... for social chair because it had gone unfulfilled for so long, and holding this position lets you go to all the social events that you plan for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Waiting (is the hardest part)

  

  While you wait... For those who are curious about envelope sizes: the ... envelope (4.125" x 9.5"). As for the admit letter, it is unlikely to be mistaken for anything else. Jane asked, "I always wondered....why is MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Study Break!

  

  sounds weird. Trust me, I remember coming to campus for CPW and taking ... and get money for all these cool projects and we have a study break ... pset all by myself. Doing psets alone is torture. For me, anyway. I know

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 6, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Nightmarket Two (unrelated) celebrations of low-priced office supplies and Asian culture. (~15 pictures)

  

  ) and I went to Harvard Square for some errands and dinner. Weywey dug ... for 18 cents each! Needless to say, I was thrilled. (I bought 12 ... bus back to MIT for Nightmarket. This event is co-sponsored by lots of

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Florida, complete I'm back in Boston now, my meetings in Florida being done. It was quite a…

  

  packed house. I also got some recommendations for yummy Cuban food on Calle ... conference of the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC). Not too long after that, I'm off to Southern California for more Central

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Jenny Hu- Adapting to Artifical Gravity Junior Jenny Hu worked in the MIT Man Vehicle Laboratory to study if people can…

  

  nearby sites such as the moon and low Earth orbit. For NASA to carry out ... takes a while to get used to. It is important for astronauts to adapt to ... hires UROPs and is a great place for a first research experience. Jenny

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 7, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Le BBQ

  

  juillet -- Bastille Day! (" 'Bastille.' It's French for 'Why are you ... me souviens. We needed lemons for the greatest marinade this side of ... from the lemon grove in nearby Cannes. La vie en bowls. (For those who

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Visiting MIT this summer (part 1) It is now high season for visiting colleges. I plan to do a series of…

  

  It is now high season for visiting colleges. I plan to do a series of entries on how to visit MIT and Boston this summer. For those of you who ... them in future entries. For families who have already visited, feel free

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MITE2S, RSI, and more

  

  Today, I'm in northern Virginia, assisting with the selection for the ... you and your lives. Because I do not work for the CEE or for MITE2S, I ... MIT aims for a freshman class of nearly 1000 students each year (in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Everyday Is Like Sunday

  

  students during early action. While I don't have final numbers for this year ... 't set any target for that number. We won't have a final count of regular action applications for another month or so, and I don't know what the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 12, 2004
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  that time of year… ...when every day feels like 48 hours instead of 24. When's summer?

  

  look up, up into the trees, to see if you can spot a lemur. There were so

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 20, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT: The Sunsical The sunshine of May 12th

  

  ♪   ♫These days life goes like this Wake up, go to class and then Gotta be a ... rocket O look its a shiny new dime That'll help me with paying up Thinking

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 12, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Go Sox!

  

  by floor up Burton-side, cheering every time the elevator doors opened ... completely dominated the game last night. It's about the hack that went up in

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

  Where Have I Been? Oh, what a bad blogger I have been.

  

  Oh, what a bad blogger I have been. I was lamenting to Matt last week that I haven't had a chance to think up any good entries - sorry guys ... design tasks that come with this, they do take up quite a bit of time

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Antici A long time ago in a suburb far away...

  

  day--I was usually home by 3:15 on Mondays, having finished up most of ... like, two-thirds of the way up the block, and I was pretty dumb in high

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  An Art UROP and an Animation Job Yes, these exist here!

  

  trying to find a UROP because of this, and instead waiting for an opportunity that felt right at the right time. This did not happen for all of ... remote graphic design work for the MIT Teaching Systems Lab. We did not

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 13, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes 2.0 what i am/am i doing with my life

  

  of this semester. Perhaps even enough to compensate for the fact that ... the same lecture, but if I sit in office hours for enough time, it ... year, registration for this class is lotteried probably because Professor

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • October 27, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  West Coast Trip Report some work, some play, lots of nerd stuff

  

  . [ASK] me about traveling for 2.5 weeks in two carry-on bags. May 13 ... , before heading over to a celebration dinner for Jess K. '10 graduating from ... also had the idea for a plunger that would scream at you while you used

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 30, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair #1 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  solely for [their] content.” Those are merely "used books" and not fit for ... for the antiquarian book connoisseurs. Same goes for the $2 ... , and I know none. For the fun of it, here’s some technical antiquarian

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 15, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  in the pursuit of knowledge want to see a MacArthur Genius dancing to gangnam style?

  

  strike. Obama has imposed heavy sanctions, while Romney has bashed him for ... expert on hand.  Just the other day, I sat down for lunch with Dr. Jim ... international nuclear politics for an hour.  Among the topics we discussed

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 19, 2012