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• Blog / Admissions

  Crazy admissions stories A story about craziness from both sides of the college admissions process.

  

  staffers why, having gotten a degree from such a prestigious university, they ... it was all a joke. Mr. Lazar decided to attend Cornell University this ... ." While visiting a private college in New York state with her mother

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: The Power of Intuition when making important choices

  

  of Intuition   The deadline to accept college admissions offers ... ’ve learned about making decisions in life. Some of you probably received offers from several excellent universities and may still be deciding which

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  post-semester paradise two weeks with no psets or exams in sight

  

  [annotation note="the newly renovated library located on the east side of campus ... , there was an East Campus party—the last of the semester. i realized that i ... , i got brunch with a MIT friend and hung out around East Campus before

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 3, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finals away from finals Recharging on the other coast

  

  final project state machine draft, top left. 6.031 exam crib sheet, top ... ride through 33-degree sleet and rain en route to Colorado Springs for the 2017 US Figure Skating Jump On It! Camp. It was 93 degrees when I

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • June 7, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  what i talk about when i talk about running with apologies to murakami

  

  , even Boston University has a janky bridge. Justice for MIT - equal bridge ... Prudential Center on my way back on the Boston University Bridge. Sunrises over ... just north of 96th in "East Harlem" ONE BLOCK from Central Park. Looking

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / How to Food

  42 Recipes for Surviving Freshman Year (Part 2)

  

  with? Good. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a tray ... with a knife; everything else can be in whatever state it wants. At that ... some things. Josh is majoring in computer science at the University of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 3, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Rainboots, Math, and M&M’s Because I have a bunch of little stories to tell, not one big one.

  

  century-old alumni who donated the money to build East Campus, but I haven ... out that we'd need to shoot the m&m at about an 18 degree angle at

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 19, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Jargon

  

  experiment performed by Third East. Flammschmeisser - A gas-fired device used ... get their degree. hack - (1) n. A trick or prank. For example, having a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Christy ‘13 The first in a series of articles about students coming to MIT in the fall.

  

  technology competition at Washington State University based on their work ... state in the class), are very underrepresented. For a full look at the ... letting her know she had been accepted to the university renowned for its

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 17, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  More HS Summer Programs Some academic and research opportunities for students to consider.

  

  Summer Science Research Program (HSSSRP) Michigan State University High ... Young Scientists (PROMYS) The Ross Program Stanford University ... Program (SSEP) Women's Technology Program (WTP) Programs open to out-of-state

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  My Favorite Spots in Cambridge/Boston well-trodden and well-hidden alike

  

  surroundings was limited to the MIT area, Chinatown, and the Back Bay. Now, I ... 're still not too old to have fun at playgrounds, try walking around East

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 19, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  seattle ➞ mit an epilogue in bullet points and pictures

  

  . obviously, the Bay exists, though not without its rampant problems. i ... ."[/annotation] i missed mit, and i missed next house and east campus and toons and

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 8, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Introducing…Stan! Passing the blogger torch

  

  bay area of northern California, where I lived until I was about 7. My ... look at the East Campus rollercoasters, or even how the various

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 24, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  Yestermonth’s IAP Everyone else is doing it.

  

  search engine, not the energy drink), located just 1.5 furlongs east of ... phenomenon unheard of in the Bay Area during my lifetime excepting that one

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 14, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  F=-kx spring break in nova scotia, nyc, and dc

  

  days became less packed. My graph dampened into a steady state. [image ... bags for a bustling East Coast adventure. This year, we went on a ... Organizing Fellow and, later on, Data Analyst for my home state of Nevada. I

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • March 31, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Where are we going?

  

  At East Campus HouseComm last week, we learned something unexpected ... than I've seen run for any position in East Campus. We talked about ... important point about MIT. At many universities, policy-makers act under the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Questions and Answers Evan Broder is taking over my job.

  

  east side of campus have looser policies, and some other dorms on the ... -friendly" dorms: East Campus, Senior Haus, Bexley Hall, and Random Hall, and only ... from my high school at year 03. Am i too old to get the bachelor degree

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 7, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  someone’s gotta do it, but not me is it cool not to care?

  

  about them enough. i used to care about floorpi, and east campus. i cared about east side culture. i cared that undergrads could paint murals in ... funding to throw parties at not-frats every week. i cared that east campus

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 16, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Update – Featuring Tim the Beaver as Miley Cyrus Everything is awesome!

  

  . In other news, like I mentioned in my last post, the theme for East ... students burgers, as well as dye their hair! Every Friday at 5pm, East ... gave them a tour of East Campus! They loved our culture and cats, and

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 12, 2014
• Blog / Community Projects

  Dropout Design and the Disco Dance Floor ridiculous ideas can sometimes develop into pretty solid business plans. STORYTIME.

  

  Every year there is a contest sponsored by East Campus called the Bad ... years ago, there was a really bad idea. It was built by First East (that's a hall) of East Campus called the Disco Dance Floor. Matt blogged

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 25, 2007