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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Half Harvard, Half MIT My schedule this term is split down the middle. Like the movie Grindhouse. Or Korea.

  

  being Harv '08, and I've gotten to know some of her similarly cool friends - like Sam, who does a beautiful Flight of the Conchords impression, or ... popped, it's been feeling pretty starchy as of late. Going to Harvard as a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Delicious Things Mmmmm.

  

  Despite how many mailing lists I'm on, I'm not an active member of ... meetings for most of these groups. Not because I don't want to, but because ... commit a...healthy...amount of time to extra-curriculars, but outside of

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 26, 2008
• Blog / Events

  V Storms the Senate One hack is not enough.

  

  , right? Not at MIT. Allow me first to set the scene. As some of you may ... represent and protect the goals and interests of all undergrads in an ... happening across campus. Dressed as V, the enigmatic anti-hero of V for

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 6, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Southern California Fires Our thoughts go out to those affected by the wildfires.

  

  have been destroyed. From myself and all of my colleagues in Admissions ... and prayers are with you. We know that for some of you, it may be weeks ... helicopters carry their relatively miniscule payloads of water (relative to the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Hello, Ma Sheng Li Gong A journey of four years begins with a single blog.

  

  Three summers ago, I visited MIT with one of my fellow schoolmates ... ), and we decided to stay in Boston for a couple of nights before heading ... tossing around a Frisbee in front of Killian Court at dusk. I still remember

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Some news & notes for the Class of 2011.

  

  A few updates for the Class of 2011... Tonight MIT students will be ... (EST). Start thinking of questions you might have for actual MIT students ... student tonight, there are plenty of other opportunities to do so. (We

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  NM – u? Sometimes there just isn't that much crazy in my life. Splish splash.

  

  Most of my weeks at MIT have been crazy and cool and full of interesting things about which I can't wait to blog. The rest of the weeks ... second floor, near the M-Z section of "Current Periodicals" so I can treat

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 23, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Rain is evil There's only one kind of good snow, and rain isn't it.

  

  much of this static electricity buildup nonsense that's been driving me ... may be hard to tell from the picture, but that's a minimum of two inches of ice water (much deeper in places), just sitting there waiting for

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 14, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt Day 1 Liveblogging the beginning of this year's campus-wide puzzling competition.

  

  about the Hunt, one of my favorite events of the year. In short, Mystery ... lots of puzzles (which lead to more puzzles), with the ultimate goal of ... team is the honor of writing the next year's Hunt. For some history

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Mini-contest: Your Application Reflections I'd like to share your application experiences.

  

  I'd like to publish on this blog some of your reflections about ... admissions process. Presumably, there are tens of thousands of students out ... alone. Some examples of things you could write about: Your experiences

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  Food? What? I may weigh approximately two pounds, but I eat as much as everyone else. All…

  

  just cooked large amounts of angel hair pasta with ground beef in black ... lack the ability to cook food in small amounts and nearly all of my ... " to the end of it. "But it's black beans and rice flambé, Mom!" didn

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  I read the news today Oh boy! I hope that you're as excited as I am.

  

  beautiful mathematical problem of the millenium in 2003. One of my friends ... -question examination that could be used in lieu of an application to admit people to MIT ... power of two!" you would be offered automatic admission. I hear that we

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  #9 Dream Ah, bowakawa, pousse pousse! Ah, bowakawa, pousse pousse!

  

  -out entry in the midst of studying for finals. Go read Mollie's blog; she's a ... posters from the walls of my rooms, so I e-mailed the '07 with a description of the dream I had. She responded with amusement, and a non

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advising and freshman formalities

  

  of Tuesday on a bus from Montana to Washington state. - Last night, my ... time was had by all. I invited a fellow who is actually an alumnus of my ... to dinner following a "signing of the forms" (see above). We've had a

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Parafilm Effect The center cannot hold... unless you stick it together with Parafilm.

  

  reagents. With the use of the special Parafilm M dispenser, which are sized ... conveniently cut off uniform sized strips or squares of 2" (50.8 mm) length. The thickness of all Parafilm products is 0.005 (127 um) and although we are often

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions Updates Online & postal decisions, matching Pell Grants, and reading continues.

  

  of the amount of material that will be sent, admitted students should ... federal government to support education in low-income families. I'm proud of ... selections of the Class of 2010. We're getting there. Today, much of the staff

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bio? My sort-of bio, but not the Course 7 kind.

  

  post a biography of myself. I wrote a list of things I do and don't like ... , so here's a revised version: Here goes: I'm Mitra, class of 2007 ... frequent flyer miles like nobody's business. Those are probably some of the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  General Advice Application advice for HS juniors and sophomores, inspired by a student's question

  

  in terms of general advice, let's see. There are no specific activities ... traditionally-thought-of-as-MIT-ish things like science fairs or math competitions ... , though, Alex.) The admissions staff doesn't have some set list of priority

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second First Week Quick update at the start of term.

  

  :-) A couple of classes I'm paying special attention to: 21F.019 ... of MIT's Teaching & Learning Lab and Bernd is the associate director of MISTI, MIT's international studies program. The course is held in

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 15, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Tribute This is not the best joke in the world... actually, maybe it is.

  

  student center enjoying a matinee of the Musical Theatre Guild's production of Star Wars Trilogy: Musical Edition. Of course, since the production ... kissed my sister" joke, the random operatic soprano belting "Phantom of the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 13, 2005