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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  All these days I spend away What does "home" mean to you?

  

  , ranging from ever-welcome three-day weekends to (most beloved of all) the ... any class. But on the other hand, most professors still expect us to put ... the MIT populace as a whole, but I have some amount of work to do - or

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 25, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Updates for the Admitted There's good stuff on your MyMIT portal.

  

  Release Form. Notes to the wise: if you're flying in, book your plane ... President's Welcome & Faculty Keynote Lecture to more unique events like the ... have checked in to introduce themselves. Since only admitted students can

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  50 (First) Dates You and your significant other -- where to meet on campus, where to go out,…

  

  Here are some ideas from my limited experience to help you meet ... to work" says Sam '07 Club Passim -- live music Grendel's Den -- the ... coupon that I need to use soon Out in Boston Bank of America Pavillion

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 29, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biodiesel@MIT: Turning trash into black gold A student group called Biodiesel@MIT has just won the grand prize of $25,000 in the…

  

  On Wednesday, 70 degree weather spurred MIT students to sport cute ... , with accumulations of 5 to 8 inches of snow expected. Meanwhile crude oil ... of fresh water is waning. There are several natural reactions to these

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 16, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  More IAP updates

  

  have a new battery, and their robot is fine, so they should be good to go ... something to that effect. Some students in the lab have fallen asleep at ... all-nighters or close to it. I remember what that sort of thing was like

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 1, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

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

  

  I am delighted to join the impressive cadre of admissions office ... consider applying to or attending the Institute. Since this is my initial post, I'd like to briefly introduce myself, and then talk about how to

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Everything in moderation…even moderation. How many places can you go on a four-day weekend?

  

  weekends guarantee an endless amount of free-time to catch up on problem sets ... adventures on this map of Cambridge/Boston...hoping to find a sense of ... to teach about fifteen kids (between the ages of 8-12) about Italy! We

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 11, 2006
• Blog / Events

  MIT Nightlife, Part II ABC, easy as duct tape, zip ties, Athena headers and packing tape.

  

  -line university (....hello, why would you send that to an at mit dot edu email ... /shows/fundraisers, as well as all kinds of junk from fellow students who want to share ... what she and I looked like as we headed off to the annual Burton Third

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Neurony goodness More lab, because that's what I do.

  

  This week has been mostly dedicated to lab and cooking, since that's mostly what I do in the summer. Oh, and Adam and I went to Friendly's with ... the specific ways that I did them. It's the easiest section to write

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Aquatarkus Why I turned in a half-finished 10.37 problem set.

  

  fortress at Barad-Dur is rebuilt on the land of 10-250. The Exam yearns to go home, to return to the hand of its Master. They are one, the Exam and the ... exams to the practice fields. Once you have seen them, you will not break

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Senioritis We'd fight for a cure if we weren't so lazy.

  

  I'm not going to lie; being a senior pretty much rocks. I'm only ... possibly a paper between me and graduation. Not to mention that my grad ... to not care at all for one time in my life? In reality, I may very well

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 2, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Onion article about Robot Hazing at MIT Robot hazing at MIT *gasp!*

  

  that police say involved butyl alcohol and compressed air. According to ... 13 inches in diameter, was reportedly forced to climb stairs built at a ... actuators to short out. A second robot, a biped from MIT's Leg Laboratory, was

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Ninth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 2PM on 02/14/06.

  

  Happy Valentine's Day! Answers to questions received through 2PM on ... sort of decide to send in a supplementary essay can i do that via email in place of the snail mail?" Yes, send it to admissions

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Is this real? The party called IAP continues.

  

  One of my favorite things to do that I don't really have time for is watching TV; however, when I do have time (*cough* IAP *cough*) I manage to ... I'm sure this isn't the best way to spend my time, I somehow can

  • by Bryan
  • January 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Keeping it Green On a visit to NYC, I learned a little about environmentally friendly housing.

  

  break, I took large bites out of the Big Apple on my two visits to New York City. While walking around the downtown area, my roommate took me to ... its eco-friendliness. In addition to photovoltaic panels, the building

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  A Visitor In My Own Hometown Yeah, so it was boring. But it's still where I spent the better portion of…

  

  Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've got 'til ... other night after a long day of travel and lugging. Good to be back, but I'm glad I had a time to see my parents, friends, and get a taste of home

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  I Am Prepared! Getting ready for IAP! (Find out how to join our mystery hunt team, too!)

  

  hope you had an umbrella, Mollie. (Yes, I decided to watch in on TV.) So I leave California on Saturday morning to enjoy the wonders of IAP. Title Link: I Am Prepared, get it? IAP... (it's okay if you don't want to

  • by Bryan
  • January 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spectacle I was going to title this entry "Spectacle of Light," because I mention MIThenge. Then…

  

  . I don't want you guys to go getting the wrong impression about me ... free time the average MIT student has (ha), so I decided to be like that ... routine for the past 7 years, and I'm not about to stop now. (Although

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Lie la lying down Sometimes there are perks to attending a school with a notorious reputation for producing stressed…

  

  I've got an exam in twenty minutes, but I wouldn't be able to ... ] From: Dan Kirsch To: [Burton Conner Discussion] Subject: Massages tonight ... advance. (Be sure to stop by and see if there are any open spots if you

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 4, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let the Rush Begin On Greek Life at MIT.

  

  So here's my introduction to Greek Life here at MIT. MIT has 26 ... came to MIT for CPW, I didn't really understand what fraternities were ... one at all either. I remember coming to MIT as a freshman and hearing

  • by Bryan
  • September 8, 2005