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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Simply Brothers Finding brothers and brotherhood in MIT's fraternities.

  

  to the contrary, I'm the only guy out of four children. That's right: I have three sisters. And while I love all of them dearly (am I allowed to ... always wanted to have a brother. Last Saturday, that dream came true

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livin’ la Vida Española (Pt. 1) De Madrid, ¡saludos!

  

  how many students from Spain apply to MIT each year, but just in case someone from Spain is reading this, allow me to say that you have one ... every day (from 10 AM to 1 PM) and at least one test every day of class

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Travels Winter break is here!

  

  only 8 weeks long and amazingly short compared to MIT's semesters. Many of the CME students are taking advantage of our 6 week winter break to ... goes on. Personally I decided to go back MIT for 2 weeks and then going

  • by Cambridge
  • December 4, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Desired things a youthful aside.

  

  , essays, tests, revisions-- to and fro like clockwork. When the bell sounded for the end of the period no one stood up; instead, heads bent to clear desks- packed with papers, binders- to gather pens and notes, to close the

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 12, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Behind the scenes of Glamour: Part 1 Two MIT students were chosen as Glamour's Top 10 College Women

  

  ’s typical to neglect your appearance after working on a problem set until 4 am ... day in lab. So you may be surprised to hear that 2 MIT students, Alia ... , accomplishments, inspiration, secret obsessions, and more. Until we all went to New

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 9, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Intermission Summer job: just kickin' it. And working at Pixar, too.

  

  Sometimes taking a little time to recharge is really all you need. I ... month, they're releasing Ratatouille, which my mom never fails to pronounce as "Ra-to-lee" even though the logo has the built-in pronounciation

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Registration Browser Issues Firefox isn't playing nicely with MyMIT...

  

  , which is likely why some of you have been having problems. We'll get to ... registered please check your MyMIT account to make sure your registration ... is blank, you'll need to re-register using Safari or Internet Explorer

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 30, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Happy Thanksgiving! Holiday wishes and fun stuff.

  

  assistance this Thanksgiving? One place to check out is Instructables (a ... Thanksgiving group, including how to fry a turkey. But the awesomest Thanksgiving project has to be the gravy fountain: what's more excessive than a giant pie

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 23, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Reliving the good ol’ days Tombs, Smurfs, and Halloween

  

  Now everyone raise your hands if you used to watch Saturday morning cartoons. This week, I had the opportunity to relive some of the good ol' days of my childhood all in ways related to MIT. Exhibit A: TOMB

  • by Bryan
  • November 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  There’s antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium… ...and hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium...

  

  !) just in time to help the 213 suite put together a study break. Every ... for everyone to enjoy while, as the name implies, breaking from their studies. Since we hadn't actually planned anything, we just ran to La

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 15, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Birth Of My Third Child The new admissions web site finally launches! Report any bugs here.

  

  to keep the other blog threads on topic (how often have you been in the ... 2399 on the SAT I, do I need to retake it?!?" :-) More on the Q ... . Have fun exploring, and please use this thread to let me know if you find

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Hartford meeting wrap-up Giving a better answer to a question I was asked in my Hartford meeting.

  

  seemed to find the session helpful and informative. I did get one question ... the time I was trying to answer the question, I wasn't thinking outside ... meeting did it occur to me that he could have been asking about some of our

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Omnibus Followup: Women in Engineering Melissa asks what the gender ratio is in engineering at MIT.

  

  up to near 50/50 like startup-school Olin College has, but I'm afraid ... ." Melissa's concerns are reasonable. According to statistics from the Society ... in the United States are women, and that number drops to 17.9% by

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Reunion Weekend MIT alumni return to campus.

  

  This past weekend, thousands of MIT alumni returned to campus to catch up and celebrate. Reunion Weekend is a very exciting time here! I ... . Instead, take this time to read up on a few MIT alumni that I have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Far and Away I was going to get philosophical, but then I thought about Hugh Jackman.

  

  think it was edited from a two-hour movie down to the point where it was ... want to get you in, have some explosions, show Hugh Jackman half ... 're talking about when they have to discuss the monoclonal antibody against

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finals! Finals are here!

  

  I'm currently studying for what might turn out to be my last ever ... : A toughie, but I managed to answer most of the problems =) If you'd like to see what an MIT final exam is like, let me know, and I can post a

  • by Bryan
  • May 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Google Maps is NOT the best. But everything else seems to be right.

  

  of my recent entries, but I am unable to find it. Well, I'm not in Rome ... , but I'd rather blame Google Maps for getting me lost on the way to my ... prefer Mapquest. 2. In my last entry, I promised to hold Anthony personally

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A person can develop a cough. Simultaneously the coldest and hottest entry I've ever written.

  

  world is? Well, I will tell you. It is going to the Zesiger Center to go ... 'm developing my traditional mid-winter cold. I have way too much to do in the ... component of force that my will would experience tangent to the wall during

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A few quick answers The skinny.

  

  Selection has been busy enough that I haven't had time to do a full Questions Omnibus, I do have enough time to steal an idea from Ben and quickly ... international applications, in parallel to the selection of domestic applicants

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Rejoicing A few things worth celebrating.

  

  It is 2:30 and I already stained my neurons and nail-polished them to ... postal worker. To those of you, I bring item #6 from the yellow To-Do Post-It stuck to my computer screen: Deep breaths. (Items #1-5 are probably less

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 7, 2005