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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Help Wanted Calling all artists! Design Mitra's new banner and get profiled in the blog

  

  ([email protected]) a link to it, though if you aren't able to host it ... you readers are so ingenious, I'm asking for your help in designing my new banner. (That, and I've hit a creative roadblock.) I am

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 2, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Go White Sox! I'm absolutely giddy that the White Sox are in the World Series and I had…

  I grew up in Elgin, IL and I'm a huge White Sox fan (sorry Astro fans ... parents and brother. The White Sox haven't been in a World Series since 1959 and haven't won a World Series since 1917 so I figured I had to take

  • by mitblogs
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / Events

  I Feel Cool Welcome to MIT, Mr. Gates!

  

  :) (Thank you, Dave!!) He was scheduled to speak at 11:30 a.m., but the doors ... line at about 10:40 a.m., there were about 20 people ahead of me. Ten ... academic question, and then - "So I'm curious...how does being such a rich

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / Events

  SNOW SNOW SNOW! And other festivities.

  

  , you get a zero for all the problems that you didn't submit before the ... snow on November 21 wasn't "real snow" - it melted all before noon!) I ... flurry specks of coldness brush my cheeks, and I'm like, "WOW IT REALLY IS

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 3, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Music and Mayhem by Jess ‘12 Minus the mayhem. Also features running commentary by Yan. p.s.: Jess, your italics didn't show…

  

  wear a plastic halloween mask. So, there you go, UROPs don’t have to be ... to be exercises in irritation*, there’s a benefit people don’t talk ... Hi, I'm Jess L. '12. I met Yan during our freshman year (she even

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / Events

  4 comfort songs for your first day shake those jitters!!!

  

  reasons Didn't Cha Know by Erykah Badu I'm trying to decide Which way to go ... course i technically can, but... what??? summer flew by']I can't believe it ... 've been very precious with preserving my energy. Even then, I'm not

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • September 3, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  For Those About to Dew (Also eligible for salutations: those currently rocking, those about to rock)

  

  right... Some weeks you only get to choose one. It's a lifestyle not for ... hours or so until I'm done with this unhealthy week. My weapon of choice ... 's complement & bitwise ops are a good way to wake up. Oh, by the way: today

  • by Cam T. '13
  • April 16, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finals Week It's the final countdown.

  

  , understandably, disappeared for a little while) are doing (updates all are from ... .01; Physics I)! 3 excruciating hours in an indoor track field - can't say I did ... -mates' alarms rang...It all felt like a movie-moment: everyone preparing for war

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 15, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Useful items to bring for dorm room

  

  out whether or not you will have a roommate: you won't need two fridges ... ethernet/network drops aren't always where you want them, so think about a ... the like can easily be found here, but do yourself a favor and don't buy

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 1, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures in Camberville

  

  (For those who don't know/can't figure out, "Camberville" is a ... . No harm done. A little after midnight I went to catch the last T home ... walk. Really, I like walking, so I wouldn't have considered this a

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 15, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  So the rest of your decisions are coming in and let's take a second to talk about it

  

  go!” and “a decision doesn’t define your worth as a person,” and “hun ... bad? I’ll give you an analogy: MIT is, as I’m sure you know, hard. A ... didn’t freak you out even more. I’m not trying to imply that you should

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • March 27, 2015
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Freshman Summer plans and progress

  

  while I’m excited for the sunny weather and the shorts ... started planning for this year’s summer break last year August, a consequence of being a professional perfectionist, pessimist and long

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • February 10, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Fall Line-Up, Part 1: Classes My academic plans.

  

  one is expected to spend at least EIGHTEEN HOURS A WEEK on work. I don't ... this; linear algebra is a useful tool for physics, so I'm taking the ... -up. For now, my fingers need a break. I'm actually off-campus right now, at

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 12, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Merritt ‘13, Carlos ‘13, Edward ‘13, and John ‘13 The final edition of a nine-part series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  Cross student going to M.I.T. in the Fall By Jarett Henshaw Published ... , Cornell, and Berkeley. He decided to go to college at M.I.T. in Boston. "The ... ," said Boyd. Some say he's a genius. He doesn't think so, but plans on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 31, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  next entry, when I don't feel like I'm about to fall asleep any second ... !) just in time to help the 213 suite put together a study break. Every Thursday, some group of people on the floor puts together a late night snack

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 15, 2006
• FAQ / Transfer

  Can I apply for transfer admission if I’m a first-year college student?

  Yes, because you finished high school and will complete two terms of college by the time you enter MIT in the fall, you are eligible to apply as a transfer applicant. You're not eligible to apply as a first
• Blog / Hacks

  Vespertilio No spoilers here.

  

  been so stupid!? This wasn't a spotlight! This. . . was a Bat Signal A ... way to cap off a fantastic movie. Hackers, I don't know who you are, but ... going to be a good night. At ten, Javi '08, Jordan '11, Dan '11, and

  • by Snively '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Nobel Connection 2 MIT alums have won Nobel prizes this week!

  

  on Friday. What's a girl to do? So, here it is: It doesn't really look like a crown, but I blame my cheap molecular model kit that doesn't allow me to make bent ethers. Wow, I'm a nerd! Okay, so I asked my

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Mari McQuaid Name: Mari McQuaid; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Verona, NJ

  

  and you'll have a better chance of standing out. Don't get hung up on ... -reported course work form, we don't really care if you got a 750 vs. an 800 on your ... 's a pretty tall order, sorry! Fun fact about yourself: This isn't at all

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  first week class reflections i am home

  

  State Chemistry 21M.011 = Intro to Western Music"]8.01, 18.01A, 3.091, and ... much stress and challenge. a degree? job security? name? but no, no i don't ... was a lot of feelings, but there's a lot of feelings still. too many

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 11, 2019