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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  books I’ve read this year slowly but surely completing my 2020 resolutions

  

  book isn’t a hard read at all, and honestly, at times, the writing felt ... the Stud. Overall, it was a decent book; though I don’t think I would ... explores, and that is a frightening realization. I’m still unpacking this

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • November 19, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Oh the Places You’ll Go! Did you know Dr. Seuss was a SigEp?

  

  great way of bringing closure. Even though it isn't like I'm bring closure ... managed to get one percent higher than what I needed to get an A for the course...as a result my course grade was 0.2% higher than the A cutoff

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 27, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Not so FAST heading to MIT on Saturday for some FAST Thinking

  

  my partner reminded me that we hadn”t been out on a date – or even out ... At the end of my first week in my new job, I attended a gala ... stacked alongside smoking test tubes. I was sipping a drink and taking it

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 3, 2011
• 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 ... ! And, don't worry, if for whatever reason you don't get to talk to an MIT ... students now have a whole bunch of stuff on their MyMIT portal, including

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advising @ MIT The little question that could.

  

  where you can pick up a poster of the LSC schedule. As for freshmen, when ... : I can't say much about Residence Based Advising since I never went ... your residence hall with you. You have a faculty advisor just like the

  • by Bryan
  • June 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pervnert This entry is not suitable for children under 7 or finite-volume, compressible vapors.

  

  . Don't forget, Mitra! I solemnly swear to starr writing entries MIT again ... probably won't forget anything about the state of American Civil War medicine after Professor Merritt Roe Smith very nearly demonstrated a bone saw on

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 14, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  From The Midst Of Selection A recount of EA selection committee.

  

  until the group comes to a unanimous decision. If one can't be reached ... this so you'll know that I'm really not lying when I say "if you don't ... , and I'm hoping to finish my Q&A post in the next day or two. Until

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 5, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Other ways I’ve been rejected over the past fifteen years [suffering-from-success.jpg]

  

  my next degree and had a sensational time. Now, many years later, we revisit rejection with a renewed lens. Professional writers and performers ... —eat rejection for breakfast, I'm sure. For many, rejection can be debilitating

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Milk, Cookies and Dangerous Secrets Somewhere at the cloying helm of exponential senselessness (weird post incoming)

  

  carton of milk couldn’t possibly hurt, he made his way to Shaw’s, a grocery ... around for 19 years. Wasn’t it a lovely thought, having Milk and Old Wine ... Picture this. A pavement somewhere along the infinitely stretching

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 29, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  A Post For Parents, Part 2 A followup to "A Post For Parents, Part 1."

  

  . Here are a few myths/traps. How do you know that you can't afford MIT ... -making clock begins. It is difficult to make a decision if you don't know the ... transition into a young adult. After all, isn't this one of the moments that

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing… Maker Portfolios! Making the world better, one portfolio at a time

  

  Please note that, as  Hello World! I'd like to introduce you to a project that we've been working on for a while. It's a Maker Portfolio, and ... , Research, Art, Architecture, and Sports). Now, this isn't new. Actually, we

  • by Dr. Dawn '04, MS '06, PhD '11
  • August 22, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Dark Side of the Moon And everything under the sun is in tune, but the sun is eclipsed by the…

  

  So in case you didn't know, there's a eclipse going on. A total ... take a good photo of something that's over 360,000 kilometers away on a ... , however, get a fairly decent photo of those people who decided to watch the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Case of the Disappearing Admissions Officers Where have the Admissions Officers been lately?

  

  a very challenging year in which to select a class. Nevertheless, I'm really enjoying this year's applications; I know that we have a lot of ... . We won't be able to confirm 100% until we're a bit farther along in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Lip Sync & Toons Real singers and fake singers ...sort of like Jessica and Ashleey Simpson. (~17 pictures)

  

  Last night, I attended a concert by the MIT/Wellesley Toons, one of MIT's a cappella groups. Towwards the end of the concert, Lee-Kai '07 ... a 3x3 cube, and at least 8 people volunteered. It was awesome. Here

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Almost Famous You probably think this entry is about me.

  

  ran, and a tour of Random Hall, where I don't live, and an entry that is ... DID YOU KNOW? "This Jesus Must Die" from Superstar really sounds a ... one... ...and although it's a bit unflattering, I still think it

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 21, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Kresge Info Session Come integrate MIT, at least for an afternoon.

  

  meeting everyone who will be there (here)! In the meantime, I'm off to a ... about the Institute. It's a challenge to convey MIT's vibrancy in a ... the office about a slideshow of MIT images or clips of MIT music to help

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The fight’s begun but not yet won me vs. vista

  

  now a brand new 14 inch widescreen Thinkpad T Series. Built like a tank ... on this day, because someone recommended I give IS&T a call before ... enough, I had a big problem on my Dell where the installer crashed every

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 12, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  On schools & context

  

  don't even have a chance to meet the hundreds upon hundreds of students ... A while back, I asked for parent questions and received exactly one, which I haven't yet answered. It was: "It would be good if you could talk

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 23, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Do You Wanna Build A Snowman? And thanks to an awesome friend, I built my first one!

  

  . Thankfully, MIT never sleeps. So while I was up last morning at seven a.m ... , like unicorns or people that don’t like Taylor Swift. What’s not to like? >:( The backstory explaining this is relatively simple. A

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 25, 2015
• Blog / Events

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

  

  ), and we decided to stay in Boston for a couple of nights before heading ... with knew a grad student from MIT and asked us whether we would like to stay over for a night at the Institute. Having heard so many amazing

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2007