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• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Neglect Your Creative Side And I don't mean the side of you that thinks up math problems while you…

  

  11:30 PM and I have an entire quantum mechanics pset and a biodiesel

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Firehose Warning: insomniac blogger on the loose.

  

  This video is very appropriate this morning. Since about five o’clock last night, with some breaks for sleeping and eating, I have spent most of my time immersed in the…

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  After the Storm Thoughts about decisions from someone who's been there.

  

  For the past six months, I have been truly privileged to share my MIT experiences with all of you through the admissions blogs. Whether I talked about my classes, my…

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  One for sorrow, two for joy Never surrender your dreams.

  

  This past week has been a mixed bag on many levels. On the one hand, I’ve gotten a lot of work done (three problem sets, one group project, and one…

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Rubbing Elbows I have pizza with a famous person.

  

  Last week, I blogged a little about how MIT’s student body really distinguishes the Institute from any other university that I know. On one level, it almost seems as if…

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 6, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  It’s not all happy I know, shocker!

  

  I’ve realized that at this point I’ve pretty much conveyed this type of image concerning my life at MIT: While true some of the time, I’d say that just as…

  • by Snively '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Day In The Life [By MIDN 3/c Robert Block '10] It is 1200 on a Tuesday during IAP, and…

  

  Z-center to make an 11am Jiu Jitsu workout with the American Jiu Jitsu

  • by ROTC
  • February 12, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

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

  

  I grew up in a house composed almost entirely of girls. Genetic odds to the contrary, I’m the only guy out of four children. That’s right: I have three sisters.…

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The Igs Where Science meets Silly. Hello Silly!

  

  I’ll assume that we’ve all heard of the Nobel Prizes, yes? Perfect, now how about the Ig Nobels? The Ig Nobels are a humorous offshoot of the prestigious Nobel Prizes,…

  • by Snively '11
  • January 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Attack! My war diary.

  

  Oh hai world! Welcome to my very first official MIT blog entry! Please excuse the lolcat/EECS reference, it was a necessary evil. Surprise and happy New Year! There’s a new…

  • by Snively '11
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The City On A Hill The "M" of " MIT"

  

  People often find it shocking when I say it, but if MIT was in Illinois, I wouldn’t have *matriculated. Though the MIT campus within itself offers 57334534923 (not a hyperbole)…

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Snow(y) Day The kind of day when tea or cocoa helps in reading applications.

  

  , Every school night (Sunday-Thursday), promptly at 11 pm, one can hear the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 3, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  Remember, Remember the Fifth of November Celebrating Guy Fawkes Day as only MIT can.

  

  Just over 400 years ago, a group of Englishmen attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament on November 5, 1605. Though their plot was foiled at the twelfth hour,…

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Memories My first two months at MIT, all wrapped up into one post.

  

  Last Wednesday, somewhere between a biology test and a chemistry lecture, I realized that I’m more than halfway done with my first semester at MIT. My first reaction was, to…

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 28, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Call For Bloggers As promised, here's an entry that will explain this year's application process for admissions bloggers.

  

  to the program. Short answer #2 (required for '11s, optional for

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 26, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST POST! You guys are totally right.. that WAS really tempting.

  

  hear what you have to say. I'm so proud (sniff).. the '11s are all grown

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some Perks Of Life At The ‘Other’ Cambridge [by Mirat Shah '08] Along with ~40 other MIT students, I am studying abroad at…

  

  drinking tea all the time is kind of true. At 11 am everyday, my department

  • by Cambridge
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An IAP in Texas, chapter two Week two of school away from school as I learn about and work on transportation…

  

  MIT kids are so spoiled with our first classes at 10, 11, or later. It

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  If You Wish To Receive Your Decision Online… ...please read this entry!

  

  beginning on Monday, December 11. (Deferred and denied applicants will not see

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Build awesome What to do if you like to build stuff.

  

  's best as 8.5"x11" paper attachments with labeled photos) to tell us more

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 11, 2006