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• Blog / MIT Life

  What Are YOU Up To This Summer? click me! click me!

  

  know that, she, in fact, also just climbed a mountain (at 2000 meters ... pretty majestic! (she's the girl in the picture) Which got me thinking ... summer which looks awesome. It's preferable that you are in it too but it

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 4, 2009
• Blog / MISTI

  Seven Years of Good Luck MISTI paid for all the MIT Japan interns to meet up this weekend in Kyoto.…

  

  This weekend MIT Japan paid for all the MIT interns in Japan to meet up in Kyoto for a whirlwind tour of the temples, food, and more temples in the Kansai area. Since a good percentage of the interns are working

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 3, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Inherent Asymmetry Around.

  

  I'm not going to grad school next year, but I am taking the GRE's in ... at MIT (well, maybe those tricky PRS questions you get in TEAL). I know ... . Well, no not exactly, GREs cost $$$ and are a real pain in the neck, it

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 2, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Just a Yellow Lemon Tree… I wrote a rap song for you.

  

  are curious on a more in-depth treatment of the topic) Since I've been ... and this Sunday will be the 4th class (out of 7) in the program ... passed so fast it's like crazy. -Got tired of working in a biology lab, so

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 11, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Avoid spelling errors! The most commonly misspelled words I see on MIT applications.

  

  errors I see are not in the essay portion. People are pretty good about using spell check for that. More often, I see spelling errors in the ... short answer essays. So be careful in these sections, too! What happens

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Updates, Previews, and My Successor

  

  ://web.mit.edu/mitir/! -- Forum on American Progress will be releasing a booklet, America in the ... congratulations is in order for Zahir Dossa, who I profiled in my first blog. A ... warming in Antarctica! He's currently planning the first few episodes, which

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • May 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mastering Physics Has No Soul I love online assignments. har. har.

  

  this year) In more substantial matters: Coming up: (after my Patriot ... sitting on my desk right now) In the meantime, if there is anything that I can help you in making your big decision before May 1, feel free to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Class of 2012 Night at the Movies '21,' the MIT Blackjack Team movie, opens this weekend... who's in?

  

  MIT Blackjack Team, opens Friday in movie theaters across America. In ... take a picture of you (and any MIT '12s with you) and send it in to me ... based If you are an international student and 21 has not yet opened in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 26, 2008
• 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 eclipse of the moon, in fact. The last one until 2010. You should go watch ... 's subtitle ("And everything under the sun is in tune, but the sun is eclipsed

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

  DME SoccerBot Championships 2006 (Or, How Does Justin Timberlake Live With Himself?) All we are saying is give Pluto a chance.

  

  open with anticipation for the coming soccer match.   In one ... their control boxes. In the other, Toxic Algae's bots tweaked nervously ... batery failure in a sudden death one-on-one round (a clearly unfair call by

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My Brass Rat The Brass Rat is not a subtle thing.

  

  Brief note: I am currently in Ohio, shopping for wedding dresses. And ... top of Boston's Prudential Tower. (In case anybody missed the ... MIT graduates hold the world in our hands (cheesy, but yes). If you look

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another Day, Another Class

  

  (ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid) on blood, he drew blood from the head TA in front of the entire lecture in 10-250. So basically, this class is designed to teach us ... , carbohydrates and how they exist in the body. So far, it's been pretty good

  • by Bryan
  • March 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Q&A Round Two Answers to some questions

  

  course where they sit in and evaluate the class to make sure that it is covering the material that it should be. Mugho Pine asked: If you come in ... you'll want to design efficient algorithms, etc. If you were in another

  • by Bryan
  • February 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m just curious as to why you keep invoking William Faulkner. "MIT is so charmingly nerdy" entries #12 and 35.

  

  I had not the greatest week, but tune in tomorrow for my ... destroy the organic unity of this entry. Anyway, in the midst of this not ... doing quiz bowl in high school, even though I'm not on the MIT College

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Leaves, Strawberries, Doors Pictures of campus, faculty dinner, another door. (7 pictures)

  

  become awash in color (thanks in part to that unusual snowstorm last week ... . While I'm not technically "faculty," many cool faculty members were in ... presidential election, Massachusetts public schools, university riots in the '60s

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 5, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Better than a Ryan Cabrera poster Want a Warhol in your dorm room?

  

  Want a Warhol in your dorm room? Today is the final exhibition day ... of artwork from MIT's collection. Artists represented in the collection ... Andy Warhol Each piece in the collection is framed and signed by a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Dora the Explorer My long-lost twin has suspiciously wrinkly forearms.

  

  Course 16: Aerospace Engineering in college. Her hobbies and interests ... , science, reading, and, yes, singing in the shower. Currently, she is trying ... releases, huh? In other news, I have found my long-lost twin, Dora. You have

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 9, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Couchamarans and Carboats MIT alums create awesome floating vehicles from which to watch the fireworks.

  

  In my last entry, I left you with this teaser: "I will reveal the #1 place to watch the fireworks in my next entry." Without further ado... 1 ... July 4th fireworks. Some of my friends have gone the extra mile. In 1876

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Clarification On Last Post I was really just trying to say that when I look at your names in…

  

  Hi folks - a comment I received in response to the last entry: I ... impact an essay can have. I just wanted to clarify my last post in case I ... who were strong in other areas. I was really just trying to say that

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 18, 2004
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I apply to be an Exchange Student, Special Student, or Visiting Student?

  -degree student. Exchange students are affiliated with a university in which MIT has ... are very few of these arrangements. MIT participates in the Exchange ... information on registration procedures. In all programs, students must