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• Blog / MIT Life

  Studying For Finals Study study study study study

  

  This is it, finals are in two days. One of the things that scared me ... yourself in a nice room and do nothing but work. That's my plan for the day ... to answer in three hours. Goodie! I've decided to catalogue my studying

  • by Snively '11
  • May 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Updates And Shannon’s Formula Random mid-week fun, and a few small updates for admitted and waitlisted students.

  

  should arrive very soon! In the meantime, please don't forget to register ... care of this for you. Random fun: In this post I mentioned that Shannon ... best job in the world. And then I [think about the admit rate], and I

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 26, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Semi-Real Time Mystery Hunt Update v. 2008

  

  studying in France. We've been trying to chat all week, but the 6 hour time ... all time. Go read his archives. Seriously. Friday, 16:55 In response to ... "little black book" with lots of contacts in it. We've got to solve the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt 2008 Begins! The annual campus-wide puzzle solving competition will be going on all weekend.

  

  One of IAP's most exciting activities is the annual Mystery Hunt. In ... finding a coin hidden somewhere on campus. For a more in-depth description ... , including bloggers, will be participating in the hunt, which begins at noon in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Southern California Fires Our thoughts go out to those affected by the wildfires.

  

  , where every school in the entire county has been closed. San Diego County ... have been destroyed. From myself and all of my colleagues in Admissions ... with your individual circumstances, whatever they may be. Get in touch

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Driving On The Infinite One of my biggest pet peeves is people who do not understand how to drive…

  

  Corridor. The Infinite is essentially a 4-lane road with 2 lanes going in ... to pass someone who is driving in your own passing lane (which is ... travel in the same direction. You will cause amazing gridlock and your

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 9, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Entrepreneurship invasion I love it when students start useful companies.

  

  So yesterday, I'm in my office trying to catch up on email when a student who I haven't seen in a long time stops by my office. In the process ... it was awesome. They're in beta now, so if you run Windows (I don

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 19, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admissions 2007 A quick look at this year's admissions.

  

  ask you to please be civil and kind in your comments in today's entries ... refrain from bad language or demeaning others. In past year's decision ... , the not admitted students, and the waitlisted students in the days and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  By the numbers Who needs words to talk?

  

  immersed in the MIT culture. I am certainly a full-blooded MIT student, and ... campus in under 6 digits (usually 5) is pretty distinctive. Here’s how the ... . The first number after the dash gives the floor in the building, and the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 7, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Introduction To MIT World ...and my blog's first feature: Akamai, Clever and Cool!

  

  lectures at MIT. MIT World has been in operation since 2001 and today has a collection of almost 400 videos in its online collection (you can also find it ... one to be the first one to reflect on in this new forum. So, I thought

  • by Laurie Everett
  • January 11, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Be Our Guest Not to name drop, but... Steven Levitt, Paul Polak, Iqbal Quadir, and Brigitte Madrian all…

  

  Quadir (head of MIT's Program in Developmental Entrepreneurship and ... ) and told us we would get 12:00 - 2:00 with Steven Levitt in early ... Stephen Dubner, he received his PhD in economics from MIT in 1994. His

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freedom isn’t free. ...but a biology minor is, sometimes.

  

  always the best part... how about the milk vending machine in the basement ... . :) Max In my freshman year, Course 10: Chemical Engineering decided to add ... standard in engineering and it will inspire students to look into biology

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Crazy Day

  

  International Development Network (IDN) Crafts Fair in Lobby 10 Though today is ... can become engaged in international development through student groups, non-profit organizations, or academic course offerings in and around MIT

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  I read the news today Oh boy! I hope that you're as excited as I am.

  

  beautiful mathematical problem of the millenium in 2003. One of my friends ... -question examination that could be used in lieu of an application to admit people to MIT ... before coming across it in my blog, then you should definitely apply to MIT

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 23, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Half-Century of Hacking MIT's original hackers are still alive and well, right on campus and just a short…

  

  hand in hand. But what you might not know is that MIT's original hackers ... Nickel Plate." Anybody at MIT can join right in, even freshmen, and get ... of freight and passenger services nationwide. Written in Python, it

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  Call Me, Emeril BAM!

  

  So summertime brings me to a crossroads in life, my fraternity's chef ... dogs as a college student, and I just am a fan of more spice in my life ... option is to order in every night (I actually tried this) Monday: Papa

  • by Bryan
  • June 25, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Reality TV My former dormmate will appear on Queer Eye tonight.

  

  will get made over by the Fab Five as part of their new season in Las ... Card Stud." Ed double majored in Electrical Engineering & Computer ... logic, math and probability inherent in the game. "Most people who write

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Senior Week: Mollie Burgoon A look at some of MIT's graduating students.

  

  Topics in Mammalian Biology) and 9.301 (Neural Plasticity) -- both were ... in, but we went over and hung out for a while. My friend Mark made a t-shirt that said "In the future, I'm famous." UROP: Morgan Sheng's lab in Course

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Surprising Research Results The chimpanzee-human relationship, and CEO pay.

  

  conference at Princeton, I read two articles in today's New York Times which ... professor in the Department of Genetics at Harvard Medical School) and Nick Patterson (the first author) was published in this week's issue of the journal

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  That Lovely Pre-Finals Period

  

  I just presented some intercultural communication challenges in the ... mix things up a bit with more than one elective course in the spring term, or even one or two in the fall. I guess it depends on the four

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 10, 2006