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• Blog / Admissions

  Human After All Unlike customer service nowadays, MIT (and its admissions office) is 100% human. Give or take…

  

  If you had a rabid enough interest in MIT and resided in the ... here in the first place. But what about those other qualities that aren ... in? Dear God, that's even Avogadro's number! What if that final

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 19, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Some recommendations about recommendations Some things to think about as you look for letters from teachers.

  

  At MIT, we require all applicants to send in two letters of ... -- teachers in this country are seriously overworked and underpaid; I hope you ... some face-to-face time alone with each teacher to ask them in person to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Shortest Blog Ever (update 3 =p) 19 days till Taiwan!

  

  ... ...the first thing you think about is a certain protein used in recombinant DNA that makes C. elegans glow prettily in the lab. ---- 5/1 Update ... , you can't write that down You know I tool, it's there in black and white

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 4, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  For the Not Admitted Students I just wanted to tell you a story. It has a moral, but you don't…

  

  . I realize that I'm posting this in conjunction with the Admitted blog, which is quite cheery in contrast to this blog, but please do realize that ... believe in "this too shall pass," but I hope you will be able to find your

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I am home. Small thanks to the Airlines. In a surprising turn of events, Christmas travel is Not Much Fun.

  

  the one purchased. Or they could. To paraphrase: "We'll arrive in time ... ALWAYS happens? At least seen it in the movies? Random guess: This will ... how you have those little oxygen masks that pop down from the ceiling in

  • by Kim D. '09
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  So Long, So Long, Front Foot Leads the Back One Go on, and it won't be too soon...my Texas road trip (Part 1).

  

  September 12, 2008 - September 17, 2008 I spent a nice weekend in McAllen, eating some great food and hanging out in the Valley. I had cabrito for the ... ended around 10pm, some of us went to Chili's (one of the few places in

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 17, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Neil Gaiman! The uncensored version =P

  

  (songs, for example, are the main element of a musical, or in the other ... interpretation of The Great Gatsby in which Gatsby is a seahorse when asked if ... about the common theme of games, dolls and playthings in his novel

  • by Karen F. '11
  • May 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Bread at Desk This entry brought to you by the letters "Sleep Deprivation."

  

  walked in, there was tons of bread at desk. Even baguettes, and I love ... ! - but I didn't go downstairs right away, I was in the middle of something ... 'freaking clock in the morning, and the stuff is nearly all gone ten minutes later

  • by Karen F. '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  It’s Not Always Rainbows and Butterflies Inspired by Paul and Snively.

  

  So, I'm in the Stratton Reading Room right now and the number of ... class!) decided to blog about schoolwork, I decided to pitch in my own ... are given handlebars on the side of the train to hang on to. In the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blinky Lights (Part I) An example of how I go about building things.

  

  And I'm back! I'm determined to make up for not posting at all in the last month by being incredibly prolific in the next. I expect this to ... cool project. In my advising seminar last year (6.070 - it's a great

  • by Evan B. '10
  • September 21, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  07/07/07 Speaking of numbers: the number seven in particular, brought to you by the birthday of…

  

  big in advance for my birthday - no one's ever around to celebrate, so I ... out, though, that you need a reservation in order to go skydiving, and ... what?" "I dunno, seven.. meaningful things." With that helpful advice in

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 9, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Making the Switch: Chapter 2 Making new friends at MIT

  

  In the first installment of "Making the Switch," Melissa '11 asked: "Oh, and in later chapters, please include the being alone without ... temporary dorm in Baker House, and I walk into my quad. And now for an

  • by Bryan
  • April 7, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Worlds within worlds

  

  got in. If you got deferred, don't take it too hard, plenty of people whom I know here got deferred EA and then got in. Eventually, those of you who get in will get to come to CPW. And some of you might have

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 14, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Hi, I’m New Here The requisite introduction.

  

  every three seconds and ended up with more dead air than anything else in ... ruin the reputation of the entire radio station all in one go. Great. Now ... time slot in the first place?! Didn't they realize what they were about

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Tales From The Nance Effect Road Show My travel to the land of Boomer--Sooners, Miners. Wild Cats, Sun Devils and Rattlesnakes

  

  , TX to Boston, MA. As the old joke goes: "I just flew in from El Paso ... like Tiger on the links in Tucson. I now understand desert rules for golf ... Tucson native inhabitant; the rattlesnake. There I am in the middle of my

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

  Campus Visits… Bring Em’ On! This entry will focus on the dos and don'ts of a fall visit to a…

  

  If I'm not mistaken this is the time of year when you begin in ... gracious to send you. I know that most of you will put it all in a big box ... fall visit to a college or university that you are interested in

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 5, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is It Possible To Respect A Racist Film? We must learn to embrace the opportunities to confront ourselves by confronting others.

  

  with built in Dolby Digital) and watch the latest pay-per-view selection ... . This movie, shot in 1915, has been described as "a legendary classic ... friends in Piedmont, South Carolina: the family Cameron. This friendship is

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • May 8, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Athletics When I picked the topic for this entry, I was cheerleading at an MIT basketball…

  

  's probably not in your best interest to use the comments to wonder about this ... held, and many varsity sports practice then. MIT competes in Division ... MIT vary quite a bit in the level of people who play them. In some

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  The most wonderful time of the year No, not Christmas... IAP!

  

  (from the MIT campus newspaper, The Tech. This comic was published in ... class to finish up the PE requirement. We are, in case you are unaware ... worth 2 points; participating in a varsity sport is worth 4 points. (We

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Structure and function, dorms and culture

  

  , and among the halls and entries in those dorms. With such living group ... buildings in this area of campus, but in addition to the many dorms it ... Haus are in the midst of the academic buildings, only a few feet away

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 10, 2005