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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Why did the engineer cross the road? Maybe there was a cape for sale on the other side

  

  of advice:  smile :) I wrote this entry a few weeks ago, but wanted to ... not to take life too seriously. As a senior, I’ve been on the prowl for post-graduation opportunities. This means talking to the career

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • December 14, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Emergency Application Extension for students affected by the storm

  

  The MIT Early Action application deadline has been extended to ... area vulnerable to the storm. Heavy snow, catching on leafy trees, freezing to them, and then being subjected to 50+ MPH winds is the landlocked

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 31, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tweaching and Stitches Two things that happened this week, one of which I liked.

  

  laugh to think about someone paradoxically telling you with all earnestness that they're about to lie to you. Any robot readers heads have  just exploded. Anyway, as I was saying, I'm going to be honest with you (and

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tangential Learning Isn't the point of research to delve into what you don't know?

  

  in time management.  You've got tons of things to do, as well as even more things that you want to do (and learn!), and seemingly not enough ... to do a UROP involving research that's tangential to my major

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 19, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Looking Back, Looking Forward In which I take a study break, discover some embarrassing videos, and tell you why…

  

  't getting anywhere with my biochem studying, I decided to take a break and ... CPW 2011! I hope you '15s realize exactly how excited we all are to see you on campus. We get to find out which of you we'll be host

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 31, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Accountability Some thoughts on decisions and school

  

  I wanted to post this a couple days before decisions came out but ... reviews, but it’s Spring Break now and time for all of us to take a ... important to hold on to your dreams. Here’s my anectodal addendum: It was

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ben 2.0 In a world... spiraling on the brink of an admissions cycle... one man had the…

  

  memories spanning more than a year it's simply easier to introduce myself as ... ... for now), etc. Now I don't mean to imply that I do that alone (if you listen closely you should be able to hear the laughter coming from 3-107 at

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 13, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Finals Week…A Different View ...Or why I got up way too early this morning...

  

  been, a "morning person". When I was a child my mother used to start the day by singing to me, "Good morning to you, good morning to you." I hated it, because all I wanted to do at that moment was go back to sleep

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • May 18, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seminar Advising There is nothing funny about this entry...but please read anyway.

  

  Alright, folks. Let's get down to business. Buying cookies and arguing about peanut butter are frivolous, if funny, activities. I'd like to dedicate this post to my experience so far with academic advising at MIT

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s up? here's whats up

  

  The next few weeks are going to be something different. To start, it is 3:30 am Friday night and I am moving back to EC tomorrow starting 11 ... -drying in the bexley basement. I went to a movie tonight called Vicky

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • August 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding My Way Around MIT (Guest Entry) CPW was so hugely difficult to take in all at once that it's hard to…

  

  by Rena Katz CPW was so hugely difficult to take in all at once that it's hard to sum it all up in one blog post, much like it's hard to ... . I arrived at CPW on Friday morning and went to the opening lecture

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Moving Out oooh, I am, moving out, mmhmm..

  

  At the end of last year, I transferred from Burton 2 to Burton 1, and ... ", because you have just enough room to extend your arms all the way. Coffin ... happened to paint it a hearty violet shade. Still, I like to decorate, so I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 15, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Rocky Mountain Round-Up The latest from my travels in Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico.

  

  Currently, I'm in the middle of a week-long Admissions trip to Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico to talk about MIT with students, parents, and other interesting folks. This trip follows another recent trip to Northern California

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 29, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer, East Campus rush, and the new term East Campus orientation activities, the summer, and the upcoming term.

  

  lot out of the experience. It's kind of nice to settle down to classes, but I'm happy the summer went so well - it's good to be productive and ... -- got to know some of my co-workers a little better with more time in the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dancing Days Nerd love, as the summer evening grows.

  

  -class faculty, plethora of student groups, proximity to the cultural center of ... how to dance. You know what that means? When you go to a party and there ... , however you want to shake it, and nobody's going to care or judge you or

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Knowing me, knowing you My plans for Nobel laureacy, and everything I like about MIT professors.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Kelly Clarkson is the first artist to have five top ten ... comments, which I will respond to in an untimely fashion. I'll let you know when. You can count on me, can't you? I think I eventually come to love

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  These are a few of my favorite things Silver-white winters that melt into Newbury Street shopping.

  

  minutes, and headed out to Boston for some happy sunny day shopping. (Key ... the Boston Public Gardens. There's more to see when there's not snow on the ground, but I still got to see some crazy ducks in the Public

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / Events

  I’m still here. Promise.

  

  Whew. It's been awhile. Um...so what I've come to realize is that IAP is supposed to be this easy, carefree "ooh I'm going to take one three ... sleeping." But then I had to be like "nah, I'm going to take a class that

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 22, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  This is a song about being happy. Not a song about a whale. Sorry. But there's haute couture.

  

  Senate. It was a good, good night. MIT had some event to celebrate the ... 't know or anything, but I choose to believe that he only auditioned because ... ! And I hear Ankur was even there! I could have gotten to meet a reality

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Finally! Pictures from the Conner 2 holiday party! Yes that was a month ago. Leave me…

  

  I'm going to do things backwards today, and start with... Responses to comments: Daniel: Hey, the EMT class sounds cool! I had no idea how to pronounce that medical device you were describing, so I checked m

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 12, 2006