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• Blog / Admissions

  To tell the truth

  

  those things that make MIT special and unique. So, I hope in the Q&A ... the lobby, I told people that the score was 6-0 (true) in favor of the ... time for audience Q&A (which really is the most fun part), I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 15, 2004
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How hard are courses at MIT?

  groups, and the first year is graded on a pass/no record system. While your peer network is a great source for support, MIT students can speak with ... Learning at MIT is not about memorizing formulas, but understanding
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection begins Picking the Class of 2010.

  

  . As is my custom, I wore a tie today, out of respect for the applicants ... that this will be a very tough year of MIT admissions. The quality of applicants is astonishing. Basically, selection works like this. We've spent a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 2, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Just A Small Town Girl Blogging in an awesome world.

  

  school, that the stuff I dreamed of doing as a kid was stuff that I still wanted to do... with a little more science thrown in. I now get to study ... 's really not all that enginerdy. When I'm not in class, you can find me at

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / Events

  East Campus REX Events! welcome to the wild wild west

  

  ): This isn’t in the REX booklet, but since prep is from 6:30-7 PM, I’m assuming that I’m right. The Water War is a yearly tradition in which we East ... to be a prefrosh. I thought that fire spinning was *too hardcore* for

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 20, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Pulse 2011 [by Nathan Kipniss '14] A lot of talent under one roof!

  

  learned in person. Videos are one thing, but attending a live performance is ... energy came through in Rambax’s performance. I loved that spoken ... , but I think that the metaphor is true. There were also performances of

  • by ARTalk
  • March 3, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Trumpeting for Assassins I get to watch each presidential assassination. Live. Over and over again.

  

  that "you better be in the band, dear", and I found that I really don ... in London; he said that a neighbor had been phoning in to complain ... I troop downstairs once a day to practice, trumpet in one hand and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 26, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To a mouse (or nineteen) A eulogy for my UROP mice... in the form of me explaining my UROP.

  

  euthanized sometime in the next few days. (Insert me pretending that I'm not ... connects other types of proteins. (I made that figure myself, in Paint ... which had no copies of Shank1. What's known about Shank1 is that it's a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 16, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Gotterdammerung and The Barber of Seville [by Xenia '13] Art Scholars go to the Met!

  

  ride, which I shall summarize: In exchanging vows of love, Siegfried, a ... where he gives Siegfried a drug that makes him fall in love with Gutrune ... around. All in all, a fantastic first-time experience with opera! I am

  • by ARTalk
  • March 20, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  my day in pictures

  

  you push a button: http://xeaphyr.tumblr.com/post/150788176669/i-made-a-teeny-computer-count-in-hexadecimal and now we're making a car alarm system that ticks some timers and ... ):   this class is eating my life. i hate it. i love it. it sucks. it

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 13, 2016
• Blog / Events

  PumpkiNerd Carving My dorm had a pumpkin carving contest, and categories were funniest, scariest, geekiest, most original,…

  

  As I pasted in my previous entry, my dorm had a pumpkin carving ... expression on her face -- she obviously is a fruitarian. (I suppose ... who are somehow not obsessed with econometrics, I should note that we

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Room with a Vieux A comparison of sorts

  

  Note: I freely admit I am stealing the title "A Room with a Vieux" from a lovely antiques store in Boston So here is my workspace (and my ... ." I think honking is a sacred activity and this sort of socially

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 29, 2006
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  On Tortillas and Community An update from a year and a half ago.

  

  . As a proud, first generation, Mexican-American woman, I found that there were a couple of things that I needed to ensure my happiness, sense ... bit of butter. With this in mind, I set out to find a tortilleria or in

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • December 12, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  process. All that matters now Is where I go from here There's an easier way If I live for today The beating of my heart Is all that matters https ... on his own Early Action rejection from a “dream” school: “I’m not going

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  Dirty Little Secret? Free concerts rock my socks.

  

  finishing it now. I'll share why. So at home, we had a little pipe burst in ... . For those of you who don't know, Head of the Charles, is a regatta where ... teams all raced (note remember to post results).   Now crew is a

  • by Bryan
  • October 24, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  optical illusions don't try this at home kids. use the crosswalk whenever possible.

  

  is huge, and it's pretty much impossible to do everything in one day, so multiple visits are encouraged. I know I'll be back in the fall for their Star Wars exhibit. Just a couple photos from the Museum that I was

  • by Bryan
  • August 4, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  The Gender Problem Reflections on a year of Silicon Valley upheavals and confused HR departments.

  

  Lego League. That was the first time I remember being in a school ... a little self control to not literally gasp. I will stress that in my ... : performing good work that I enjoy doing. Just like anyone else.   In

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 8, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sunny day – Sweepin’ the clouds away On my way to where the air is sweet.Can you tell me how to get,…

  

  since I can remember I've been told that breakfast is the most important ... -breakfast-deprived ones, know that there is a great breakfast spot right near campus that ... I was reading Evan's most recent entry and I noticed that he

  • by Snively '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Multidimensional Showcasing an aspiring physicist with amazing musical talent

  

  Occasionally as I lie in bed at night puzzling over the hecticness that is so typical of life here at MIT, I hear piano chords playing on ... . And the place to do that is here, at MIT.

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • November 9, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Building 4 Odyssey Looks like my James Joyce karma isn't that horrible after all.

  

  enough complaining. I am in a superb lit class that is tackling this book ... can do great things for each other. Any others that I'm missing? In any ... , and am fairly confident that I knew what was going on in each book. I

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 7, 2007