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• Blog / MIT Life

  A Blogographical Biography ...although whatever 'blogographical' means, I somehow doubt it applies to a blog containing graphs.

  

  in ways that are overliteralized to the point of meaninglessness. For ... methods to get small amounts of data from very large amounts, while my ... At 8:57 AM on December 15, 2007, I was admitted to the Massachusetts

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 9, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Free-For-All Week! Movies, Music, and Baby Names.

  

  to my neck in applications (I just want to save my wrist watch!) For ... asked some of you to sit on it, in 2 days flat we'd have a flawless 30 ... It is clear to me that I COULD NEVER WRITE ENOUGH ABOUT THE

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  College students do eat real food! ...sometimes. I now present: the culinary adventures of Laura and April.

  

  putting some Chef Boyardee in a pot for lunch. That's not to say that I ... directly. Her boyfriend, Chris, just flew in to visit, so she cooked a real ... I may not have alluded to this before, but my roommate, April, is

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 8, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Boston Pops John Williams and a bottle of wine -- on a school night!

  

  engineer, I went to the Boston Pops last Thursday night. Happy 125th anniversary to the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO)! This is how lovely Symphony ... Thanks to the organizational prowess of the Tau Beta Pi (engineering

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 15, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Availability Heuristic with applications to pledging

  

  heuristic get to you. MIT fraternities are very different from fraternities in ... 've gone through Rush enough to get a bid, you probably already know ... I didn't include a lot of biographical detail in my biography

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Toons and Tasty Burgers adventures in chalk and tasty-burger-tasting

  

  me, and I have to work hard to make sure I get enough of it. Burgers ... -N-Out double-double, Tasty Burger would fall in the 4 to 4.5 range. In any case ... married to them (or be successful and wealthy in life, depending on which

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some Perks Of Life At The ‘Other’ Cambridge [by Mirat Shah '08] Along with ~40 other MIT students, I am studying abroad at…

  

  class. And in between terms, we get 6 weeks off, which is pretty amazing ... (sorry, I had to rub it in). Also, that whole stereotype of British people ... Course 3 (Materials Science and Engineering). I grew up in New Jersey and

  • by Cambridge
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The real O.C. Travels in Southern California.

  

  (...as opposed to other OCs) I'm in Orange County California, in a ... four more to go. On Wednesday, after a couple school visits, I had the chance to have a picnic-style dinner with the Orange County Educational

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 30, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I request a fee waiver?

  We understand that paying college application fees presents a hardship for some families. Fee waivers are available for both domestic and international applicants, and you can request one in the Fee Waiver Request
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Worlds within worlds

  

  you who get in will get to come to CPW. And some of you might have already visited overnight. You'll get to stay with a student, or a house ... 'll get to experience a small slice of life at MIT to help make your

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

  Fondue: fun and done A break from admissions at the Fondue party.

  

  crowded to get to see everyone!) included professors Les Norford, Esther ... long Saturday of working to select the class, I hopped on the SafeRide shuttle to attend the Alpha Chi Omega (usually abbreviated as AXO, and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 5, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Post-Valentine Blog Roundup Valentine's Day capped off by a serenade.

  

  finest memories of walking to class in the morning from my dorm were on ... ? Check. And a serenade? Check! Thanks to our secret admirers, the ... on. Right: Mari and Gisele watch the serenade. Also related to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Grads Design the Jolt Sensor to help high school athletes detect concussions better

  

  equipment and vibrates to alert the athlete if their head accelerates in a ... lot about how to make a successful campaign, from contacting newspapers ... in the world and being in an environment where people are always

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 2, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Odds and ends and Canada A study break, plus some other highlights of the week

  

  slices of bacon, which was equivalent to a 6-unit course in Not Getting ... . Send email out to dorm: My dear countrymen, in light of the recent ... , it's a time for residents to get together, enjoy free food, live up to

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 12, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  romanticize a quiet life i want to be okay

  

  to get disappointed when reality doesn’t match up with your dreams. you ... started to crawl in and settle into your bones. but something's always held ... -fire email exchanges to make sure everything's in order, and then you're all

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • December 28, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where is my mind? In Northern California, Munich, a tent in New Hampshire, and an oreo-flavored soft serve machine.

  

  late to find an internship in another country right now, which is cool ... cabin to stay in, but, you know, we're not losers. I am, however, kind of ... , I'm pretty sure I know where I left it in the cabin, so I just have to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 9, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool People. And Lunch! visiting committees = awesome.

  

  vital to this process. If you are interested in participating please respond to this e-mail with your name and your year. In the case of too many ... champion our cause, and to make changes in the department based on our

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 26, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Home Sweet College Surviving first semester.

  

  Ethiopian scarves that I have. Mostly, I’ve just learned how to carry home in ... that in going to college, I had officially left something of myself ... days I honestly just wish I could move to our village in Ethiopia and

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 29, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Top of the World If I have seen farther, it is by standing on the roof of the Green…

  

  Green Building in order to double-check the radio equipment as well as ... asked me if there was anything in particular I wanted him to take a photo ... - which you can see in the photo above. (My house is the third brownstone to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 3, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My Winter Break Reading List "Take a look, it's in a book, it's reading rainbow"

  

  flow external to an animal in motion, and the internal flow of blood, gas ... change in living organisms in response to biomechanical principles. A ... until I get back to MIT which isn't that far away.

  • by Bryan
  • December 28, 2005