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• Blog / MIT Life

  Senior Week The beginning of the final week for MIT's Seniors.

  

  today on this blog, I also begin a weeklong celebration of our seniors. I'll profile a senior each day, each an amazing person in their own right. The ... that I know who replied to my request for a profile =) As such, some non

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Metabo lite s Why the Broad Institute is inspiring my exercise goals

  

  I’m getting married again in a mere five months and I cannot fit in my wedding dress. This might be because I spent the whole winter in ... metabolism. I’m on a mission to figure out what the heck is going on here, and

  • by Kris Guay
  • May 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Vicious Cycle Why MIT may not be for everyone and IHTFP

  

  lot more things to consider than I addressed in these few panels. ... EDIT: I encourage everyone who connects with this comic even a little bit to read some of the discussion in the comments; it's an outpouring

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • May 16, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Freshman App Questions We're happy to help.

  

  Ahoy! I hope you arrr having a great September. As you know, the ... read more about our application and admissions process in the Freshman Application section of the site. I am happy to answer your questions (that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 19, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Salut! A look at Grenoble

  

  éel at CNRS Salut! I'm spending my summer in Grenoble, France, at the Institut Néel, a world-famous magnetism research center situated in ... , Annecy, and Brugge (an idyllic town in northwestern Belgium). I spent last

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 26, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Snowpeople & a hammershark more post-blizzard sights around campus --

  

  A couple days after the blizzard, I walked around campus and took some quick shots of all the snowpeople-and-other-things in sight. They ... : -- <3! (full credit to whoever built these!) -- P.S. I'm currently

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 15, 2011
• Blog / Events

  The Coin Has Been Found! Mystery Hunt 2007 is quasi-over.

  

  devil and regain their immortal soul (in coin form)." This means Mystery ... where they go over some hunt statistics etc. If you're still interested in ... and I'll get back to you when I get home from church. Ciao!

  • by Bryan
  • January 14, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  ‘Twas the night before Christmas Happy holidays to everyone!

  

  The Christmas holiday is a pretty big deal in my family. On Christmas Eve, Santa visits our annual family gathering, with dozens of McGanns in attendance. Last night, my parents, my brother and I gathered for our

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 25, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  RA Blogger Applications Due Wednesday 9/6 At Noon Extended deadline...

  

  As stated in the original post, they were actually due on 8/31, but I forgot to remind you, so I've extended the deadline. :-) If you wish to be considered, please get your application in on time! We will try to make

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 4, 2006
• Blog / Events

  He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named Returns Butterless popcorn and a little magic.

  

  Pending recovery from my illness, in a few hours, I will board a bus to head here to watch this movie in IMAX. I'm a "little" excited. Diana boarding the "Knight Bus" (ie the Big Yellow Bus) with her ticket

  • by Bryan
  • November 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Scholarships

  

  to win some. When I was in my last year of high school, I was pretty ... community organizations, but I didn't put in the effort that I should have for ... . But I also wanted to do this post so that you could, in the comments

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 1, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Inbox Insanity "You've Got Mail."

  

  Considering the lack of inactivity on these blogs in the past week or so, I think I speak for us all when I say it was “one of those weeks ... more one of those weeks than other weeks. …Yep. So anyway, today I

  • by Karen F. '11
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  classes are over!!!! i feel so free

  

  this chapter, but, in this moment, I am just so purely happy ... very last class, a seminar-style class on modern drama, I texted[annotation note="a wonderful Next House subcommunity where I live called 4W, or the

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • May 16, 2023
• Blog / Events

  A Burton Jew Thanksgiving Because I'm game for any excuse to eat stuffing.

  

  So I live in Burton Conner, like some other people, but I happen to ... that I could never be a good Jew in the case I decided to spontaneously ... . This isn’t a big deal in normal life- I mean, you just exercise a little

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Recollections of a Stranded Traveler IHTFP: I Have To Find a Plane. In the meantime, I reflect on happier interpretations…

  

  gospel of SkyMall. Until then, I plan to start a business in manufacturing ... bubble up during Finals Week. By “antics,” I mean something as innocuous as ... roommate received a package in the mail labeled only as “Maxwell's Equations

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 23, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  bloggers.addAll( newBloggers); System.out.println("Hello, World!");

  

  recommend trying again next summer. I got in as a sophomore, the second time I ... , and his approval helped me believe in myself enough to improve. I didn ... covered in 6.UAT: in particular, I think it’s worth your time to listen to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  A New Year’s Resolution, MyMIT-Style Thoughts on my proposal to make MyMIT more community-based.

  

  week so I'm feeling horribly behind in most areas of life. Being sick ... 's going on in MyMIT land? I submitted a big proposal just before holiday ... with the authors of our features. I think we'll be able to get there in

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 7, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Nadal, Federer, Helfant ‘85 Adam Helfant '85 is the new boss of professional men's tennis.

  

  : "I met him in December and he also saw Rafa (Nadal) and Novak (Djokovic ... I've been reading many, many applications over the last month, and ... like tennis, both playing and watching it. Thus, I'd guess a lot of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 31, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Chasing Roots, Part One During an overnight stay in Milan, I traversed several generations to explore musical history in…

  

  s, Arrigo Boito, my great-great uncle, was involved heavily in opera. During my overnight stay in Milan, I travelled the roads of time to meet ... and Emilia-Romagna regions. Interestingly enough, a deep foundation in

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Greetings from Honduras: D-Lab students in the field D-Lab students Chelsie, Miho and Nina report from Honduras

  

  in Cambodia, Zambia, India, Ghana, Honduras, and Brazil. Chelsie ... -Lab trip leaders and the community in Miramontes are working on providing a ... sealer for a local rice micro-enterprise in Brisas del Mar; and designing

  • by OEL
  • January 18, 2012