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• Blog / MIT Life

  Colin Jackson is awesome So is my life, but not to such a great extent.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The pretzel, invented during the 8th century AD, is ... 's such a nice day. How can I look at a computer screen right now?" And I ... , rugby is really violent, okay? You know what is not violent? Jon Stewart

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  friday afternoon in the town of beans i'm freeeeeeeeeeeee

  

  ="attachment_69691" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] there's a reason this map is so ... feeling like there is a clock ticking down; there is no guilt in our ... relationships both platonic and romantic. It is the kind of frankness you can

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 11, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back in MD Summary of the end of the year, and a look ahead to the summer.

  

  Where in the world is Melis? Clues: laundry is free, my room is a ... , highlighters, and practice exams, buying a breakfast sandwich from La Verde ... ), where I am working in the National Human Genome Research Institute. More

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesday is the new black. The world moves on MIT's hips. The world moves and it swivels and bops.

  

  . Baker to establish a school for engineering in Cambridge. This college is now known as Harvard Business School. Today is a "virtual Monday" at MIT ... ! Have you read Everything is Illuminated? If not, stop reading my stupid

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Questbridge College Admissions Conference A guest post from Louis Lamia '14, an MIT Quest Scholar.

  

  country and show them that an education at a top tier school, is both within ... year where we get to take vacation! So I did quite a bit of that - went ... Questbridge College Admissions Conference at Yale. The idea in a nutshell is to

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  January Questions Omnibus 1 Some questions answered.

  

  it still be read? Is there a cutoff point at which you no longer look ... by email. I can tell you it is unlikely to make a significant impact on ... campus from Jan. 23-26. is there anyway I can talk to you or the other

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Answer is Yes Tips for navigating your first month here with a Greek life emphasis

  

  This post is for incoming freshmen (with a slight bias toward ... you're doing one), REX, orientation and rush. There's simply too much ... still a week of late nights. I can't comment on sorority recruitment

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 16, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Slump and an unexpected summer

  

  for? As any college student can tell you, that’s a really scary ... profound or at least informative on the subject. But the truth is, as a ... “sophomore slump” is a real thing. In general, I think everyone goes through

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • June 2, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  June Questions Omnibus 1 Bigfoot asked a few weeks back, "Will you be posting an omnibus soon, Matt?" Yes,…

  

  he always did and I'm imagining things. Is there a reason that you don ... have a question and I hope you can give my your insight on it.. I'm going ... ?" For MIT for early action, our rule is you can apply to other schools

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cultura MIT students use online collaboration with their French counterparts to learn about each other's cultures.

  

  Well, you probably saw Mitra's entry mentioning Senior Lecturer Gilberte Furstenberg (teacher of French III, a class we're both taking). The homework I'm doing right now is part of a unit called Cultura, where we

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Embracing Change How I came to be a cook in a professional kitchen this summer

  

  cliché but it meant a lot to me, especially considering where I had come ... question: “Are you afraid?” To my surprise, I responded with a serene sense ... ’t know everything there was to know as a freshman, hadn’t yet come to terms

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 20, 2015
• Blog / Classes

  What I’m doing this IAP i guess i need to be more specific

  

  IAP. Some of my friends are doing GTL, where you go to another country ... , like squares, is also a kind of dancing where someone gives instructions ... IAP is a concept I didn’t really understand until last month, oops

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 16, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  A Cautionary Tale of Two Students You may be surprised by how many first year students at MIT believe that they…

  

  the MIT's middle 50% of scores). From here as you can imagine Mills is ... is done can you make sure your voice is always heard by those around ... examine Mills first. Mills is a student who is defined by the world in which

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] Next Haunt 2024: The Haunters what it takes to scare MIT students

  

  Man, but also the producer of this year's Next Haunt! There is a lot ... planning for this. Our REX event is primarily a mini-Haunt, where we recycle ... , especially when the thing you’re trying to anticipate is “how will a group of

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  You Make The Call So you think you've got what it takes to admit the Class of 2010 to…

  

  was to show you a controversial play where a penalty has occured and ... selective college or university? How hard can it be? All you need to do is ... policy is a staunch supporter of Affirmative Action.) OK. Are you ready to

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 9, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Characterization This might or might not enrage you.

  

  the country. Do you think I could get into MIT.. again? The hall I lived on has its own wiki. And an IRC channel. "MIT is the closest you can ... the heck out! But I'm sure if anyone is learning a lot from robots, it

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Falling in Love with a Language at MIT interviews with two of my inspirations

  

  on Facebook, Gchat, or Tumblr, there’s a good chance it’s from her. I ... speak Mandarin in a professional setting. Will: Before MIT, I can recall ... point where some of my American Chinese friends tell me "you're more

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 10, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why Course 2A is Cooler than You I'm back from the dead, to tell you all about my major and its ridiculously…

  

  you this now? Well, 2A is currently going through a re ... more about what 2A is. Course 2 is one of the "stricter" majors- there ... constitute a "concentration-" so you can't skip important core ideas about Mech

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Skullhouse Road Trip Seattle, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Austin, New Orleans, North Carolina, Delaware, New Jersey, and New…

  

  Kappa Sigma (aka Skullhouse) has a tradition where the senior class goes ... renting a van once there to take all the way back to Boston. We must be back ... down the terminal hallway to my gate, where I saw that no one was there

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 9, 2017
• Blog / Classes

  Collections Simple

  

  separate our physical forms from our thinking forms, if there is even a ... .36 (Neurobiology of Self) which is a class that focuses on the neural mechanisms of ... first, I wasn't buying into it. I've always considered myself a very

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 23, 2023