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• Blog / MIT Life

  Power Tools at 2 AM A typical MIT experience.

  

  considered trying to move to East Campus for awhile, but in the end I decided ... that the bike wasn't going to fall. In fact, it looked pretty cool up ... I've been on campus for over a week now, which basically means that I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Happy V-Day

  

  toothed students are sad, those looking for even more in the way of ... V-Day, I'd like to put in a plug for MIT's production of the Obie ... . At MIT, we celebrate the holiday in various fun ways. Of course

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 14, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Out Sick aka, a subject line for too many emails

  

  for an extension. I did what I could of the problemset, I sent off that ... I hadn't been sick in years. I mean sure, I've had the occasional ... Vaporub type of sick? Not once in the past ~seven years. Then a few weeks

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 10, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m Back!

  

  hours in between. It makes for a nice lunch/blog update time.) Today is ... love New Jersey, for those of you just tuning in.) After....a lot of my ... rush dies down just in time for the weekend, which I will be spending out

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Killer Mike, Lupe Fiasco, and the Dancing Body of the State five gatherings of many people

  

  you--look to the left and the right like you in black church--your life ... we were born on. I am an advocate for the people who are the most ... neat solution in the real world. However, there is an opportunity to

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 27, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Blogger Fam Takes the MFA Photodump of semi-artsy pictures ahead

  

  the Boston Museum of Fine Arts for us. It happened to be somewhat early ... . We started off with an exhibit with art by Takashi Murakami, a modern ... dang cute. I have no idea what this is, but it looks straight out of

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 13, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Meet My True Love: Notion a tool for stress-free college applications (and much more)

  

  summer, I finally started using Notion! It's an all-in-one workspace that ... ) for each blog post. Then, I can view my list of blogs in a table, kanban ... of pre-made templates for you to copy and use as your own! In this

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 18, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Day 1: Going North Leaving the light pollution bubble to go to class?

  

  , though I could write an entire post in Japanese if I wanted to. Maybe I ... picture. For a person who grew up in very arid parts of the west coast, I ... stuck at home for 6 (yes, for real, thanks mister snow storm) extra days

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 31, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  carly SLAY jepsen concerts > psets

  

  , people look at me funny. It was kind of weird. In fifth grade, the sixth ... in our year, except Happy by Pharrell Williams, which is an inherently ... to update for a whileeee)[/caption] "I need to look so hot for Carly

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 28, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  The Case of the Disappearing Admissions Officers Where have the Admissions Officers been lately?

  

  applications. It's been hard to find time for much else (like blogging and email), though I've been sure to take some downtime for Heroes, Veronica Mars, James Bond and Borat. It looks like our early application numbers for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Electrophoresis Boogaloo What it sounds like, plus some brief things that came to mind

  

  different way to look at it. One of my friends in Denmark and I had a chat ... -of-sort-of know how to run a gel, shorthand in this case for gel electrophoresis. To ... for some context. One of the major breakthroughs in biology came when

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  Resource Center (ARC)! ;-)" In response, "bryan - '07" (look for his blog ... in our publications, and at our information sessions, is that for MIT ... student loved about MIT. The letter was in an origami style. I have this big

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Photojournalism and answers to some questions

  

  write my a's in an odd way. (Adnan thinks they look like alphas, which I ... 'll cross my fingers for that. In either case, I'm planning to take my ... carrying an umbrella in a snowstorm doesn't make immediate intuitive sense to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Antietam? I hardly knew him. A Fourth of July fable, while I'm stuck in Germany.

  

  stockpile cases of Coca-Cola in 1985 for fear that her only son would be ... DID YOU KNOW? An Italian defender once said of Pele, after the 1970 ... weekends for some crazy consulting company, you're probably going to end up

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Manolis Kellis: Combining computer science with biology An interview with Manolis Kellis, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, who was honored as one…

  

  Under 35 for his pioneering research in comparative genomics. When I sat ... programmable WebCrawler for his project, but more importantly, he got an early ... genomics for his Ph.D. while the field was still in its infancy. Comparative

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 16, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  All my pasts and futures A blog entry about band and quiz bowl, to prove that I'm still hip.

  

  competition, I sent an e-mail to my floor telling them to keep three things in mind. 1. The third-largest city in Ireland is called "Limerick" 2 ... came up in the lightning round. Do you do quiz bowl? You should know

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 19, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  tim’s wardrobe legend has it, TIM changes clothes annually

  

  , so believe me when I say it definitely looked better at some point in ... at his desk, looking at all of the MIT classes, waiting for one that ... the class at an in-person signature event, TIM let out a soft ‘Dam’ and

  • by Waly N. '24
  • November 1, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  More Information on the Waitlist Some answers for those offered a place on MIT's waitlist.

  

  MIT waitlist, everything will still turn out well for you in the end ... or major Y declines, are you likely to look for another student like ... . Additionally, I would recommend sending us a letter in mid-late April with an

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  More Information on the Waitlist Further details for waitlisted applicants.

  

  still turn out well for you in the end. Who do you admit from the waitlist ... to look for another student like them? If we go to the waitlist, we will consider what our class looks like as one factor in choosing

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  chaos and an exam that I technically failed irl deus ex machina

  

  happened to share an elevator in Building 68 with a couple of grad students ... boundary (almost an A! or more likely for me: almost a B!), the score on the ... A fire alarm went off in the middle of the first 20.110 exam. It was

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 28, 2018