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• Blog / Athletics

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

  

  blog readership will be excited to learn this fact. Adam Helfant, MIT ... , Helfant lived in Burton-Conner, the same dorm that currently is home to ... went to Harvard Law (the latest MIT Careers Office statistics have MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 31, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Evolution of Physics Physics gets harder as you get older, go figure.

  

  Don't forget to vote for me in the 2008 Blogging Scholarship for $10,000! I don't like physics. A lot of people seem to think I do. I'd like to ... sorts of majors here at MIT to choose from that have nothing to do with

  • by Snively '11
  • November 14, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Blog Action Day Did you ever get the feeling that the Internet is full of nonsense?

  

  , when thousands of bloggers dedicate their blogs to talking about one important topic to drive the popular discourse towards more important topic ... MIT bloggers are planning to participate. If you have a blog, you should

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 14, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sabar drums, Rwanda, and the C.I.A Can you guess what all this stuff has in common?

  

  's impossible to rank the events by awesome, I've ranked them chronologically: 11 ... only wants you to be able to use maths to solve all sorts of problems, but to be cultured and knowledgeable about the world you live in. They

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Love is Blinds A short, fairly irrelevent entry, as told from the perspective of the 7+ people who…

  

  last night, in the hallway ANGELA MONSTER: Allin and I are going to Economy Hardware tomorrow morning. ME: Oh, can I come? I need to buy blinds ... receipt? Great, thanks. walking with Allin and Angela through MIT to Mass

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 31, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Crotchets and Quavers The evensong tradition

  

  [by Patrick '09] On Tuesday, I went to Trinity College chapel for ... deserves some explanation: There are 30+ constituent colleges to Cambridge, each meant to serve the every need of its students. Most of them have a

  • by Cambridge
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogging About Blogging CAPTAIN FAFSA!

  

  high school counselors signed up to listen to Matt's and Ben's presentation. They asked me to tag along as an example of somebody who's not only ... for another, I was actually interested in what they had to say. It

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Spirit of Competition [by MIDN Brendan McCord, '08] Every year, the Army, Navy, and Air Force duke it…

  

  as the sun struggled to illuminate the lifeless region. In the center ... to act, my eyes focused directly forward. Out of my periphery I could ... coordinated a flanking attack of the enemy. They fought valiantly to repel our

  • by ROTC
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Work, friends, sleep – pick three In which I manage time effectively.

  

  about MIT. She wants to go (a lot), and I'm keeping my eyes and ears open. It sounds like all kinds of amazing. ^_^ P.S. Devin wants you to ... hours on a MONDAY. And I got to sleep by 1AM, and then I woke up in time

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 23, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  David Berry: A “Fearless” Innovator with a Passion for MIT Dr. David Berry, who received his S.B. and Ph.D. from MIT, received the honor of…

  

  a fearless innovator with “new and insightful ways to tackle ... has tinkered with bacteria to make them produce a petroleum-like fuel ... knew what he wanted to do with his life, and he admitted that he always

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 4, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m still alive And I missed entry #2000 by one! Blargh!

  

  the O'Connor Lab, guaranteeing me the shortest commute to work I'll ever have to make. (Yeah, you know I used Paint.) The round trip is less ... needed to be posted on the blogs. Expect a real post from me this weekend

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW: Tips and Tricks Hitchhikers Guide to Campus Preview Weekend

  

  Here are a few tips to making the best of your CPW experience. Rule ... out another aspect of MIT or talking to the potential students. Rule #3: Talk to people, prefrosh and current students alike. I think the best

  • by Bryan
  • April 10, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Wanna be on the Radio? Your name in lights.

  

  Did you ever try to call in for radio shows? Ever want your five minutes of fame? Well here's your chance to be a blogger. Seeing that my ... you to write a blog entry about your CPW experience. If you

  • by Bryan
  • April 7, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  21st Century Education? Food for thought.

  

  to develop the most in college? 2. What are the most important classes you think you will take? 3. What do you want to learn or know that you don't know know? 4. What type of environments are most conducive to

  • by Bryan
  • December 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  More On The Interview… The deadline has passed, but if you're an EA applicant who has not yet contacted…

  

  posted here.  The deadline to contact your EC has passed for early action ... be reviewed and added to your application when we receive it. Remember ... to connect with your EC for some time and have been unable to reach him

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 24, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  PrimeShooter An addictive factoring game.

  

  My friend Shefali '04 sent me a link to an addictive math nerd video game which actually relates to the name of this very blog. It's like factoring Tetris! Check out PrimeShooter: If you love math, you may want to

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

  2.007 play by play It slices and it dices.

  

  Her name is Betsy, and she got me to the finals of 2.007. This just goes to show you how lucky one individual can be. I actually thought I'd lost my round, and then when I went to go put my car down, they

  • by Bryan
  • May 17, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  They may take our lives… ...but they'll never take our free Celtics tickets.

  

  . It actually looks beautiful, and I might have to check out Vaduz or ... chair, which means I get to plan things that I always wanted to do and then go to them for free and pretend that I'm promoting socialization

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Poaching Imagination Just a few more hours.

  

  click of a mouse button. Many childhoods of anticipation will come to an ... dreaming about big envelopes the way you used to dream about reindeer. You're just going to know.

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • March 18, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Newsflash! Guess what!

  

  Guess what! I passed my EMT practical exam! Yay! Now all I have to ... 'll actually get to be a real, certified EMT. Plus, I got an A on the paper I ... I'm really lucky, even through the 18.03 pset I have to do right after

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 9, 2006