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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  On sleep There's nothing certain in this world but sleep and taxes.

  

  of my very favorite things in life, which is somewhat sensible if you ... you've figured out what you need to do in order to get that amount of ... 's often in the back of people's minds when they're thinking about MIT: do

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another Toy Story Turns out toy design isn't all play, but that doesn't mean it's not fun!

  

  with some exciting stories! As you may or may not recall, I mentioned ... effect- Now you might be wondering... what the heck is The Equalizer ... . Sounds legit right? At this point, you might be curious as to how we

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • May 25, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Total immersion An MIT-Italy student finds her way around Rome

  

  has officially been two months since I arrived in Italy, and I must say ... month or so in Rome, I was in my “tentative” phase where I ... bus stop when I arrived in the morning (which I found slightly odd

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life during finals season It's always darkest before the holidays.

  

  . Selected approach is to go for a long run in sub-zero weather and the sort of ... : Resume consumption of knowledge. 3:30 PM: Study break! I decide that I can ... brain cells. (*In the past two days, I've been taking study breaks to the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Crotchets and Quavers The evensong tradition

  

  special things that I would never get to do in America (you've already heard ... ). In reality, only one college (King's) manages to do it every day, but ... all the pretense of being a real Trinity student and sat down in one of

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

  MIT is “Hacked” Ultimatum

  

  That school up the river, you know, the one with the brick buildings ... deep down they really just want to study alone in their rooms and go on ... happy to tell you if you come to CPW, but our first story about Harvard is

  • by Snively '11
  • April 1, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  More Notes A quick update.

  

  I can. I was talking to a guidance counselor over the phone today ... stress in GPA competition At MIT, whether or not your school offers class rank does not affect our decision. And at schools like the one in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 21, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Re-halloween Reuse, reduce, recycle, remember not to leave junk outside your door.

  

  consultation, we have decided to test you on additional topics in advanced solid ... machine in Random Hall's basement, so I couldn't wear it. Thus, my intent ... laundry server for the latest news on conditions in Random's washers and

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Five Years of Admitted Student Gatherings MIT community is getting bigger

  

  *Scene opens* I'm standing in front of a house with my family. MIT ... about high school, potential majors, and what we wanted to be in our ... in less than a week. I was excited that I beat all the odds and that I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 29, 2017
• Blog / Events

  bad vision try these glasses on for size.

  

  from a shallow area of water in the Cape Cod area. (public reminder to ... 't learn in 8.02 was how 3D glasses worked, so I decided to Google it. HowStuffWorks.com had a pretty good explanation. 3-D Viewing In a movie theater, the

  • by Bryan
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Funnies An Appetizer

  

  Sorry for the slight gap in entries, this weekend was crazy. I've got at least four entries that are in various stages of being writ. I don ... are said/done at MIT in the dorms after midnight. Both are 100% true

  • by Snively '11
  • February 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2600 Years of the University college life since 600 BCE, as told by Prof. Shailendra Mehta

  

  . ________________________ Imagine: you are a prospective university student in India, 600 BC ... at the gate asks you a question—your entrance test. You are ... him during the morning assembly. But you are determined to get into

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 21, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Stories from High School you wouldn't want to be caught with MMS

  

  drag you out naked). Unlike most other boarding schools in the country ... him off, he would punch you in the face and split your lips open. Within ... Every day, we began in the same place. The bathroom, where we

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • February 5, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  cpw at pika a continuing experiment in cooperative campus-previewing

  

  to finish off the weekend. If you're a prefrosh, come by! If you're not a prefrosh, come by! The schedule can be found here. This is all

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 15, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Matt McGann ‘00 Name: Matt McGann; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Hampton Bays, NY

  

  about yourself and your life's circumstances, choose recommenders who can provide insight into you as a person, treat the interview as a conversation ... you speak the language, let's try to have a (very basic) conversation

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Writer’s Bloc

  

  Birtolo's first novel is now available on Amazon -- all of you fantasy fans (and I know you're out there) can buy it here. Dylan is currently hard

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HackMIT: Coding over Cookies sights from the hackathon [pictures inside!]

  

  -night "insomnia cookies" to breakfast bagels with half-and-half milk. Toss in a hallway lined with air mattresses for catnappers, and throw in a bunch of ... you've got yourself a hackathon. Insomnia Cookies: honestly some of

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 13, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  July and Unified O.O and lots of pictures

  

  Spending a lot of time in the Unified Lounge (Unified is a course 16 class ... ;:) In any case, I must return to my summer before winter rolls around ... brainstormed. How was the class to be structured? How do you explain all of the

  • by Ana V. '15
  • October 14, 2012
• Blog / Events

  I THINK it’s time for a guest blog! WARNING: There will be shameless promotion of MIT TechFair’s THINK competition in this post.

  

  promotion of MIT TechFair’s THINK competition in this post. NOTE: You needn’t have worked in a lab nor done research to enter. It’s that time of year ... This post comes to you from my friend Iris Xu, '14, a longtime friend

  • by Kate R. '14
  • December 7, 2010
• Blog / Events

  The return of photos to my blog!

  

  bunk beds from a better angle (in case you were wondering, he survived ... I've been really bad about updating lately. It's that point in term where every week feels like a hell week in some way. It's also been quite

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 2, 2005