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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sometimes a whale is just a whale Humanities classes make me roll my eyes sometimes.

  

  . Ohhh, it's a good feeling. Now, don't get me wrong. I am not a one ... interaction of oil and water in a fancy two-component diagram? Probably not as ... are not so much. So the answer is yes, GPA matters, but it matters a lot

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ah, those inspirational Germans! The Magdeburg Bridge in Germany is an engineering marvel and an inspiration to all Beavers!

  

  the coolest bridge ever? I'm not Course 1 (Civil and Environmental

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions Blogs A quick note on admissions blogging.

  

  'm not surprised that these two terrific places host the only other

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MyMIT Problems – EA Deadline Now 11/4 EA deadline extended to 11/4 - details inside.

  

  this has been... not so fun. Anyway, the site is back and should be

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Dirty Little Secret? Free concerts rock my socks.

  

  for the moment, it was not that fun to clean up. OK...begin the real

  • by Bryan
  • October 24, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tests of the non-standardized kind Stop thinking about the SAT and start thinking about 18.01!

  

  will learn at MIT is not a collection of facts, but how to think about ... extra time.) Still, it's not like the test is going to say "Refer to pg ... , at least.) So, yes, textbooks help, but no, you're not going to get an

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  XC is Sexy

  

  tent, not to be confused with the tents for the Amherst, Bates, BC, Brown

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Forum Monday Let's make a list of questions that you feel you REALLY need answers to ASAP.

  

  the movie "Risky Business"? (Not really a question I got on the road

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  On Tour Goin' each and every place with the mic in their hand.

  

  Manhattan (NY, not Kansas). Additionally, I've visited high schools in Detroit

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 28, 2005
• Blog / Events

  There is such a thing as a free event Collegefest is going on this weekend, go get yourself some free junk!

  

  then it's not to be missed! Oooh, you can also get a lot of Starbucks and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 17, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Boston Fun Tons of Boston fun, with a dash of Cambridge, too.

  

  The weather in the area has been simply glorious over the past week, so I've been spending a lot of time wandering through Boston. Everything below is within walking distance of MIT -- and I'm not one of those

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Rush and Hall Rush

  

  /Senior Haus/Random Hall (I'm not sure Bexley showed up) Rush party, "Distant ... 'S' in "campus" was smeared with red? Yeah. I'm not quite sure what ... . Believe it or not, that red blur is a swinging freshman in a red shirt. And

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  fpop-ing I haven't worn a poncho since the third grade.

  

  So over the past couple of days, our FPOP has done some pretty cool stuff. Day One: - we heard a talk from a postdoc, Lyle Simmons, on DNA repair. Lyle will also be teaching 7.341, Not Just a Bag of Enzymes: DNA

  • by Bryan
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Doogie Howser, et al.

  

  at age 16 or 15. Younger students are not a huge population at most ... a younger age is not the right course for most students, for a select ... coming from areas where there are not enough resources, and they have just

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Scenes From Admissions Round One What's going on in this picture?!?

  

  creativity, not just for the right answer. :-)

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a pedestrian! I’m a motorist! Pedestrian! Motorist! Read on, my children, and you shall see of our midnight ride to IHOP.

  

  to identify the source of this wisdom. Ruth, you're not allowed to play ... . ----------------------------------------------- I'm not usually the kind of person who wonders what fun tastes like ... , much like life itself, is about the journey, not the destination. After

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 14, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Help Wanted Calling all artists! Design Mitra's new banner and get profiled in the blog

  

  's existence as not to embarrass myself more than the crappy design will already

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 2, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Graduations

  

  I'm on my way now to my brother's graduation in Pennsylvania. I'm not really sure how it will go, or how it will compare to MIT's Commencement, but I'm sure it will be a great time. This year's MIT Commencement

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 20, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Ring Delivery Potato martinis at the courthouse

  

  courthouse. Not very impressive, is it? Every guest had to pass through a

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ISEF Lunch

  

  block from the Convention Center. RSVP (requested but not required) to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 11, 2005