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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Stand Back! I'm going to try . . . well, you know the rest.

  

  much just going nuts. For our final (9th) lab of the semester, we were ... chamber with some microphones and a tweeter with some tanks of various gases ... impulse with various levels of damping, etc. The lab setup my partner Pall

  • by Snively '11
  • December 9, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorms The closest I'll get to an entry about the different dorms

  

  . Even if I described my own dorm, a lot of people would probably disagree ... the author of Beaver Scope Almost a year ago I stumbled upon an impressively precise description of MIT's external IPs. Naturally, I saved and

  • by Snively '11
  • June 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Inherent Asymmetry Around.

  

  alignment with the 8:30am start time of the exam. And, of course, relearning ... knowledge of a broad range of topics, it will be unlike any test you've taken ... , since I've got plenty of time before I actually need to use this score

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 2, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  For the Not Admitted Students I just wanted to tell you a story. It has a moral, but you don't…

  

  each one of you possesses a talent that will make you stars at wherever ... story. Please take it as you will. Best of luck to you as you seek out ... read this. Ben has put it more beautifully than any of us ever will.) ps

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Openness This one's serious, no silly link. Read it.

  

  The MIT Admissions blogs started for several reasons. One of the reasons was the extremely dull, lackluster nature of the old admissions ... of the school that the admissions office wants you to see. MIT, like

  • by Snively '11
  • October 26, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admissions Statistics 2008 We've updated the stats page.

  

  my class, the MIT Class of 2000, when we were admitted in 1996? [answer at the end of the entry] Probably the most popular questions asked at ... folks to our website, where we offer a plethora of numbers for any

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer’s End To everything there is a season.

  

  -checked all my saved strains of yeast, handed my notebook to my post-doc, had a ... sense of finality, of completion - of fulfillment. Today, I head back to South Bend - home, or one of them. I'll spend some time with my family

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Updates, Previews, and My Successor

  

  issue of the MIT International Review at http ... , Paul and Karen, are among the authors. Here's a picture of the cover so that you can get a sneak preview: Next, a hearty round of

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • May 10, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Interview with a Mystery Hunt Winner An interview with Kat '10, a member of Palindrome, last year's winning team and this…

  

  This is my friend Kat '10, and she's one of my very favorite people ... meet a lot of extraordinarily cool people, like Kat '10. She's got very ... Hunt winner blogger (my money's on Evan for next year, though). She of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vacation = Relaxation, right? What I do over vacation...

  

  differently over there. Namely, instead of 2 or 3 tests a term and then a final ... rooms are filled with piles of psets. AND, here’s what I think is ... are at the beginning of Easter term so there’s panic over the last

  • by Cambridge
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thanksgiving in England Celebrating a North American holiday in Britain.

  

  to be honest, instead of thinking, "Wow I've been in England for 2.5 months already!" I've been more along the lines of "I can't believe it ... , thinking about turkeys, and then got depressed when we go online and none of

  • by Cambridge
  • November 24, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Deadline Day Happy November 1, Early Action applicants.

  

  that as of last night, more than half of the applicants have already ... tracking system. We are opening a lot of mail right now, and it takes substantial time to process all of these forms that come in right at the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Human Factor And String Theory Two links to start your weekend.

  

  Manhattan, but I'm not complaining. That's one of the things I love about New York - you can find every single kind of person here, even Red Sox fans ... blogging more frequently in November. In the meantime, here are a couple of

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 26, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Running away with the field Junot Diaz is sort of a big deal.

  

  (I've come out of blogger hibernation to post something too awesome ... and have a great first semester, Class of 2011!) As I wrote in a ... Yang '09, each of whom had taken a class from him and recommended it

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Week In Review An end-of-year freshman advising event, and my friend's 6.115 final project.

  

  : It's Director of Financial Aid Daniel Barkowitz, holding up some fondue! As his associate advisor for a group of six freshmen, I got to tag along to the end-of-year dinner at the Wine Cellar Restaurant, just across

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 18, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Senior Ball 2007 Dancing and dining with 950 engineers; candids of Bryan and Sam included (~25 pics)

  

  The 2007 Senior Ball was last Saturday night, and as a member of the ... other things, the first two consecutive days of nice weather since ... the building with the red lights directly to the right of the Prudential

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 11, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  More HS Summer Programs Some academic and research opportunities for students to consider.

  

  further list of some terrific math & science summer programs for high school juniors to consider. All of the below are national/international, selective ... Program (SSEP) Women's Technology Program (WTP) Programs open to out-of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ‘Twas the night before the 8.01 final and all through the Haus, everyone was studying like nothing else. Including me. Just not…

  

  ! Woo hoo! With that said, here are a few of the things I've seen while ... at me. I didn't do it. Speaking of EC, this evening when I was walking ... windows of 5th West: Oh, the holiday spirit. This one may require a bit of

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  This doesn’t suck It's not particularly great, either. But you could go to Germany!

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Upon hearing one of Bach's motets late in his life ... KIum said she would buy every piece in Uli's collection, and some of them ... those prints mightily in the warm weather of Saint-Tropez. Then again

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ten Things I Hate About Europe Well, not really. More like, Ten Things I Like About MIT. You've got to accentuate…

  

  "prawns" in Australia. However, the incident of a dingo eating someone ... cleaner than the Charles, I really miss the 17 miles of running paths set up ... doubt that any of the pizza places at which I will probably be eating will

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 4, 2006